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In image 1, chalk residue is evident on Gabby Sandoval's face, hands and knees as she examines the work in progress Friday before adding colors, shapes and letters.

In image 2, a group of "BFFs" collaborate on an art project using a driveway for a canvas Friday. The self-proclaimed "best friends forever," from left, Alexis Baca, 10, Kimberly Zuniga-Melendrez, 9, her sister, Celeste Zuniga-Melendrez, 8, Alexis' cousin, Alicianna Baca, 11, and Gabby Sandoval, 11, used their day off from school "to be creative and stuff," they said in unison. After meeting at a neighborhood park in January, they said they have become inseparable, even during an occasional tiff among themselves.



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