750 students and staff, 12 yards
of shredded bark for the "moon" and a truck load of black
and white clothes form a Canada Goose flying across the moon. This was Jewell's
second Art For the Sky residency. This was Jewell's second AFTS residency project.
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Tree of Life, Ashland, Oregon - April, 2003
On the school basketball court, 250 kids and teachers form "the tree of life" modeled after a 100
year old cypress in front of Briscoe Elementary School planted when the school was built. As with
each sky art project, participants bodily experience their interconnection with one another as
many leaves on a single tree, each one equally important to the whole.
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700 students and staff from Liberty Middel School in Camas, WA took the shape
of the head of the very endangered White Lion. The title, Lion Eyes, is at the heart of the
teachings of Art For the Sky . . . we need to evolve into beings who know how to see through
the eyes of all beings. As we are learning these days, since everything on Earth is interconnected,
the best way to care for ourselves, is to take care of the needs of lions, salmon, whales, etc..
February, 2007.
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Mockingbird Sky
550 students from Juniper Academy and Cypress Elementary, 16 yards
of shredded bark and some red thrift shop clothes form a mockingbird
in Redding, Californina . . .part of the Big Read project sponsored by the
NEA andShasta Public Libraries. Fall, 2007
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450 children and teachers gather during the Telluride Mt. Film Festival
in 2005 and take the form of a 150 ft. golden eagle. SEE STORY.
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850 students and teachers pay tribute to the world's largest freshwater fish.
Gresham, Orgeon. See story.
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"Art for the Sky' has enlightened our students to a magnificent kind of art that can only
be achieved by the coming together of many individuals to make one. We have been truly
inspired by your vision!" -Sue Carter, Principal, Gardner School, Vancouver, WA
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6 1300 participants from Franklin County Schools in Florida,
teamed up with the Apalachicola Riverkeeper to form this giant Osprey.
In terms of mass, this was the largest Art For the Sky project to date. April, 2008.
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A special thanks to all the crane, fire truck and utitlity companies that have donated their services to make photography of these images a reality!
We could not have done it without you!
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