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0acdbe98-0f9a-4c3a-bf2a-84861076f64f Back to Gallery Mural # 43 Rainbow Eucalyptus Singing Tree of One Planet Living 1/1 The Singing Tree of One Planet Living ! The Rainbow Eucalyptus Singing Tree of One Planet Living was made with students from Hill Education Center. The goal of this mural was to envision a sustainable way of living using the One Planet Living framework. Globally we are living as if we have more than one planet. In fact, ecological footprinting shows that if everyone in the world consumed as much as the average person in the US, we’d need five planets to support us. One Planet Living communities dedicate themselves to making a world where everyone, everywhere lives happy, healthy lives within the limits of the planet, leaving space for wildlife and wilderness. Over 200 people contributed their prayer for sustainable living at Bioneers . Date: October 24, 2016 Facilitator: Laurie Marshall and Lili Lopez Partners: One Planet Living Bioneers Location: 720 Diablo Ave, Novato, CA 94947 Previous Next

e9bfeea2-2344-44a0-98b3-83afe5ff97a3 Back to Gallery Mural # 24 The Singing Tree of Diversity Sky Mural 1/1 Daniel Dancer is a visionary artist who makes large scale images that involve hundreds of children dressed in different colors, using their bodies to create powerful images photographed from the sky. He saw Sondra Folk Cheesbrough’s Singing Tree of Diversity II and was inspired to organize 900 North Elementary School kids and staff in Morgantown, West Virginia to reproduce the collaborative mural Sondra had created with elementary children from Monongalia County. The image using the media of dancing children depicts the polar ice caps melting, the fruit falling and the leaves blowing away. "They were all so beautiful on a cold afternoon in their version of The Tree of Life.” said Daniel. Founder of the Singing Tree Project, Laurie Marshall, was thrilled and honored to discover Sondra’s powerful image translated into Daniel's large scale, remarkable collaborative skywork. Date: November 3, 2014 Facilitator: Daniel Dancer Partners: Art For the Sky Location: Morgantown, WV, USA Previous Next

f57588e4-56f9-48af-9083-3a30a8e6db67 Back to Gallery Mural # 21 Redwood Singing Tree of Biodiversity 1/1 Redwood Singing Tree of Biodiversity. 1300 staff and students of A.P Giannini Middle School in San Francisco innovated by collaborating to create a mural inspired by their eco-system. With the help of art teacher Dawn Weickum, the art students were trained in peace leadership. They distributed 1200 leaves, birds, stars to their fellow students and the staff. 8th graders drew local plants and animals. 7th graders drew images on birds and stars to honor ones who are gone. 6th graders make the Redwood’s needles in the form of hands, drawing their gifts and celebrating their heritage. Administrators, custodians, security guards and secretaries draw their gifts on an outline of their hands. A 7th grader had the idea of creating a rainbow made out of musical notes. During the celebration of the mural’s completion, the 8th grade sang a song about “Coming Home” to the earth. The chorus accompanies the video below, which was filmed by 8th graders. The mural is installed at the middle school. Date: November 25, 2011 Facilitator: Laurie Marshall Partners: Create Peace Project Giannini Middle School Location: 3151 Ortega St, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA Previous Next

d4199139-f4dd-464d-b8fa-174d2b918031 Back to Gallery Mural # 92 The Rowan-Oak Singing Tree of Embracing Our Unknown 1/1 Work in Progress Date: Facilitator: Cynthia Sudduth Partners: NA Location: Mountain Ranch, CA, USA Previous Next

d2423ee1-12b6-4e64-a80d-7facc0877648 < Back Welcome to Earth 1/1 Welcome to Earth was made in 2009 with Marin’s Community School , 25 high school students, installed at the Family Courts Office Building in Lucas Valley, Marin County. Marin County, CA, USA Previous Next

< Back Inner Landscapes of Marin Oaks High School Marin Oaks High School Inner Landscapes are on display at the Novato Unified School District's School Board Office. This project was funded by the Artists Teaching Art Sausalito Arts Festival Foundation. Previous Next

24584f75-d8fb-4c82-9daa-01a07ae41c2f Back to Gallery Mural # 106 The Redwood Singing Trees of Holding Community Through Unity 1/1 The Redwood Singing Trees of Holding Community Through Unity was made with Singing Tree Facilitators Leslie Rein and Dr. Sweta Chawla. This mural was made by 4th graders at Ocean View School in Albany, CA. Date: April 27, 2022 Facilitator: Dr. Sweta Chawla and Leslie Rein Partners: NA Location: Ocean View Elementary School, Jackson Street, Albany, CA, USA Previous Next

72caa361-96f2-4614-b35d-0b0568d04abc Back to Gallery Mural # 4 Linden Singing Tree of Appreciation 1/1 The Linden Singing Tree led by students from Mt. Lebanon and Peabody High School in Pittsburgh, PA. Over 800 people worked on it from inner city and suburban areas. It was exhibited at the U.S. Botanic Gardens . 12' x 8' The theme was "What do you love the most on this earth." Date: August 2, 2002 Facilitator: Laurie Marshall Partners: Mt. Lebanon Peabody High School U.S. Botanic Gardens Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Previous Next

09948571-738b-4fa6-86e5-1bd06c4bcbfb Back to Gallery Mural # 60 Cypress Singing Tree of Empathy 1/1 Design Camp Fest The 52nd Singing Tree at Monterey County - "Cypress Singing Tree of Empathy" - How can empathy drive creative innovation?? 140 dedicated, brilliant, loving and committed educators, filled with inner beauty and strength. Thank you, adults, for holding the children so dearly. Date: February 24, 2018 Facilitator: Laurie Marshall Partners: Design Camp Fest Location: Monterey County Previous Next

46e9f54f-316f-467e-83d5-3df0ba506f23 Back to Gallery Mural # 99 Oak and Linden Singing Trees of Wholeness and Belonging 1/1 Facilitated by Joanna Vaughn who worked with Escuelita Amiguitos, The Austin Quaker Meeting and Austin Tan Cera de La Forntera. Date: May 16, 2022 Facilitator: Joanna Vaughn Partners: Escuelita Amiguitos The Austin Quaker Meeting Austin Tan Cera de La Frontera (ACTF) Location: Austin, TX, USA Previous Next

< Back Elenna Goodman Board Member Elenna holds a BA in Political Science from Barnard College (NY), an MA in Anthropology and Social Change from CIIS (SF). Her work is devoted to gathering and nourishing community as creative spaces of healing and sanctuary to support communication and connection. Elenna has worked with individuals, organizations, communities and spontaneously arising groups at the threshold of change, navigating the sometimes chaotic, often grief laden and ultimately inspiring terrain between one iteration of life and another. As it best benefitted the situation, she’s been known as an Organizational Consultant, Program Founder/Director/Team Member/Designer, Community Organizer, Guide, Mentor, Coach, Counselor, Teacher, Writer, Dancer/Storyteller, Curator of Healing Spaces, Ritualist & Ceremonialist. And often, simply a Healing Presence. Her work is devoted to gathering and nourishing community as creative spaces of healing and sanctuary to support communication and connection where separation may have prevailed. Reciprocity, collaboration, deep listening, curiosity, rigorous hope, gratitude, compassion and commitment to the well-being of Mother Earth and all Life are values that guide her. Elenna holds a BA in Political Science from Barnard College (NY) and a MA in Anthropology and Social Change from CIIS (SF). She has been trained in Council Facilitation rooted in the Ojai Foundation lineage, and is a Practicing Rites of Passage Guide trained by School Of Lost Borders founders Steven Foster and Meredith Little. She has had the privilege of training with Joanna Macy in the Work that Reconnects, Deena Metzger - healer, community holder, medicine person and writer, Francis Weller in the sacred work of grief and renewal, and with Marti Spiegelman in her work of bringing the original technologies of consciousness into meaningful relationship with the modern world. She is deeply honored to have been mentored in a diversity of Indigenous Ways of Knowing and Practices.

This project came to Ukiah after UHS teacher Eveline Rodriguez attended a summer seminar where Marshall shared information about her project. < Back Ukiah High School collaborates with artists worldwide to spread message of kindness This project came to Ukiah after UHS teacher Eveline Rodriguez attended a summer seminar where Marshall shared information about her project. This project came to Ukiah after UHS teacher Eveline Rodriguez attended a summer seminar where Marshall shared information about her project. The project was inspired by award-winning children’s author Kate Seredy’s story of a World War I battle during which Hungarian soldiers crawled all night through total desolation. When they reached safety, there was one tree still standing, and hundreds of birds of varying species were singing together, birds that do not naturally do so, creating a unique and beautiful song. In 1999, that story inspired an 8-year-old girl to wonder what would happen if people from all over the world, from different backgrounds and traditions, came together to make something beautiful like the birds’ song. She asked, “What if the whole world made a painting together?” Today, a forest of “Singing Tree” paintings have been created by almost 12,000 people worldwide, according to Laurie Marshall, co-founder of the Singing Tree project. Each painting explores a theme and honors the essential role trees play in human life. This project came to Ukiah after UHS teacher Eveline Rodriguez attended a summer seminar where Marshall shared information about her project. With support from fellow MESA teacher Sezgin Ramirez and MESA director Matt Sweeney, Rodriguez enlisted their MESA students in an ambitious project to create the 49th singing tree mural. The name of the Ukiah High tree is the Manzanita Singing Tree of Kindness, and in it, students use art to explore questions such as, “What is a memorable act of kindness that you received or gave?” and “Is there someone you were unkind to whose trust you need to restore?” Marshall coordinated the project, coming to Ukiah on Dec. 5, 12 and 19. She asked students to draw their visions of kindness and she incorporated those visions into a final mural design. She then encouraged project participants to invite students outside the MESA class to decorate the manzanita tree by creating leaves where they shared their ideas about kindness. Rodriguez said, “Almost 50 MESA students were involved, and everyone had a role. We had committees responsible for preparing the leaves, for creating instructions so others could participate, for painting the mural, for figuring out where to display it once it’s done, and many others.” The project not only produced a beautiful work of art, it incorporated several academic subjects, as well as enhancing students’ social and emotional development. MESA students learned about the role of manzanita trees in local ecology. They used mathematics to create the grid to enlarge the master design, and they used engineering to design and build the free-standing mural with the help of the woodshop students. They also used communication skills as they collaborated with classmates and invited others to participate by adding to the mural or documenting the project for the yearbook. Students expanded their social and emotional learning as they explored kindness; and finally, they used creative expression as they produced unique images that reflected their personal understanding of kindness. Rodriguez said she was pleased so many colleagues chose to have their classes participate. “More than a dozen teachers from many different departments got involved, like English, psychology, PE, science, art, independent study, special education, and foreign language,” she said. Part of the project included more than contemplating kindness: students who shared memorable acts of kindness were encouraged to continue to practice those acts, and students who shared stories about needing to restore trust or apologize were encouraged to follow up and make amends. “For the students who participated, I think this project created awareness about kindness, and how important it is. I also think it gave them hope. It showed them they can make changes when they believe in themselves. We did this project in three weeks. We can do so much more when we work together.” To learn more about the Singing Tree project, visit www.unitythroughcreativity.net/programs/singing-tree-forest. Marshall and co-founder Lili Lopez also work with an international non-profit whose mission is peace-building through art (createpeaceproject.org). By Ukiah Daily Journal | udj@ukiahdj.com | PUBLISHED: January 23, 2018 at 12:00 am | UPDATED: August 23, 2018 at 12:00 am (used with permission) Previous Next

9312e1be-ec29-40c3-b717-02e43f42086a Back to Gallery Mural # 3 Apple Singing Tree of Appreciation 1/1 The Apple Singing Tree, whose creation was led by students from Peabody and Mt. Lebanon High School in Pittsburgh, PA, with the apples being made by handicapped students of the Children’s Institute . 12' x 8' Date: August 11, 2002 Facilitator: Laurie Marshall Partners: Peabody High School Mt. Lebanon High School Children’s Institute Location: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Previous Next

be8f6738-c131-466c-90b4-91fe03505263 Back to Gallery Mural # 114 The Albany Oak Singing Tree of Strength and Happiness 1/1 A work in progress at Albany Middle School, 20 Lead Design Members, 350 additional contributors expected. Partnering with East Oakland Boxing Association . Funded by the Peaceful World Foundation and the Albany Middle School PTA. Facilitated by Sweta Chawla Date: December 29, 2022 Facilitator: Sweta Chawla Partners: Peaceful World Foundation Albany Middle School PTA Location: Albany Middle School, Brighton Avenue, Albany, CA, USA Previous Next

4110cc60-6c51-4352-9ce6-9c6ac228f83a Back to Gallery Mural # 143 The Cottonwood Singing Tree of Tapping the Aquifer of Goodwill Amidst the Storm 1/1 "The Cottonwood Singing Tree of Tapping the Aquifer of Goodwill Amidst the Storm." Originally designed for the American Folklore Society's November, 2024 Conference, the purpose of this collaborative mural is to focus on the constant flow of goodwill that is available to all of us, even when there is chaos and conflict. We acknowledge the storms of climate change and unnecessary human suffering. The Aquifer is imprinted with the hands of a child to symbolize why it is important to draw upon Goodwill in hard times – for the sake of future generations. This project is based in El Paso, Texas where 75 long-horned sheep were just released in a National Park within the City after being gone for 60 years. We celebrate their return. Date: December 16, 2024 Facilitator: Laurie Marshall Partners: American Folklore Society Location: El Paso, TX, USA Previous Next