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The Singing Tree Mural Project

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Palo Verde Singing Tree of a Green and Connected El Paso

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A work in progress created for the Cumbria, England, Unity Festival and at the meetings with Furness Refugee Support group.

2022

The Hawthorne Singing Tree of 100 Joys

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The Pachamama Singing Tree facilitated by Naomi Duben

2022

The Pacha Mama Singing Tree

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Ashfield Juniors Primary School in Workington, England make the Singing Ash Tree of Abundance and Protection.

2022

Singing Ash Tree of Abundance and Protection

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The Mahogany Singing Tree to Reunite Children with Their Families (11 x 7) was co-designed with middle school students from Hearthstone School, Sperryville, VA

2021

Mahogany Singing Tree to Reunite Children with Their Families

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2021

Apple Singing Tree of Nourishment

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Facilitated by Lynn Chittick, founder of Torch Seeds with 90 students of GBSS Sukhio Goth School, Karachi, Pakistan

2020

Mango Singing Tree of Peace

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The Future Accelerator Singing Tree, created at the Institute of Noetic Science Conference in Palo Alto, CA 2019.

2019

The Future Accelerator Singing Tree

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The Singing Tree of Spirit and Nature made by the Living Wisdom School in Palo Alto.

2020

The Singing Tree™ of Spirit and Nature

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"Unity in Community Singing Tree" for 18 year-old Lyndsey Rose Burcina's run for School Board in Santa Rosa.

2018

Unity in Community Singing Tree™

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The Littlest Singing Tree I've ever made: The Department of Peace Building Singing Tree (it's a branch) made over two retreats of the Northern California Peace Alliance. The retreat was with 11 people who have dedicated their lives to the creation of the U. S. Department of Peace Building.  We made the Singing Tree Branch of Peace, envisioning that the Department of Peace Building is in existence and adding to a culture of non-violent conflict resolution.

2019

The Department of Peace Building Singing Tree Branch

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The Valley Oak Singing Tree of Belonging in process.

2018

Oak Singing Tree™ of Belonging

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Oak Singing Tree of One Planet Living by Credo High School students.  Brilliant imagery to heal our battered hearts. SOMO Village sponsored this opportunity to empower young people through Creative Collaboration. This project gave me hope.

2017

Oak Singing Tree of One Planet Living

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Working on the Water Willow Singing tree for Bioneers at Marin School of The Arts. A Create Peace Project, funded by Sausalito Art Festival's Artists Teaching Arts. The Water Willow Singing Tree video was made by a Marin School of The Arts student named Jack McKinney.

2015

Water Willow Singing Tree

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The Banyan Singing Tree of United Religions

2014

The Banyan Singing Tree of Interfaith Movement

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The Seasons of Hope Singing Trees, made with homeless and formerly homeless kids who led with 1000 young people to create these four murals in Marin County, California.

2012

Seasons of Hope Singing Tree –Summer of Serenity

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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. The 8th grade chorus accompanied the video, which was filmed by 8th graders. The education program trained youth in peace leadership, deeply engaging students as they made a real product for a real audience that has a real impact.

2011

Redwood Singing Tree of Biodiversity

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2023

The Ancestor Singing Tree to Protect Future Fruits

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A work in progress at Albany Middle School.

2022

The Albany Oak Singing Tree of Strength and Happiness

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The Magical Window Singing Tree Mural was made at the Bioneers Conference in San Francisco.

2022

The Magical Window Singing Tree

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At least 54 million Americans are over 65.  How can this population, which I am a part of, use our experience to be in service to each other and the younger generations?  Sage-ing International answers this question with the motto "Wisdom and Spirit in Action." I had the privilege of facilitating "The Olive Singing Tree of Evolving Elders" for their inspiring summit on Oct. 29-31st.  The theme of the conference was "Growing From I to We" and included keynote speakers Michael Meade, Clyde Ford and Amikaeyla Gaston.

-Laurie Marshall

2021

The Olive Singing Tree of Evolving Elders

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Singing Tree Facilitator's Co-Heart #3 Design - The Cypress Willow Singing Tree of Growing Through What We're Going Through.
This is the message of Co-Heart 3 to the world:  "In these tumultuous times, we grow through our grief and uncertainty into a song of renewed togetherness, co-creating a world that works for all."
The young people in Bosnia, whose families had lived through terrible civil war, inspired the concept of “renewed togetherness” in their 2014 Singing Tree.  The four different phases of the moon in each
corner represents the experience of “going through” emptiness, growing, being whole and losing.  The elephant with the earth embedded in her body symbolizes our connection to nature. We included 
the baby elephant to remind us of those who will inherit the world we leave.

2021

The Cypress Willow Singing Tree of Growing Through What We're Going Through

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The Magnolia Singing Tree of Our Inner Wellspring 
Created by community honoring the creative powerful visioning ability that we each have within and of the miracles that occurs when community comes together.
8’' x 4’', acrylic on canvas

2021

The Magnolia Singing Tree of Our Inner Wellspring

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The Rooftop Elementary School of San Francisco's Singing Tree of Solutions

2019

Rooftop Singing Tree of Solutions

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50 students, 3rd through 8th grade, led this STEAM project, serving 350 students in South San Francisco. It's the Lemon-Cherry Singing Tree of Peace, sponsored by Young Audiences of Northern California.

2019

The Lemon-Cherry Singing Tree of Peace

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Pathway Forward Singing Tree Mural for the Bioneers Conference of 2019

2019

Pathway Forward Singing Tree

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I am honored to have co-created the Community Matters Singing Tree of Bully Prevention this week. 25 Warriors for Children contributed - my fellow trainers, my supportive administrative staff. I am strengthened by our time together. We envision every child safe and thriving.  We captured moments of transformation in our trainings on the leaves and our dreams for Community Matters on the birds.

2018

Community Matters Singing Tree of Bully Prevention

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Making the Phoenix Singing Tree of Jack London Elementary School, several blocks away from where the Fire Storm hit.  Three students lost their homes.  So did the librarian.  The driving question is "What do you want to rise out of the ashes?"  The students will be adding feathers that they colored with the answers to the question.

2017

Phoenix Singing Tree of Jack London Elementary School

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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?
The Manzanita Singing Tree of Kindness Mural is located at the Ukiah High School campus.

2017

The Manzanita Singing Tree of Kindness

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The Gingko Singing Tree to Strengthen the Beloved Community, before D.C. employees added their visions. Co-facilitated with Joan Wangler and made possible by Ina Gjikondi-Cecchetto through George Washington University's Leadership development program. With Yvona Smith.

2017

The Gingko Singing Tree to Strengthen the Beloved Community

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"The Baka/Tavenui Singing Tree of Healing" Prepared by students in Morgantown, West Virginia and made with 150 people on Fiji . Teaching Artist Deborah Delap Palmer initiated and oversaw the project.

2015

Baka Singing Tree of Healing

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Jewel Singing Tree of Kindness Mural. Julia Rose Bourland of Chicago is creating the Jewel Singing Tree of Kindness , as part of her "Making Man Kind" film project.

2013

Jewel Singing Tree Of Kindness

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The Seasons of Hope Singing Trees, made with homeless and formerly homeless kids who led with 1000 young people to create these four murals in Marin County, California.

2012

Seasons of Hope Singing Tree – Winter of Wellness

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80 students from 26 countries made "The Tree of Life that Sings" mural in a day of creativity at the Institute for Civil Leadership's two week training camp in Victoria, British Columbia. Everyone self-organized themselves in whatever art form they wanted to share their gifts - dance, music, drama and art.  They made a tree that had many different kinds of leaves on it to symbolize all the trees that they cherish in their different countries.  The theme was "Inspire, Educate, Take Action."

2011

The Tree of Life that Sings

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2023

Singing Tree of Courageous Connection that Inspires Loving Harmony

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In progress

2022

The EOBA Oak Singing Tree of Strength and Happiness

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The Shanel Valley Academy Singing Tree of Community and Culture celebrates the return of their community school which is devoted to cultural inclusion and supporting every child.

2022

The Shanel Valley Academy Singing Tree of Community and Culture

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The Singing Tree of Love and Inclusion at Biondi Elementary School in Yonkers, New York - facilitated by Kristin Linder-Holmes in a school for traumatized youth.

2021

The Singing Tree of Love and Inclusion

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Made with middle and high school students from Living Wisdom School

2021

Banyan Singing Tree of Living Wisdom

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The 2nd Co-Heart co-created "The Singing Tree of Nature's Healing Democracy" on the weekend that the election was announced. 
65” x 45”

2020

The Singing Tree of Nature’s Healing Democracy

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The third Restorative Justice Singing Tree mural, led by students at Howard Elementary school in Oakland.

2020

Howard Elementary School’s Restorative Justice Mural

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The Singing Tree of Climate Solutions made by Ukiah high School students in Eve-line Bellouard-Rodriguez Biology and French classes, inspired by Project Drawdown's top 10 solutions.
The Singing Tree of Climate Solutions Mural is located at the Ukiah High School campus.

2019

The Singing Tree of Climate Solutions

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Redwood Singing Tree of Purification designed by 8th graders from Woodland Charter School.

2018

Redwood Singing Tree™ of Purification

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The FEMA Singing Tree was made at the Higher Education Symposium at the National Fire College in Emmitsburg, MD.  Academia and Practioners making emergency management programs.

2018

FEMA Singing Tree™ of Learning

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The Juniper Singing Tree of Diné Traditions made with teens from Rez Refuge in Arizona.

2021

The Juniper Singing Tree of Diné Traditions

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Singing Tree of What Makes America Great Mural

2017

Singing Tree of What Makes America Great

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The Singing Tree of One Planet Living!  Over 200 people contributed their prayer for sustainable living at Bioneers.

2016

Rainbow Eucalyptus Singing Tree of One Planet Living

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The Singing Tree of Femininity

2015

The Singing Tree of Femininity

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Madrone Singing Tree Of Vision to Action

2013

Madrone Singing Tree Of Vision to Action

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The Diversity Glass Singing Tree. More than 300 people contributed to this project, which represents the strength of our community derived from its diversity.
Lead artist: Deborah Palmer

2014

Diversity Glass Singing Tree

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The Maple Singing Tree of Families was made by 120 people who are focusing on making a change in how services are delivered to low-income families.  Gabi Borges and Lili Lopez helped me make it.

2011

The Maple Singing Tree of Families

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2023

The Singing Tree that Heals Heartbreak

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This mural was made for the International Day of Peace.

2022

The Nectarine Singing Tree of Peace

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 This mural was made by 4th graders at Ocean View School.

2022

The Redwood Singing Trees of Holding Community Through Unity

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Afghan Singing Tree of Compassion For All - Work in progress

Afghan Singing Tree of Compassion For All - Work in progress

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Work in Progress

Oak, Sassafras Singing Tree of Heartfelt Transitions Flow

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This was made via the internet - we co-designed the main structure, which I painted on canvas. Then people sent photos of their birds and leaves to me. I printed them out and glued them on.

2020

The Rowan Singing Tree of Embracing Our Unknown

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Restorative Justice Singing Tree at Aims Middle School in Oakland, California. A project with Restorative Justice for Oakland youth RJOY.

2020

AIMS Middle School Restorative Justice Singing Tree

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The Mangrove Singing Tree of Love in progress.  Made by the 6th-8th grade students at West Glades Middle School at Parkland, FL.  The project was to help the students creatively process the first anniversary of the shooting of 17 people last year.  It is a program offered by Create Peace Project and Unity Through Creativity.

2019

The Mangrove Singing Tree of Love

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The Mt. Shasta Singing Tree of Gifts, designed and led by 8th graders of the Northern Siskiyou Charter School.

2018

The Mt. Shasta Singing Tree of Gifts

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Singing Tree at Monterey County - "Cypress Singing Tree of Empathy"

2018

Cypress Singing Tree of Empathy

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Hearthstone School completes the Blood Dragon Singing Tree to Prevent Extinction, inspired by seven-year-old page Prince, daughter of Lisa Prince. Do you feel the Earth teaming with life? Do you feel how precious life is?

2017

Blood Dragon Singing Tree to Prevent Extinction

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Brain Singing Tree of Dreams made by high school students from Braun High School.

2017

Brain Singing Tree of Dreams

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The Pewen Singing Tree of Radical Love, made at a student-led conference at the University of Texas in Austin. The Conference was called "Education Under Fire - Countering Violence with Peaceful Resistance, Radical Love and Social Imagination.

2016

The Pewen Singing Tree of Radical Love

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Garden of Eden Singing Tree

2014

Garden Of Eden Singing Tree

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The  Singing Tree of Living Waters made by students in Stephanie Gleeson Ripka's K - 6 Art Classes in Penn's Valley Area School District, Pennsylvania and students in Ghana. The design was made by a student to honor the connection between young people in these two countries who are studying the effect of global warming on the water and diseases of their lands. This mosaic is 4' x 6'. 1200 students participated. Stephanie will be presenting at a symposium in Africa.

2014

Singing Tree of Living Waters

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The Singing Tree with 900 North Elementary School kids and staff in Morgantown, West Virginia! They depicted 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.

2014

The Singing Tree of Diversity Sky Mural

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Sycamore Singing Tree of Success with A.P. Giannini Middle School, sponsored by Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS).

2011

Sycamore Singing Tree of Success

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The Post Oak Singing Tree of Spiritual Refreshment for the Long Haul

2023

The Post Oak Singing Tree of Spiritual Refreshment for the Long Haul

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Azbil’s North American Research and Development paint a Singing Tree Mural.

2022

AZBIL Cherry Singing Tree of Expanded Openness and Learning

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The Ukrainian Singing Tree of Strength and Freedom made with Painting Department at University of Texas at El Paso.

2022

The Ukrainian Singing Tree of Strength and Freedom

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Facilitated by Joanna Vaughn

2022

Oak and Linden Singing Trees of Wholeness and Belonging

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Work in progress.

The Rowan-Oak Singing Tree of Embracing Our Unknown

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“It is the year 2020 and the Earth is gripped by heartache. Earth weeps from distress caused by decades of indifference to climate chaos, and now this terrible pandemic. The Universe responds to Earth’s distress and encapsulates the planet in a loving heart to hold the collective anxiety.  Symbolizing wisdom, health and stability, the olive singing tree offers Earth and all it’s inhabitants a shared vision for creating a healthy and sustainable future.”
 
-Leslie Rein (Olive Singing Tree Facilitator)

Olive Singing Tree of Health  is a nature-based collaboratively created mural whose purpose is to address a community problem or heartbreak. This mural focused on the heartbreak caused by Covid and was completed with the contribution of 53 people from across the country, 17 of whom lost loved ones to the virus. It is tangible evidence that collaborative art-making can turn pain into purpose. 
The mural gives homage to the grassroots activism of Marked By Covid, an organization dedicated to establishing a national day of mourning and holding politicians and policy makers accountable for their pasts failures that resulted in the unnecessary death of over 500,000 Americans. 

Many thanks to those of you who’ve supported me and special thanks to Laurie Marshall, founder of the Singing Tree Project, for her mentorship during this remarkable journey. I am grateful.

2021

The Olive Singing Tree of Health

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The Restorative Justice Singing Tree co-designed with AIMS high school students focusing on repairing harm and building trust.  Funding from Restorative Justice for Oakland Youth, California Arts Council, the Peaceful World Foundation and Oakstop.

2020

AIMS High School Restorative Justice Singing Tree

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City Managers in Washington, DC ended their George Washington University Leadership Training Program by reflecting on their experience together in the Singing Tree of Excellence.

2019

The Municipal Program Managers Singing Tree of Excellence

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Created Singing Trees with Mindful Parent groups in Marquette and Munising, Michigan,   The Marquette group chose to honor the White Pine, the Munising group chose to honor the Birch Tree.  Turns out these two species of trees send each other sugar  - the White Pine sends sugar to the Birch in the winter and the Birch sends sugar to the White Pine in the summer.  It's lovely for parents to support each other and to be supported by the Great Start Collaborative!!!

2018

The Marquette-Alger Singing Tree™ of Healthy Families

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The Oak Singing Tree of Service, created with George Washington University's leadership certificate program.

2017

Oak Singing Tree™ of Service

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Mt. Shasta Singing Tree

2015

Mt Shasta Singing Tree

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The Bay Laurel Singing Tree of Curiosity

2017

The Bay Laurel Singing Tree of Curiosity

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SingingTree of What Truly Matters, hosted by Aimée Lyndon-Adams and Karen Halseth, strengthened, clarified and amplified the power of Feminine Leadership.

2016

The Singing Tree of What Truly Matters

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Cyprus Singing Tree of Peace. Created by Everett Middle School students in San Francisco, Ca.

2010

Cypress Singing Tree of Peace

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The Seasons of Hope Singing Trees, made with homeless and formerly homeless kids who led with 1000 young people to create these four murals in Marin County, California.

2012

Seasons of Hope Singing Tree – Spring of Sustainability

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The Baka Singing Tree of Thanks

2012

The Baka Singing Tree of Thanks

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The Pieces of Peace Dogwood Singing Tree facilitated by Jane Gabrielle

2023

The Pieces of Peace Dogwood Singing Tree

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Work in progress

2022

The Kyangwali Singing Tree of Healing the Trauma of War

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Made in Cyprus

2022

Cyprus Singing Tree Of Peace

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THE SINGING TREE OF LOVE OUT OF DARKNESS - done as a group effort at Rush Ranch, in the Crescent Moon Center's pilot program, with the wonderful help from the Singing Tree Project. Made with the amazing women of the Crescent Moon Center.  This visionary program combines horses, poetry and art.  Collaboration and celebration.

2021

Singing Tree of Love Born Out of the Darkness

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The Willow Singing Tree of Celebrating Our True Value was done in collaboration and support from  Multicultural Cumbria, Furness Multicultural Community Forum, and Cumbria International Women's Network. Altogether there were women representing Ireland, Syria, France, Poland, Nigeria, Iran, India, Bangladesh, Germany,  England, Afghanistan, Turkey, Japan,  Greece, Spain and Lebanon.

2021

The Willow Singing Tree of Celebrating Our True Value

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The Banyan Singing Tree of the Beloved Community, created as the final reflections for the coaching program of George Washington University's Center for Excellence in Public Leadership.  The leaves symbolize the gifts the coaches hope to give with their new skills.  The birds symbolize their dreams for themselves as a coach.  The butterflies symbolize the transformation that occurred in their program.   Such a creative way to wrap up an academic program.

2020

The Banyan Singing Tree of the Beloved Community

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A mini-Singing Tree at McKinley Elementary School in Burlingame, CA completed today. 100 kids during recess two days in a row. Such a positive school community. First time honoring a bulldog mascot!! I'm excited to partner with Michelle Holdt and Arts Ed Matters in this project. We're celebrating Art Education Month.

2019

The McKinley Singing Tree of One Heart

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Fiji Singing Tree of Climate Change made on a little island in the Yasawa, it was installed by flashlight at night in a village with no electricity.  Because of the cool reefs, the Singing Tree Team could only travel at high tide, which was after sunset.

2018

Fiji Singing Tree of Climate Change

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Jane Goodall Singing Tree of Love

2017

Jane Goodall Singing Tree™ of Love

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The Singing Tree of Stillness in the Fire, made at Ananda Laurelwood, Laurelwood, Oregon. 20” x 30" Part of Awakening Arts Academy

2018

The Maple Singing Tree of Nature’s Mystery

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My high school and Geyserville elementary are the only two schools in the district. I collaborated with the kinder class that my son was In at the time. After the mural was painted I brought it with the leaves and birds to the annual Geyserville Fall Colors event and set up a booth where community members contributed.  With the elementary and high school student bird and leaves and the communities we put it together. Shortly after, a few students of mine from my elective class and I went over to the elementary during a gratitude ceremony for the first responders and presented it with the kids at the assembly sharing the origin of your singing tree and our community story and vision for the tree. I’ll send pics.  It was magical. - Amy Wilson

2017

Phoenix Singing Tree

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"The Singing Tree of Teaching for Sustainable Communities" at Sonoma State University, magnificently organized by Michelle Mazzeo and Emily Schell. 30 dedicated, passionate educators connecting to empower young people to use their genius to heal our earth, our communities.

2017

The Singing Tree of Teaching for Sustainable Communities

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Arts in April Singing Tree the driving question "What is your wish for the arts in Napa?"

2015

Arts in April Singing Tree

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Young people from different religions and ethnic groups in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzogivinia collaborated to create a Singing Tree mural. In the process,  they learn team-building and leadership skills. Create Peace Project of San Francisco joined with ArtGrupa of Sarajevo to carry out this team-building project. (Partners - Create Peace Project, Art Grupa). 
 The Singing Tree was part of the International Peace Convention to commemorate the 100th anniversary of World War War in the place where it began.  500 children and their families contributed to the mural at the Children’s Festival, which began as a healing gathering after the conflicts of the 1990’s ended.

2014

Sarajevo Singing Tree of Renewed Togetherness

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The Seasons of Hope Singing Trees, made with homeless and formerly homeless kids who led with 1000 young people to create these four murals in Marin County, California

2012

Seasons of Hope Singing Tree- Autumn of Abundance

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The Singing Tree of Diversity II 2014 facilitated by Sonda Folk Cheesebrough, Elementary Art Teacher at Monongalia County Schools.

2012

Singing Tree of Diversity II

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