Art for the Sky

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> Dear Children and Nature Campaign Leaders:
>
> Imagine 700 children becoming human drops of paint in a
> gigantic living painting of a great blue heron . . . whose long
> legs are made of materials gathered from a cleanup of a wild area
> or river! See the images below and you will get the idea . . .
>
> Animal Sky: An Embodied Collaboration is Art For the
> Sky’s newest program which links environmental groups and agencies
> with schools and communities in an enchanting, hands-on, nature
> restoration and art event. Since inception in 2002, Art For the Sky
> has served over 100 schools across the US and abroad reaching over
> 40,000 students and teachers with it’s unique artist in residency
> program. Each program culminates in a image of an animal that only
> makes sense from the sky where it is photographed and filmed from a
> crane. These images receive consistent front page media coverage
> bringing attention to important environmental issues like global
> warming, endangered species and nature education. Art For the Sky
> (a program of the 501 c-3 non-profit, the Charitable Partnership
> Fund) has collaborated diversely over the years with numerous
> environmental groups, peace groups, agencies, Indian tribes and
> cultural centers.
>
> With a 3,000 year old history dating back to the Nazca
> Desert of Peru, each magnificent image becomes the tool used
> to get children outside and interacting with the Earth and Sky in
> new ways. Our goals are embodied in the six powerful teachings of
> our program: intention, collaboration, interconnection, skysight,
> gratitude and impermanence. We coined the term ‘˜skysight’ as a
> way to teach participants the importance of training their
> imaginations to rise above their problems to gain the perspective
> needed to solve the issues they face as individuals and which we
> face together as a society.
>
> We believe that children’s voices are the most
> powerful voices in the world and they desperately need to be
> activated. When collaborating and experiencing their
> interdependence with one another in these inclusive, sensory,
> outdoor adventures, children can be empowered to rise up and
> creatively give momentum to the changes that need to occur in the
> world today. We often have matching grant money available so please
> contact us if you would like to consider hosting an Animal Sky
> event in your community in the coming year. And take a tour of our
> website’s Sky Gallery to see all the exciting images that have been
> created and read the profound Testimonials from participants.
>
> For the Sky, the Earth and the Children,
>
> Daniel Dancer, Program Director
>
> Mockingbird Sky, Redding, CA 2007 (750 students and teachers)