Youth Leadership Program – Singing Tree: Hands on Mural-Making
In this hands-on art-making workshop, we will engage in the creation of a Singing Tree Mural from start to finish during the conference. No one knows what it will look like in the end, as we will practice “emergent wisdom” together. It will be the 131st Singing Tree mural of a forest of trees, joining a legacy of some 23,500 people from 52 countries. The mural is part of an invitation for the whole world to make a painting together, which had its origins in the vision of an 8-year-old girl. The workshop will also include information about the neurobiological aspects of the eco-based “Peace Building Through Art Inspired by Nature” program. Paint clothes will be provided. Hosted by Laurie Marshall, founder of Unity Through Creativity Foundation and The Singing Tree Project. With Singing Tree Mural facilitators, Leslie Rein and Fernanda Lugo.
Singing Tree Tent on Allston Way
March 28th | 3:00 pm to 4:15 pm
Panelists
Laurie Marshall
Founder
Unity Through Creativity Foundation
Laurie Marshall is an author, artist and innovator with 40+ years’ experience empowering youth and adults through creative collaboration with her “Peace Building through Art inspired by Nature” approach. A visionary educator, she has served mostly low-income children, families and their schools as an Arts Integration and Project Based Learning specialist. Founder of Unity Through Creativity Foundation and the Singing Tree Project, Laurie is a certified K-12 Art and Social Studies Teacher with training in the Waldorf Curriculum, Conversational Intelligence, Peace Literacy and Outward Bound. Her many clients have included NASA, FEMA, the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Interior, the U.S. Botanical Gardens, and many public schools, hospitals and prisons around the country, and, every year for much of the last two decades, Laurie has facilitated and exhibited Singing Tree murals at Bioneers.
Fernanda Lugo
Counselor
Concordia Language Village in Minnesota
Fernanda Lugo, a transdisciplinary scholar/activist with backgrounds in bio-behavioral health and environmental sciences, serves on the board of Eco El Paso and works with Citizens Climate Lobby, Move to Amend, and The Alliance for Just Money. Fernanda’s activism includes working on ecological health, land restoration, soil remediation, livable wages, healthcare, and dignified work for all. She also serves as a counselor for Concordia Language Village in Minnesota and is currently training to be Singing Tree Mural Facilitator, working on “The Singing Tree of a Just and Democratic Economy.”
Leslie Rein
