The first workshop was held at Taft Elementary school, in the art classroom made possible by Let There Be Arts.
Our creative process began with a walk down to the water at Taft. The kids were encouraged to find objects that had been brought by the ocean. Where did the objects come from? What was their story? How did the story of an object stranded by the tides connect Lincoln City with the world?
They were encouraged to observe the scene as a whole, natural beauty and trash included.
After observing and collecting objects on the beach, we returned to the classroom at Taft to sketch what we had seen.
Some of the sketches were completely imaginary :-)
The students then cut out their sketches and assembled them into a collage. This was a good lesson in group process, as they had to obtain everyone's permission to rearrange the drawings many times in order to create the final design. This collage served as the layout for the final silk banner. 
In between workshops, Annamieka took the student's drawings and layout from the collage to create the outline for the final banner. She then outlined the design on the silk and protected the outlines with waterbased gutta resist to prep the silk for painting. A giant frame was constructed to stretch the silk for painting. Thank you Peter for building the frame!
The second workshop was very exciting. 14 kids attended to help paint the banner. Students teamed up to paint specific areas of the banner. Paintbrushes flew, and the outlined drawings quickly filled with vibrant colors.
Great white sharks in the bay!
The sheer size of the banner was a challenge. It worked well to paint the objects in the center first, working later out to the edges of the banner.
We voted as a group how to paint the background. A sunset soon filled the sky!
After the entire banner was full of color, each student signed their name along the edge.
Ta-Da!
It was a fun challenge to figure out how to hang the banner in the community center. The ceilings are very tall! Thank you Dan for scaling that ladder!
We were very excited to see the kid's work hanging in the community center!
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