Salmon and Steelhead

Art Projects

Community Art Projects - General Information

Community Arts Network, Youth Pages - an excellent resource for planning any grand-scale community art project.
Step Out-Side: Community-Based Art Education by Peter London - Explores the “whys” for community art projects (book excerpt).

Community Art Projects - Ideas

Art Cards for Fundraiser - Make cards to raise money for a restoration project (see sample procedure).
Fotonovela - picture stories about salmon (see sample instructions from Harvard School of Public Health, or in Spanish - Estudiantes Transformando Historias en Fotonovelas).
Salmon Batik Banners - depicting different impressions of salmon and steelhead or the salmon life cycle (see sample salmon batiks).
Salmon Flash Animation - salmon story or life cycle (see sample project).
Salmon Mural - mural painted on wall or paper (see sample procedure).
Quilting with Children - with individual participants making squares (see sample class quilt procedure).
Salmon Tiles - a mural or mosaic (see example of salmon tiles made by middle school students).
Salmon and Steelhead Sculptures – Decorate molded forms (see sample salmon sculptures or check out a source of tabletop-size unpainted steelhead forms).

Making Fish Prints

Making a Mural