The Singing Trees

The Aspen Singing Tree, Denver Colorado, with the theme "Who is Your Hero?". 
Initiated by Maria Feekes, carried out by Tamma and her art students at Elbert High School,
over 800 people participated from varied places - families in crisis, people in homeless shelters, people in villages in Peru and Mexico. Displayed at Denver's Welllington Webb Building
and City and County Building, 2010.

Apple Tree, 8' x 12'
Pittsburgh, PA

Cherry Singing Tree, 8' x 12'
Helen S. Faison Elementary Arts Academy
Pittsburgh, PA, 2005

Elm Singing Tree, 8' x 16'
made by 1000 students in
Rappahannock County, VA.
This was the first Singing Tree.

The Ginkgo Singing Tree, 8' x 12',
"What do you love on this earth?"
led by art students at Mt. Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, PA, made by 800 young people from the U.S. Germany, Peru and Sierra Leone. 2002

The Linden Tree, 8' x 12',
led by art students at Mt. Lebanon High School, Pittsburgh, PA, 2002

The Maple Tree, 8' x 12,
led by art students at Peabody HIgh School, Pittsburgh, PA, 2002

The People Tree, 8' x 8',
made by young people at an orphanage in Gujarat, India, under the guidance of Elektra Gorky

The Pine Tree, 4' x 8',
made by 50 art students in Red River, Minnesota

The Tulip Singing Tree, 8' x 12',
"How do you cope with pain without hurting your body or breaking the law?" led by art students at McKees Rocks High School, outside of Pittsburgh, PA, made by 800 people from Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Cuba, Israel, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, 2005

The Willow Singing Tree, 8' x 12',
“Giving Thanks”
made by 65 people, ages 5 to 15, Morgantown, W. VA, USA, sponsored by Art in the Parks, 2004.

The BIA Willow, 8' x 8',
made by Marion Hansson, Curator of the BIA's art collection, Sidney Bad Moccasin and
five other BIA staff, Dianne Marshall, Lawren Giles and Laurie Marshall,
honoring all 572 federally registered Native American tribes,
in the permanent collection of the Department of Interior, Washington, D.C., 2005