SOMOS SEMILLAS | WE ARE SEEDS, KEYS FOR THE CITY PROJECT, THE MIX, 2017

Keys for the City is an annual project sponsored primarily by Music for Everyone. Various community institutions and groups are invited to paint a donated piano to promote and represent their impact in the community. Local artists are invited to collaborate with the represented institution to create artistic pianos that will be on display throughout the summer. Salina is working with children from The Mix at Arbor Place, an after school program for youth in the Southeast and Southwest neighborhoods of Lancaster City. Most of the youth are Latinx and from the School District of Lancaster. Salina is creating a mural-like painting that includes original work by the youth (sketches pictured below) and artwork created by Salina to tie it all together. Their theme is the phrase (in English and Spanish) "They tried to bury us but they did not know we were seeds | Quisieron enterrarnos pero no sabian que eramos semillas". The youth were asked to create artwork that reflected something that made them feel happy or proud no matter how bad things got. 
This collaborative project is now on view in Downtown Lancaster at Lancaster Square near Fulton Bank. ​