​For years, the idea had been percolating…
                         I knew I wanted to create a project that celebrated optimism and storytelling by lots of people of all ages.
                                                                   It all came together with an old box of used keys.

Read the Keystories 
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The national tour is on hold for awhile, click for more information, a project video or requests to participate when the project resumes.
We are more alike my friend, than we are unalike.
Maya Angelou
Lenore Lyons is the founder of The Key Idea®. This large-scale community engagement project invites folks from 1 - 100+ to respond to the same prompt with the same art materials.  Using a key for inspiration, adults and children  are invited to tell their story… and they do. People of all ages are inspired to open their big dreams by thinking about them as they select a key.

The Key Idea will showcase the diversity of social customs and similarities of life experiences by gathering written and oral stories from people of all ages and cultures.
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Lenore and her partner, Diane will be bringing this project to communities across the United States starting in January 2020.  Invite us to your town, your group, your community. See the route.

Contact us and let us know how you would like to be involved and tell your story.  Yes, I'd like to add my story.

Read the KeyStories  
KeyStone Reflections
​History of Exhibits


In The News

Cape Cod Magazine: Community is Key 
April 2016 Click to read the article

1/16/16 -- Go out and find your key: Artist honors Martin Luther King Jr. by placing keystones across Cape Cod -- Read Barnstable Patriot article by Debi Boucher Stetson ​
10/20/15-- The Key Idea: a Community Art Project -- Listen to an interview about The Key Idea™ project on The Point with Mindy Todd
11/27/15 -- 2000 VOICES HEARD: 'The Key Idea': a community art project, Read the Cape Cod Times article by Eir Lindström-Holmy