The Key Idea

9/13/2014

I've been enamored with keys for decades. I just like them. I like the mystery of not knowing the story behind them. Who carried the keys in their pocket or purse? What did they lock? What did they open?
Earlier this year, I put an ad in the Cape Cod Times asking folks to donate unwanted keys to inspire community art. More than 1000 came to me and now I'm giving them away to inspire people of all ages to make key inspired art and writing. Join in...

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11/21/2024 12:59:37 pm

What a fascinating initiative! As locksmiths in Winston-Salem, NC, we share your appreciation for the history and stories behind keys—they’re not just tools but gateways to countless memories and moments. Your community art project is a beautiful way to celebrate their significance, and we hope it inspires creativity while highlighting the timeless importance of locksmithing in securing and unlocking possibilities.

Lenore Lyons

Lenore Lyons is passionate about igniting the spark that happens when people think creatively and get big ideas. There is something about riffling through a large tray of keys that encourages people of all ages to think about possibilities for their life and their loved ones.

She’s not sure exactly why, but hundreds of people have picked a key and said with satisfaction, “this feels good.” Then they are open to writing about their important ideas.

The keys all have a history and have been donated by countless people in the USA and elsewhere.. We always offer, and most people choose to keep their key. I like the ideas that strangers who will never meet are somehow connected by this simple yet powerful object.

The current project, as election year approaches is The Keys to Our American Dreams. We hope to discover the truth is a Maya Angelou poem, “we are more alike my friend than we are unalike.”

Lenore is the founder of The Key Idea, Inc. This large-scale community engagement project invites folks from 1 -100 to respond to the same art and writing prompt. We tend to lock and unlock important things and this project highlights what is important at different stages of life.

Lenore wants people to have fun with the arts and enjoy the process. She has her masters degree in education, has taught thousands of children and adults with her certification in Visual Arts K-12 and Elementary Education. She is currently teaching art at locations across Cape Cod She is the former president of the Board of Directors of the Cape and Islands Art Educators. She is a Barnstable Hometown Hero, and featured in the book, I Am of Cape Cod, by Whelan and Rodriques

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