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Marcus Young, a multidisciplinary conceptual artist, worked with Shen Pei, Mary Ellen Childs, and Cody Anderson to produce Wishes for the Sky, a large-scale, nature-oriented public arts event, as part St. Paul, Minnesota, on Earth Day.

Sponsored by Forecast Public Art, the project involved flying 1,000 kites, symbolizing 1,000 sets of wishes. It served to remind people “of the interdependence of life within ecological and social systems, of the connection between a hopeful mind and a clean earth, and ultimately of harmony and peace for our world.”