About the Stream of Dreams^TM Program

The Stream of Dreams^TM Program brings awareness to communities about their local watersheds through environmental education and stunning public artwork. The goal of the program is to improve water quality, while at the same time creating a community art legacy as a reminder of our environmental responsibilities.

The program originated in Burnaby, British Columbia where it is administered by the Stream of Dreams Murals Society. Conservation Halton is proud to be the first organization to officially bring the program to Ontario and to our watershed! Conservation Halton launched the Stream of Dreams Program in May 2006 with a celebrity mural at its administration office. The first community mural was also installed in May 2006 at St. John Elementary School in Burlington. This inaugural mural contains over 400 painted fish created by students from St. John Elementary and C.H. Norton Elementary schools. Please visit our Dreamfish gallery to see photographs from both of these murals.

For additional information on the Stream of Dreams Program in Halton please contact ewren@hrca.on.ca.

Dreamfish Murals

Dreamfish are fish shapes cut from plywood and painted in the most imaginative colours and designs by elementary school children and other program participants. These dreamfish are then mounted on a chainlink fence to create a mural. The mural serves as a stunning reminder of the importance of protecting water sources within each community. Of course, before all this can happen, Stream of Dreams instructors from Conservation Halton present watershed education workshops to participants. 

Cost Estimate and School Visit Information

$5 per student plus materials for the wooden fish (some or all of these materials can be scrounged or donated by local companies.) Conservation Halton may be able to assist with this.

Services and materials included in above cost:

• Design, planning and watershed research
• Art paint and all other supplies for the workshops
• Art and environmental instructors for the workshops (We can instruct 6-7 classes a day. Each class has about 30 minutes for each portion of the workshop - first part watershed education and second part painting. A school of up to about 450 students (20 divisions) takes 3 days
• A minimum of 150 participants (painted dreamfish) are required to achieve the stunning visual effect of a mural
• Mural Installation - 1 to 2 days depending on the number of volunteer helpers and the number of pieces.

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