John Muir Examples | Art

A few examples of Dunbar Primary School’s fantastic John Muir collage created for the John Muir Festival in 2014. The full book of images, and the story of Muir’s life, is available to buy from Dunbar Primary School the John Muir Birthplace Trust.

As part of their literacy-focused Award, members of the Burnfoot Community School Explorers class created John Muirals – large wall posters depicting Muir at different stages of his life.

For their Family Conserver Award, Lauren and Rhonda Buttler’s family produced an imaginative creation showing how Muir may have interpreted Edinburgh’s Holyrood Park throughout history.

Inspired by Mission:Explore John Muir activity #MEJM001, Jasmin, a pupil at Dunrossness, had planned to walk 1000 steps and make a map of where she went. She ended up walking 4000 steps barefoot.

Award providers and participants alike get into the spirit of Muir by donning bought or improvised beards!

The Garden Links Carlisle Group created this fantastic John Muir collage at Watchtree Nature Reserve. They used natural materials including seeds, thistle down and feather.