In the 2010-2011 school year, Kennedy Heights Arts Center partnered with Silverton Paideia Academy on a unique community art project. "Our Community" engaged students and community members in exploring and documenting the rich history of Silverton through the artistic process. In this year-long project, 6th grade students at Silverton Paideia worked collaboratively with their teachers, KHAC staff and professional artist Rebecca Nebert to conduct research about the community, including collecting oral histories of long-term Silverton residents, and create a triptych mural using acrylic paint on three recycled hollow-core wood doors.

The finished product will continue to have an impact on students and community members for years to come. It is a picture of Silverton through the ages, with various significant people, events, businesses, and places all together along the train tracks and roads, with much green space and trees in between. The mural will be installed in the school building with the intent to move it to their new Community Learning Center facility opening in 2012.

This project was made possible through a grant from the Ohio Arts Council.