Project developer, Lenore Lyons of Explore Art! The Journal Project in collaboration with the Cape Cod and Islands Art Educators, gathered several thousand art pieces from participants in Cape Cod's largest community art project. The Key Idea™, gave people an opportunity to reflect on what is important to them; they selected a key, drew it, and then wrote about what that key might open or start or do.

The art work which was created by people ages 1-100 are arranged on a grid and grouped by age at the Centerville Historical Museum. This exhibit highlights the development of writing and art but most importantly, the changes in thinking. We lock and unlock important things. The Key Idea™ showcases what is important at different stages of life.  People share a sentence or two about something meaningful to them.  Keys have an almost universal appeal; they are objects that recall vivid memories and inspire powerful concepts. Visitors to the museum will have the opportunity to view the responses of the community as well as add their own voice to this ongoing project.