The art work from various beaches all around the world has been photographed and transferred to the museum website.
The 'Spreading Wings' group in Ballycastle (led by David Quinney Mee) heard of the World Beach Project and developed the idea in the local community with families and young people.

I became part of that larger project by incorporating it into my family and community work with Corrymeela. For example families from Ballycastle Sure Start, and many other interested children passing by, gathered on World Ocean day, 8 June 2008, at Ballycastle beach to create all kinds of 'Beach Pictures'. Also Foster Families came over a weekend to the Centre and together made a beautiful tree to celebrate the nurture of their new 'family'. The range of expressions certainly was a treat for the average unassuming beach comber, finding birds, stars, and faces lay across the sand.

The beach business continued and summer culminated with a week-long festival of events in Ballycastle called the Four Swans Festival. The theme of the festival focused on the environmental issues and awareness of climate change.

Events were plentiful, for example there was story telling and Sea shanties, epic sponsored swims from Rathlin Island to Ballycastle and a 'light bulb amnesty' to collect the old and give out new energy saving bulbs.

During the festival I helped implement the type of creative learning I use at Corrymeela. A sculpture out of bulbs was put atop a Willow spiral sculpture made round the monument in the middle of the Diamond in Ballycastle. The bulbs were light by solar panel and shone out at night to illuminate the Willow sculpture adorned with silver jumping fish.

Under my design and facilitation families from the town and other local helpers were able to explore and express an important topic through art. Many of the town folk made a float for the final parade, children in Puffin costumes and local skilled young people stilt walked, drummers drummed and mermaids were all part of this celebration of diversity and fun that came from the very top of the town and all the way to the sea front. A fitting place to end, throughout the season the beach proved a powerful space for community building.
The Four Swans Festival was part-funded by the National Lottery through the Arts Council of Northern Ireland