The Dandelion School is located on the outskirts of Beijing in a heavily polluted, under-developed and high crime area. It serves the educational needs of 520 students from migrant families who subsist on very low incomes. Occupying a former factory, the campus looks inhospitable, barren and harsh.

The Dandelion Transformation Project strives to engage the entire school community of students, teachers and staff in a co-creative process to transform the current school environment into a place of beauty and joy and a place that inspires learning, creativity and exploration.

This project aims to use the transformative power of art to serve the most disfranchised group of citizens, to empower them with self-confidence, social and practical skills, and the where withal to take action to make their future promising and bright.