About Tile Making Across Texas
The July 4, 2025 floods brought unimaginable loss to Kerr County, but their impact reached far beyond the region. Communities across Central and West Texas experienced devastating flooding, while visitors from across the state were also in the Hill Country for the Fourth of July holiday. The Kerr County Love Project recognizes that the stories of loss, survival, connection, and recovery extend across Texas.
Two Experiences: One Shared Mosaic
Community Healing Workshops
In partnership with Whataburger, the Kerr County Love Project is working with Bo’s Place and the Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas to create intentional spaces for individuals and families impacted by the floods to gather, connect, reflect, and create together.
Community Tile Making Workshops
The partnership also includes five free public tile making workshops at Whataburger locations across Texas, inviting people of all ages to create a tile for the Kerr County community mosaic and show their support for those impacted by the 4th of July floods.
What to Expect:
Working with clay can be calming, restorative, and a meaningful way to connect with others. Our art therapists will guide you through the creative process, creating a welcoming space for conversation, reflection, and making together. No art experience is necessary.
Whether you have a personal connection to the floods or simply want to show your support, you are invited to slow down, create something with your hands, connect with others, and contribute to a larger story of resilience, remembrance, and hope.
Workshop Process:
During each workshop, participants will work with clay to create flowers, almonds, and other detailed tile elements that will become part of the Kerr County community mosaic. Each tile plays an important role in the larger work, reflecting the idea that every unique contribution matters.
Which workshop should I attend?
Both workshop experiences are open to anyone who wants to share their love, create a tile, and contribute to the Kerr County community mosaic. You are welcome to choose the location and experience that feels right for you.
If you were directly impacted by the July 4 floods and live near Bo’s Place in Houston or the Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas in San Antonio, you may appreciate one of our Community Healing Workshops. These gatherings offer a more intentional space to slow down, create, reflect, and connect alongside others who may share experiences of loss, grief, or recovery.
Our Whataburger Tile Making Workshops have a different feel. These are lively, open community events designed for people of all ages to stop by, make a tile, connect with the project, and show their support. Come with friends or family, stay and create with us, or simply stop in to make your piece and continue with your day.
If you were directly impacted by the floods, you are welcome at any of our workshops. Our art therapists will be present at every location, and we encourage you to choose the setting that feels most comfortable and supportive for you. Whether that is a quieter Community Healing Workshop or a lively Whataburger event, there is a place for you to create with us.
Thousands of clay tiles have been made, and now it's time to make yours! No art experience necessary.
The tiles will be assembled into a beautiful mosaic at the Hill Country Youth Event Center in Kerrville, Texas.
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All workshops are free and open to all ages! Bring your children, your friends, your family, or simply bring yourself.
Everyone is welcome at the table.
Participants are invited to create alongside one another, share conversation, and add their own handmade piece to a mosaic shaped by thousands of hands across Texas.
Together, these individual contributions will become part of a lasting work of public art celebrating the resilience of Texas, the history and spirit of Kerr County, and what can happen when a community chooses to create together.
We hope you can
join us!
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