The theme of this year’s annual Arts in the Park program, which takes place each Thursday afternoon at Mary Rutan Park, is an International Passport, instructor Betsy Woodruff told participants at the first event on Thursday. Youths, including Jayla Wilson, 11, left, and Taylor Russell, 12, right, began their tour in the United States learning the art of making tie dye T-shirts, which was born out of the counterculture movements of the 1960s. (EXAMINER PHOTO | REUBEN MEES)