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Teen Mosaic at The Children’s Room
We were invited back to The Children's Room in Arlington to lead a collaborative mosaic project with teens. In only 45 minutes they worked in small groups to mosaic hands in four different colors. Many of the teens added their own personal symbols or words under...
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Charlestown Nursery School
We visited the Charlestown Nursery School on the teachers' very first day back in the classroom to explore the ways that mosaic can be used to engage students, parents and the community at large. The teachers made a fast and furious collaborative mosaic of their own...
read moreAccess Day- Meet the Gack
While Dr Seuss's Gack still reigns supreme, we had a great time at the deCordova yesterday building and decorating our own interpretation of the Gack. With a mermaid tail and some crazy horns, it emerged as a friendly monster that was colorful enough for kids to think...
read moreVisit us at DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park’s Access Day
The DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park will be hosting an Access Day event on August 15th from 10:00-1:00. We'll be there leading a collaborative sculpture project. Come help us build and decorate a creative creature. We're not quite sure what he'll look like yet,...
read moreBreast Pump Hackathon updates
The hackathon and the accompanying policy summit were amazing. The work that went into thinking about the event's values, participants, setting and content paint off tremendously, and it seemed to me that everyone left feeling empowered and part of a caring positive...
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Breastpump Photo exhibit is live!
After hanging the exhibit on Friday the wonderful photos and stories shared by 15 women from around the country have been inspiring the hundreds of people attending the Make the Breast Pump Not Suck Hackathon and Policy Summit this weekend in Cambridge. I'll share...
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Hackathon Photovoice Exhibit will premier on April 27th
After many months of collecting photos of pumping situations and stories about the good, the bad and the ugly of trying to pump while working, the photo voice project is almost ready to hang. The exhibit will be displayed during the Make the Breastpump Not Suck...
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Class mosaic ready to be grouted!
As a way to help bring a class together, Connection Lab and the Beautiful Stuff Project teamed up to lead a four-session collaborative mosaic project. With lots of careful planning and on-the-spot orchestration, we pulled off an exciting piece in only four 45-minutes...
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A warm dedication for beautiful windows
Two interfaith stained glass windows with cut paper designs that have been in the works for many long months, created by at least 40 people, are now ensconced in their home at Bentley University's Spiritual Life Center. Earlier this month the space was filled to...
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Share Your Photos of Breast Pumping Situations (deadline March 20)
Help us gather a great group of photos to show the hackers at the 2018 "Make the Breast Pump Not Suck" Hackathon what it's really like to pump- and what they should think about as they work to make it better. Below is the official call for photos. Please send them...
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