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Breast 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...
read moreUpcoming Glass Mobile workshop at deCordova
Check out the workshop series that will be starting next week at deCordova. It'll be a nice way to learn the basics of copper foil for stained glass and, even if you're already an expert at glass cutting and soldering, to work with color, balance and light. click...
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Mosaic Mandalas at deCordova
Connection Lab has used mandalas in therapeutic settings, with english-language learners, and has now brought them to the deCordova museum and sculpture park. An introductory mosaic workshop linked to an exhibit in the galleries called Cool Medium: Art, Television...
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Glass Becomes Water- a Mosaic class at deCordova in Lincoln
How can we represent water through mosaics? This workshop series explored a variety of ways to represent water using traditional and not-so-traditional mosaic techniques. Through color, texture, andamento, suggestive materials, and the play of light, students made...
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Interfaith Stained Glass Windows with Cut Paper Designs
Thanks to the dedicated efforts of Tova Speter of the MEM project, Connection Lab's longtime dream of a collaborative stained glass project is finally becoming reality. In partnership with the MEM project and Interfaith Family of Greater Boston, Connection Lab is...
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