by Emily Bhargava | May 30, 2019 | community art, community health, youth development
It’s been a busy few months! Through the Beautiful Stuff Project, Connection Lab has worked with five of the Somerville public elementary schools to carry out professional development and collaborative arts integrations projects. Each project connected to...
by Emily Bhargava | Apr 1, 2019 | community art, community health
After many months of individual projects, the IMPACT group, a gathering of immigrant parents who convene on Friday mornings to connect and make art, began a collaborative mosaic to represent their group. They designed a logo of two clasped hands, and laid out the...
by Emily Bhargava | Apr 1, 2019 | community art, community health
As a prelude to International Women’s Day the opening reception for the pumping exhibit was perfect. We had a good turn-out, and lots of help from the people and organizations in the city that have the power to incorporate new, more mother-friendly policies into...
by Emily Bhargava | Feb 26, 2019 | community art, community health
The amazing photos and stories that were hung at the Breast Pump Hackathon last spring will be displayed again, this time at City Hall in Somerville. A group of inspirational local partners has stepped up to help plan an opening reception on the evening of March 7th....
by Emily Bhargava | Aug 16, 2018 | community art, community health
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...
by Emily Bhargava | May 18, 2018 | community health, Uncategorized
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...
