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 16, 2018 | community art, youth development
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...
by Emily Bhargava | Sep 12, 2017 | youth development
Connection Lab worked with the graduating 5th graders at the Haggerty School in Cambridge, Massachusetts to quickly design and create a quilt that pieced together the many identities of the students. Each student was given a small white square of fabric mounted on a...
by Emily Bhargava | Dec 25, 2016 | community art, community health, data literacy, Uncategorized, youth development
Making it into the world of academic journals is a big step for the Data Mural model, and we’ve made the leap. A case study of our Data Mural from Minas Gerais Brazil was recently published in the Journal of Community Informatics as part of a special issue on...
by Emily Bhargava | Sep 1, 2016 | Uncategorized, youth development
Once more, Connection Lab helped youth from the Allston-Brighton Substance Abuse Task Force Youth Coalition create a striking symbol from the national Above the Influence campaign. This year, the campaign’s arrow inside a circle are made of wood, and on the wood...
by Emily Bhargava | Aug 14, 2016 | community health, Uncategorized, youth development
In partnership with the school’s art teacher, the Beautiful Stuff Project and Groundwork Somerville, Connection Lab and the Argenziano School art club worked all year to make garden pavers inspired by Georgia O’Keefe. At the end of the year the Groundwork...
