by Emily Bhargava | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized, youth development
The Kennedy School playground just got a face-lift, and includes a series of new planting beds. With Support from the Somerville Arts Council, the Kennedy after-school program will be working with Connection Lab for 10 weeks to design and make mosaics to install on...
by Emily Bhargava | Jan 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
The mosaic mural that Laura Smith led and installed on the benches of the East Somerville Library is complete. Connection Lab helped with some of the design, led one of the community clay workshops and brought quotes from the East Somerville Peace Quilt incorporate...
by Emily Bhargava | Nov 30, 2015 | Uncategorized
To celebrate the Indian holiday of Diwali and to prepare for an upcoming Multicultural Festival at the Council on Aging, a small group of council members worked together during drop-in craft time to make a rangoli. Traditionally these rangoli are used to decorate...
by Emily Bhargava | Oct 23, 2015 | community art, community health, Uncategorized, youth development
The wonderful art teacher at the Argenziano School agreed to have her art club make floral mosaics to decorate pavers that will divide the beds in the school garden. She used PTA funds to buy mesh and glue, we’ll use garden improvement funds to buy pavers and...
by Emily Bhargava | Sep 29, 2015 | community art, Uncategorized, youth development
Many years ago as a youth worker running health programs with teens, I was shown a chart that showed the balance of power between youth and adults as young people take on more meaningful and complete responsibility for programs. (I wish I knew where it came from). ...
