by Emily Bhargava | Mar 2, 2018 | community art, community health
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....
by Emily Bhargava | Sep 19, 2016 | Uncategorized
A project by Connection Lab will be included in the upcoming show “Wall to Wall: Art Builds Community” at the Nave Gallery. The collaborative mandala made in cooperation with the Guidance Center and the Beautiful Stuff Project will be included as one...
by Emily Bhargava | Aug 11, 2016 | community health, Uncategorized
Based on the Guidance Center’s ongoing work using mandalas as a meditative, mindfulness-building exercise for clients, the Beautiful Stuff Project and Connection Lab partnered with them to provide a series of mandala workshops for women who are survivors of...
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 | 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). ...
