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...
by Emily Bhargava | May 24, 2016 | Uncategorized, youth development
After many months of preparation the Kennedy school garden mosaics were finally installed in their place on the sides of the raised garden beds in the playground. This is what the beds looked like before the mosaics were added: Here are a few action shots of the...
by Emily Bhargava | Apr 4, 2016 | Uncategorized, youth development
Last week the Kennedy After School Garden Mosaic Club grouted their creations. Grout is a special kind of cement that’s used to fill the spaces between tiles. They had a good time mushing the grout into the panels that we had designed and they also grouted the...
by Emily Bhargava | Mar 21, 2016 | Uncategorized, youth development
With the help of lots of small hands we’ve completed four mosaic panels to mount on the raised garden beds at the Kennedy School. The kids’ drawings have come to life in colorful glass and we’re just about ready to grout them. The mosaics that the...
by Emily Bhargava | Jan 29, 2016 | Uncategorized, youth development
Two weeks of work have paid off, and the mosaic is coming along. We translated the kids’ drawings into panel designs and they’ve started to tile two of the designs. Hopefully the friendly bugs will add a few extra smiles to the playground and...
