The Memory Project: Storytelling through visual arts, theater & puppetry

  We welcomed a new student to our class today, Margaret, who has been our student at LaGuardia Senior Center. Spica and I wish to thank the generosity of Homecrest Community Services, Karen Zhou, Executive Director, Chip Ma, Center Director and Zhikang Ling (Hong), Administrative Assistant for making this happen. It’s one of the benefits of virtual technology that we can invite seniors from diverse locations. And as a matter of fact, I will be “zooming” from Sydney, Australia for our next class!    We warmed up by making square and rectangular shapes with our hands and body. Imagining a large piece of paper was on either side of us we used our hands to shape squares. Next, we stretched upwards to imaginary paper on the ceiling, repeating the exercise and finally we bent our knees to draw squares on the floor.   Participants learnt how to create 3-D organic shapes, numbers and letters by perspective drawing and practice techniques of shading leant last week to add de...

  Spica and I are so very happy to be invited back to Bensonhurst Senior Center to begin a new virtual residency. We send a huge thank you to Karen Zhou, Executive Director, Homecrest Community Services, Chip Ma, Center Director, Don Lee, Chairman, Homecrest, Zhikang Ling (Hong), Administrative Assistant who arranged for the delivery of the materials needed for our class and Fanny Chen, Administrative Assistant and of course to our students. We will miss seeing Susanna and Stella on screen as they are busy looking after their grandchildren, however they will follow the recording of each lesson. It has been a month since we last saw our students, but it feels like only a few days ago. We are so pleased to see everyone safe and well.    In this residency, The Taste of Memory , participants will learn sketching, shading and coloring. They will document their stories inspired by remembered dishes. At the end of the program each participant will have a portfolio of their artwo...