This is Jonathan who is a family member with a brother, Alli (cerebral palsey victim in wheelchair next to him,) Sarah, His Mom, and his sister Seito. Jonathan is making his island.
He and his family are creating together at the Nate Smith House as part of an on going workshop series that is conducted by Ed Pazzanese and assisted by Tamara Safford, Pepper Greene and other guests from Spontaneous Celebrations. The workshop meets for two hours and is still on going...it began a year and a half ago. The Families have different disorders, deaf, cerebral palsey, downes syndrome and autism. The projects include making islands from collage and sculpey, telling the story of the islands (see videos of sign language tellings on Families Creating Together, at Ning.com click on peace sign.)
The other activities of this last year included making memory patches on cloth that become pillows and wall hangings, making dream boxes, (diaramas of dreams in plastic shoe boxes) and dynamic dramatic storytellings with Ibrahim from Israel.
The class is sponsored through Community Partners at Mass College of Art, Art Ed Department and the main participants are Ed Pazzanese and Tamara Safford, Pepper Greene and Lois Bergren.
