Category Archives: Community Highlights
PacArts Family Arts Colony Art Show: Marlee Donati
PacArts Family Arts Colony in San Pedro opened a new show for October’s First Thursday Arts Walk! Marlee Donati is the featured painter and her large abstracts bring life and color to the gallery. Marlee also teaches painting to the … Continue reading
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NEA Chairman Jane Chu Visits NoHo Senior Arts Colony
EngAGE was site-visited on 9/23 at NoHo Senior Arts Colony by the Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts, Jane Chu. Jane is the top-ranking arts administrator in the country. She visited us as part of a tour of a handful … Continue reading
Community Highlights: June – The Making of a Quilt at The Magnolia
Thanks to Site Leader and art teacher Alma Wright at The Magnolia at Highlands for sending these photos and the wonderful stories that were gathered in interviews conducted by Lauren Wright (see her bio below). Keep reading to learn about a group … Continue reading
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Community Highlights: May
Be sure to see our Community Photo Albums post today, too! The very active intergenerational program at The Piedmont connects senior resident volunteers and neighborhood 5th grade students to create art, history and socio-cultural community projects. The current project focuses on potting … Continue reading
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Community Highlights: April
This month we’re featuring gardens and Harambee! Click on any photo to enlarge it. And be sure to see our other post today, “Community Photo Albums.” Spring is in the air and that means gardeners are out in force. Today … Continue reading
Community Highlights: March
There are many gardens throughout our EngAGE Communities, but today we’ll focus on the one at Portofino Senior Apartments in Pomona. In March, gardening expert Alan Moss from Armstrong Garden Center spoke to the residents on how to best take … Continue reading
Community Highlights: February
Alma Wright worked with residents at the Magnolia to create “Venetian” masks: “We’ve used all kinds of materials such as acrylic paints, feathers, yarn, sequins, wire and glitter to achieve very different looks for each mask.” Shirley Yu at the … Continue reading
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