Avivo Artworks Program—Jes Reyes—Adults—2.5 hours
This week was the beginning of spring semester classes at MCAD! I didn’t get a chance to work with the artists who I have been assisting at Avivo and Midwest Special Services this week, but I did attend Avivo’s employee and volunteer orientation on Wednesday. It was really interesting to hear more about Avivo’s mission and history, and also exciting to meet people who work at Avivo outside their artworks program. This meeting really confirmed for me what an incredible organization Avivo is, and how many individuals and families they help. Though I was in class a lot of this week, it felt good to reconnect with my practice, something that has been giving me insight on to what workshops I might like to lead at Avivo and MSS. I talked with Jes about doing a collaborative art piece for the workshop at Avivo because many of the members have expressed interest in doing “inclusive art” which has a collaborative community aspect. I am looking forward to talking with Hannah at MSS about a few ideas as well.