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Newsletter, 19 June 2013

“My task is just seeing what can get reactivated.” -Theaster Gates
19 June 2013
Dear Friends,

Summer is here!  Welcome to another edition of our weekly newsletter. We hope to see you at our events and around the Boston-Cambridge community.

Chicago-based Cultural Agent Theaster Gates
transforms spaces, institutions, traditions, and perceptions.
Here, Gates discusses the artist as a catalyst.
Art is a force that drives innovation

From Critical Thinking to Community Action:
An expert panel on developing and applying education strategiesWhen: Thursday, June 20
5:30 to 7:30 P.M.
Where: Thompson Room, The Barker Center
12 Quincy Street, Cambridge

Sponsored by SHARP


 A cartonera book cover, Cambridge 2007.
A video pan over of the tangents brought in by BPS teachers at our workshop last week, complete with a narration of the principal text: The Little Prince.
Click the photo to access the video!

Pre-Texts at TAG
PRE-Texts facilitator Paul Tritter (HGSE ’12) joins Dr. Doris Sommer in a training series from June 18th-21st for the UMass Boston’s Talented and Gifted (TAG) Latino Program, a five-week summer program for high school students.
Text: The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Spanish Heritage Academy Graduation
is this Saturday!
The Academy will celebrate one full academic year with a student showcase.
When: June 22nd, 11-2
Where: Mario Umana School, East Boston


Stay tuned!

Cultural Agents & Pedro Reyes
will reunite in July.
Can you guess the location below?

Full details to bloom soon.

Discover more from the Pedro Reyes studio.

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