On Friday December eighth 2012, at outside the line studio here in Medford on seventy Colby street at nine thirty a few staff and clients went to Tufts University radio station WMFO 91.5 to be on the radio including me. We played all kinds of different  songs and later we had a special announcement.  A few minutes later we all had went back to outside the lines studio at eleven am.

what happens at outside the lines

On Monday December twenty-sixtieths 2012, at a building in Medford called outside the line studio on seventy Colby street all of the clients and all of the staff people too was seeing a great movie it were called the Wedding and.  The rest of the staff and clients went to cooking group and then after lunch we had a band  

On Friday December twenty-first 2012, at outside the line studio in Medford on seventy Colby street   some of the clients and staff people went up to the radio station at Tuft University and spoke live on the radio.  Back at outside the line studio"s some clients and staff people went in the kitchen to have cooking group.  Everyday when a person comes into outside the lines studio he or she would see this Bigfoot creature standing eight feet tall high up on a great big book case the great Bigfoot creature wold be  staring at you with both of his eyes .  It looked like two laser beams was going to shoot from both  of his a eye sockets.  and into  a person gut but another person sees this and he get his great big shield and he put his great big shield in to the laser shielding the guy from the Bigfoot creature laser beam.  Then the  great Bigfoot creature becomes stiff as a board from his own laser beam.  And the Bigfoot creature stands there today stiff as a board from his own laser beam.

On Friday afternoon at one o"clock a few staff and clients too had rode to J.P licks in Somerville.  So  they had went out side in the parking lot to load in to the mini van and then we all had rode to J.P. licks.  A half of an hour later when we all were at J.P. licks we had got out of the mini van and then we had went in to a restaurant called JP. licks.  Inside J.P. licks all of the clients that went to JP. licks had ordered some ice cream.  At JP. lick they had different ice creams like chocolate, vanilla, pistachio, coffee, mocha mint chunk, and other flavors too and a few clients painting was hanged up on the wal at the right side of the restaurant and there wer about ten paintings on the wall at JP. licks. so each client had went to the counter to order their own kind of ice cream then we had ate our own bowl of ice cream at a table in J.P. licks restaurant.   We all had talked a while then when we had finish our bowl of ice cream we had left the restaurant.  So we all had opened the glass door and then we had walked to the mini van and then rode back to outside the line studio in Medford.  In a half of an our later when we were all back at outside the line studio we all had got out of the mini van and then went inside the outside the line building.  At three every body went to their house.

at the halloween party at outside the line

On Friday November second 2012, everybody at outside the line studio had a Halloween party after work.  There were almost everybody at outside the line studio that had great costume on. There were a live band playing with a person playing the drums and the tambourine at the same times and there were three people playing guitars and a lady playing the piano too. They all were playing great music and there were a guy taking some video"s too.   There was a whole of people sitting at tables. All of the people that were at the Halloween party here at outside the line studio here in Medford on seventy Colby street just had a great time at the HHalloween dance and there was a lot of different kinds of foods and a few drinks too.

here at the outside the line studio in Medford all of the clients and staff people were out for a walk on a very, very, warm snnny day.  Suddenly a client had spotted six magic lamps on the ground and the client that had spotterrd the magic lamps on the ground said hey you guys come here to help me to pick these magic lamps up so they had said ok.  So they had picked up the magic lamps.  But when they had picked up those magic lamps they were all dirty so they washed and then they had rubbed the bottle and then a lot of smoke were coning up and out from te botle and do yo no what had appeared but a magic Genny.  So the Genny had said I grant you three wishes one client had wish for a new motor scooter, another client h ad wished for a new boat, but the third client had wished for every body to be happy and heather for the new year.


              by George Russo

On Wednesday December twelve 2012, at outside the line studio in Medford at a building on seventy Colby street all of the staff and clients are righting some Christmas cards and coloring Christmas pictures too and listening to Christmas music.  Some clients had a cooking group with and some crated puppet and dummies too a staff person would asked some clients to paint or if they want to create some puppets.

On Monday December tenth 2012 some clients had pitched in and done a great big wide mural they would add a few shapes to the mural like squares, rectangle and circles made out of sticky paper and the  clients would add the shapes to the mural and a client would even add a few paintings to the great big wide mural too.  Some clients heard music on the laptop computer some clients would have cooking  group  with a few staff people in the kitchen and a staff would even make a dream pillow with mugwort, lavender, chamomile, buckwheat and millet, for soothing dreams too.  At two thirty their are a few guys that plays differee instruments that comes in to out side the line studio and they would play music

On Friday December seventh 2012 there is a Christmas party at outside the lines studio on seventy Colby street in Medford.  The Christmaa party starts at six o"clock and will end at nine o"clock at night

At the Christmas party there is going to be all different kinds of Christmas music there will be dancing to and there is going to be cool games to play with a there is going to be a whole lot of people at the Christmas party too and of course good food at the Christmas party at out side the lines studio too.

And of course thd will be a video photographer and a live band there too that will play all kinds of music

 Wednesday December fifth 2012, at one o:clock in the afternoon a staff person had pushed me out to the mini van that was in the parking lot.  So on the mini van were a few staff people and clients that was riding to the Tufts University campus,  At the Tufts University campus me, Alice, Nicole and a vollenteer name Meridith we had sold three paintings three Christmas wreaths and some Christmas cards too I had taken video the art and craft sale on the Tuft University campus.  A few minutes had past untiil it was two thirty and a female staff person named Elise came in to the Tufts University campus to get me and then she had wheeled me outside to the mini van that was in the parking lot.  But before Elise, could push me outout to thhe mini van.

I had took my kodak camera that was around my neck and thhen I had videoed me, Elise, and Meridith, going out to the mini van.

Laater on when everbody was in the outside the line building we had left

On Monday December third 2012, at the outside the line studio in Medford at seventy Colby street some of the clients and staff people here including me had painted on a great big giant canvas.  Later a few client and staff people had made some Christmas wreaths  to sell at the craft fair on at Tufts University and here at the dance at the outside the line building on December seventh 2012 the dance will start at five thirty at night until nine We I had made one long painting.  On Wednesday December fifth 2012, everybody at the outside the line studio in Medford at seventy Colby street are going to have a art sale at Tufts University art campus we are going to sell painting and hand made puppet and a few other stuff too So come to the art sale you can get a painting or a hand made puppet or just get a card as a gift or a present for someone.

On Friday November thirtieth 2012, at out side the line studio in Medford some clients and staff went to Tufts radio station,  So they had rode in the mini van to a brick building and they walked in the brick building and then they walked up forty eight steps to the room where you can sing on the radio I went up later. Up at the radio station we sang some songs and we had made a few announcements too.  Later we had came down stairs and we had got in the mini van and then we all rode back to out side the line studio an some clients had stitched two pillow cases together and some clients had cooking class too.  Later at three o"clock we are going back to our house

At out side the line studio a few clients had a group called the Sensery group and in that group they would paint with neon pint and turn out the light so the neon paint will have that glowing effec and the staff person that would teach the group would turn on some soft music

Upcoming Art Sale

At the Outside the line studio in Medford on 70 Colby street I talked to some staff people about my holiday vacation and they told me what they had done on their holiday vacation too.  On December 5th 2012 from 1-3pm there is a art exhibit and sale at Tufts University at Mayer campus center come and support the local artist of all abilities and you could do some holiday shopping too. You could bring the great big hairy guy known as Bigfoot but be sure that you take a long chain with you we don't want that great big hairy creature to get out of control or create any ruckus that will not be nice. If the great big hairy guy known as Bigfoot is creating a ruckus just put a great big called around his neck and hook a long leash on the call too then go to the phone and call the incredible hulk he would take the creature back to outside the line studio so that you can have a nice day at the art sale

On Wednesday November seventh 2012, at outside the line studio some of the staff and clients did some fluorescent drawings in the other room and  in the dark too with glow in the dark markers and some glow in the dark pen too.  While listening to Gregorian chant monk meditation

On Monday November fifth 2012, at outside the line studio me and some of the staff people and clients are making turkeys.  You get a big piece of paper and you press the palm of your hand to the paper and then trace around your hand with a marker or a pen then you would add feathers or draw lines for indication of feathers. and add a beak too. At two thirty some people are going to come to outside the line studio here in Medford to play some instrument.   At one o"clock me George and another client named Alisoon went in another room with a staff named Nicole and a volunteer named Ivey and Nicole took the laptop computer in the other room with us and we recorded different song on the laptop computer that we saang too.  Then  we would listen to the recording on the laptop computer of our voices singing with that particular song

On Friday November second 2012, at outside the line studio a few clients and staff people could ride in the mini van to Tufts University  and then they would walk upstairs to the 91.5 Tufts radio station and play some music and they can sing along with the music too. At the studio some volunteer and staff people are busy making Halloween decoration for the Halloween party that is going to be at one o"clock in the afternoon and a band going to play at two thirty.

On October thirty-first 2012 at the outside the line studio in Medford everybody is making Halloween decoration like skeletons, ghosts witches, and goons and there is Halloween music playing too.  Way up on the very top shelf standing straight is the creature known as Bigfoot staring down on his victims.  But the beast was caged up because he was alive but the creature was roaring and snoweling. But when the creature touched the iron bars a million volts of electricity would enter the creature body besides there would be a guy with a whip so if the Bigfoot creature would touch the bar the guy would whip the creature back in to place because the guy don"t want the creature to get a big shock

On Friday the twenty-six 2012, at outside the line studio in Medford some of the staff people and some of the clients too went upstairs to the radio station. I had a good time. Me, Nicole E, Martyna, Nick, Alice, Jb, and Nicole C, all had a great time we had played a few songs and some of us even sang along with the song.  I even got to make a announcement about the MBTA and how the people that works at the MBTA is raising the Rates and the those who want to e-mail the Ride should google http://www.theride.com and also too. We all had a great time up at the radio station 91.5 Tuffs radio   A minute later we were back at outside. lines studio some clients and staff are still creating puppet and other things too. 

On Wednesday, October twenty fourth 2012 at outside the line stdio some of the clients and staff are creating   puppets out of cloth and buttons for eyes.  Some client are making beautiful paintings standing  up on the top shelf is the creature known as Bigfoot but he was just a stuff replica of Bigfoot  standing there at the top and looking down on all of the people that is in outside the line studio

On Saturday October twentieth 2012, there were a art and craft fair in West Medford and there was a whole lot of people there too.  There were people in big tents sitting at table sell art and craft that they done or made.  There were people in tents sell and cooking foods on gas grills there was a great big live concerts and a few long picnic tables too.  where you can sit on long picnic benches to eat your foods that you had ordered or sit to hear a live concert and talk and meet different people and walk a long the grass about ten feet tall very, very, hairy and very long muscular arms comes a creature known as Bigfoot when  had saw the creature known as Bigfoot my moth suddenly dropped to the ground and I was in shocked and awe at the same time.  So me friend comes running over and he aimed a stun gun at the creature a my friend polls the trigger or his stun gun then the Bigfoot creature falls to the ground and the was a bunchy off chest nuts on the ground too. and when the Bigfoot creature fell to the ground his heard head had open all of those delicious chest nut and I could not resist those opened chest nuts so I had got a big basket and then I had picked up all of the opened chest nuts tat were on the ground and I had brought them over to my table and I had called my other friend that had a great big wide stretcher and he had got a bunch of guys to pick up the Bigfoot creature and then then put the Bigfoot creature on the great big stretcher so they  brought the creature to the zoo to have the creature in a exhibit.  Every body had their picture with the great Bigfoot creature. then a few people that went to the out side the lines studio went back to the art and craft fair to talk to different people abot their program I had ate my lunch over at a long picnic table will watching a concert and the weather was a very, very , sunny day and if you look down at the side walk different people draw and colored  different designs and shapes too when you walk by youu are looking at thhe designs in awe

On Wednesday October seventeenth 2012, a few staff people finished up getting Bigfoot's hair done and then they would release the creature.  But before they could release him they held him for a few days observation. On Saturday October the twentieth they are going to buy a big collar and a really long leash and the staff people are going to walk the Bigfoot creature through Medford on the mystic arts Festival Conden Shell Park on Route. six-teen in Medford

On Monday October fourteenth 2012, at outside the line studio all of the clients and staff people had a meeting just like on every Monday.  At the Mondays meeting all of the clients and staff people get a chair and sit on the chair and get in a big circle and talk about their own individual weekends.  Then later they go do their own works and some clients paint and some clients draw or do different things like that.  Every day from two thirty until three there are a few people that play different kinds of instruments. A few people play the guitar, some people plays the drums and one person plays the piano and other staff and clients could join in and play a instrument if they want too

On Friday October twelfth 2012, at outside the line studio we all walked in to find a giant big foot creature laying on the table asleep and we said to each other should we wake him up or should we let him stay asleep and some one said that you guys should let him sleep because if yous guy wake him up who knows what that he would do in the drunken state that he in may be he would wreck the joint.  So another guy said you know yous guys should leave that big beast alone I just had the joint fix up this morning and then I had said okay guys we should really listen to the guy and we should leave him alone so we all did and then we had went on our merry way buy we had all made sure that we left him alone to sleep it off.  A minute later the creature a woke snarling and growling and then he had came right after me so I had ran in to the forest as fast as I could until I had found a great big forest of trees so I had saw this great giant big tree and I hid behind the great big giant tree.  Then I had heard a growling sound and I had looked straight up and on the very, very, big strong tree branch I had saw this very, very big hulk like creature so he had saw the great big foot creature was trying to hurt me so right from the top branch that hulk like creature  did a great big super fly snooker right on the big foot creature the jump made a great big hole in the ground trapping him then the hulk like creature had a great big cage and he had put the cage over the big foot creature and the hulk like creature jumped out of the great big deep hole then the hulk like creature had rested and then he had changed in to a regular guy so when he had woke up it was my friend David Banner and he had went to his house to bed.

                by George A Russo

At outside the line studio here in Medford some staff people and clients too are puting piece of paper dip in a big bowl of  some water and wet glue and they are attaching the wet pieces of paper to a image of big foot. On Saturday October fourteen 2012 there is going to be a walk at Jamaica pond and there is going to be a whhole lot of people there too.  Some people will be at a table selling baseball hats.Some people will be at a table selling different ssizes of tea shirt and some people will be at another table selling different colors of hand bag and information about head-injury and that is whhat the walk is all about raising money about head-injury awarness and there will be  raffles to be wone too.  For more information go to http://www.BABIS.info that is http://www.BABIS.info

On Friday September twenty-eight 2012, at outside the lines studio a few clients and staff people went to the radio sstation called WMFO 91.5  at Tuft University radio at ten o:clocck. Later all of the staff people and all of the clients too are going to eat their lunch at twelve o:clock then at two-thirty a guy name Jim and Mike would come in to ottside the line stdio carrying their guitars and a lady named Bobby would play the drum set and another lady that works at outside the lines studio she plays the piano.  They play at outside te line studio  every day at that time.

On Wednesday September twenty-sixth 2012, here at Outside the Lines studio some of the clients and the staff people are still creating the tall big foot creature from cutting paper to make these hairs hanging down.  I had to glue a strip of paper to a bigger piece of paper and then we are going to stick them on the chicken wire in an image of big foot.you got to make a whole lot of fur to glue on to the great big foot creature. 

On Wednesday September twelve 2012 at outside the line studio we are still putting paper soaked in water and wet glue around the image of bigfoot head and neck made from chicken wire and some clients are busy painting and doing other things too

On Monday September tenth 2012 at outside the line studio all of the staff and clients are busy making little clothe for their puppets.  Like little shirts, little pants, little socks and little shoes too and some puppets we even are making a littlt hat too.  At the some time some staff people and clients are even making a great big foot creature out of chicken wire and we dip the torn up pieces of paper and then we would dip them in the water and wet glue that is in the great big bowl and put the wet paper on the wire and pat the wet paper down very, very, carfully.  After lunch at twelve o"clock in the afternoon some clients and staff are going to go up the stairs to the radio station at  Tuff University

On Monday September tenth 2012, all of the staf

On Wednesday September fifth 2012, a few staff and clients are making a great big creature called big foot.  So some of the clients including me had to paint a big square cardboard all brown and then we are going to let them dry.  Then we are going to glue brown hairs all over the cardboard too.  Mean while at another table some of the staff people made this great big head and neck of bigfoot out of chicken wire and a few clients could dip a piece of paper in to a bucket filled with water and wet glue and stick the wet paper one at a time on the chicken wire.  In a few weeks when the creature is complete we are going to glue all of the big pieces togather and then paint the big pieces too.

a day out

On Friday August thirty-first 2012, some clients and staff people at outside the line studio rode in the mini van that is in the drive way all the way to Salem Willows including me.  A couple of hours had past until we all were at Salem Willows we had all got out of the mini van then we had walked over to the picnic tables that was on a great wide grassy lawn under a lot of willow trees and then me and the other clients and staff people had eaten our lunches at the picnic tables that were under a lot f great big willow trees and there were a very, very, nice breeze under the willow trees too. A few minutes later we went around Salem Willows for a bit and me and a few clients ever order some ice cream then we all had played some video games on the arcades machine.  Later we all had got in the mini van and then we all had rode back to outside the line studio in Medford.

On Wednesday August twenty-ninth 2012, at eleven in the morning I had made a puppet with some of the staff and clients at outside the lines studio in Medford 70 Colby street. I painted some faces on some news papper glued to some empty lemon bottles, and even made a tiny hat too. Some clients and staff people were using the great big drum set and some people was even playing ball outside on this very, very, sunny and nice day

Castle Island trip

On Friday August twenty-fourth 2012, some of the staff and some of the clients rode to castle Island in South Boston including me.  A few minutes had past and so we had arrived to castle Island in the mini van so we had all got out of the mini van to walk around castle Island.  It was a very, very, beautiful sunny and hot day,  But there was a very nice cool breeze under the shady trees and every body had aten there lunches under some shady trees and talk to each other and we had wondered around castle Island for a few minutes and later we had ice cream too.  There was a lot of people there and a lot of dogs and boats and even a couple of air planes would make a landing at a airport near castle Island too. We all just had a great time!.
                            

In the summer month at outside the line studio clients and staff people would go out on a trip to the museum or the mall some days we would go to parks and look around. 

On Wednesday August twenty-second 2012, all of the people at outside the lines studio are still creating puppets and creating all different kinds of clothes to put on those puppets like shirts, pants, socks, shoes, and a little hats for some of the puppets to wear on their heads some like to paint or draw different pictures and some if they want to could drum and play their guitar.

Radio Show

On Monday August twenty-eight 2012, here at outside the line studio some of the staff and clients are going to make puppets and clothes for the puppets to wear too. Some people just like to paint or draw beautiful pictures.  After lunch at twelve o:clock some staff people and clients are going to the radio station at tufts University including me, George Russo.  When we all had arrived at the radio station we got out of the mini-van and walked in to a great big brick building. We opened a door to walk up twenty-eight steps and we walked right in and we opened a door to get on the radio.

On Friday August seven-teenth 2012,  I had arrived here at outside the line studio in Medford at ten-thirty in the morning  I were uploading   some video to my youtube at GeorgeRusso67 now I am writing on the OTL blog later I am going to walk around a trail here at outside the line studio here in Medford on 70 Colby street.  Later on there is going to be a art show in Central square in Cambridge and the art show is going on all weekend too so make plans to go the art show is going to be at Blick Central square in Cambridge you would not want to miss this for the world.

On Wednesday August fifth-teenth 2012, at outside the lines studio in Medford I helped a female staff lady sow two cloth together for the body to a puppet and I had to hold two cloth together while she sowed and stuff in little pieces of Styrofoam  for the four legs and tail. and we are going to glue on the head too. And the other staff people helped different clients making their own puppets.   When all of the puppets are created we all here at outside the line studio in Medford are going to be putting on a show and maybe it will be on youtube too

On Monday August thirteen 2012, I had help a intern lady here at outside the line studio make a puppet  a by sticking on cloth in different shapes and sizes.  I had helped her creating the puppet from ten thirty to twelve o"clock in the afternoon then I had ate my lunch  At twelve thirty some staff and clients went up to the radio station. Later I am going to do some painting or drawing or just make some more puppets

On Friday August tenth 2012, at outside the line studio in Medford I just cut out different pictures with the other staff people and some clients too. I had done that for a hour and then after my lunch at twelve-thirty in the afternoon I had made a drawing of some hard woods trees and a lot of little ever green trees in the back ground and three cabins too..  Then I had showed a female photographer some paintings that I had made in the past few month some of my paintings were hanging on the wall.and I was even in the picture too.  Then I had just walk around the outside the line building

Puppets and Radio Shows

On Monday August sixth 2012 , at outside the line studio me and a few staff people we were creating puppets and Elvis Presley puppets too by tearing little pieces of news paper and soaking the paper in solution made of just glue and water. When the paper gets all wet we stick that on a lemon bottle.  When the little lemon bottle has all wet pieces of paper on it then you should let the little lemon bottle dry with the wet pieces of paper sticking on it.  At one thirty at noon a little while after lunch here at out side the line studio a few staff and clients could go to the radio station so I was one of the client that had went.  So the people that went to the radio station had to get all seated on a mini van that is out in the parking lot.  Then a driver would drive me and a few people to the radio station.  A minute later when we were at the radio station we would all get out of the mini van and then we went in to a building.  Then we had walked to another door and we open the door and there were fourty-eight steps that you got to walk up to get to speak on the radio.  So when we are beginning to walk up stairs there is a long bare on the right side of the wall that we hold on to then when we make a left hand turn we would have to walk to other steps and hold the long bare on the left side   When we would get at the top floor we would walk to the right for a little bit and the we would walk to the left and open a door later we would be talking on the radio if we want to we could sing to a particular song that were playing at that time.  A few minute   had past until we he to walk back downstairs.


                                       

What we do in the summer months

On Monday August first 2012, we here at outside the line studio are creating puppets for the Madonna video and I am creating a Elvis Presley puppet too. In every summer time all of the teen-agers help with the interning here at outside the line studio in Medford on 70 Colby street.  At the end of the summer in September, all of the teen-agers that are interning will be going back to their own schools.  And then the next summer we will be getting some more teen-agers that want to be interning. 

On Thursday July twenty-sixth 2012, there is going to be the twenty-second Americans with Disabilities Rally at Dunns park, and it is going to be a very sunny day outside for the disability rally too. I am sure that thousands and thousands of people are going to be there for the walk too. There are going to be different kinds of activities.  I am going to be at the rally with a few of my friends at Outside the Lines studio in Medford, and I am sure tat it is going to be a great rally too.

On Thursday July 12th 2012, we at outside the line studio had a few visitors . George, Michelle, and Dedra were at the meeting with the commissioner.  We were talking to her about what goes on at outside the line studio and about our own individual  art work. George showed the commissioner his kodak camera that he uses to take videos with and to take pictures with too.  George had also been showing the commissioner his paintings and his work that he has done on the OTL blog too. and Michelle had shown the commissioner her paintings that she had made and her play called November Turkeys and Dedra had said to the commissioner how she wants to work at outside the lines studio for five days the week in stead of four.  Later we showed the commissioner and her guest around the OTL studio.

Dance Party to say Good Bye

On Friday June twenty-second 2012, at outside the line studio in Medford, we had a going away party for a staff lady named Allison.  So at outside the lines studio  in Medford right after all of the clients and staff ate their lunches we had a great big dance party it were a fun dance party too.  Everybody had a little bit of cake too eat and there were dancing  too  it was a great party there even were a few special guests too. Later everybody cleaned up the studio and then they had drove to there own houses.
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In early April me and a guy named Michael sang a song sung by the Beatles called I had just seen a face.and we had put it on you tube too.  It was a very, very, good song  And I were very glad that the staff person named Michael wanted to sing that song with me and then we uplaoded the song to you tube.  I were playing a tambourine and Micheal, was playing his Ukulele too.  Now you could here the song and see me, and Michael singing that song on you tube simply go to google on you computer and typing GeorgeRusso67. Feel free to check any of my other videos while you're at it. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXQFaUIaR7k

We will be with Creative Union at Boston Handmade in Union Square, Somerville this Sunday!

Check us out on the Boston Handmade Blog

Come help make flowers and dandelion wishes for the Artbeat Parade.

OTL dance party! wishing staff Allison good luck in her new job

On Friday June twenty-second it were a female staff person name Alison, last day at outside the line studio so I were drove here at outside the line studio by my driver.  Later inside outside the line studio me and all of the staff and clients had a dance party and we were eating some cake too  So everybody were dancing even me I had dance two times and I had my camera on me so I had gave my camera to another female staff person and I had ask her to take a video of me dancing with three women one at each side of me holding on to my arms we had a fun time dancing and it was a very, very, sunny day too. Later I rode to my house.

 

Between the Lines

“Sampan” by Peter Byrne   

Artwork by:

 *Peter Byrne * Caren Perlmutter * John Painter*

* Veronica Marino Tulk * James Waters*

May 31- June 23rd

at Malden Access Television Gallery

145 Pleasant Street Malden, MA 02148

Please join us  for a Closing Reception on June 21st, 3-6pm

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This show is brought to you by  OUTSIDE THE LINE’S STUDIO’S Mystic Arts Program.

This program is the collaborative effort of local community organizations to provide free art workshops and exposure to emerging artists from the Malden, Medford, and Somerville. The Mystic Arts Program is supported in part by a grant from the Malden Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information about this program, please contact us at outsidethelinesemail@gmail.com.

At outside the lines studio in Medford some of the staff people and clients are still making all kinds of bees by decorating empty coke bottles and putting wings on the empty coke bottles and eyes too. They are also making some more puppets and dinosaurs out of chicken wire and paper mache too. Also they are making paper flowers  and some paper statues and birds too. Everybody at outside the lines studio are getting things ready for the Artbeat parade that is going to be on July twenty-first of 2012, if it does not rain that is.  The Artbeat parade is going to be in Davis square like last year. There are going to be a lot of people there too.  Some people are going to be in the parade wearing different kinds of costumes and playing all sorts of different instruments and most of the people are going to be watching and buying different things too. There are going to be vendors to sell food there too.  The whole event is going to be spectacular, just spectacular, this is one event worth seeing so come one come all to the artbeat parade in Davis square because trust me you would not want to miss this for the world.

On  Friday June first when I got to outside the line studio I saw a woman by the name of Lisa Lopez,  we had talked in the back room about how things are going and how she is leaving outside the lines studio.  So everybody here at outside the line studio finished and then when everybody got finish with their lunches including me in a half of an hour we at all outside the lines studio had a great party. There were two kinds of   cupcake to eat and everybody including me were dancing too.

On Wednesday May twenty third 2012, when I had arrived at outside the lines studio I was ask to make a bee by decorating a big empty coke bottle.  So I had took a  great big empty coke bottle and a staff person poured some glue at the top of the coke bottle and then I took a string of yarn and I wrapped the string of yarn all of the way around the bottle and I kept wrapping the string of yarn until about eight straight rows of yarn were rapped around the great big bottle.  Then I  made two big eyes by gluing two big plastic egg shells to the great big bottle.  Some that were already made had big bottle caps or rubber glued on for eyes.  A few fake bees that were made had big dandelion flowers for eyes and some even had fake wings too.

State House Rally Speech

State House Rally Speech

On May Fourth 2012,  some of the clients and staff at outside the line studio in Medford  loaded in to a car and rode to the State house parking lot.  A half of an hour later when the OTL car had arrvied in the State house parking lot all of the staff and clients from OTL had got out of the car and started walking along the parking lot I were pushed in my wheelchair along the great big wide parking lot.  There were a lot of people at the rally at the state house in Boston.  There was a great big mask of Uncle Sam that was made at outside the lines studio and one of the staff people wore the great big giant head of Uncle Sam and they had walked with the mask down the great big wide parking lot.  I had made two video's with my Kodak camera at three thirty we all had went back to outside the lines studio

WMFO OTL's Radio Show

On Friday May eighteenth 2012, at outside the lines studio some clients and staff would go along the tufts trail to a building and then walk up 42 steps and they see a room with  three micro phones three head sets the song board where the person that is doing the song board could have any body take song request down and play the song on the radio.  You will only have a few minutes at the radio station then you go back down stairs and you would see a big room with a few tables and a coffee bar too.  So you go back and walk on the side walk and then you would go across a great big wide parking lot then you would take a right to walk down the Tufts University trail and then across the parking lot to the outside the lines studio   Then in the building a lot of clients paint or draw and do the otl blog too.

Saying Good Bye to our Spring Interns

On Friday May eleventh 2012, I had said goodbye to a very, very, Dear friend named Abbey, we had made a video together.  Abbey tells me that she is going back to her dorm on the Lesley University campus to pack all her clothes in a suitcase. Then she is going back to her home so that she could work this summer to earn enough money so that she can move to Boston.  When Abbey was at Outside the Line Studio on 70 Colby Street in Medford she would help some of the clients with panting, and drawing and making a dinosaur out of paper mache and other things too.  Abbey, will dearly be missed but she did say to me when she has enough money she is going to move back to Boston and she might just might be visit the old gang at out side the line studio again.

At Outside the Lines Studio in Medford 70 Colby Street now some staff and clients have been making a lot of little puppets from three big sticks and wrapping cloth around the stick.We had even made one big dinosaur and one little by getting some chicken wire and then we wrapped paper mache by dipping in a big bowl of a lot of glue and a lot of warm water too all over the chicken wire and then when the paper mache drys we paint it.

artbeat 2011

When I had rode to the Art beat parade that was in Davis Square on July twenty-second 2011, there was millions and millions of people.  People were buying all kinds of clothes and items.  People were buying food from vendors.  But most people were in the parade wearing different kinds of costumes and different kinds of masks too, and some people were even walking on stilts.  But all of the people that were marching in the parade were playing different kinds of instruments some people were drumming and playing tubas and horns and other different kinds of instruments like that and radios too.  and there were some people from a program called outside the lines studio that were marching with a great big dinosaur called a Triceratops that was made out of paper mache and it was painted dark red too.  I was in the parade for just a little bit because I could only pull my wheel chair with my left leg and I could not ask people to push me in my wheelchair because the music was to loud.  Besides that everybody was doing something in the parade when I had arrived in Davis Square.  Then I looked around at all of the vendors that were selling all different things and food too.  Then I went to get some food by pulling my wheelchair with my strong left leg.  There were some people that would get in my way so I would say "a guy in a wheelchair is coming through," and I would hold my food that was in a bowl with my strong left hand.  A minute later I would ask a lady if she would push me in my wheelchair to a table as we go through a big crowd of people.  A hour later I had rode in a van to my house.




photographs from Boston.com, click link for full story  artbeat2011

Art Beat 2012!!

On July twenty second there is going to be a parade in Davis square that has to do with migration.  The parade will feature some big stuffed animals and there are going to be millions and millions of people there, some are going to be in the parade and there will also be a lot of people eat good foods at the different vendors and other people that will be looking around and buying stuff too.  There will be people in the parade that will be in fancy costumes and they will be playing all kinds of music as they  march down the big long wide street.  Some people will be drumming,  some people will be blowing horns and whistles and tubas, some people will be playing flutes and other musical instruments too. There are going to be a few people that are making big dinosaurs out of chicken wire and paper mache that will also be in the parade in Davis square too. In the year of 2011, I had rode to a big parade in Davis square and there were trillions and trillions of people, a lot of people that were in the parade, A lot of people eating good foods and a lot of people just buy stuff or seeing the parade or both. Some people will be there with there radios too!

George and Uncle Sam

State House Rally 4.2.12

On April second 2012, I had rode to the state house with a few people that go to a program at outside the lines studio in Medford located on seventy Colby street.  At the the state house in Boston I was pushed in my wheelchair by a staff person that work at outside the lines studio and at the street across a great long and wide parking lot.  There were a lot of people at the state house because they were rallying for more money to support all of these programs and group homes too.  At outside the lines studio every one was hard at work on a paper mache head of uncle Sam. A staff person had worn the paper mache head of uncle Sam parading at the state house for more money to fund human service programs and group homes.  At the state house in Boston I had made a video that expressed how bad we need more money to fund all human services and group homes too..Because if we don't have more money it will be hard to fund all of these human services programs and groups homes and PCA programs to help disabled people.

Because you could be disabled next and if there is no more money how would people get paid to work for you

Looking Forward to Spring, Remembering When a Robin Made a Nest

This year OTL will be participating in the annual ArtBeat parade with the theme MIGRATION. Here is a little story George has to share about his experience last summer with a family of robins.

In the month of June 2011 just outside my house in North Reading a bird called a robin had built a nest in a old rotting dead tree and whenever I would go outside to see the bird that was in her nest in the old rotten dead tree I had to be very, very, quiet so that I would not scare the little robin that were in her nest in the old dead tree.  Some days the little bird would here me going out side in my wheelchair then the little bird would fliy away. Weeks and weeks would past until I looked in the old dead tree and in the little bird nest were a few tiny, tiny, eggs and they were tiny bright blue eggs too.  So I did not want to disturb the momma robin from hatching her eggs so when ever I past the nest that were in this old dead tree I would have to be very, very, quiet so that the bird would not fly away from her nest while hatching her eggs. When I would ever pass this old dead tree with a bird nest in side this old dead tree.  Weeks later the eggs would already have hatched so when I looked again inside the old rotten dead tree there laying in the bird nest that were four very, very, tiny furry balls.  When I was whistling for the momma bird to fly back to her nest that was in the old rotten dead tree there before my eyes was four very, very, tiny, tiny, furry little birds.  So like when ever I go outside in my wheelchair  I tried to be quiet so that I would not disturb the momma bird from keeping her hatchlings warm.  Some days the momma bird would here me coming so then the momma bird  would fly away leaving the four tiny, tiny, furry birds unprotected when I were gone she would fly back in to her nest again to sit on the baby birds again.  One day as I was wheeling out of my house I had my kodak camera hanging around my neck.  So I had held my kodak camera to my eyes and I had got a picture of this tiny bird nest with one very little tiny, tiny, little bird with it little tiny beak wide open like if that bird were crying for his/her mother for food food.  A few weeks later it was July 2011, so I looked in the old rotten dead tree again and the little birds was not in the nest no more the little birds were all grown up so the all flew away leaving on empty nest in the old rotten dead tree.

Winter

Our holiday event was a blast. Thanks to the Four Elements and friends for some great music, our wonderful chefs, our fabulous interns: Emily, Meghan, Heather, Kristen, our amazing crew, and all who came out to support and hang out. We shared a feast, made holiday ornaments, danced, and made sand animation. We saw a great number of family and friends including: Alice and her roommates, Marty, Thomas and family, Ethan and family, Nick and family and friends, Val and family, Kenny, JB and family, and the Albion guys.

AND...
We've had some furry friends visiting thanks to Greg and Emily.
 Here is a picture of Marty and Alice visiting with Sasha:

 

Now...
We are preparing for the Outsider Art Fair in January, where we will be featuring the work of Martin Jerauld in collaboration with other RHD's Outside In initiative.