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.

Where to Shop this Season

OTL and Creative Union handmade gifts will be available for sale at:

AND......

Handmade Holiday
November 29, 2011 - January 6, 2012

Reception 
Friday December 9th, 4 - 7pm
Meet the artists and enjoy light refreshments.

VSA Massachusetts’ Handmade Holiday is the state’s alternative craft and art exhibit featuring the work of local crafters & artists of all abilities.  Handmade Holiday features weaving, printmaking, jewelry, felting, painting and much more!