Dear Art Garden community and friends (near and far),
We are sending you much love in this strange and challenging time.
We wish you strength, creativity and health and want you to know that even though our physical studio space is closed until we are advised that it is safe to reopen, we are woven together with you as a community and care deeply about your well-being.
For some thoughtful suggestions to support your and your family’s well-being, please click on the link below for a beautifully written article by Deb Habib
of Seeds of Solidarity Farm and Education Center in Orange, MA:
https://seedsofsolidarity.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/parenting-in-a-pandemic.pdf
Drawing outside is just one of the things Deb suggests. (This is 6-year-old Emma drawing during our Farm & Art program last year.)
Looking closely and trying to capture what we see can help focus the mind in a way that can be very calming. Given all the uncertainty of these times, it doesn’t really matter if what you draw looks anything like what you are seeing.
The practice of looking closely is valuable in itself.
Two nights ago I noticed that someone had left this large heart stamped into the snow in my yard:
It was such a sweet surprise, reminding me that I am loved and that there are so many creative ways that we can support one another. Thank you!
If you have ideas for how The Art Garden can support our community in this time, please let us know by emailing me at csartgarden@gmail.com.
with affection,
Jane Beatrice Wegscheider
