Everett Kindness Rocks!

Welcome to Everett’s Kindness Rock Garden, a community space for kindness rocks! Located at the Tremont Street Community Garden at the corner of Tremont Street and Prescott Street in Everett, MA, this space invites anyone to spread kindness through sharing painted rocks. Anyone is encouraged contribute by taking, sharing, or painting their own rocks.

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The Everett Kindness Rock Garden was installed in May of 2021.

Many thanks to Everett Community Growers for lending their space for this project.

This program is supported in part by a grant from the Everett Cultural Council, a local agency which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

 
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Translations available:


 

español

 

“¡Bienvenido al Jardín de Rocas de Amistad de Everett, un espacio comunitario para rocas de amistad! Ubicado en el Tremont Street Community Garden en la esquina de Tremont Street y Prescott Street en Everett, MA, este espacio invita a cualquiera a difundir la bondad a través de compartir rocas pintadas. Cualquiera está animado a contribuir por tomar, compartir o pintar sus propias rocas.

El Jardín de Rocas de Amistad de Everett se instaló en mayo de 2021.

Muchas gracias a Everett Community Growers por prestar su espacio para este proyecto.

Este programa está financiado en parte por una beca del Consejo Cultural de Everett, una agencia local que cuenta con el apoyo deMass Cultural Council, una agencia estatal.


 

português

 

Bem-vindo ao Jardim de Pedras Carinhosas de Everett, um espaço comunitário para pedras carinhosas! Localizado na Horta Comunitária da Tremont Street, na esquina da Tremont Street e Prescott Street em Everett, MA, este espaço está aberto a qualquer pessoa que queira espalhar mensagens positivas por meio do compartilhamento de pedras pintadas. Todos são encorajados a contribuir pegando, compartilhando ou pintando suas próprias pedras.

O Everett Kindness Rock Garden foi instalado em maio de 2021.

Agradecemos ao Everett Community Growers por emprestar seu espaço para este projeto.

Este programa é apoiado em parte por uma doação do Conselho Cultural de Everett, uma agência local que é apoiada pelo Mass Cultural Council, uma agência estadual.


 

Arabic

 


مرحبًا بكم في حديقة Kindness Rock في Everett ، وهي مساحة مجتمعية للصخور التي تعبر عن اللطف في المعاملة!  تقع هذه المساحة في Tremont Street Community Garden عند زاوية شارع Tremont Street وشارع Prescott Street في Everett ، ماساتشوستس ، وهي تدعو أي شخص لنشر اللطف من خلال  تشجيع أي شخص على المساهمة من خلال أخذ الصخور او المشاركة بصخورهم الخاصة و الرسم عليها. 

تم تركيب Everett Kindness Rock Garden في مايو من عام 2021.

 شكراً جزيلاً لمزارعي Everett Community Growers لإعارة مساحتهم لهذا المشروع.

 يتم دعم هذا البرنامج جزئيًا بمنحة من مجلس إيفريت الثقافي ، وهي وكالة محلية يدعمها المجلس الثقافي بولاية ماساتشوستس، وهو وكالة حكومية.


 

Haitian Creole

 

Byenveni nan Jaden Wòch Jantiyès Everett la, yon espas kominotè pou wòch jantiyès! Sitiye nan Jadin kominotè ki nan kwen Tremont Street ak Prescott Street nan Everett, MA. Espas sa envite nenpòt moun ki gen jantiyès nan pataje wòch ki pentire. Nou ankouraje nenpòt moun kontribye nan pran, pataje, oswa pentire pwòp wòch pa yo.

Pwojè Everett Jaden Roch Jantiyèsn la te etabli nan mwa Me 2021.

Mèsi anpil a Everett Community Growers pou espas yo prete nou pou pwojè sa.

Pwogram sa sipòte an pati pa yon sibvansyon ki soti nan Everett Cultural Council, yon ajans lokal ki te sipòte pa Mass Cultural Council, yon ajans leta.

2020 Everett Pride Participatory Banner

Henna Inspired will be teaming up with Love is Love Everett to do a participatory Pride banner for 2020.

We had hopes of having a live, in-person Pride event in Everett, but you know, it seems the universe had other plans. But we thought we could take some time to make something together and to honor our LGBTQ+ community. And then when next year rolls around (or whenever we get out of this quarantine), we’ll have a fantastic community-made Pride flag to unfurl.


Here’s how it will work:

We’re asking people to decorate a surface (canvas, cardboard, paper, or anything really) with one (or predominately one) of the colors in the Pride flag: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or purple. Take a photo of it and send it in, and we’ll combine all of your images into a unique Pride flag collage. And the next time we can get together to celebrate Pride in Everett, we’ll come with a printed banner, made from a collage of YOUR submissions. 

We’ll be accepting submissions throughout the entire month of June and will update here with the final image when it’s ready.

What to do:

  • Choose a color from the Pride flag: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, or purple. We’ll be using these images to form the actual flag image itself, so it’s important to choose predominately ONE color. 

  • Find a sheet of paper, or cardboard, or canvas, or cardboard, or anything really 

  • Paint, draw, attach things, or otherwise decorate your surface in your chosen color on the surface however you want. Make a collage, do a painting, or just gather up a collection of items from your home that fit the color scheme you’ve chosen.

  • It doesn’t have to be professional or anything fancy! We’d LOVE to receive submissions from all ages and ability levels. We truly want the banner that we make to be a reflection of our diverse community.

  • Take a photograph of your work, send it to Henna Inspired, and your fearless organizers here at Love is Love Everett and Henna Inspired will make all of your images into our own community Pride Flag collage. 


Check out some of these fantastic ones submitted (mostly) by Love is Love Everett founder Gabriela Crinigan to give you some ideas and get you started:

We can’t wait to see what you will send to us!

Photo advice:

You want to be sure to take the best photo of your work possible. This means: making sure there aren’t any shadows on the surface, taking the photo straight on and not at an angle, and removing distractions from the background. Also, try taking your piece out of a glass frame to cut down on reflections and outside into natural light for better results. Cloudy overcast days are perfect lighting for photos! Your phone or whatever device you commonly use to take photos will definitely be suitable for this project. Please don’t let your equipment stop you from sending something to us!

COVID-19 Memorial Beads Project

 
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Memorial jewelry made from funeral flowers is a common way to remember and honor the memory of someone lost, at least in my own cultural traditions. I’m embarking on a project to make a single bead in memory of each COVID-19 death to memorialize our collective loss here in the US. Each bead is made with red rose petals and has been rolled by hand with care. I have made over 1600 beads so far and plan to keep making as many as I can.

Here is a video that explains more about the project:

I'm embarking on a project to memorialize COVID-19 losses by making a single rose petal bead for each person we've lost here in the US. I'll make as many as ...

I’ll be hosting videoconference sessions, where anyone who has lost someone will be welcome to tell me about their loved one while I work the clay and form the beads, infusing the spirit of our conversation into the materials.

 
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If you would like to tell me about your lost loved one while I work the clay and form the beads, drop your email here and I’ll be in touch with when the next session will be.

Also, feel free to leave memories or stories about your loved one in the comments below so I can read them aloud while I work. I’d be honored to get to know something about them.

If you would like to sponsor the making of a bead or support the continuation of this project please donate so that I can keep working.

If you make beads like this with flower petals and would like to assist in this project, please contact me. Many hands make light work.

DiscoSkype

 
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In the age of isolation and social distancing, it’s important to continue to connect in as many ways as we can. 

At the start of the emergency declaration, Alzayer curated short weekly playlists (approximately 30 minutes in length) to facilitate connection through dance, offer a fun way to exercise, and provide an uplifting space to focus attention away from our collective uncertainty. Participants are invited to dress for the theme (if they desire), join a  public call on Skype, and immediately transform their living room into their own dance floor. 

DiscoSkype is not only a tool for connection, but a statement on the pathways in which we find to connect. In addition to facilitating the framework for connection, Alzayer set out to draw attention to the fact that many of these platforms were developed and meant for meetings that take place in the business world, not for performers, musicians, dancers, theater performances, open mic nights, etc. Tools like Skype, Zoom, FaceTime, GoToMeeting, and Google Hangouts were originally meant to facilitate videoconferencing. They were not built with performing arts in mind, yet they are overwhelmingly being used by arts professionals in times like this. These types of platforms can be cumbersome for performing arts and artists, because they were not developed with these types of uses in mind. 

DiscoSkype is an ephemeral space. Dance sessions are not recorded so as to offer participants the freedom to be as unabashed as they please. A curated video playlist is shared with participants who are invited to dance along. 

DiscoSkype took place weekly for ten weeks and may return at a later date.

For now, feel free to enjoy past DiscoSkype themes:

  • 70s Night

  • 80s Night

  • 90s Night

  • Ladies of the 80s

  • Animal Party

  • Coronavirus Parodies Night

  • Broadway Singalong

  • Millennial Jamz Night

  • Ladies Night

  • K-pop Night

Successful Kickstarter!

March- April 2020, Alzayer ran a successful kickstarter to fund products made from her original artwork piece Chop Chop.

Signed, limited-edition lino prints and stickers are available in the Henna Inspired shop.