Spent the afternoon in Dorchester at the Murphy School and found myself experiencing first-hand the efforts of the Dorchester Community Center for the Visual Arts, whose mission is "to make exemplary visual arts education available to everyone in Dorchester". Vivienne Shalom, a teacher from the DotArt center, led an afterschool class called "Shakespeare is Alive and Well in Dorchester" with five energetic and expressive 3rd graders: Anthony, Jordan, Raianne, Terence and Celine. After the class, Vivienne noted that with budget cuts being made in schools across Massachusetts, DotArt's programs may be the only art classes some students will receive-if money even allows for that.
Vivienne shows Jordan (left) and Raianne (right) how to use paper mache.
Raianne, a precocious student who describes herself as "very girly" and an aspiring fashion designer, poses while taking a break from her paper mache figure.
A shot taken by Celine, Terence holds up the mask he is working on in the afterschool DotArt class.
Celine is excited to complete her paper mache figure, which will eventually become a puppet.
-Jessica Bal
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