Meet Lorena, an amazing young adult art teacher and MFA Peer Project Grant recipient.

Lorena organized a Kintsugi art-making family workshop that she taught at the Norwalk Art Space. The lesson focused on “Your broken is beautiful, too.” The art workshop also included reading a book about resilience and self-love and an activity that promoted sharing our similarities and differences which demonstrated how interconnected we all are.

The participants painted clay pots, then intentionally broke them to then mend them through
the ancient Japanese art form of Kintsugi: adhering pieces of broken pottery together with gold.
To join with gold is a reminder to stay optimistic when things fall apart and to celebrate the flaws and missteps in life. This ancient Japanese philosophy focuses on helping us to accept our flaws. “This was such a beautiful time to connect and heal, with a full house of participants”, explained Lorena.