LMCC awards Laura Nova with the Creative Engagement grant to create the online platform and public exhibition of Moving Stories. This interactive walking tour will showcase the personal stories of the senior tour guides of the Lower East Side in an exhibition at the Educational Alliance.
Read MoreManny Cantor Center serves many populations that are often overlooked, or invisible, when it comes to education, social services, and personal experience. As the artist-in-residence at Manny Cantor Center’s Weinberg Center for Balanced Living, I was able to provide a voice to one of these groups: senior citizens.
Read MoreNova, a long distance runner, came up with the idea after reading studies that connected movement with memory. She became intrigued by the power of movement to draw out people’s stories, so she started a weekly walking group for seniors through a collaboration with the Weinberg Center for Balanced Living at the Manny Cantor Center.
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