Category Archives: Community News

News from Olivera: Creating Colorful Art

At Olivera Senior Apartments in Pomona, CA, residents play with color when making a rainbow tree by stippling on colorful leaves with bundled cotton Q-Tips. Stippling is the process of drawing, painting, or engraving using numerous small dots or specks. … Continue reading

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News from ACE/121: Gallery Exhibiting Artists + After School Program

From ACE/121 in Glendale, CA: Creating a better understanding of ace/121 as a community and growing our intergenerational collaborations are two of our outreach goals. Accordingly, we encourage exhibiting artists (resident and non-resident) to visit the After School Program, operated … Continue reading

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News from Flower Park Plaza: Watercolors

Budding artists at Flower Park Plaza in Santa Ana, CA, explored their creative side using watercolors to create a botanical painting. Even though watercolors were new to them, after some initial practice they were able to understand how to use … Continue reading

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News from NoHoSAC: Creativity at All Ages

Once a month the Boys & Girls Club of Burbank and Greater East Valley gather up their art supplies and visit the NoHo Senior Arts Colony in North Hollywood, CA, where they get artistic advice from our sage NoHoSAC artists. … Continue reading

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News from Cantabria & Asturias: Art/Jewelry Show

Veteran art teacher Polet Zargarian and jewelry teacher Michelle Yu collaborated for the first time to bring a beautiful art show for all the residents to enjoy this holiday season.  Art class participants from both Cantabria Senior Apartments and Asturias … Continue reading

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News from Long Beach Senior Arts Colony: Focusing on Creativity for the New Year

After the holiday season, residents were happy to return to refreshed classes in art, acting, and jewelry making. At LBSAC, in Long Beach, CA, we put the ART in our ARTS Colony! Our art class students are finishing up their … Continue reading

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News from Portofino: Cold Weather and Warm Hats

The holiday activities at Portofino Villas in Pomona, CA, began with an invitation from Euclid Elementary School in Ontario, CA, asking the Crochet Club to attend their December 5th Family Reading Night. The Crochet Club had been hard at work … Continue reading

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