Dixon Gallery and Gardens—Fatima Hernandez, Week 3

 

Dixon Gallery and Gardens—Fatima Hernandez, Week 3

Buenas!

Another week, another remarkable experience I spent here at the Dixon! Lets dive into it—>


I held my first story time at a program offered here in Memphis called Desayuno con Libros, an event where once a month they meet to eat breakfast while reading and taking home free books. I invited my friend, Anh, to accompany me and with her we were able to hold a nice story time for the kids attending. 
I can’t wait for my next story time!!




Monday

On Monday I worked on preparing the activity for the community night that was to be held in coming days at the Dixon. Using a cricut machine—after much instruction— I spent most of my time cutting out the figures. So far I had only cut around 50 of the 250 we needed.






Tuesday

On Tuesday, I attended the brunch and learn that they have weekly. This week we had an amazing person who spoke about the progressive era and gilded age! Afterwards, we visited, in part with the Outreach program,  a preschool in an area outside of Memphis, but nearby, to give the kids a chance to make their very own fun flower!! In the end, the kids enjoyed it and I can’t wait to go next week to assist another class!





Wednesday

The task for Wednesday was to make thank you cards using stamps for volunteers who were arriving later in the day. Afterwards I went with Jorden to Target House, a facility that houses families of cancer patients, to set up an activity for those inside. This was one of the most valuable experiences I had and I could not express the gratitude I had that I was able to help.










Friday

Friday was by far the busiest day! I began by helping set up for the teacher professional development they were having at one which was a workshop that taught print making activities in varying levels for students. Afterwards, I helped clean out the closet, organizing buckets and throwing away or donating materials that they were not going to utilize any longer. I also worked with filling the paint tubes which unfortunately got some red on my white paints. No matter, although it was a busy day I had fun with the productive activities!

That’s all for now, until next time!!


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