SAN MATEO ARTIST JARED SINES SHARES ABOUT HIS LIFELONG LOVE OF PAINTING. It has been 58 years since San Mateo artist Jared Sines began showing his paintings at Shreve and Co. in San Francisco. Since then, there have been numerous venues for Sinesâ work, and throughout January The Portola Art Gallery in Menlo Park presents âMy Favorite Things to Paintâ â a selection of the artistâs recent and vintage works. Sines talks about the oil painting set that got him started, teachers who made a difference, and his upcoming virtual gallery reception.
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A high school student needed help with tuition, so an unlikely group stepped up: Prison inmates
Kellie B. Gormly, The Washington Post
Jan. 1, 2021
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1of5Sy Newson Green, center, attended a book club at California s Soledad State Prison while he was a student at nearby Palma School. Jason Bryant, right, is one of the inmates who led the fundraising for Newson Green s tuition at the Catholic school.Courtesy of CNNShow MoreShow Less
2of5Sy Newson Green, center, at an Exercises in Empathy book club meeting with classmates from Palma School and his benefactors at the Soledad State Prison.Courtesy of CNNShow MoreShow Less
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Q & A with Angela Dominguez By Patricia J. Murphy | Dec 21, 2020
Angela Dominguez is the award-winning author and author-illustrator of a number of picture books, including Mary Had a Little Llama and Mango, Abuela, and Me (the latter written by Meg Medina), both Pura Belpré Illustration Honor winners, and the Stella Díaz series. Her forthcoming books include Stella Díaz Dreams Big and I Love You Baby Burrito
. Dominguez is also an instructor at the Academy of Art University in San Francisco. She recently spoke with PW about how her teaching inspires her work, and the inspiration behind her character Stella Díaz. She also shared how she integrates STEAM, Spanish, activism, and diversity themes into her popular middle grade series.
Screenshot from Facebook/Palma High School
A group of inmates from the Soledad State Prison bonded with a high school student from an all-boys prep school in the area through their love of reading after attending the same book club. After the group learned the student was struggling to pay the leftover $1,200 balance for his monthly tuition, the men got together to fundraise and successfully garnered over $30,000.
Syon Green was surprised when he learned members from his reading group with the Correctional Training Facility (CTF) in Salina, California, presented him with a scholarship to help him finish high school education and begin his college pursuits at The Academy of Art University in San Franciso. Green’s family experienced difficulties after two medical emergencies during the COVID-19 pandemic.