Page 12 THE MALDEN ADVOCATE–Friday, March 17, 2023 Humans of Malden Exhibition A photo-journalistic and fi lm project that reveals the daily lives and experiences of people from all across Malden Malden Teen Enrichment Center's ‘Positivity Pole’ Humans of Malden G allery opening: August 13, 2-4:00 p.m. On view: August 13 thru October 25 Curated and produced by: Taylor Lee, Madiha Gomaa, Gillian Hodgden, Max Zlochiver and Simin (Sylvia) Xu About the Exhibition: The location is Urban Media Arts (UMA) at 145 Pleasant St. in Malden. The purpose of this project is to display the variety in our individual experiences, and how through these diff erences we can find comfort and affinity with others we don’t know. We went out into the Malden community fi nding people in their simple, everyday moments and asked them to give us a glimpse into their lives. We collected 20 interviews, more than 50 photos, and fi ve videos and compiled them in both physical and digital form to create a timeless collection of these moments. This project would not have been possible without the help of Masio, Anne D’Urso-Rose, Keren He and the support of the UMA staff . Malden Public Library hosts networking program for people 50 years and older. Leave it to the students and staff at the Malden Teen Enrichment Center (MTEC) to come up with a ‘Positive’ (and environmentally sound) way to repurpose a timeworn fence in Malden Square that was demolished into an artistic creation that spreads and trumpets goodwill and, well, Positivity! “We thought it would be a good way to make a piece of artwork out of a discarded former fence and send a positive message at the same time,” said MTEC Director Carthy McMullin. So it happened, and the result is the MTEC “Positivity Pole” – just brimming with messaging that is soothing to the soul like “Care” “Peaceful” and “Be Kind.” The pole is located adjacent to the MTEC site, which is inside the Malden Senior Center at 7 Washington St. Shown in the smaller group shot, from left to right, are MTEC members Allison Yu ,Juliana Lin, Ben Rosa and Zhi Zhu. In the larger group, shown from left to right, are Ben Rosa, Juliana Lin, MTEC Leaders Sheena, Jacob and Jay, Zhi Zhu and Allison Yu. (Courtesy/MTEC) 50+ Job Seekers Networking Group info Sign up dates
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