Students from The Lowell School in Flushing created sixteen Dreamcatchers that will be curated and exhibited by the Queensboro Hill Public Library Children’s department. The opening reception for the “Unity Project” art exhibit took place on Monday, October 28, at the Queensboro Hill Library, located at 60-05 Main St.
The learning disabled students, led by Maureen Regan, a local activist and horticultural therapist, foraged the grounds at the Old Quaker Meeting House for materials from nature to use in their collection “The Unity Project”, which hopes to address school violence across the United States through art. They created dreamcatchers using the “found” objects from our community.
This project debuted on Earth Day 2019 at The Olde Towne of Flushing Burial Ground, where Native Americans and African-Americans were buried because these communities faced discrimination and were excluded from traditional cemeteries. The “Dreamcatchers” exhibit spent this summer at the Old Quaker Meeting House and will now be housed at Queensboro Hill Library before moving on to other institutions in the Borough of Queens.
This project is supported by Consolidated Edison, Flushing Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends, The Lowell School, and Green Earth Urban Gardens. The Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce is a community partner and helping to promote this program in the local area.
“Our community appreciates the leadership of Maureen Regan and the Lowell School students in moving us toward a vision of a sustainable, inclusive, and strong community,” stated John Choe, executive director of the Greater Flushing Chamber of Commerce. “We encourage everyone who shares this vision to come out and support the Unity Project at the Queensboro Hill Public Library.”
Green Earth Urban Gardens (GEUG) is a nonprofit organization headquartered in Flushing that seeks to promote social and environmental solutions through urban agriculture and therapeutic gardening. GEUG supports our diverse community by providing healthy local food at farmers' markets, soup kitchens, and food pantries; by advocating for outdoor/indoor gardening access for seniors and special needs youth; by serving as an employment and community service hub for high school students; and by supporting a volunteer center for local beautification projects.
