Exceeding Expectation: Hope from the Garden (Image by artwithoutborderstc.com)
Art Without Borders was a nonprofit originally designed by my daughter and me to bring the performing arts across demographic barriers, to not only make classes and performances accessible to marginalized communities, but also to bring otherwise separated communities together through shared experience. We offered after school programs in singing, theatre, and dance and organized community events such as our festival for
Dia de los Muertos, which brought together performers and vendors from the Greater Northwest and allowed our students to perform on stage with professionals.
By Nina Powers
It was exciting and inspiring work, and we could feel the momentum rolling. Then, the night before our St. Patrick’s Day festival was scheduled to take place, Washington State was shut down. Everything was cancelled. The Arts were suspended, and as the weeks