HOLYOKE When Xiomara Rivera first got to Holyoke Community College, she had no idea what to do.“I didn’t know what financial aid was,” she said. Nor did she know what classes she needed to take. “I felt a little bit lost,” she admitted.That was.
Calling all grandmothers and grandchildren: Project looks to document stories of grandmothers from western Massachusetts
An image from a previous version of an exhibit celebrating grandmothers from Holyoke.
Waleska Santiago-Centeno, an independent curator from Springfield, is curating the upcoming exhibit “Our Grandmothers.” Image courtesy Waleska Santiago-Centeno
Ángela Vázquez, lower right, looks at a photo of herself with her granddaughter, Myriam Quiñones, who’s standing behind her. The photo was part of a 2016 exhibit in Holyoke that celebrated grandmothers. Image courtesy Waleska Santiago-Centeno
A photo and text from a previous exhibit in Westfield that depicts Generoza Gonzales Cruz, a grandmother of the exhibit’s curator, Waleska Santiago-Centeno. ImageS courtesy Waleska Santiago-Centeno
Calling all grandmothers and grandchildren: Project looks to document stories of grandmothers from western Massachusetts
An image from a previous version of an exhibit celebrating grandmothers from Holyoke.
Waleska Santiago-Centeno, an independent curator from Springfield, is curating the upcoming exhibit “Our Grandmothers.” Image courtesy Waleska Santiago-Centeno
Ángela Vázquez, lower right, looks at a photo of herself with her granddaughter, Myriam Quiñones, who’s standing behind her. The photo was part of a 2016 exhibit in Holyoke that celebrated grandmothers. Image courtesy Waleska Santiago-Centeno
A photo and text from a previous exhibit in Westfield that depicts Generoza Gonzales Cruz, a grandmother of the exhibit’s curator, Waleska Santiago-Centeno. ImageS courtesy Waleska Santiago-Centeno