Name/Title
Lourdes R. Pollard - Brother - OpenhouseDescription
Puerto Rican, born in New York City. In the early 60’s I moved to Big Sur, San Francisco and now I live in Los Gatos/Santa Cruz mountain.
I have participated with AWE. I love the fact that the program offers Zoom Art class to elders. This has allowed me and others to participate from home by eliminating travel barriers and invisible borders.
The AWE program made me realize I missed painting. For the last 30 plus years, my main involvement in the arts had been as a photographer.
Due to COVID 19 being out in the public was not an option for me. With Openhouse AWE, I was able to turn negative into a positive opportunity by participating in a weekly online class with instructor Hugh Leeman. The Saturday class had given me a group of diverse elders to meet with, positive support, and a place to meet, learn, share ideas and make new friends."
