Name/Title
Irene Higgins - Crane by the Shore - On Lok GeeDescription
All her friends call her IrishH and she's led an interesting life. A multi-talented performer, she led a blues band (Spoonful of Blues) in San Francisco, composing some of the songs, playing bass and singing lead. She has worked with a small local theater group (Ninjaz of Drama) behind the scenes and in performance. With a Mission district crew (A Waking Dream), she constructed fantastical costuming and participated in the local Carnival and Pride parades, as well as Unity celebrations.
Always a bit of a nerd growing up, IrishH studied Spanish in high school, adding German studies and some French courses in college, and later Russian. IrishH used her academic skills to empower learners in Academic Support programs at City College of San Francisco and After School Programs at Visitacion Valley Middle School.
IrishH has been trying to deal with injury issues which have dogged her for years. Though she's had to undergo surgery in 2015 and 2017 with another coming up probably next year, she is working on healing what she can through Physical therapy, Aquatic Physical Therapy and Pilates.
She came to On Lok through a CCSF Older Adult Program art class and continues along the creative path here experimenting with water colors, acrylics and gouache paints as well as at the San Francisco Senior Center working with oil paints and ceramics.
