To celebrate Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month this May, the Brookline Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Community Relations partnered with residents to collect and display meaningful items to educate, raise awareness, and highlight and uplift Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage, stories, and diaspora of cultures. Brookline recognizes May as AAPI Heritage Month, and we invite you celebrate with us on May 20, 2023 from 10-3:30 PM. Learn more about Brookline Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Day here!
A Salute to High School Seniors
As the school year draws to a close, Special Collections’ display has a sample of material from Brookline High School. Stop by the display case near new fiction to take a look.
Bjorbaek & Mahoney (Daughters & Mom) Family Art Exhibit
The various art pieces were inspired from visiting special places such as St. Augustine, FL (Vilano Beach), plus many painted from local scenes in Brookline and Boston. Our cocker spaniel puppy (Daisy) makes a few cameos too! We have included a few canvases of ours which were inspired by our favorite cartoonists, Charles Schultz and Dr. Seuss, as well.
Kitt Bjorbaek (16 years) graduated from Baker School and is a sophomore at Brookline High School. She is on the girls varsity rowing team. Additionally, Kitt recently competed in the Harvard Henley regatta in Harvard, MA (March 2023) as well as the Quinsigamond Cup in Shrewsbury, MA (April 2023).
Mia Bjorbaek (13 years) is a 7th grade student at Baker School. She has been ice skating for 9 1/2 years and recently was in the Ice Chips skating show (March 2023) through the Skating Club of Boston. Mia will be joining the cheerleading and track teams at Baker School this May 2023.
Christine Mahoney is Kitt’s & Mia’s mom. She has always loved art and has a BA in journalism with a minor in Studio Art from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Transforming Art in Early Education – 50 Years of BEEP!
This art exhibition of young learners marks a celebration of 50 years of the Public Schools of Brookline Early Education Program, BEEP. Through a generous grant administered by Brookline Education Foundation, BEEP’s work with local artist and art therapist, Erin Palazzolo Loparo, showcases original artwork and documents the mindful, discovery-driven process behind it. It features over 250 students’ art, ages 2-5 years old, across 19 classrooms. Art experiences incorporate traditional and non-traditional mindful materials exploration and experimentation based on the works of artists Yayoi Kusama, Barnett Newman, Pablo Picasso, and Imagine. The program also offers a unique opportunity to share connections between a working artist and the work of students and teachers. According to Palazzolo Loparo, “Collaborating with BEEP in this way is entirely joy-filled. We’ve created a transformative model for arts in early education where every child is experimenting, making choices, and finding meaning.”
Erin Palazzolo Loparo MS-ATR is a former BEEP parent, local artist/teacher, and registered art therapist who has scientific artwork on permanent display at Harvard Medical School. To view her artwork and commissions, visit Erin’s website and instagram, @loparoerin.
Lucy’s Artwork and Noah’s Sequel to “Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH”
Check out the collections on display in the Children’s Room!
In our wall case, Lucy shares her collection of artwork. Lucy’s art is all about color, design, and fashion.
In our flat case, Noah shares his sequel to the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien. When Noah learned that O’Brien had not written a sequel, Noah decided to write his own! If you’d like to borrow Noah’s book, Mrs. Frisby, The Rats, and The Epic Escape Party, you can ask at the Children’s Room desk.
Stop by the Brookline Village Children’s Room to see these amazing collections! And sign up for a slot in our display cases here!
Chip Mollov’s Airport Display
Chip Mollov is seven years old. His library display is about airplanes and airports! Chip loves video games, reading, drawing, playing with his dog, and of course airplanes.
Hans’ LEGO Cars and Jonah’s Star Wars LEGO Collection
Check out the collections on display in the Children’s Room!
In our flat case, Hans shares his collection of LEGO cars. Hans is 8 years old, and has been collecting these cars for many years.
In our wall case, Jonah shares his Star Wars LEGO collection. Jonah is 10 years old, and has been building LEGO sets for more than two years.
Stop by the Brookline Village Children’s Room to see these amazing collections! And sign up for a slot in our display cases here!
Minot Rose Garden History
Since its creation in 1971, Brookline’s Minot Rose Garden has seen some ups and downs. Local volunteers have rallied to rescue the roses every time. In conjunction with Poetry in Bloom, this exhibit follows one such cycle of renewal through the 1980s.
May 21, 2023: Jennifer Sperry Steinorth
Jennifer Sperry Steinorth’s books include A Wake with Nine Shades (2019) and Her Read, A Graphic Poem (2021), recipient of Foreword Review’s Best of the Indie Press bronze prize in poetry. She is the recipient of a Beinecke Fellowship and grants from Vermont Studio Center, the Sewanee Writers Conference, Community of Writers, and the MFA for Writers at Warren Wilson College. Recent work appears in Cincinnati Review, Kenyon Review, Michigan Quarterly Review, Missouri Review, Pleiades, Plume, Rhino, TriQuarterly and elsewhere. An interdisciplinary artist and licensed builder, she lectures at the University of Michigan in the Department of English and the Penny Stamps School of Art & Design, and is the newly authorized biographer of C.D. Wright.
May 21, 2023: Nathan McClain
Nathan McClain is the author of two collections of poetry—Previously Owned (2022), an Honorable Mention for the 2022 Royal Dragonfly Award in Poetry, and Scale (2017)—both from Four Way Books, a recipient of fellowships from The Frost Place, Sewanee Writers Conference, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and a graduate from the M.F.A. Program for Writers at Warren Wilson. A Cave Canem fellow, his poems and prose have recently appeared or are forthcoming in Plume Poetry Anthology 10, Poetry Daily, The Common, Guesthouse, and Poetry Northwest, among others. He teaches at Hampshire College and serves as poetry editor of the Massachusetts Review.
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