Words Matter: Honoring Arlington Educators by Justyne Fischer
TAKE & MAKE: Free postcards and a zine created by the artist that includes tips on how to write positive letters and messages. Write a postcard to an important person in your life.
MEET: Justyne Fischer, Arlington printmaker and art teacher
LEARN: About the importance of positive support through the written word
Thursday, July 1 – 3-5pm (shortened hours due to the rain storm forecasted for the evening) – Ballston Mega Market, 901 N Taylor Street, Ballston Metro
Friday, July 9 — 5-8pm — Lubber Run Community Center opening event, 300 N Park Drive
Thursday, July 15– 3-7pm –(Cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.) Tyrol Hill Park, 5101 7th Rd South
Wednesday, July 21 – 10-1 pm – July (Craft) Supply Swap in collaboration with the Library Truck – Outside Central Library, 1015 Quincy Street
Wednesday, July 21 – 3-7pm – Rosslyn Farmers Market, 1800 N Lynn Street, Rosslyn Metro
Tuesday, July 27– 3-7pm – Crystal City Farmers Market, Crystal City Courtyard Green, 2121 Crystal Drive, Crystal City Metro
Saturday, July 31– 8-noon – Arlington Farmers Market, North Uhle & 14th Street N., Courthouse Metro
Sunday, August 8– 9-1pm – Fairlington Farmers Market, 3308 S Stafford Street
FALL DATES ADDED!
Saturday, November 20 – 8-noon – Lubber Run Farmers Market, 4401 Henderson Drive
Sunday, November 21 – 9-1pm – Columbia Pike Farmers Market, Walter Reed Drive and Columbia Pike near Edgewood Street
Here’s a project to help you ‘accentuate the positive’ amid today’s challenges. Share positivity through the written word using a zine guide and postcard kit with woodcut portraits by Arlington printmaker Justyne Fischer. To inspire you, the artist selected five prominent women educators and activists of varying backgrounds that reflect Arlington’s diversity: Hazel Mahler, Dorothy Hamm, Dr. Evelyn Reid Syphax, Dr. Phoebe Hall Knipling, and Dr. Emma Violand-Sánchez. Use the postcards to write a note to a teacher, mentor, parent, student or community member. Have writer’s block? Flip through the included zine to start brainstorming ideas of gratitude. To receive a free kit in Spanish or English, either submit your address via the online form so we can mail it to you or pick up one when you see the Arlington Art Truck out on the streets and in the parks this summer.
The community partner for this project is the Center for Local History, Arlington Public Library. The Center for Local History and its Community Archives collect and preserve the material that document the evolving history and culture of Arlington County. Contribute to their COVID-19 archives project.
These zines and postcards are in the permanent collections of:
- Library of Congress, Washington, DC
- The Letterform Archive, San Francisco, California
- Michigan State University Library, Lansing, Michigan
- Center for Local History, Arlington Public Library, Arlington, Virginia