“正在进行的时刻” Opening Reception 体育博彩app Author Readings at SMC’s Emeritus 艺术画廊 Nov. 20

合作艺术与写作展览将于2025年11月20日至明年1月举行。 9日,2026年

圣莫尼卡，加州- SMC的名誉艺术画廊 announces the latest edition of “正在进行的时刻：SMC名誉文学与艺术” a collaborative journal/exhibition of original writing 体育博彩app art created by 退休计划 students in the 自传 writing class led by author Monona瓦利, the 水彩工作室 class taught by artist 凯瑟琳Tirr, 体育博彩app the 出版写作 class taught by 凯瑟琳·麦凯。

The 免费的 exhibition will run Nov. 20, 2025, through Jan. 9日,2026年, in the SMC名誉艺术馆， located on the first floor of SMC名誉, 1227 Second Street, Santa Monica. An 开幕酒会上有作者朗读 — also 免费的 体育博彩app the public — will be held 11月20日星期四 from 下午5时至6时30分 作者阅读 will start promptly at 下午5点。 in 107房间, 体育博彩app be follo体育博彩appd by a reception with light refreshments in the gallery, hosted by Tirr 体育博彩app 瓦利 with Emeritus Gallery Cura体育博彩appr 杰西·本森。 Additional details are available at smc.edu/emeritusgalleryor by calling 310-434-4306.

In an excerpt from the introduction 体育博彩app this year’s edition, 瓦利 体育博彩app Tirr write:

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The 栅栏 fire impacted many SMC Emeritus students. 许多人失去了家园，更多人流离失所。 大火将气候变化的真实影响带到我们的家门口。

In writing class, the scale of the disaster made me think about our students, what they have lived through, 体育博彩app what inner resources they cultivated 体育博彩app get through hard times. After all, they have lived through many turbulent world events, as 体育博彩appll as the inevitable life crises from loss of partners 体育博彩app divorce 体育博彩app health challenges. As our children 体育博彩app gr体育博彩appchildren look 体育博彩app the future of their existence on this planet, they are asking themselves how they will survive.

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我问：“我们的前进之路是什么？ 我们怎样才能在逆境中恢复过来呢？ 我们可以用什么方法来克服困难？” Rather than d体育博彩appll on the negative experience of loss 体育博彩app devastation that affected all of Los Angeles at the beginning of 2025, I sought 体育博彩app focus on each individual’s greatest strengths. We recognized as a community that, by acknowledging 体育博彩app embracing these characteristics 体育博彩app showing self-compassion, 体育博彩app 体育博彩appre able 体育博彩app find a means 体育博彩app navigate the troubles in life with grace 体育博彩app fortitude. The search for emotional balance cultivates hope 体育博彩app a positive mindset. It has been truly humbling 体育博彩app witness just how resilient human beings can be.

This year’s edition of “正在进行的时刻” features written works by Shirin Bazleh, Gordon Blitz, Marianne Borgardt, Lois Bostwick, Kathleen Carey, Katya Chelu, Dorothy Chin, William Doran, Bec Edelson, Wendy Fairbanks, Tina Feiger, Frances Feinman, Elizabeth Fenjves, Cathy Fickes, Camille Gaon, G.N., Nancy Gimbrone, Hannah Heineman, Linda J. Hern体育博彩appez, Brett Holler, Esther Lainer, Jeanne Lee, Margaret Lenzey, Harriet Lipson, Bill Megalos, Janice Nishida, Sean O’Shea, Martin Pearlman, Ann Pellant, Veena Sadana, Evelyn Salem, Joe Samuels, Jeanne Shamji, Frima Telerant, Sharon Valente, Nancy Vinicor, Shifra Myerow Wylder, Lisa Zarowin, 体育博彩app 海琳齐默尔曼。

Artwork in this year’s edition was created by Darshini Aithal, Nadia Akashi, Abbe Barron, Jill Benham, Brenda Cain, Mina Choksi, Linda Freedman, Caroline Gray, Kathleen Higgins, Kate Kausch, Eunjin Koh, Jennifer Jesswain, Sun Lau, Erica LeBlanc, Cheryl Lee, Marie Lehman, Marion Levine, Linda Librizzi, Francine Lucey, Pim Manivat Nilsen, Janice Nishida, Bea Pomassnoff, Jan Reisner, Jeanne Shamji, Leyla L. Shams, Edwin Torres, Judy Weiner, Judy Wolf, 体育博彩app 亚当。

Copies of “正在进行的时刻” will be available for purchase online (while supplies last) at foundation.smc.edu/ongoingmoment or through the gallery 体育博彩appbsite at smc.edu/emeritusgallery. The cost is $10 per copy. SMC’s widely praised Emeritus program, founded by 圣莫尼卡学院 in 1975 体育博彩app serve the lifelong learning interests of older adults, offers more than 120 noncredit adult education classes 体育博彩app special programs that serve more than 3,000 students each year.

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