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The 2024 Project is well underway in Throop, Nanticoke, Ashley, and Wilkes-Barre!

February 22, 2024

– Below are some of our first workshops and news from our participants. Mid-Valley, for Veteran’s Day Civics Teacher, Michelle Chang with Principal Jeffrey Kovaleski with the Hexagons Every student at the Mid-Valley Secondary Center (grades 7 – 12) was given a blank Hexagon and asked to write words or draw images that came to their mind […]

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The Hexagon Project Buzzed with Activity in September

October 16, 2023

We kicked off September with our exhibition of environmental hexagons at First Friday in Scranton and the month continued to buzz with activity all the way through with our 17th Annual Recognition Event and five free workshops for the community. While it’s impossible to share every wonderful moment and all of the beautiful art and

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Project Play Every Day Blooms at Flower Show

June 25, 2023

The use of art engages the heart and Nature Hexagons created a positive emotional investment by inviting participants to relate to nature through art. Handling nature and engaging the senses helps one develop empathy and connection. Project Play Every Day Director, Lulu Burkhauser, a certified therapist and play therapist guided people through this experience recently

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Celebrating Connection, Collaboration and Creation within the Community

December 18, 2022

The opposite of addiction is not sobriety, it is connection and social bonding. Johann Hari, British Writer/Journalist The Hexagon Project had the pleasure of participating in an event in late October called “Stop the Stigma: A Wellness Recovery Festival” hosted by New Roots Recovery Support Center at King’s College, along with more than a dozen

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Picture This: Hexagon Project Gains International Attention in Art Magazine

November 8, 2022

We are so proud that our organization, along with local educators, are featured in the eBook entitled “Learning Through Art: International Pictures of Practice.” After two years of compilation, this book has been published by the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA). As the title suggests, InSEA aimed to make this a very visual

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Pictures of our Connections in September Are Worth More than A Thousand Words

October 5, 2022

September was such a busy month for us that we’re still catching our breath as we gently fall into Autumn. It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words so we’re going to let our colorful photos of all of the beautiful connections made throughout the past several weeks, do the talking for

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All 2022 Hexagons for You to View

September 15, 2022

We had so many amazing hexagons submitted that it was a difficult job our judges had choosing which ones to award with special recognition. We believe they are all special in their own way and just beautiful and we want you to be able to view them all. This video displays all 2022 hexagons entered

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Connecting and Engaging Through Art In Our Community

June 28, 2022

The Hexagon Project and its Executive Director Beth Burkhauser have been buzzing with activity by participating within the community at various events throughout the month of June. The Hexagon Project had a presence at three wonderful and different events where people stopped by to create art and connect. Arts THRIVE held in Carbondale was a

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Results of the 2021 Hexagon Project Technology Project in Nigeria

April 4, 2022

The Hexagon Project has been working with artist and teacher Olaniyi Sunday Olaniran for more than three years. In 2018-19 he created the Flying Hexagon Pencil with his students in Osogbo, Nigeria. If you want to learn If you want to learn more about the Flying Hexagon Pencil project, click here. In 2021, he was

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Fall 2021 Newsletter

October 20, 2021

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus With each season we grow more and more hopeful about what lies ahead. We are so glad that in 2021 we’ve been able to reconnect with people in person. While it is still important to keep safety at the top of our

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