April Showers Bring Colorful Flowers That Say: Happy Earth Day!

by Tess Almendarez Lojacono | Apr 22, 2024 | Active Lifestyle, Adult Care, Art, Art Therapy, Autism, Creative Expression, Earth Month, Elder Care, Healthy Living, Kindness, Love, Mental Health, News, Personal, Uncategorized, Youth, Youth Care

by Tess Lojacono Thank you to amazing FAM Art Teacher, Jenny, for inspiring our friends at Mercy Beehview to welcome Spring with hand-made flowers! BRAVO to all and Happy Earth Day!

FAMbot Learning Makes Learning FUN!

by Tess Almendarez Lojacono | Apr 17, 2024 | Active Lifestyle, Adult Care, Art, Asking for help, Assistive Technology, Autism, Creative Expression, Healthy Living, Kindness, Love, Mental Health, Month of the Young Child, Robotics, Social Robotics, Uncategorized, Youth, Youth Care

by Tess Lojacono And you’re thinking…why What’s so special about FAMbot Learning? Here’s the scoop: Humans pay more attention when a robot is speaking than they do when a human (teacher?) is speaking. In a classroom situation, students will...

Who Doesn’t LOVE Mark Rothko?

by Tess Almendarez Lojacono | Mar 22, 2024 | Adult Care, Art, Art Therapy, Autism, Creative Expression, Healthy Living, Love, Mental Health, Uncategorized

By Tess Lojacono Okay, so he’s not just one of my favorite artists, Mark Rothko has been admired by millions of people for his beautiful abstract tributes to color. Rothko was a Latvian-born American Artist who is best known for his large paintings of color...

Art Very Satisfying

by Tess Almendarez Lojacono | Mar 8, 2024 | Adult Care, Art, Art Therapy, Creative Expression, Love, Mental Health, Uncategorized

by Tess Lojacono   Our friends at Merakey AVS could easily say their initials stand for : Art Very Satisfying, as well as Allegheny Valley School! Check out the proof: These are examples of Acrylic Mono-printing, which is coloring on prepared glue resist...

Kudos to FAM’s Buffalo Friends!

by Tess Almendarez Lojacono | Feb 28, 2024 | Adult Care, Art, Art Therapy, Elder Care, Healthy Living, Kindness, Love, Mental Health, Uncategorized

by Tess Lojacono   So, FAM has plenty of client friends in Buffalo, and we’d like to highlight a few samples of the opportunities they’ve been exploring: FAM Art Teacher, Sara, offered stained glass/oil pastel work to our friends at Elderwood at...