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🌟 Created in the fall of 2023, this painting has found its new home at the Grove Hall Library! 🎨📚 We're thrilled to announce that "Text Compost" will be installed on the 2nd floor of the Grove Hall Public Library✨ Crafted in collaboration with community members and the sparc! the ArtMobile team, using text stencils and patterning that move across the canvas. This painting embodies the spirit of connection and creativity which lives in all our sparc! events 🎉 

Thank you to all who added their brush-strokes and imaginations.

Definition:The Minimum Support Price (MSP) is a price at which the 🏛️ government commits to purchasing agricultural commodities from 🌾 farmers, providing them with a guaranteed floor price for their produce. It is a key policy tool employed by the 🏛️ government to ensure 💹 price stability, 💰 income security for farmers, and to safeguard against market fluctuations. Objectives of Minimum Support…

Dear Community! The 2023 Season of the Roxbury Sunflower Project is up and running. Thank you to everyone who came out to collect their free Sunflower seeds, Kids Kits and raffle prizes on Saturday. The weather was perfect! Our indoor/outdoor event at the Grove Hall Public Library attracted visitors from as far away as South Africa. They have pledged to plant in solidarity with our themes of Plant Seeds, Deep Roots, Follow the Light, Radiance, Resilience, Beauty and Transformation. Everything the world needs more of, embodied in the elegant Sunflower.  

The Sunflower Welcome Committee, volunteer, Valarie Simms-Mizell!

New friends and partners from South Africa!

Volunteer, Evelyn Moore and Pamela Mason, two old friends reconnect!

Some people just bring the sunshine in their smiles...

A Jazzy Visor and Crown for a young gardener...

The Sunflower Crown Table is always busy. It was facilitated by students from CACP’s sparc! the ArtMobile. 

Lissa, MassArt Grad ‘22 makes a cool compostable plant pot!

Women of the sunflower: Audrey Lopez, Curator of Public Art, Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, Ekua Holmes, Founder, Roxbury Sunflower Project and Ceci Mendez, Director, MassArt’s Center for Art and Community Partnerships

sparc! the ArtMobile is a retrofitted van fully equipped with art supplies that brings intergenerational art and design experiences to the community - free of charge.  sparc! is an initiative of the Center for Art and Community Partnerships (CACP) at MassArt and collaborates with many community based organizations, schools, artists, and businesses to share resources, and nurture community relationships with an awesome student team. sparc!’s visibility, accessibility and mobility make it a popular part of community events and a vibrant resource for creative interactions and experiences.  MassArt’s Center for Art and Community Partnerships (CACP) partners with people and communities within and beyond MassArt to radically expand access to transformative creative experiences.

Making flowers for “Today’s Garden” at the Grove Hall Public Library. 

Download this sheet and create your own beautiful Sunflower garden. Share with your friends and family. Just add creativity and color! 

लीगल गारंटी के बिना बेकार है न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य, एमएसपी घोषित होने के बावजूद नहीं हो रही खरीद

किसान संगठनों ने एमएसपी को लेकर सीएसीपी को दिए सुझाव. Image Credit source: TV9 Digital कृषि लागत एवं मूल्य आयोग की ओर से बुलाई गई एक बैठक में किसान संगठनों ने दिए सुझाव. किसान महापंचायत ने मांगी न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य (MSP) की लीगल गारंटी. कहा-ज्यादातर फसलों को एमएसपी से कम दाम पर बेचने के लिए मजबूर हैं किसान. न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य तय करने वाले कृषि लागत एवं मूल्य आयोग (सीएसीपी) ने बृहस्पतिवार को…

राज्यों ने दिया था धान की MSP में भारी बढ़ोतरी का सुझाव, केंद्र ने की बस 100 रुपए प्रति क्विंटल की वृद्धि

सुझाव देने वाले 15 से 14 राज्यों ने धान की MSP में बड़ी बढ़ोतरी की सिफारिश की थी. Image Credit source: TV9 (फाइल फोटो) खरीफ मार्केटिंग सीजन (KMS) 2022-23 के लिए केंद्र सरकार ने धान की एमएसपी 2040 रुपए तय की है. वहीं ग्रेड-ए धान के लिए समर्थन मूल्य 2060 रुपए तय किया गया है. धान के न्यूनतम समर्थन मूल्य में पिछले साल के मुकाबले 100 रुपए की बढ़ोतरी की गई है. 8 जून को केंद्र की नरेंद्र मोदी सरकार ने…

Not just CACP, even central panel with CMs on board had backed MSP regime

Assured Minimum Support Price (MSP) for all the crops, which has become a major demand of the protesting farmers, had not only got the backing of the Commission for Agriculture Cost and Price (CACP), but even from the Working Group on Consumer Affairs, under the Union Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. While CACP had batted for making MSP part of a legislation in 2018,…