Memoir

Memoir· — Member of the My Start Art Collective Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya

Memoir· — The piece that I chose to work with on this collaborative art project is Silver Specks. It depicts what appears to be a brightly colored road, dotted with silver, leading...

Memoir· — Member of the My Start Art Collective Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya

Memoir· — I chose this piece of art, called “Full pink sun half a yellow sun,” to add to because from the moment I looked at it, I could already see the...

Memoir· — I can see landscape and made one like the one here. The balls are like planets, here in Kakuma it is like being in another world from the rest of...

Personal Narrative·Gabrielle McCaskill — A girl reluctantly moves from Bellevue to New York, clinging to memories of her neighborhood, best friend, and the places that shaped her childhood.

Personal Narrative·Sophie Li — A girl races classmates to determine relay order, but when she beats the 'perfect' girl, her competitor lies about the result, leaving the truth unresolved.

Personal Narrative·Talia Tarason — Discovering her great-grandfather's coin collection leads a girl to understand how objects hold memories, inspiring her to buy her own commemorative coin.

Personal Narrative·Minghan Tang — A child recalls morning reading sessions with their sister after immigrating from China, reflecting on this lost ritual as the sister prepares for college.

Personal Narrative·Samuelle Torres — A nine-year-old boy cracks his head at a playground, experiences disorientation at the hospital, then recognizes the doctor who delivered him at birth.