New England Celebrates Israel
Waltham, MA - 06/2010
Created during New England Celebrates Israel 2010 at Gann Academy.
Sponsored by Combined Jewish Philanthropies (CJP)
The community of New England worked together in the layout of tiles.
People of all ages participated on a drop-in basis and took part in the mosaic community project for various periods of time, some participants stayed for 5 minutes, others worked for 20 minutes or more (overall, 4 hours of tile setting)
6 ft. tall map on Wedi board
Vitreous tiles, stained glass and a few glass gems (previously cut and classified by colors)
Grouted by Chromatile
Completed mosaic (indoor project) is at the CJP (Combined Jewish Philanthropies) building in downtown Boston