Contemporary Art

Pouches with Purpose

By Michael Sacco, posted on Mar 11, 2025

After a challenging year outside the classroom due to the pandemic, we were eager to get back to work with our honor societies. Luckily, over the summer, I stumbled upon a resource on the internet where small pouches of essential items were being donated to chemotherapy patients at a local hospital to help them through a difficult time. The pouches I came across were unadorned, but the idea struck me that our members could cover those pouches with beautiful and uplifting graphics and fill them with essential items for patients, transforming them from a utilitarian carryall to a beautiful keepsake. We would then donate them to our local hospital.

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