Currier Museum of Art

By Deborah Schachter on Saturday, December 12, 2009.

As she settled into a new culture and learned a new language, Qamar learned to weave and paint, and found joy in her new community, at the Currier Museum Art Center.

I was confused and afraid because I didn’t speak English. We registered Qamar and we saw Cheryl, she was Qamar’s teacher. When we first went there she was very nice and sweet. And Qamar sat and Cheryl started to show her and teach her how to work.

It was a nice, strange day, it was a new experience for me and Qamar. When I brought Qamar and I asked her, “what do you think?” Her answer was, “when are we coming back?” First we were newcomers to the United States. When she started making friends, her whole world was being changed.

At the beginning when we first came it was very hard, it wasn’t easy. We didn’t know anybody. Qamar started school. Her mood was better, but still. After she started at the museum her personality changed and she became more social.

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