HAITI BRIDGE: I helped build it.

HOW DO YOU CONSTRUCT A BRIDGE between a small Los Angeles community and their Global Haitian neighbors after the 2010 earthquake? Neighborgapbridge is an interdisciplinary class at Otis College of Art + Design which asks such questions. Students assume the role of ethnographer, focusing on 3 investigative phases: Neighbor, Gap and Bridge. Otis students work collaboratively with local neighbors: students from Loyola Village Elementary School, members of the Westchester Senior Center, staff at The Custom Hotel, as well as Art Therapists at Compassionate Response, an organization which provides direct support to disaster survivors.