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From YouTube: 2018 Women of Vision: Sushmita Mazumdar
Description
Sushmita Mazumdar is an Arlington-based artist, writer, educator, and founder of Studio Pause, a space where everyday people are invited to make time for creativity and celebrate community. For the past 10 years, her work has encouraged children, families, and seniors to share their stories of home, heritage, and migration through the fun and exciting book arts.
A
I
was
sitting
with
a
friend
of
mine
one
day
and
we
were
just
talking
about
how
hectic
lives
were,
and
he
said,
yeah
we
need
to
pause
and
I
said
you
know:
Brian
I
should
start
a
studio.
I
should
have
a
space
where
we
can
just
pause.
Studio
pause
is
really
dear
because
it
is
a
space.
I
have
wanted
so
I
started
writing
stories
from
my
life.
My
childhood
are
stories
of
an
immigrant
mom
and
then
because
I'm,
an
artist
I,
make
them
into
handmade
storybooks
and
then
I
teach
all
of
that.
A
So
people
started
making
that
art
and
now,
like
there's
people
who've,
never
made
art.
We've
made
art,
there's
people
who've,
never
written
who've,
written
stuff,
I'd
like
to
tell
women
to
kind
of
find
the
thing
or
do
the
thing
that
makes
you
be
your
best
self,
and
typically
people
will
tell
you
you
know
just
focus.
A
Do
one
thing
you
know
just
do
that
one
thing
and
do
it
right,
but
I'm
like
no
I,
want
to
figure
out
how
I
can
do
all
these
things
in
whatever
way,
I
don't
have
to
be
great
at
anything,
but
I
want
to
try
them
all
out.
The
future
is
super
exciting
because
I
don't
know
what
it
is,
but
it's
got
to
be
awesome,
so
that's
all
I
would
say,
go
for
it.