{"id":3933,"date":"2022-08-24T01:23:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-24T01:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/?p=3933"},"modified":"2022-08-24T01:23:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-24T01:23:49","slug":"my-grcc-story-christina-hindley-uses-michigan-reconnect-to-gain-career-skills-while-planning-record-breaking-artprize-entry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/laprensanewspaper.com\/index.php\/2022\/08\/24\/my-grcc-story-christina-hindley-uses-michigan-reconnect-to-gain-career-skills-while-planning-record-breaking-artprize-entry\/","title":{"rendered":"My GRCC Story: Christina Hindley uses Michigan Reconnect to gain career skills while planning record-breaking ArtPrize entry"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., \u00a0Aug. 18, 2022:<\/strong> Christina Hindley isn\u2019t one to back down from a challenge.<\/p>\n

So, to be an ArtPrize participant<\/a> next month, while also juggling four new classes at GRCC and homeschooling her high school senior, leaves her undaunted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve juggled more,\u201d she said with a hearty chuckle.<\/p>\n

Hindley, 46, returned to the classroom as a student last year after her husband\u2019s Parkinson\u2019s diagnosis made her realize she needed to buttress her resume with some employable skills.<\/p>\n

A Michigan Reconnect<\/a> student, she already has earned a GRCC gerontology certificate, a program that sees students study the field of aging, focusing on a basic understanding of processes, programs and policies related to aging, including the biological, behavioral and social aspects of later life.<\/p>\n

This school year, she will complete an associate degree in psychology with an eye toward either working after graduation or going on to complete a four-year degree.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am going to need to work at some point in the near future,\u201d she said simply. \u201cAnd I\u2019ll need to have a job that will pay decently. My GRCC degree will help me get there.\u201d<\/p>\n

She added that she is grateful for GRCC programs and classes that are helping her discern future career paths. Indeed, she pointed to a class last year on death and dying as being both transformational and vocational.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was required for the gerontology certificate,\u201d she said. \u201cBut I really enjoyed it, and it made me realize that I maybe wouldn\u2019t mind working in a hospice setting at some point. I think it would be a great fit with my service mindset.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her ArtPrize exhibit, titled \u201cFor the Love of Hope and Harmony,\u201d also has, Hindley said, a service component.<\/p>\n

The piece is 14,114 paper-quilled hearts<\/a> mounted on board that is four feet by eight feet and arranged to resemble a sunset. Paper quilling is a centuries-old craft that uses thin strips of paper that are then formed into shapes; these shapes are combined into further shapes via artistic pinching and the strategic use of glue.<\/p>\n

Hindley estimates that the project totaled hundreds of hours of work from December 2021 to July 2022. But the time invested, she added, was for a greater goal.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy purpose is to show everybody that we are a lot more similar than we are different,\u201d she said. \u201cAll of the hearts are individual but similar and then put together in what looks like a sunset because that’s something that everybody can see all over the world from anywhere you are. So, it’s a unifier. I feel like there’s just so much division right now. I wanted to do something to pull people together.\u201d<\/p>\n

As a self-proclaimed Guinness World Records fan — \u201cI was born in the 1970s and loved reading the Guinness books,\u201d she said — the fact that her piece might qualify for a world record is simply icing on the cake.<\/p>\n

She\u2019s been in contact with the Guinness World Record folks and, so far, has met all the criteria to set a world record. One stipulation is her work has to be displayed for at least five minutes, and her ArtPrize station (she will be at Park Congregational Church, near the GRCC downtown campus) fits the bill, so she\u2019s hopeful that she\u2019ll qualify.<\/p>\n

And if not?<\/p>\n

\u201cIt’s all just a bonus at this point,\u201d she said. \u201cI’ve always just wanted to be a part of ArtPrize. I can\u2019t wait.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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