A different version of myself
Two years ago, I crossed the lines of writing about the arts -- which I’ve done for over 20 years as a journalist -- to being in the...
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Viva Sarah Press
Dec 25, 20182 min read
Educational clowning takes on elementary schools
“Leepa and Oshi are coming!!!!” one pupil shouted from the front gate of an elementary school. Within seconds, a gaggle of pupils from...
Viva Sarah Press
Nov 18, 20183 min read
The Kids: Educational Clowning Series
Mr. Peacock introduces me to Barb. Well, it isn’t really an introduction. He points at her and says, “she’s the school drug dealer.” As...
Viva Sarah Press
Nov 14, 20183 min read
I want to do that: Therapeutic clowning
Therapeutic clowning has fascinated me for years. As a journalist, I have the good fortune of meeting people from all walks of life....
Viva Sarah Press
Oct 17, 20181 min read
I don’t work on Sundays
I don’t work on Sundays. While many people around the world don’t work on Sundays, in Israel, where I’m based, Sunday is Day One of the...
Viva Sarah Press
Oct 9, 20182 min read
Pepper spray, educational clowning and a sea of cell phones
My school clowning took me to a high school in a low socioeconomic neighborhood of a central city in Israel. The students, we had been...
Viva Sarah Press
Oct 2, 20183 min read
Educational clown care with pint-sized people
Educational clowning is a new kind of clown care and taking part in this developing arena is oh-so-much-fun. One recent afternoon,...
Viva Sarah Press
Sep 3, 20181 min read
Back to school for kids -- and mom, too!
The new school year has begun in Israel, and as my third-grader and two sixth-graders headed back to their classrooms, I, too, returned...
Viva Sarah Press
Jul 29, 20182 min read
Time flies when therapeutic medical clowns wait for the doctor
Waiting for the doctor is an activity no one enjoys but nonetheless inevitable. So, what happens when a group of therapeutic medical...
Viva Sarah Press
Jul 2, 20181 min read
And then one day I became a living statue
For the next three days, I’m going to stand in 30C-degree weather, in a sweat-inducing costume, with layers of makeup on my face, on a...
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