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G FORCE | LAURA SMITH

A real pick-me-up

Acton artist Laura Smith works with youths in El Salvador to help improve their environment through the ArtCorps program. Acton artist Laura Smith works with youths in El Salvador to help improve their environment through the ArtCorps program. (Artcorps)
By Thomasine Berg
Globe Staff / October 3, 2009

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Can art get people to pick up trash? Absolutely, Laura Smith will tell you. A 25-year-old graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, Smith excelled at art as a child, particularly in the medium of clay. But while working and teaching in Acton, she decided to explore another aspect of art: its power to make things happen. Having been inspired by ... (Full article: 445 words)

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