Sushmita Mazumdar, project director, outside the Rinker Community Center at the Gates of Ballston apartment community where Studio Pause is located. Feb 2021. Photo: Mary Louise Marino Susan Sterner, humanities scholar, speaking about stories at the reception her show, Public/Private: Aprons Tell Our Stories, Studio Pause, Feb 2020. Photo, Sushmita Mazumdar

Photo, Yuri Long.

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“The Coronavirus inflicted many unwanted pauses in my life, but it also showed me pauses that I didn’t realize were needed. My most notable pause lasted a year. I decided to take a gap year between high school and college, and spend a few months here in Arlington to explore some of my own interests. I took two internships; one with AHC, an affordable housing company, and another with local artist Sushmita at StudioPause.”