
Sorry Folks! No Shipping For sale, with 100% of all proceeds going to the Boston Bridges Initiative, a 501(c)3 here in the Boston MetroWest supporting all METCO groups Signed, original mixed media painting, “Body Energy Figure Study” November 2002 by Margie Topf Unframed: 23.5” X 18” About Artist Margie Topf: Margie J. Topf has an extensive history as a dancer, educator, choreographer and Bikram yoga teacher. In 1974 she founded the Topf Center for Dance Education in Boston, a performing modern dance company and dance school with additional dance programming in the Boston public schools. For a seven year period there was a satellite dance school at the Stone Church here in Lincoln. Margie’s programs in the Boston public schools were designed to foster interracial understanding through dance, with a signature program for five Boston high schools called “New Friends through Dance.” In 2001, Margie stepped down as Artistic Director to pursue a new career as a Bikram Yoga teacher and Reiki practitioner along with beginning to create an extensive drawing and painting collection. For a five year period, Margie studied closely with an expressive art teacher in Northampton, Lucy Mueller White, who encouraged Margie’s creative and unusual style of drawing using pastels. Margies primarily abstract and vibrant drawings include her own distinctive style, titled “windows.” Margie is delighted to support Boston Bridges Initiative and METCO while sharing her work with the community. Please also find Joanna Owen Schmergel on Facebook Marketplace Serious inquiries only please. All sales are final and all items are sold “As Is”. Payment in cash, check or credit card BBI’s Mission: Facilitate cultural exchange and promote meaningful social interaction between city and suburban families The Downsize for Diversity program was started by the Lincoln METCO Coordinating Committee. From 2017 to 2022 it netted $170,000. This was invested into our policy-driven endowment fund and has earned over $50,000 in investment income. Downsize for Diversity moved to the Boston Bridges Initiative, another METCO-supporting 501(c)(3), in January of 2023, and has netted over $129,000 to date. We are all unpaid volunteers