The Center for Art and Community Partnerships is MassArt’s primary vehicle for engaging the college’s artistic, scholarly, and educational expertise with the broader community. MassArt is dedicated to fostering creative thinking and artistic expertise in its students, faculty, staff, and alumni. Working with the college, the Center for Art and Community Partnerships engages that creative energy in the conceptualization and support of collaborative, art-based projects, programs, and partnerships with local institutions, organizations, and community members.
The Center initiates project development through grant opportunities for MassArt faculty, students, alumni, and staff, and assists members of the MassArt community in working with partners outside the college to craft programs that are well grounded, sustainable, and mutually beneficial. We believe that art is integral to supporting thriving communities, and are committed to helping students, faculty, alumni, and staff foster long-term connections to and investment in the community.
For more information also visit the program MainPage at http://www.massart.edu/partnerships or the CACP weblog at http://cacp.blogspot.com
Partnerships and Programs include:
College-Community Collaborations
Work-Study and Internship Opportunities for Students
Food Stop: Community Meals Program Facility Interior Design and Use Project
Partnering Organizations: MassArt Environmental Design Department, Allston-Brighton Food Bank
Dates: January – May, 2005Funder: Center for Art and Community PartnershipsInter
FEAR Project
Partnering Organizations: MassArt Art Education Department and City On A Hill Charter School Art Class
Dates: January-May, 2005
Funder: Center for Art and Community Partnerships
HOPE (Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation) Steamroller Project
Partnering Organizations: MassArt Printmaking Department, HOPE (Hispanic Office of Planning and Evaluation)
Dates: May – July, 2005
Funder: Center for Art and Community Partnerships
Reclaiming Annihilated Architectural Heritage
Partnering Organizations: MassArt and Boston Public High Schools
Dates: 2004-Present
Funder: Center for Art and Community Partnerships
Boston Arts Academy Partnership
Partnering Organizations: MassArt and Boston Arts Academy
Dates: Ongoing
Funder: Civil Society
Art and Healing Program
Partnering Organizations: MassArt, Floating Hospital, Children’s Hospital, and
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Dates: September – December, 2004
Funder: Johnson & Johnson via the Society for the Arts in Healthcare
MADE in Lawrence
Partnering Organizations: Lawrence High School, Lawrence CommunityWorks, Essex Art Center, Massachusetts College of Art’s Center for Art and Community Partnerships, and Office of Professional and Continuing Education
Dates: 2003-Present
Funder: BankNorth, Civil Society
John Hancock Scholars
Partnering Organizations: MassArt
Boston Arts Academy
Tobin Community Center
Dates: Summer 2004
Funder: John Hancock Financial Services
Looking to Learn
Partnering Organizations: MassArt and area Boston area public schools
Dates: 2004-2005 Academic year
Funders: Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Institute of Museum and Library Sciences, and the Linde Family Foundation
Sharing Our Stories
Partnering Organizations: MassArt, Farragut School, Mission Hill School
Dates: 2004-present
Funder: Cabot Family Foundation
Youthworks/ Teen Curators
Partnering Organizations: Urban Arts Institute at MassArt, and The Cloud Foundation
Dates: ongoing
Funder: Cloud Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and the Surdna Foundation
Mission Main Youth@ArtTech – A College Experience
Partnering Organizations: MassArt Fashion and Academic Computing Departments, MissionWorks Housing Development, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Simmons College, Harvard School of Public Heath
Date: July 2005
Funder: Harvard After School Initiative
The Art of Landscape
Partnering Organizations: MassArt, National Parks Service, Boston Public Schools
Dates: Ongoing
Kids to College
Partnering Organizations: MassArt and the Wilson School
Dates: Ongoing
Funder: Boston Higher Education Partnership and the Civil Society
“Sparring Partners” Exhibition Space
Partnering Organizations: MassArt, School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Harvard Medical School, Mission Hill Main Streets
Dates: Spring 2005 onward
Funders: Harvard Medical School, Center for Art and Community Partnerships, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, and Mission Hill Main Streets
Art Relay Team
Partnering Organizations: Center for Art and Community Partnerships, MassArt K-12 Programs, Johnson Community Center (Roxbury), and others
Funders: Center for Art and Community Partnerships and John Hancock Financial Services