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For the past 82 years, the Community Art Center has promoted creativity as central to human development and a human right.
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Today we continue to uphold our mission, growing our reach and deepening our impact through the Port Stories Public Art Project and Family Engagement Initiative.
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In the future, with your donation, we will impact more youth through innovative programs in a family-like environment where youth can reach their full potential.
How your support helps!
$10 Monthly
Sustaining Member of the CAC
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A recurring gift gives teachers the resources to regularly buy needed supplies for their classrooms and provides lessons that keeps kids curious and engaged.
$50
Purchases a year’s worth of clay for one school age classroom to get their hands dirty!
$125
Pays the updated annual subscription costs for cloud-based software licenses so that all of our teen students can edit their films, explore digital design & create graphic art.
$1,000
Handles travel & accommodation for one selected teen filmmaker to attend the Do It Your Damn Self!! National Youth Film Festival. They will share and discuss their work with the Teen Media Program, allowing CAC teens to gain valuable experience as leaders, organizers, facilitators and moderators.
$5,000
Allows us to pay for a visiting artist/instructor to teach a full year of specialized instruction in dance, yoga, mindful meditation, music, drama, etc.
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$20,000
Covers the cost for our teens to design and produce one large-scale Public Art mural to add to the cultural vitality of our Cambridge communities.
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$25
Buys one classroom tempura paint kit for the year, so that young artists can imagine & create.
$125
Funds one class movie night for aspiring teen filmmakers at Kendall Square Cinema
$500
Permits us to take one youth class on a day-trip to explore a college or university that is beyond their backyard.
$2,500
Covers the full cost of one school age child to experience an entire summer of full-day ARTROCKS! Summer Camp, filled with enrichment activities, field trips & healthy meals.
$10,000
Technology is expensive. Which is why it is out-of-reach for so many. A donation at this level allows our Teen Media Program to purchase the 6K camera kits that will help our teens produce quality films and tell their stories.
Donate by check
Donations can be made by sending​ a check made out to Community Art Center, Inc. to:
Community Art Center
119 Windsor Street
Cambridge, MA 02139
Donor-Advised Fund
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