Spotlight on: The CAC and Thrive in 5

The Children's Art Centre is thrilled to begin expanding access to our early childhood arts programming in the South End and Lower Roxbury community. In partnership with Thrive in 5, a citywide school readiness initiative, the CAC has begun to partner with local housing developments to offer on-site Arts in Early Learning classes to residents free of charge. Through these partnerships, low income families now have access to resources from the Children's Art Centre that teach parents how to engage and improve school-readiness skills though the arts. Participating families receive a voucher to attend a full session of classes at the Children's Art Centre and a family engagement pack full of activities and hands-on materials for continuing arts-based learning at home! Early in October, a pilot class was offered at Villa Victoria housing communityin collaboration with the non-profit Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción (IBA), and in mid-November, a second program will take place at Mandela Homes Residents Cooperative Association.  

Along with our subsidized program slots, school partnerships, and free in-house arts enrichment offered to all USES youth program participants, this program serves as an important opportunity for the CAC to pursue its mission of making quality arts education accessible for all children and families in our community. By supporting the Children's Art Centre and our programs, you make this work possible - thank you!