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Ms. Dempsey teaches a painting class to elementary
school students, ca. 1955.
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Throughout the CAC’s 98-year history, Charlotte Dempsey has remained one of its most important organizational figures. Dempsey served as Director of the Children’s Art Centre for over 40 years, from 1930-1971. She developed daily art classes for children and a variety of programs to help foster an appreciation for the arts. The quality of these programs brought the Centre international recognition, with Dempsey travelling to France in 1937 to serve as an art education advisor to the French Ministry of Education.
Throughout her career as director, she worked to secure funding for programs and scholarships and even maintained the courtyard and garden in front of the Art Centre. Ms. Dempsey’s commitment to the children and families of the South End and Lower Roxbury remains an inspiration to this day.
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