While at the College, students have worked together on projects that address a wide range of issues, such as homelessness, hunger, and teenage parenting, as well as with populations of every age and ethnicity. Projects such as the annual MassArt Bead Project, in which students create hand made jewelry which is donated to women and girls residing in shelters during the holidays, provide students with the opportunity to utilize their talent while learning about community needs and issues. Students attend bookmaking workshops to create handmade journals to be donated to Dana Farber Cancer Institute for use by cancer patients. BHA improvement project Students will work towards beautifying interior spaces in community centers in Boston public housing developments, through murals, decorative painting, etc. Additionally, students will work with youths in afterschool programs run by the BHA to create collaborative murals.
Students create jewelry for women in Boston shelters.
Second annual MassArt participation, whereby our students decorate the Boston College H. S. gymnasium for a holiday party for 700 homeless children. Our students both walk in the march, sponsored by Project Bread, as well as create artwork to be featured at sites throughout the walk. BHA resident art exhibition Students will curate a show of original artwork done by residents of the 22 Boston public housing developments. Our students will participate in the second annual walk, an event sponsored by the Harvard School of Public Health which benefits Mission Hill Community youth programs.