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Community Arts Advocates cultivates ongoing fundamental relationships between artists and communities by celebrating self-expression as a basic human right essential for the healthy growth of youth, individuals and communities.
Community Arts Advocates, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding public awareness, participation in and support of the arts through performances and festivals, exhibits and workshops, publicity, educational forums, nonprofit arts management consultation services, and collaborative projects.
Description:
Community Arts Advocates has four basic program and service areas:
- multicultural educational programs
- nonprofit arts management services
- festival and event production and marketing services
- arts advocacy & artists support services
Specific program include: Consulting and acting as fiscal agent for individual artists and unincorporated artist associations Advocacy for street artists through the Street Arts and Buskers Advocates publications, web site and documentation projects Providing Multicultural Educational Programs for in-school, after-school, community, government and corporate clients with community arts groups. Much of this work is supported by volunteer labor and in-kind contributions. Our financial support comes from four sources:
- Earned income, from event admissions, fiscal fees, publication sales, service contract fees and workshop tuition
- Government grants
- Private foundation grants
- Contributions from individuals and small businesses.
History:
Community Arts Advocates is a non-profit arts and artists advocacy organization working with many types of creative people including visual artists, musicians, writers, commercial artists, folk artists and crafts people. Executive Director, Stephen Baird has worked recently with two part-time academic-year interns from Massachusetts College of Art and Wheelock College, full time Summer Fellows from MIT, and part-time summer intern from Boston University, Smith College and Wheelock College. CAA staff together have extensive previous history working with thousands of volunteers and are dedicated to providing a rewarding experience for our interns and volunteers.
Contact person: Stephen Baird, Executive Director, (phone), (email)
Address:
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39 Robeson St
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
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Web Site: http://www.CommunityArtsAdvocates.org
Directions:
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39 Robeson Street is between Forest Hills Street and Sigourney St. just below White Stadium in Franklin Park.
MBTA:
From the Green Street Station on the Orange Line exit to Green Street.
Follow Green Street east (right) to Washington Street.
You will immediately cross Amory Street (lights) two blocks to second set of lights.
There is a police station on your left.
Cross Washington Street (Green Street becomes Glen Road after crossing Washington Street) Go one block up hill (You will pass the Margaret Fuller School on the right) to Forest Hills Street (There is another set of lights).
Turn left on to Forest Hills and go a short block to Robeson Street on your right..
Take Robeson Street up hill pass large rust colored Victorian house on the left. The next small apartment building on left (Brown with yellow trim with green umbrella on porch is the place 39 Robeson Street. Press bell #3 for Stephen Baird.
CAR:
Robeson Street is between Forest Hills Street and Sigourney St. just below White Stadium in Franklin Park.
Access to Sigourney St. is obtained by following Columbus Ave (Rt 28) from downtown Boston past Boston Police Headquaters, Roxbury Community College, Centre Street, and Washington St (Egleston Square). Columbus Ave bears left at Washngton St. Sigourney St. is the right at the second set of lights (Walnut is left). Landmark seen is the first corner of Franklin Park. Follow Sigourney St. past White Stadium Robeson Street is on right.
Take Robeson Street up hill pass large gray colored Victorian house on the right. The next small apartment building on right (Brown with yellow trim with green umbrella on porch is the place 39 Robeson Street. Press bell #3 for Stephen Baird.
Access Forest Hills Street at Route 203 Rotary. Routh 203 is obtained from downtown by traveling Jamaicaway to Aborway to Centre Street Rotary. Follow signs to Arnold Aboretum entrance, Franklin Park Zoo and Route 203. Past Arnold Aboretum entrance the road travels on large bridge overpass at Forest Hills (landmark tall clock tower at Forest Hills MBTA stop). On the bottom of overpass is the rotary, Go past the Route 203 exit and the Franklin Park Zoo exit. You will almost go 360 totally around rotary and take sharp right at Public Works Deaprtment yard .
(If you miss this exit take next one which runs parellel to bridge over pass to Washington St . Bear right and then next right which will return you to Forest Hills St and bear left at stop sign)
Follow street to three way stop sign. Go straight on Forest Hills Street past two lights (Williams St. and Glen Road). The first right after the second set of lights is Robeson Street.
Take Robeson Street up hill pass large rust colored Victorian house on the left. The next small apartment building on left (Brown with yellow trim with green umbrella on porch is the place 39 Robeson Street. Press bell #3 for Stephen Baird.
Nearest Metro/Subway Stop: Green Street Station on Orange Line,
Walk distance (in minutes): 5
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