Community Art Center (Massachusetts)

The Community Art Center is an arts institution in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[1] It was founded in 1937 in the neighborhood Newtowne Court.^[2] The art center services youth from ages 5 to 19 in programs that revolve around the arts.^[3][4]

The Community Art Center was founded in 1937 in Cambridge, Massachusetts.^[5][6] It was first in the Newtowne Court housing development block in 1942, which had just been recently completed.^[7][8][9] In 1996, students from the art center founded the first Do It Your Own Damn Self film festival.^[9] It is the oldest youth-led film festival in the United States, although it does accept international submissions.^{[6][10][11][12]} The art center moved into a building across the street from Newtowne Court in 1999.^[13][14]