Community Art Center (Massachusetts)

Arts institution in Cambridge, 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]

## History[edit]

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]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Community Art Center - Cambridge Arts - City of Cambridge, Massachusetts". www.cambridgema.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
2. ^ "Our Story". Communityartcenter. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
3. ^ "CX Announces Art Installation in Partnership with Community Art Center". Cambridge Crossing. 2018-10-03. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
4. ^ "International Community Arts – Cambridge, Massachusetts – Community Art Centre". CAP Arts Centre. 2022-04-08. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
5. ^ "$81,000 In Organizational Investment Grants Awarded To 9 Cambridge Nonprofits". www.cambridgema.gov. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
6. ^ a b Harvard. "25th Annual Do It Your Damn Self!! National Youth Film Festival | Harvard Art Museums". harvardartmuseums.org. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
7. ^ "In Photos: 50 Years in a Housing Project Through the Eyes of Kids Who Lived There". YES! Magazine. 9 February 2016. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
8. ^ Mills, Alexa (25 November 2015). "A trove of 1980s snapshots from the Cambridge housing projects - The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
9. ^ a b Do It Your Damn Self!! A National Youth Film Festival, retrieved 2023-05-15
10. ^ "DIYDS!! | ABOUT". diyds.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
11. ^ "CAC's Do It Your Damn Self!! National Youth Film Festival". MIT Open Space Programming. 4 June 2022. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
12. ^ "Do It Your Damn Self National Youth Film Festival". FilmFreeway. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
13. ^ "Our History". Communityartcenter. Retrieved 2023-05-10.
14. ^ "Community Art Center Inc - GuideStar Profile". www2.guidestar.org. Retrieved 2023-05-10.