“Great art often engages the most significant issues of the community, calling on each of us to bring our deepest understanding and empathy to our shared social experience.”
-Tolstoy 1898
Community Arts for Education
Community Arts for Education (CAFE) is a project of the Masters of Arts in Teaching in Art Education program at Tufts & the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. CAFE's mission is to promote the importance of art in education through community outreach and involvement in projects that intersect with local organizations or companies to demonstrate how art involves entrepreneurship, networking, and the engagement of our communities.
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Cards for Hospitalized Kids
Cards for Hospitalized Kids (CFHK) is a national charitable organization that spreads hope, joy and magic through handmade cards to kids across America who are hospitalized and/or seriously ill. Each card is unique, as are each of the kids that receive them. Making a card only takes a few minutes, but the impact cards have on the kids that receive them lasts much longer. They are on a mission to give cards to as many hospitalized kids as possible!
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Russell School Family Arts Night
At the William E. Russell Elementary School, Tufts University sponsored a night of arts activities for the students and their families. Graduate students and faculty of Tufts University in affiliation with the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, organized several projects for this event. Over 200 families enjoyed and participated in the evening's events!
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