Information and Opportunities for Community Organizations

Steps for developing a new program:

• Develop relationship with partner.
• Determine mutually agreeable goals and outcomes; establish benchmarks for the duration of the project.
• Schedule regular meetings to create and monitor timelines and programs.
• Develop a timeline and obtain supplies.
• Recruit students, project leader, and faculty whose roles are clearly defined.
• Conduct post-program meetings and surveys with each partner to gain feedback to grow and improve each program.
• Evaluate outcomes and create a final project report providing a summary of the program including statistics and visual documentation.
• Provide Center services free to participants.

Classroom-Community Collaborations
Classroom-Community Collaborations are led by MassArt faculty members who wish to implement community-based projects as part of course curricula. The Center works with faculty and local organizations to match student expertise to needs identified by community members, secure funding as necessary, and provide technical support and project evaluation. If you'd like to know more about Classroom-Community Collaborations, please contact the Center.

Community-Based Work-Study
Community-Based Work-Study places eligible MassArt students in community organizations as teachers, designers, researchers, documenters of programs and events, and fine artists. The Center provides students with training, supervision, technical support, and compensation through the Federal Work-Study program.

Download the Center's Community-Based Work-Study Request Form (PDF)

Download the Center's Community-Based Employers' Guide (PDF)