What students can expect during the program:

 

• Arlington Center for the Arts is offering a unique opportunity for you to expand your understanding of how to create art with community impact. 

• Ceramics & Social Justice is a free, immersive, hands-on learning experience.

• You will develop an understanding of clay techniques and processes and explore how to use this medium to send powerful messages about social justice issues you are passionate about.

• Ceramics has an incredibly rich history that will be integrated into this program, allowing you to expand your horizons and push the medium into new and exciting frontiers.

• This action-oriented program will provide you with new tools, inspiration, peer collaboration, mentorship, and space to create and share work with the community at large.​

 

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Eligibility & Evaluation Criteria: 

• Arlington Center for the Arts encourages all young creatives with a passion for bettering themselves, their art, and their community, ages 14-18 to apply.

• Applicants will be evaluated based on their potential to use the skills learned to amplify the concerns of their community and world.  We are looking for passionate students who plan to use this program with an intent to learn, be present, and apply skills towards the issues that inspire them the most.

• Participants will be chosen based on their application responses and in consideration of an intentional effort to center access, equity, and inclusivity into their lives. 

• ACA strongly encourages applicants from diverse backgrounds including people of color, LGBTQIA+ individuals, people of varying abilities and other marginalized communities to apply.

• Applicants must reside in Massachusetts. Priority will be given to applicants living in Arlington and surrounding communities. We are accepting up to 10 students in this program.

 

DEADLINE TO APPLY: Sunday, February 5, 2023