At the Community Engagement Office, we work to foster just and reciprocal relationships with communities through innovative, socially-engaged art and design programs and partnerships that create avenues for you to extend your learning beyond the walls of our school. With a focus on racial equity and social innovation, we develop opportunities for students and communities in Cambridge, Somerville, and Greater Boston to participate in activities ranging from artist lectures and hands-on workshops to collaborative courses and public art projects that stimulate positive social change.
Community Partners
We connect contemporary art and design practice and social justice initiatives by fostering partnerships with nonprofit art organizations, museums, local and regional high schools, institutions and consortia. The Dean’s Community Advisory Council was established in Fall 2015 with the college’s move from Boston’s Kenmore Square to the Lunder Arts Center and new Animation and Visual Effects (VFX) studios in Cambridge’s Porter Square.
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A-B
- Agassiz Baldwin Community
- American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA)
- Arts on the Avenue Committee
- Art Association of New England Preparatory Schools
- ArtPlace America
- Asian Community Development Corporation
- Berkeley School of Music
- Boston APP/Lab
- Boston Arts Academy
- Boston Comics Roundtable
- Boston Design Week
- Boston International Kids Film Festival
- Boston LGBT Film Festival
- Boston Society of Architects – Common Boston
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C-D
- Cambridge Art Association
- Cambridge Arts, City of Cambridge
- Cambridge Creativity Commons
- Cambridge Neighbors
- Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
- Cambridge Public Schools -- Visual & Performing Arts
- Community Art Center, Cambridge’s Teen Media Program
- Community Charter School of Cambridge
- Community Development Department, City of Cambridge
- DIYDS!! National Youth Film Festival
- deCordova Sculpture Park & Museum
- Digital Silver Imaging
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E-L
- Eastern Bank
- Fenway High School
- Filmmakers Collaborative
- Foundry Consortium
- Friends of Cambridge Rindge and Latin School
- Griffin Museum of Photography
- Harvard Indigenous Design Collective
- Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
- Lawrence High School’s Abbott Lawrence Academy
- Lemelson-MIT Program
- Lesley STEAM Learning Lab
- Living Well Network, Agassiz Neighborhood Council
- The Loop Lab
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- Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo (MICE)
- Massachusetts Production Coalition
- Maud Morgan Arts Center
- Mayor’s Taskforce for the Arts, City of Cambridge
- North American Indian Center of Boston
- North Cambridge Art Association
- Photographic Resource Center
- Porter Square Neighbors Association
- Prospect Hill Academy Charter School
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Design students help to replace state seal, motto
Neon signs light up Lunder Arts Center
Community Workshops
Explore different concepts and technologies in art and design, make new connections, or refine skills. Attend our high school workshops during the academic year. Participate in workshops co-presented with the Cambridge Arts Council, City of Cambridge, Cambridge Art Association, Boston International Kids Film Festival, the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, and other local organizations.
PARTICIPATE
Through our PARTICIPATE initiative, we develop participatory public art projects with community organizations and neighboring schools. Each project is designed to strengthen student learning as informed by community interests. Check out some of the ways we have collaborated with the Porter Square Neighbors Association, Arts on the Avenue Committee, Boston Society of Architects, and the Community Development Department of the City of Cambridge.
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Galleries & Exhibitions
Lunder Arts Center
- Katherine Shozawa, Director of Community Engagement
617.349.8028
communityengagement@lesley.edu
- Lesley University Lunder Arts Center
1801 Massachusetts Ave
Cambridge, MA 02140