Community Arts Advocates cultivates ongoing fundamental relationships between artists and communities by celebrating self-expression as a basic human right essential for the healthy growth of youth, individuals and communities.

Community Arts Advocates, Inc. is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding public awareness, participation in and support of the arts through performances and festivals, exhibits and workshops, publicity, educational forums, nonprofit arts management consultation services, and collaborative projects.

Community Arts Advocates has four basic program and service areas:

 

• nonprofit arts management services
• multicultural educational programs
• festival and event production and marketing services
• arts advocacy & artists support services

 

Specific program initiatives include:

 

• Providing Multicultural Educational Programs for in-school, after-school, community, government and corporate clients.
• Consulting and acting as fiscal agent for individual artists and unincorporated artist associations including Roslindale Open Studios, Roslindale Arts Alliance, Arthur McGee - African-American Fashion Designer Pioneer
• Summer Arts Internships and Community Arts Service Program
  
• Advocacy for street artists through the Street Arts and Buskers Advocates web site and publications
• Provide marketing, fundraising, photography, web site and technical services for Friends of Jamaica Pond environmental and arts programs
  

 

Much of this work is supported by volunteer labor and in-kind contributions. Our financial support comes from four sources:

 

• Earned income, from event admissions, fiscal fees, publication sales, service contract fees and workshop tuition
• Government grants
• Private foundation grants
• Contributions from individuals and small businesses