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By Kelly Saramago, USES Intern Create your own playdough at home! Playdough Recipe: Directions: This fall at the Hurley School, The Children’s Art Centre’s Studio Arts In-School Residency Program explored the themes of friendship and community in the kindergarten classrooms. As a wrap up to this theme, we had the children create their own playdough. […]

By Kelly Saramago, USES Intern This past week the senior watercolor class had the opportunity to visit the Museum of Fine Arts to view the John Singer Sargent exhibit! This visit was an exciting opportunity for the class to explore something new together as a group. The exhibit celebrates a century of Sargent’s work at […]

United South End Settlements announces its annual Community Colors exhibit on display at the Harriet Tubman Gallery November 12, 2013 – January 3, 2014. This collaborative exhibition will kick off with an opening reception on Tuesday November 12th from 6:00 – 8:00 PM which features over 40 pieces of art in a variety of 2D […]

Adria Arch “Tree Glyphs” These sculptural shapes are derived from tiny found doodles. For me, these symbols are a joyous and mysterious language that is both deeply personal and universal. In Tree Glyphs, the doodles have been scaled up and cut out of wood. The sculptures’ placement within the trees suggests a benign coexistence between ourselves […]

United South End Settlements’ (USES) sponsors this years Sculpture in the Park outdoor public art exhibit in Franklin Square Park, located in Boston’s South End. Eight local artists and a group of students from USES’ Children’s Art Centre will install sculptures from trees, fences and along the lawn.  This site-responsive display is open to the […]

Successful skills such as effective communication, accountability, finding solutions to challenges, and adaptability are just some of the areas that the current generation is lacking. The arts are an untapped opportunity to catapult 21st century students toward achieving their goals in life. 1.     The Arts Don’t Focus on Right & Wrong When the pressure of […]