Classes in the visual arts, the majority of which are offered on an ongoing basis, are at the core of CCftA’s commitment to education. CCftA offers arts instruction in watercolor, acrylics, life drawing, stained glass, photography, oils, still life, and many other disciplines. Our artist students are accepted at all levels of experience and all ages.
Every year CCftA offers intensive week long workshops to hundreds of children and teens which offer up and coming talent an array of techniques, concepts and experiences in the visual and performing arts. This year CCftA will provide a grant driven intensive workshop which combines visual art with creative writing for gifted teens in the Gateway Program.
“Cotuit Center for the Arts has provided an invaluable art education experience for the artists at LIFE (Living Independently Forever Inc.). The center’s teachers are truly empathic and they have enabled each artist to express his/her personal artistic vision.”
-Barbara Oliver, Art Director, LIFE, Inc.
One of the most important programs we provide is on-going classes to mentally, emotionally, and physically challenged adults. In 2007 CCftA’s surprisingly successful painting classes with challenged adults from LIFE Inc. resulted in an exciting gallery exhibition. Students evolved into artists as their works were matted and framed for the very first time and hung in a formal gallery. It is an essential part of our mission to encourage individual artistic expression, and make the arts accessible to all members of our community.