Cape Ann Art Haven

GOAL 1: Ensure that all children across Cape Ann have access to the arts in order to develop their confidence and creativity as artists and individuals.GOAL 2: Develop the next generation of artists who can perpetuate and expand Cape Ann’s rich cultural identity and heritage.GOAL 3: Foster community development in downtown Gloucester and enable creative industries across Cape Ann.

Goal 1: Ensure all have access to the Arts · Provide consistent, supervised and reliable afterschool art classes to children. · Allow children from low or very low income level to attend free of cost. · Deepen and strengthen our volunteer base and community partnerships to help us reach children and families that we may not be serving or who may not know of our programs. Goal 2: Develop the next generation of artists · Focus on teens and cultivate emerging artists working emerging forms of creative expression · Provide a dynamic and supervised space for these artists to explore, express and experiment with their creativity and artistic identity. · Engage professional mentors to steward the creative development of young people. · Promote the work of these emerging artists through exhibitions, partnerships and sponsorships. Goal 3: Foster community development · Continue to offer family-focused community engagement events free of charge. · Work on increasing the visibility of The Hive as a community space. · Rent space at The Hive to organizations and agencies that support youth and/or support arts and culture.

Goal 1: Ensure all have access to the Arts · We have a 5-year proven track record of working toward this goal. · We have the facilities, supplies and reputation necessary to make great progress to achieving this lofty goal. · We need to expand our cadre of instructors · We need to be better at mapping our arts activities to the MCAS standards so we can better communicate and document the educational value of our programming. Goal 2: Develop the next generation of artists · We specifically created the TAG program three years ago as a model to fund and support this goal. · We have set aside three studio spaces for TAG and they have now become “maker spaces” where the teens can create their own work and/or products through shared equipment and supplies. · We have a solid network of professional peers who are committed to mentoring teens. Goal 3: Foster community development · We have taken over two blighted store fronts in downtown Gloucester and transformed them into dynamic spaces. · We have held our community engagement events ever since we opened and we have a track record of running them successfully. · We have a loyal following of volunteers, community partners, promoters and supporters, especially around the Lobster Trap Tree and Buoy Painting Week.