Cambridge Community Arts Foundation

05/21/2026

Maybe an interesting opportunity?

05/21/2026

The clock is ticking!

May 29th is the deadline for the 2026 Blackwater NWR Photo Contest. We're hoping to get more youth entries this year (ages 13-17), and youth can enter for free! If you know a young person who has photographed Blackwater NWR, please consider sharing the link with them. Smartphone photos are welcome! https://www.friendsofblackwater.org/photo-contest-2026.html

05/06/2026

Open now!

05/01/2026

An opportunity to showcase your photo work…

04/14/2026

Today is the day!

Stop by the Cambridge library tomorrow, April 14th, at 4:30 PM for Bad Art Night! 🎨🖌

Laugh, relax, and embrace the bad art. All supplies provided—just bring your creativity!

04/09/2026

Just up the road in Philadelphia to museums and a lot of other wonderful experiences await you! Check out the ‘Magic Garden.’

A Nation of Artists

04/08/2026

Head west to the great city of Chicago—the “Tute” is a fabulous museum!

Founded in 1879, the Art Institute of Chicago is one of the nation’s oldest museums—and one of its greatest. Spanning two connected buildings and covering nearly one million square feet, it is also one of the largest, making a visit to the Art Institute a potentially intimidating endeavor.⁠
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Ask 10 people what to see there, and you may get 10 different answers. Some will direct you to the Impressionist galleries, where world-famous works by Van Gogh, Caillebotte, and Seurat lie in wait. Others will tell you to go to the Surrealist section, which houses quite a few treasures. And still others—locals, most likely—will urge you visit some of the less often visited corners of the museum, notably the basement gallery for Narcissa Niblack Thorne’s elaborate miniatures.⁠
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Ahead of Expo Art Week, we’ve assembled a list of 100 great artworks to see at the Art Institute. They run the gamut from ancient Greek statues to Japanese folding screens, from medieval rarities to modernist masterpieces.⁠
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Read the full list: https://www.artnews.com/list/art-news/news/must-see-art-institute-of-chicago-artworks-1234779275/

04/07/2026

Coming up soon – this wonderful show in DC. Info below.

The 2026 Smithsonian Craft Show at the National Building Museum is the country's premier showcase for the finest in hand-crafted, American artisanal works.

03/28/2026

So beautiful!

Ada Balcácer (Dominican, 1930-2025) Waterlily (Nymphae) (detail), 2001.

Watercolor, 23 x 15 in. | 58.4 x 38.1 cm. ©Estate of Ada Balcácer. Private Collection. irequireart.com Join Us on Substack.