CACP: Creative Aging Program Assistant God
Listed on 2026-08-29
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Education / Teaching
Art / Design Teacher, Youth Development
CACP:
Creative Aging Program Assistant with Goddard House
Department: CACP
- Center for Art and Community Partnerships
- Academic Affairs
Locations:
Boston, MA
Posted:
Aug 17, 2026
Closes:
Open Until Filled
Type:
Contract
Salary Type:
Hourly
Salary Range: $15.00 - $15.00
Position ID: 203828
About Mass Art:Founded in 1873, having celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2023, Massachusetts College of Art and Design (Mass Art), is the nation's first and only independent, free-standing public college of art and design in the country. Mass Art is an inclusive community of thinkers, doers, makers, educators, innovators and leaders striving to shape the future through art and design. We've spent 150 years demonstrating the truly amazing things that happen when a world-class art and design education is an option for every deserving student.
Located in Boston's hub of arts and culture along the Avenue of the Arts, Mass Art enrolls 2,000 students and offers a comprehensive range of undergraduate and graduate degrees in 18 disciplines, as well as continuing education and youth programs.
Mass Art strives to be a model of diversity and inclusion; the campus community reflects the layers of cultural and self-identity that proudly make up our region, nation, and world. We build effective partnerships with co-workers throughout the College by freely sharing appropriate information and providing assistance to all and maintain an environment that is welcoming to persons of all backgrounds, nationalities, and roles.
Job Description:Wage: $15/hr |
Hours:
4-10/week
Creative Aging Programs
- Student Assistant with Creative Aging Connections, a Goddard House initiative
About the Community Organization:
Founded in 1849, Goddard House is one of the nation's oldest nonprofit organizations dedicated to serving older adults. Our mission is to embrace the aging experience for seniors living in the Boston area by operating a high-quality assisted living community and by creating innovative programs that support our need for purpose, engagement, autonomy, and choice as we age.
Creative Aging Connections (CAC), a Goddard House initiative, is an innovator of inclusive, community-based creative expression programs for under-resourced older adults across Boston - fostering creativity, social connection, and well-being through intergenerational programs led by professional teaching artists. CAC arts programs encompass visual arts, music, dance, ceramics, and other forms of creative expression, fostering self-expression and new friendships.
Through the arts, students help older adults build confidence, express themselves creatively, and foster meaningful social connections. Students will gain an understanding of and commitment to inclusive, strengths-based practices that honor the diverse, cultural, racial, linguistic, and neurocognitive identities and lived experiences of older adults.
Position
Description:
This placement is designed as a supervised training experience for students interested in community arts, aging services, and person-centered practices, and intergenerational engagement. Students receive onboarding, mentorship from professional teaching artists, and opportunities to develop skills in facilitating creative expression with diverse older adult populations. Students will have the opportunity to challenge age-related stereotypes and witness the power of creativity to foster purpose, connection, and well-being in later life.
Creative Aging Programs are offered weekly at older adult residential communities, in one or two 3.5-hour shifts in the locations listed above. Student Trainees will participate in a supervised, hands-on learning experience that includes supporting program preparation, facilitating art-making sessions along side teaching artists, and assisting with exhibitions and special events.
Specific
Duties include:
- Build relationships with older adults (one-on-one or in small groups) through weekly art-making sessions
- Introduce art projects and support older adult artists with a step-by-step "hands-off" approach so that artists are creating independently
- Attend and participate in team planning and supervisory meetings with teaching…
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