Families Creating Together

At A Glance

Contact: 

Maria Cabrera

Location: 

Jamaica Plain MA, Massachusetts

Active since:

2008

Tax Status:

Ad-hoc
  • The Power of our Stories: “Making Puppets with Paper Maché” with teaching artist Dey Hernández
  • The Power of Our Stories: '“Sign Language, Movement, & Visual Art” with teaching artists Ayisha Knight-Shaw and Wendy Jehlen
  • Puppet-making with Recycled Materials
  • The Rhythm of our Stories” with teaching artist Cornell Coley

Our Purpose

Our purpose is to…Families Creating Together (FCT) provides inclusive community opportunities in the arts for youth of all abilities and their families from BIPOC, intergenerational, and low-mideconomic backgrounds primarily in Boston neighborhoods. FCT believes thatexperiencing the joy of the arts is a conduit that breaks through many barriers thatthreatens the health and wellbeing of vulnerable members of our community due to thechallenges of living with disabilities, language barriers, homelessness or raisinggrandchildren.