Dorchester Center for the Arts will host a special exhibition on the centennial of women’s suffrage in the U.S. Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence, a poster exhibition from the Smithsonian, celebrates the 100th anniversary of the Nineteenth Amendment and explores the complexity of the women's suffrage movement and the relevance of this history to Americans' lives today. The…

Artists Sunday – a new movement to drive art sales and support the livelihoods of millions of U.S. artists, artisans, and craftspeople – will premiere Sunday, November 29. The powerful new effort is designed to make the Sunday after Thanksgiving the most profitable day of the year for artists. It follows Black Friday and Small Business Saturday, alongside Cyber Monday…

Part of DCA’s Visiting Artist Series, the writing-intensive, learner-centered course will focus on reading a diverse range of stories, discussion of fictional techniques, and writing and revising a story. Class will include sharing parts of student stories in progress - not for critique, but for positive feedback. Among topics covered will be how to write effective action, dialogue, description; ways to integrate…

New officers for the DCA Board of Directors were elected at the Annual Membership Meeting held via Zoom on June 22, 2020. President: Matt Smyth, Vice President: Caroline Cline, Treasurer: Betsey Harrington, Secretary: Stephyn Butcher, Executive Committee Appointee: Bobbie Tamplin. For a copy of the 2020 DCA Annual Report, click here.