Spotlight
![Collaborative project by students in Social Practice Topics I (AXD 217) and City Life: Introduction to Urban Studies (URB 201).](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-visual-and-performing-arts/cei/social-practice-I-01-1.jpg?text=fallback320)
A collaboration with Crime and Justice Studies convened students in discussions about local justice issues on the UMass campus.
![Professor Hutchinson's students at work on the empty bowls project in the ceramics studio at the Star Store (spring 2021)](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-visual-and-performing-arts/cei/Group-photo-Hutchinson-1.jpg?text=fallback320)
CVPA Ceramics Professor Rebecca Hutchinson continues her longstanding commitment to art in public service.
![Mockup of painted electrical box](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-visual-and-performing-arts/cei/larahenderson03-1.jpg?text=fallback320)
Students of CVPA Foundations classes bring new color to New Bedford with painted electrical boxes!
![Part of an architectural tour of New Bedford. The style shown here is the Second Empire. Photograph courtesy of Pamela Karimi.](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-visual-and-performing-arts/news--events/2022-NBAM-fellowship-8-1.jpg?text=fallback320)
Art History major Kayla Rausch is the 2022 recipient of the New Bedford Art Museum/Artworks! Fellowship.
Community choral group’s work goes beyond the recital hall
![Students in Professor Pamela Karimi's class, Modern Architecture: A Global History, on a tour of architectural styles of New Bedford. Tour was spearheaded by Karimi and the New Bedford Historical Society.](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-visual-and-performing-arts/news--events/walking-tour-web-1.jpg?text=fallback320)
Travel through history with an architectural walking tour of New Bedford led by Prof. Pamela Karimi and the New Bedford Preservation Society!
![Graphic design students worked with curator Jamie Uretsky to design branding and identity for the exhibition Uncommon Threads: The Works of Ruth E. Carter at the New Bedford Art Museum (Spring 2021)](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-visual-and-performing-arts/cei/gd-community-Ruth-E-Carter-nb-art-1.jpg?text=fallback320)
AXD451 has a long history of working with community partners
![Untitled photograph by Mary Roberts](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-visual-and-performing-arts/cei/RobertsFinal_01-web-1.jpg?text=fallback320)
CVPA Community Engagement Initiatives is pleased to collaborate with the Labor Education Center (LEC) on two new CVPA student artist in residence fellowships!
![Vote](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-visual-and-performing-arts/cei/vote-04-CEI-1.jpg?text=fallback320)
The 2021 annual report of the Leduc Center for Civic Engagement features multiple contributions from the CVPA community.
![Professor McGoldrick with senior students Jay Weygand, Axel Jeremie, and Alexis Canaday on the lighting installation day](https://pxl-umassdedu.terminalfour.net/fit-in/320x500/filters:quality(80)/prod01/production-cdn-pxl/media/umassdartmouth/college-of-visual-and-performing-arts/cei/Group-Install-shot---pocket-park-1.jpg?text=fallback320)
Over the past year, Stephanie McGoldrick, faculty member in Interior Architecture + Design, has worked alongside her students to propose solutions for revitalizing a pocket park space in New Bedford.