BCCA Mission

Brookline/Greater Boston Community Center for the Arts (BCCA)

| About the BCCA |

Brookline/Greater Boston Community Center for the Arts is a non-profit, tax exempt 501(c)(3) organization.

Mission

The Greater Boston Community Center for the Arts (BCCA – formerly of Brookline) will provide a culturally integrated environment where members of all ages and abilities in Boston and its surrounding towns can participate in world dance forms, martial arts, fitness, music, visual arts, acting, and other arts.

The Center will provide arts education, practice and performance facilities, instructor training and new teaching opportunities for local and visiting artists, and it will host community events. Through the use of multimedia and telecommunication technology, it shall continue promote and contribute to the creation of an extended network of artists and arts communities throughout the world.

Staff

Dan Marshall - Co-Founder, President & Executive Artistic Director
Sharon Pacifico - Financial Officer & Bookkeeper
Jonah Livingston - Event/Booking Manager & Assis. Office Manager
Mark Nathanson - Administrative & Production Assistant
Lawrence LeBlanc - Co-Volunteer Coordinator
Erica Sigal - Community Devel., General & Assis. Office Manager
Thomas Orion Koch - IT Administrator
Jeff O'Connel - Janitor & General Assistant
Anatoly Tsirelson, MSCE - Director of Facilities
Alex Iglecia - Marketing & Design Consultant
Emily Gold - Office Management Consultant
Karina Kadiyska - Visual Arts Gallery Curator

Co-Founders
Olaf Bleck
Dan Yonah Marshall
Vlad Selsky

Objectives

Enrich the community by preserving, sharing, increasing awareness, expanding, and promoting the diverse cultural heritage of the community members of Brookline and its surroundings, outreaching to create and renew ties with the extended communities around the world, while providing a home for local art endeavors.
Provide a welcoming, safe, and secure environment for arts educators and students, and for people in general, to share cultures, become more confident with their own identities, and explore new and foreign art forms.
Expand and better the artistic, community, and educational scene, and promote the well being of people of all ages and abilities through the use and integration of moving, visual, and musical creative arts, and the combination of folk and ethnic, recreational, and artistic forms of expression
Provide fully furnished facilities for community events, recreational activities, rehearsals, and occasional recitals.
Provide a network of professional and marketing services, educational tools and customized workshops, to empower both aspiring and experienced arts educators.
Provide modern audio, visual, and computerized systems to enhance and extend the traditional studio environment, making it accessible to a wider range of clients and educators.
Create a network of artists around the world whose interaction is facilitated by video conferencing and live cable, satellite, and Internet broadcasts.