Creative Resilience: Partnering with the Artists at St. Francis House and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts

This participatory research and shared-community project engages artists at St. Francis House and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts (SMFA) at Tufts. “Creative Resilience” begins a new, innovative partnership that focuses on a series of workshops for co-creation and conversation, rotating between St. Francis House, the SMFA, and Tisch College of Civic Life.

Our collaboration with St. Francis House began in 2023, when five panels featuring work from their expressive arts studio were added to the installation of “Endurance Streets” at 116 Harrison Street. As a continuation of this exhibition project, we are again partnering with this residence for currently unhoused persons, also located in the Chinatown neighborhood. Now, during 2024-2025, this relationship expands to include faculty and students from the SMFA.