Bridgeport Cultural Arts Center : An Oral History
Catalog ID:
OH-0086
Archives Field 21:
Scope & Content:
Lucinda "Cindy" Anderson discusses her work as a business manager and instructor at the Bridgeport Cultural Arts Center, a community learning center dedicated to offering children and adults instruction in a variety of artistic media such as painting and drawing, photography, music, dance, sculpture, writing and much more. A.B.C.D (Action for Bridgeport Community Development) spearheaded the formation of the Center and procured funding for its programs.
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Anderson recalls her hiring and the other staff members and A.B.C.D. officials who ran the Center. She considers her work at the Arts Center to be the best job she ever had. She also names many of the talented students who came to the Center and their interactions with BCAC staff.

The Arts Center served as an important vehicle for self- expression and learning in the Bridgeport community and mirrored trends in the Black Arts movement taking place on a national level.
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