CASPAR, Inc.

Art Placements: 2000, 2011

CASPAR, Inc. has been providing direct service to adults and youth confronting alcoholism and addiction for over 40 years.  In 2000, the agency received 12 works for their Cambridge and Somerville alcoholism and drug rehabilitation. In 2011, the employment program center for newly sober clients 18 years of age and older wishing to reenter the workforce received 21 works to display for their clients. The Employment Center staff assists clients hone their job-readiness skills by helping to develop a job search plan, providing employment counseling, hosting workshops, offering cover letter and résumé critiques, and organizing networking groups. CASPAR’s clients include those with little to no employment experience as well as those with extensive work histories.  They are people who identify as GLBTQ, the homeless and unstably housed, veterans, ex-offenders, those living with HIV or AIDS and others.  Within their first year in operation, they have served roughly 500 clients.  Clients and staff will enjoy donated art in the drop-in and telephone conference centers, the computer lab, the group meeting rooms, counseling room, and employment service offices where one-on-one assistance is provided.




Artists: Alia Aly, Ken Beck, Carole Bolsey, Prilla Smith Brackett, JoAnne Chittick, Marian Dioguardi, Joan Dance (donated by Harriet Finkelstein), Linda Fisher, Ruth Ginsberg-Place, Frances K. Grossman, Faith Hyde, David Kupferman, Diana Lemieux, Carolyn Muskat, Hiroko Okahashi, Eva Moseley, Mike Ritter, Cora Roth, Jo Ann Rothschild, Janet Shapero, Nicole Siggins, Anne Silber, Maria Termini, Cassandra Tondro