Massasoit's "Chair-ity" Project

The Massasoit "Chair-ity" Project is the result of a sustainability grant that was offered at the beginning of the Fall 2008 semester to art students at Massasoit's Canton Campus. The money ($250) awarded to Professor Janet Tooker, was used to buy sandpaper, brushes and paint to redo used, donated chairs.

Professor Tooker's assignment to the students was as follows: "You will be refurbishing an old wooden chair to create a unique piece of art which will reflect the influence of a particular artist from one of the periods we will study in History of Art II this semester." The sustainability issue is based on a statement from the Global Environment and Technology Foundation: "Rehabbing an existing piece of furniture requires 85 to 95 percent less energy than producing a new one."

The chairs will be auctioned to the public at the first Massasoit Community College Arts Festival held at the Canton Campus on May 16th and 17th, 2009. Proceeds from the sale of the chairs will go to the Canton Food Pantry.