Building Community Through the Arts

The Building Community Through Arts (BCTA) program was established to reach the diverse external communities served by the university.

About BCTA

The program enriches the educational experience for our students and serves as an opportunity to promote the communities we serve. We enjoy a positive response from our faculty, staff and students each semester. We also strengthen the university’s relationship with individuals and organizations in our ethnically and culturally rich communities.

The program is directed by a committee whose members represent areas from across the campus community. BCTA events happen twice a year, typically once in the fall semester and once in the spring semester. Event location and themes vary, though typically serve to create cultural awareness, civic engagement and preserve community identity.

Looking Back at BCTA Events

A student smiles and holds up a carnation and a Fiesta de las Flores, Flamenco y Flan t-shirt

Three staff members hold up photo props and smile in a photo booth

Two students smile and lean their heads together

Two staff members and a face painting artist pose together. All three people have their faces painted.

Fiesta de las Flores, Flamenco y Flan, November 2023

A student stands at a table and speaks to the person behind the table.

Two students sit together at a table and smile at the camera

Two students hold up props and pose in front of a backdrop

Six people pose around an ofrenda table set up for Day of the Dead

Printed drawings of Frida Kahlo sit on a table that is covered with a purple table cloth

Contact Us

College of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences

CLO 152
2200 169th Street
Hammond IN, 46323

Phone: (219) 989-2401