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East Side Art Center gets fresh start in Pawtucket

KEY COMPONENT: Carolyn Simon, owner of the East Side Art Center in Pawtucket, works with student Bruce Kilstein, of Providence. Having been in operation for more than 30 years, Simon values the relationships with her students and says they have been key to the center’s continued success.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO
KEY COMPONENT: Carolyn Simon, owner of the East Side Art Center in Pawtucket, works with student Bruce Kilstein, of Providence. Having been in operation for more than 30 years, Simon values the relationships with her students and says they have been key to the center’s continued success.
PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

When Carolyn Simon had to relocate the East Side Art Center from Providence to a new building in Pawtucket last year after her husband died, she wasn’t sure if she could keep the art school open. That’s when a group of her students banded together and helped Simon pack up the studio – including hundreds

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