Hope Center for the Arts staff reflect on summer successes, look forward to fall programs

SPRINGFIELD — Amid a crowd at the Hope Center for the Arts on Wednesday, founder Robert Bolduc asked, “Do you want to hear a sad story?”

He gestured to a wall of a student artwork and, across the room, a wall of student photographs. The walls between them, however, were empty but a few weeks ago “all of these walls were covered,” he said.