Arts and Culture

We’re looking for a consultant team to provide end-user engagement for development of a music rehearsal space.

The BCC organizational grants provide awards of up to $10,000 to local arts organizations.

The Cultural Investment Grant aims to grow and sustain arts and cultural organizations that have a clear vision of a creative, equitable, and more just city.

The Cultural Space Fund provides funding to seed, stabilize, and expand cultural spaces in the City.

This grant program supports community-focused arts and cultural activations in public spaces.

As the epicenter of the City of Boston, City Hall Plaza is a place where all Boston residents, visitors, and newcomers have access to participate in arts and cultural events.

Boston City Hall is home to several galleries that promote and exhibit the work of Boston artists.

Local artists can paint a City of Boston-owned utility box with their original designs.

The Poet Laureate works to raise the status of poetry in the everyday lives of residents.

We commission permanent and temporary public art projects in the City that engage communities and enrich the urban environment. We also support projects led by artists and community members.

We commission several murals and temporary projects every year as part of the Transformative Public Art Program.

Cultural planning works with City planning and development processes. The goal is to create more opportunities for the local arts and creative community to live, work, and create in Boston.

A dynamic new initiative comprised of six Boston-based cultural organizations with a mission to strengthen and sustain Boston’s creative workforce, funded by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture.