Arts and Culture
COVID-19 update: Our office is closed to the public. For more information, learn about our Arts and Culture Response Forum. We also created a way for you to view and promote ongoing virtual arts and cultural events in the City. If you have questions, email arts@boston.gov.
Our office enhances the quality of life, the economy, and the design of the City through the arts. The role of the arts in all aspects of life in Boston is reinforced via equitable access to arts and culture in every community, its public institutions, and public places.
Key areas of work include support to the cultural sector through grants and programs, as well as the production and permitting of art in public places.
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Current Opportunities
Current Opportunities
The Opportunity Fund provides grants of up to $1,000 to support individual artists and local arts events planned by artists.

We are asking the Boston art community to share their inspiration for the upcoming year with an online exhibition.
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EventsPublic art at the East Boston Police Station: An artist talk with Monika Bravo
Join the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture on January 21 from 5 - 6 p.m. for a virtual artist talk with Monika Bravo, the artist commissioned for the long-term public art project at the new Area A-7...

Artist Resource Desk
Find out about resources and services available for artists in the City of Boston.
Public Art
Strand Theatre
The theater in Dorchester serves as a cultural and educational resource to artists and audiences.
Cultural Planning
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