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The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture is receiving many questions from arts and culture organizations seeking guidance on responding to Coronavirus Disease 2019, also known as COVID-19. This is a...
We talked to one of the newest members of the Boston Art Commission, Robert Freeman, about his personal experiences as an artist and his vision for public art in Boston.
In the third year of the Opportunity Fund, we have already funded opportunities and experiences for 78 individual artists through $106,787 in grants.
Bobadilla is a 17-year-old student at Fenway High School.
Since the creation of the Boston AIR program in 2017, the City has had a total of 20 artists-in-residence.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture announced that applications are now open for the fourth round of Boston AIR, the City of Boston's artist residency program. The...
These three projects are funded through the City of Boston's Percent for Art program, which allocates one percent of the City's annual capital borrowing budget for the commissioning of public art.
Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture today announced five local artists have been selected to receive the City of Boston's second round of Artist Fellowship Awards.
We’re looking for a leader who can guide our multigenerational and multiethnic team at the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture in honest and vulnerable conversations about equity.
This piece will be one of five Percent for Art-funded projects currently underway in the neighborhood.
Boston's Youth Poet Laureate will create a unique artistic legacy through public readings and civic events.
It’s not often that you hear of a piece of permanent public art moving, and this fall the City of Boston has three!
We’re looking for artists or artist teams to create permanent public artworks to complement a new building for the Boston Arts Academy (BAA) in the Fenway neighborhood.
This post about the One Boston Resilience Project was written by Mayor Walsh.
Mayor Walsh celebrates reconstruction of North Square, featuring new permanent public artwork and improved access
The Shout Syndicate has awarded $200,000 to 10 Greater Boston nonprofit arts organizations that focus on creative youth development.
We would like you to know about some changes to our grantmaking process beginning in September.
This year’s round of funding marks the largest ever with more than $800,000 available to artists and arts organizations.
Mayor Walsh has committed $75,000 to the program as part of the City's record-breaking investment in public art.
We're commissioning at least four projects with budgets ranging from $5,000 to $20,000 that celebrate the diversity of the City.
The Project Partnership Grant Program is intended to support recurring events and programs that create opportunities for artists in Boston.
Chosen by public art experts, the roster of selected projects was unveiled this morning at Americans for the Arts’ Annual Convention in Minneapolis.
Mayor Walsh announced a Call to Artists for a piece of permanent public artwork at the Dewitt Playground in Roxbury.
Former City of Boston Artist Fellow Michelle Fornabai shares how the Artist Fellowship impacted her, and how artists in Boston can shape the City as a whole.
The City of Boston is now accepting applications for a second round of the Artist Fellowship Award and a new Project Partnership Grant.
Please take a moment to read the letter from Mayor Walsh below, and help the City of Boston find new investments for arts and culture.
Read the latest poem by Porsha Olayiwola, the City of Boston Poet Laureate.
Ten projects have been awarded grants totaling $809,500 through the City of Boston’s Edward Ingersoll Browne Trust Fund.
The public art will be placed on the new Area A-7 Police Station in East Boston.
This marks the City’s largest ever investment in local arts organizations.
