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Aug 18

Introducing the Office of Arts and Culture’s new Director of Grants and Programs, Ty-Juana L. Flores

Ty-Juana came to the City of Boston from Berklee College of Music, where she worked for 10 years.

Aug 4

Twenty-seven short-term public art projects, activations funded in first phase of Transformative…

This is the third year of the Transformative Public Art Program.

Jul 29

Recognizing grassroots arts publications and media outlets in Boston

Supporting local artists and arts organizations has long been a priority of the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture. This summer we were excited to extend our support in a way that we haven’t before.

Jun 14

Celebrating Juneteenth in Boston

Learn more about how the City of Boston is honoring the anniversary of the day in 1865 when all enslaved people had been informed that they were free.

Jun 8

Events happening as part of Boston LGBTQIA Pride Month

June is Pride Month, a time to celebrate and recognize the contributions of Boston’s LGBTQIA (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer or questioning, intersex, and asexual or allied) community.

May 20

MAYOR JANEY ANNOUNCES THE JOY AGENDA, INCLUDING THE LAUNCH OF 2021 TRANSFORMATIVE PUBLIC ART PROGRAM

Joy Agenda announced, including launch of 2021 Transformative Public Art Program

The agenda is a citywide invitation to hold space for joy, encourage opportunities for collective processing of grief, and invest in healing, imagination and play.

May 18

MAYOR JANEY ANNOUNCES MASS CULTURAL COUNCIL’S DESIGNATION OF LITTLE SAIGON CULTURAL DISTRICT

Mass Cultural Council designates Little Saigon Cultural District in Fields Corner

The City of Boston, in partnership with the Little Saigon Cultural District, has been approved for a $75,000 Our Town grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support the district.

Apr 15

Registration open for inaugural Roxbury Poetry Festival

All events will be conducted in accordance with COVID-19 public health guidance.

Apr 1

City of Boston celebrating National Poetry Month

All events will be conducted in accordance with COVID-19 public health guidance.

Mar 30

Celebrating National Poetry Month

In addition to April Fools and rain showers, this month brings with it the celebration of National Poetry Month!

Mar 29

Boston Artist-in-Residence Victor Yang collaborates with youth on mental health campaign

As Boston Artist-in-Residence Victor Yang and the Boston Public Health Commission’s Violence Intervention & Prevention Initiative (VIP) enter the final months of their year working together, they...

Mar 26

Speaking out in support of our Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) community

As the Office of Arts and Culture, we know that hateful acts of violence are perpetrated against many of the communities we serve every day, and all of these acts of violence should be denounced.

Mar 17

MAYOR WALSH ANNOUNCES BOSTON ART COMMISSION VOTES TO APPROVE FINAL DESIGN OF “THE EMBRACE,” A MEMORIAL HONORING MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. AND CORETTA SCOTT KING

Boston Art Commission approves final design of MLK, Coretta Scott King memorial

" The Embrace" is a bronze figural abstraction based on a photo of an embrace between Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Coretta Scott King.

Mar 2

Boston AIR: Learning from the past and moving forward

This is a blog post written by Director of Public Art Karin Goodfellow and Boston Boston Artists-in-Residence (AIR) Program Manager Sharon Amuguni highlighting learnings from an evaluation of the...

Jan 29

Artist-in-Residence Pat Falco collaborates with Housing Innovation Lab

Below is a conversation with Boston Artist-in-Residence Pat Falco and Wandy Pascoal of the Boston Housing Innovation Lab and Boston Society for Architecture about their collaboration this year, the...

Jan 20

Photo of Opportunity Fund grantee Leona Cheung playing piano

Meet some of this year's Opportunity Fund grantees

Supporting individual artists is at the heart of everything we do in the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.

Jan 14

Artists selected for public art projects at Boston Arts Academy and East Boston Police Station

Artists have been selected for three long-term public art projects funded by the City of Boston's Percent for Art program.

Jan 11

Mayor Walsh announced $450,000 COVID-19 relief funding initiative for Boston-area BIPOC arts and culture organizations

$450,000 in COVID-19 funding awarded to local BIPOC arts organizations

This initiative is a collaboration between the City of Boston, The Boston Foundation, and the Barr Foundation.

Jan 5

Photo of student involved in Brighter Boston Strand summer program

A look back at 2020 for the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture

2020 was an extremely difficult year for Boston’s arts community as we faced significant setbacks caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and grappled with racial injustices across the country.

Dec 18

Photo of The Emancipation Group, a copy of a statue in Washington D.C. created by Thomas Ball, photo courtesy of the Boston Art Commission.

An update on the removal of 'Emancipation Group'

This letter to the community was written by the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture and the Boston Art Commission.

Dec 2

$250,000 in grants awarded to Boston artists working toward racial justice

A cohort of 16 BIPOC artists and collectives make up the pilot year of the three-year regranting program Radical Imagination for Racial Justice.

Nov 23

Supporting Boston's arts community this holiday season

Boston’s artists and creative businesses have been hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic this year, and they need our support now more than ever.

Nov 2

Kickoff of HOME Poetry Series led by Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola

This series was made possible in part by the Academy of American Poets, with funds from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. It will culminate in the 2021 Roxbury Poetry Festival.