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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.

Read the latest poem by Porsha Olayiwola, the City of Boston Poet Laureate.

In honor of Boston City Hall’s 50th anniversary, we are looking for out-of-the-box ideas to reimagine City Hall.

The selection of GrubStreet and C3 follows a public and transparent process to select civic or cultural users to activate available spaces in ways that serve a diverse population.

A Jamaica Plain resident, Olayiwola is the Artistic Director at MassLEAP, a literary nonprofit organization in Massachusetts serving youth artists

Founded in 1982, the National Arts Program encourages the creative talent of government employees to come forth and be recognized by the public.

Through the Opportunity Fund, artists and educators are provided grants of up to $1,000 for meaningful, one-time opportunities.

The five finalist proposals will be on display at the Boston Public Library and Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building in Dudley Square.

The awards were celebrated during a recent artist reception at City Hall.

As the Director of Cultural Planning, Courtney will be responsible for managing all arts and culture planning initiatives.

It’s starting to feel like fall in the City of Boston, and in the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, that means one thing: Open Studios are right around the corner.

The Boston Cultural Council is offering grants of up to $5,000 to organizations for arts programming in the City of Boston.

As Chief, Elliott-Ortega will oversee the staff of the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, the Boston Art Commission, Boston Cultural Council, and the Strand Theatre.

We're putting out a Call to Artists for public artwork at a Roxbury fire station.

The Call to Artists is for the Percent for Art project the City of Boston is commissioning as part of the construction project.

Company One Theatre will premiere Leftovers , a new play written by Josh Wilder and directed by Summer L. Williams, from July 21 - August 18, 2018.

The Opportunity Fund supports artists in activities that help them share their work, teach others, and hone their skills.

The Poet Laureate program, established in 2008, was started to highlight literary arts and promote appreciation for poetry.

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