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Boston Art Commission Meeting

UPDATE: This meeting will be held virtually only and NOT in person. You can participate in the meeting by going to our online meeting link and using your computer's audio and microphone. If you are unable to connect to audio or you do not have internet, you can call into the meeting by dialing 301-715-8592 and entering Meeting I.D. 453 796 7678 #.

Public comment on Presentations for Review, Public Testimony, and Commission Vote may be provided ahead of the hearing by submitting written testimony through our online form by 12 p.m. (noon) on May 30, 2022. You will also have the opportunity to submit comments during the meeting via the Zoom platform or by phone. If you require closed captioning you can make a request to bac@boston.gov 

About the Boston Art Commission

The Boston Art Commission, staffed by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, is an independent board composed of nine appointed art and design professionals that holds public meetings to review and vote on matters concerning the City’s art collection.  The City’s curatorial vision is to commission and approve innovative and transformative artworks that engage communities, enrich and enliven the urban environment, are driven by an artistically strong vision, enhance the diversity of the existing collection, respond directly to a specific environment, and possess durability appropriate to the lifespan of the work. For more information, see www.Boston.gov/public-art.

The public can offer testimony.

Discussion Topics

  1. Opening
    • Welcome
    • Call to Order and Review of Minutes 
  2. Director's Report
    • Community initiated commissions 
    • City initiated commissions 
    • Existing Collections
  3. Presentations for Public Art: Review and Public Testimony
    • Instructions for public comment 
    • Harvest Mural and Art Program 2022; Final Design; Umana Matthew Pollock and and Bradley Schools, East Boston; Artists: Various; Felipe OrtizProponent: Harbor Arts, Eastie Farm, and BPS
    • Constelación de Historias; Final Design; Mary Ellen Welch Greenway, East Boston; Artists and Proponents: Rene Dongo and Brittany Thomas
    • Safe Passage (Amulet); Final Design; LoPresti Park, East Boston; Artist and Proponent: Rhea Vedro, Now + There Accelerator
    • Raining Poetry: Final Design; Various sites, citywide; Artist: Various; Proponents: BPHC and ORS
    • The Life and Legacy of Rita Hester, Final Design; Union Square, Allston; Artist: Rixy; Proponent: City of Boston
    • Deep Time Stories of Jamaica Plain, Final Design; Hyde Square, Jamaica Plain; Artists: Cristina Parreño Alonso and Amin Tadj; Proponent: City of Boston
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