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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 December 12, 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

Working together with the Public Art Team in MOAC, the Boston Art Commission (BAC) is an independent board composed of two ex-officio and seven appointed volunteer art and design professionals that holds public meetings to review, discuss, and vote on matters concerning the City’s art collection. The BAC has exclusive authority to approve and commission artworks intended to be added to the City’s collection or be placed on City property. The Curatorial Vision for the City of Boston is to foster the creation and collection of artworks that reflect the people, ideas, histories, and futures of Boston, the traditional homeland of the Massachusett people and the home of the neighboring Wampanoag and Nipmuc peoples. We aim to commission and approve artworks that engage communities and directly respond to, enrich, and enliven the urban environment. We seek public art that is driven by an artistically strong vision, enhances the diversity and equity of the existing collection, and possess durability appropriate to the lifespan of the work. For more information, please visit our public art website.

THE PUBLIC CAN OFFER TESTIMONY.

Public testimony begins at

Discussion Topics

  1. Discussion Topics
    • Opening
      • Welcome
      • Call to Order and Review of Minutes 
    • Director's Report
      • Community initiated commissions 
      • City initiated commissions 
      • Existing Collections
    •  Presentations for Public Art: Review and Public Testimony

    1.

    Copley Square Park Public Art; Long-term Artwork; Artist Selection; Copley Square, Back Bay; Artist: Various; Proponent: City of Boston

    Public Art Team

    2.

    Restoration of the Child Fountains; Collections; Final Design; Public Garden, Downtown; Proponent: The Friends of the Public Garden

    Friends of the Public Garden

    3.

    Turmoil; Final Acceptance; Long-term Mural; Roxbury Branch of the Boston Public Library, Roxbury; Artist: Sobek; Proponent: City of Boston

    Public Art Team

    4.

    Afro-latin Music & Dance; Long-term Mural; Final Acceptance; Mozart Park, Jamaica Plain; Artist: Roberto Chao; Proponent: City of Boston

    Public Art Team

    5.

    Natural Beauty; Long-term Mural; Final Acceptance; Ringer Park, Allston; Artist: Jillian Rosati; Proponent: City of Boston

    Public Art Team

    6.

    The Embrace Signage and Moratorium for Boston Common; Long-term Artwork; Final Design; Boston Common; Artist: Hank Willis Thomas; Proponent: City of Boston

    MASS Design, Embrace Boston
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