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The call for artists will expand the City's alternative space pilot program.

The public art project will be implemented in conjunction with the reconstruction of North Square in summer 2017.

Earlier this week, I was in Washington, D.C. to participate in National Arts Advocacy Day hosted by the Americans for the Arts (AFTA).

Ortega will work with a selection of Boston youth to paint the mural in May 2017.

The long-anticipated Artist Resource Manager is on board!

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced the hiring of Julia Ryan as the Artist Resource Manager in the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture.

Once a year, the Boston Poet Laureate selects 30 poems submitted by Boston's literary community through this open call. The deadline to apply is March 20, 2017.

The funding was provided by the City of Boston and Mass. Cultural Council to support local organizations.

The funding was provided by the City of Boston and Mass Cultural Council to support local arts organizations.

The African Latino Alliance Collective, City Lights, Washington Gateway Main Street, Friends of Peters Park, and Old Dover Neighborhood Association, in coordination with the Boston Art Commission...

Mayor Martin J. Walsh announced a series of art exhibitions, curated by Greater Boston's leading art institutions, that will debut at City Hall Galleries.

The 2017 Public Leadership in the Arts Award was presented by Americans for the Arts and the United States Conference of Mayors.

About a year ago, The Boston Foundation (TBF) released a study about funding for the arts in Boston.

As 2016 ends, it is a natural time to reflect on milestones and accomplishments of the past year.

The exhibitions are Art in Giving and the 4th Annual Massachusetts College of Art and Design Exhibition.

Mayor Walsh announces a Request for Proposals with the Public Works Department and the Boston Art Commission

First Available Space Will Be Located at AT&T Flagship Store

This fall, we’ve seen an abundance of Open Studio events happening across the city.

November, December exhibits will feature visual art, performing arts and student works

More than 500 holiday season performances now on sale

This past summer, we launched the Opportunity Fund, a pilot grant program designed to support individual artists in activities that help them share their work with the public or teach others, continue...

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Creative workers are a critical part of Boston’s thriving economy.

Exhibition features fresh, original, and contemporary works of art created by Bostonians.

Mayor Walsh says the opening will further establish the area as a 'cultural destination.'

I am eager to announce that, last week, we opened the call for applications for the Boston Cultural Council Organizational Grants.

Just over sixty days ago, we launched the Boston Creates Cultural Plan. We quickly moved from planning to implementation and we haven’t looked back.

Boston is a city alive with creativity. During the summer, this creative expression is manifested through the rich festivals that take place downtown and in every neighborhood, in parks and on the...

What if public art was intentional, incorporated into a development project from the very beginning? What if architects and property developers saw themselves as part of a cultural city or a creative...

Now that the Boston Creates plan has been released, we’ve shifted our work to focus on implementing the plan.

As many of you know, on June 17, we launched the Boston Creates Cultural Plan.

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