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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.

The plan identifies five strategic goals and calls for a cultural shift in the way City government and the private sector approaches and prioritizes arts and culture.

The agreement will allow Huntington to stay in BU Theatre and expand programming, partnerships and opportunities for Boston's young people.

The new public art installations reveal invisible poetry when it rains.

Thank you to everyone who took the time to read the draft cultural plan and provide comments.

We are excited to share with you a draft of the Boston Creates cultural plan !

Last night, we held a Boston Creates Town Hall at Bunker Hill Community College.

The community is invited to give feedback about performance space in Boston.

This post was written by Emily Grandstaff-Rice.

The City received over 111 submissions from Boston-area artists in response to a Request for Qualifications.

ArtsBoston to partner with the City of Boston to promote Black History Month event series.

Tonight, Mayor Walsh delivered his annual State of the City address at Symphony Hall.

We are rapidly closing in on the end of the year – and what a year it has been. The cultural planning process officially kicked off in April and over the past eight months, an extraordinary amount of...

Learn more about the highlights for the month.

The Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) today announced the selection of 11 artists for the City of Boston's first artist-in-residence program...

Mayor Martin J. Walsh and the Boston Art Commission yesterday announced the dedication of three pieces of public artwork at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building. This dedication is part of Mayor...

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This post was written by Lisa Wong.

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The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture together with the Mayor's Office of Women's Advancement launched 'Lift/Women Power-Lifters,' an exhibition by photographer Liane Brandon at the Strand Theatre in...

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that South Boston Artist Vanessa Irzyk exhibition “INTRICACIES” will be available from 10/15 – 11/13/2015 at the Mayor’s Neighborhood Gallery in Boston City Hall...

This post was written by Cathy Edwards.

As September comes to an end, we are about to finish the community engagement phase of the Boston Creates Cultural Planning Process. It really was an incredible summer and I wanted to take this...

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This post was written by Lisa M. Wong.

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The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, in coordination with the Massachusetts College of Art and Design, invites Boston artists to apply to Boston AIR to become an artist in residence within a City...

This post was written by Cynthia Woo.

This post was written by Linda Flynn.

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