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...

Dec 4

City of Boston exhibition highlights for December 2015

Learn more about the highlights for the month.

Oct 23

11 artists selected for Boston's Artist-In-Residence program

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...

Oct 23

Mayor Walsh announces new artwork on display at the Bruce C. Bolling Municipal Building

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...

Oct 15

Arts and healing

This post was written by Lisa Wong.

Oct 9

A poet's view on Boston Creates

This post was written by DiDi Delgado.

Oct 5

Mayor Walsh Announces Launch of Exhibition Honoring Women Power Lifters

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...

Oct 5

The Mayor's Office of Arts & Culture presents: INTRICACIES by Vanessa Irzyk

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...

Oct 5

Authentic civic participation

This post was written by Cathy Edwards.

Sep 29

An update on the cultural planning process

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...

Sep 24

What artists knead

This post was written by Lisa M. Wong.

Sep 14

Boston AIR

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...

Aug 28

Insights from a community team leader

This post was written by Cynthia Woo.

Aug 21

10 things to ask Julie Burros

This post was written by Linda Flynn.

Aug 18

Boston Creates, me gusta!!

This post was written by Veronica Robles.

Aug 11

The City’s ‘big cultural idea’ – Boston Creates

Since Martin J. Walsh took office, there has been a sea change in the city (in my opinion.)

Aug 7

Documenting a cultural planning process

What does a cultural planning process say about Boston?

Aug 7

Mayor Walsh announces Acoustic on Main

Mayor Martin J. Walsh, in partnership with City Councilor Michelle Wu, today invited local musicians, businesses and the public to participate once again in Acoustic on Main, a 10-night event in...

Jul 28

Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture to hold seventeen concurrent community conversations on "Boston…

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture will hold 17 concurrent community conversations on Saturday, August 1, 2015 to drive discussion on the cultural...

Jul 23

Mayor Walsh announces revamped "Emerge" Boston arts festival

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced that the annual Boston Arts (Ahts) Festival will be re-imagined as Emerge, a one-day celebration of local arts and culture. The Festival will highlight Boston's...

Jul 23

Mayor Walsh announces revamped 'Emerge' Boston Arts Festival

The festival will highlight Boston's ever-changing and emerging identity as a vibrant city with a thriving local art scene.

Jul 15

Mayor Walsh announces City of Boston receives National Endowment for the Arts Award

Mayor Martin J. Walsh today announced a $100,000 Our Town award to the City of Boston from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to support an Artists in Residency program within city government...

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