BOSTON - Wednesday,
August 4, 2021 - Mayor Kim Janey and the Mayor’s Office of Arts and
Culture, in collaboration with the Boston Art Commission, today announced
27 short-term public art projects and activations will receive grants
totaling $323,950 this summer as part of the first phase of the City’s Transformative Public Art Program.
“These public art
projects and activations are a wonderful way to come together and experience
joy, recovery, and renewal,” said Mayor Janey. “I encourage everyone to
enjoy and engage with these projects in our inviting and accessible public
spaces.”
This is the third
year of the Transformative Public Art Program. Last year, 24 public art projects were awarded grants totaling $35,000. In addition to the
$273,950 allocated by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture this year, the
Boston Planning & Development Agency (BPDA) allocated $50,000 to
projects based in Roxbury’s Nubian Square. The Mayor’s Office of Arts and
Culture allocated another $350,000 to mural projects as part of this
program, and those will be announced later this summer.
The program
relaunched as a key part of the Mayor’s Joy Agenda, which is a citywide invitation,
opportunity, and investment in our collective well being. This program
aligns with the Joy Agenda’s goals to provide job opportunities for
creative workers across various neighborhoods that contribute to the city’s
recovery from COVID-19.
This year, the call
for applications included three different opportunities that funded mural
projects at locations identified by the City and artists who had a specific,
short-term project and location in mind. Projects could include murals, new
media, traditional media, installations or performances, community-engaged
cultural practices, social practice, or elements that specifically engage
youth and/or non-English speaking communities.
“The Transformative
Public Art Program allows us to invest in individual artists who continue
to need increased support due to the impacts of COVID-19, while bringing
cultural gatherings and activations of space to communities across the
City,” said Kara Elliott-Ortega, Chief of Arts and Culture for the City of
Boston.
Projects selected in
this first phase of the 2021 Transformative Public Art Program
include:
·
Yu-Wen
Wu’s citywide light-based project that joyously celebrates the diverse
communities using neon as a sculpture light piece.
·
Dayenne
Walters’s project “Billboard Hope,” a curated billboard project in John
Eliot Square in Roxbury that features the work of a different local artist
every month on the theme of “Hope and Inspiration for the Future.”
·
Black
Market Nubian’s Nubiana, a community-driven place-making initiative
envisioned to activate the Roxbury Cultural District with dynamic artwork
curated by over 40 artists at the Blair Lot.
·
Daphne
Xu’s “The Immigrant History Trail,” a multimedia creative placekeeping
project that uplifts and preserves the diverse immigrant, working-class
histories of Boston’s Chinatown neighborhood.
·
Nuestra
Comunidad Development Corporation’s Sanative Summer Arts Fest 2021 project,
an arts festival held at Oasis @ Bartlett, Nuestra’s new public arts park
in Nubian Square, devised to explore joy and healing in COVID-impacted
Roxbury.
·
Dunamis’
Jamaica Plain Porchfest 2021, a two-day event that will focus on
highlighting BIPOC organizations and creatives who are committed to sharing
their art with the community of Jamaica Plain.
·
Boston
Children’s Chorus’ summer series, BCC WE SING, taking place in public parks
throughout Dorchester, Roxbury, Mattapan, Chelsea, and Chinatown.
·
Allison
Tanenhaus and Maria Finkelmeier’s interactive multimedia mural that will
crowdsource and creatively process the sounds and sights of
Allston-Brighton.
The mural projects
funded through the Transformative Public Art Program will be announced
later this summer. To learn more about the Transformative Public Art
Program and see the complete list of grantees, visit here.
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