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The October 2020 Public Art Accelerator Forum was a free two-day virtual forum that examined the learnings and unlearnings from the first three years of the Public Art Accelerator program. We shared tools to: 1) increase local artists’ production of public art, 2) increase collaboration between artists and the communities they work with, and 3) assess the outcomes of resulting artworks. A guiding question throughout was: How do we extend access and equity within public art?

Transcribed videos of all recorded events are now available. Comment, share, and @ us on social to keep the conversation going. We'll be sharing tools and amplifying your ideas for building a more equitable #PublicArtCity.

Don’t know where to start?

How about a reminder that change takes a long time? Watch Brandeis Fine Arts professor lauren woods discuss her interventionist public artwork, A Dallas Drinking Fountain, in her keynote Process as Material. After her presentation, she’s joined for a Q+A and discussion with 2019 Accelerator Artist Shaka Dendy.

Next, connect with local artists Sam Fields, Ekua Holmes, Gabriel Sosa, Dawn Meredith Simmons, Cat Mazza, Lina Maria Giraldo, Elisa Hamilton, Cedric Douglas, Daniela Rivera, and Michael Bobbit in A Work in Process: Hearing from Accelerator Artist Alumni or When + How: Engaging Community in Public Art.

What to know who’s who in Boston Public Art permitting? Meet the folks in Boston’s municipal departments who say yes to your ideas.

Last but not least: wanna brush up on public art 101 and discover the long tail of artwork? Check out Dr Kymberly Pinder’s keynote and Q+A with Sabrina Dorsainvil, Histories through Practice and Participation: What Can Public Art Do?

More on the Forum

The N+T Public Art Accelerator Forum, held October 23-24, 2020, examined public art-making while sharing the resources available to the artists who participated in the three-year pilot N+T Public Art Accelerator program. Over 100 local artists, community partners, city officials, historians, and those curious about public art came together for two days of conversation and learning. Together, we explored the nuances of temporary public art, evaluated its impact, and began informing a more equitable process of making public art.