N+T Journal — NOW AND THERE

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big questions

N+T Asks: What does Roxbury need right now?

N+T Asks: What does Roxbury need right now?

On Thursday, July 2, 2020, we hosted our tenth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, Roxbury Cultural District’s Anita Morson Matra and local artists Ifé Franklin and Chanel Thervil, "What does Roxbury need right now?"

N+T Asks: What does East Boston need right now?

N+T Asks: What does East Boston need right now?

On Thursday, June 25, 2020, we hosted our eighth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, Gladys Oliveros, Director of East Boston Main Streets, and local artist Veronica Robles, of Veronica Robles Cultural Center, "What does East Boston need right now?"

N+T Live: Who gets memorialized? with Jen Mergel

N+T Live: Who gets memorialized? with Jen Mergel

In response to the ongoing debates surrounding public memorials in America, we hosted an Instagram live session featuring our Assistant Curator, Leah Triplett Harrington, in conversation with local curator and arts leader Jen Mergel.

N+T Asks: What does Charlestown need right now?

N+T Asks: What does Charlestown need right now?

On June 18, 2020, we hosted our eighth N+T Asks conversation. This week, Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, Sarah Coughlin (LICSW, LADC-I), Director, and Mswati Hanks, Youth Prevention Coordinator, of the Charlestown Coalition; and local artist Maria Molteni: “What does Charlestown Need Right Now?

N+T Asks: When will we stop being afraid?

N+T Asks: When will we stop being afraid?

On May 15, 2020, we hosted our seventh N+T Asks conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, artist and creator of Public Trust Paul Ramirez Jonas and President of the Lewis Family Foundation, Juma Crawford, "When will we stop being afraid?" Click to watch or listen to the full conversation.

N+T Asks: Is arts activism enough?

N+T Asks: Is arts activism enough?

On May 8, 2020, we hosted our sixth N+T Asks conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you, Nia Evans, Director of Boston Ujima Project, and Steve Lambert, artist and Director + Co-founder of The Center for Artistic Activism, "Is arts activism enough?" Click to watch or listen to the full conversation.

N+T Asks: Can today’s crisis spark tomorrow's cultural equity?

N+T Asks: Can today’s crisis spark tomorrow's cultural equity?

On May 1, 2020, we hosted our fifth N+T Asks conversation. This week Assistant Curator Leah Triplett Harrington asked you and our guests, artists Destiny Polk and Rob “Problak” Gibbs and Executive Director of Amplify Latinx Rosario Ubiera-Minaya, "Can today’s crisis spark tomorrow's cultural equity?" Click to watch or listen to the full conversation.

N+T Asks: How can art offer hope to artists and the public?

N+T Asks: How can art offer hope to artists and the public?

On April 24, 2020, we hosted our fourth N+T Asks conversation. This week Assistant Curator Leah Triplett Harrington asked you and our guests Stephanie Cardon and Charla Jones, "How does art offer hope to artists and the public?" Click to watch or listen to the full conversation.

N+T Asks: What does "care" mean right now?

N+T Asks: What does "care" mean right now?

We were glad to have special guests artist Stephen Hamilton (2018 Public Art Accelerator and creator of The Founders Project) and Tiffany Cogell, a driven advocate and community organizer (and one of the powerful women featured in Elisa Hamilton’s 2017 project Slideshow) join us for our second installment of N+T Asks and help us answer: “What does care mean right now?”