Community Engagement, News & Updates
Now + There
Lot Lab Public Programs: Connecting Together

As part of our commitment to fostering a more vibrant city through bold public art, we strive to build culturally responsive relationships through our partnerships and participatory programs. This year at Lot Lab is no different; we are connecting with the community of Charlestown and beyond through dynamic programming of performance, spoken word, theater, workshops, and much more. 

Lot Lab Public Programs: Connecting Together
News & Updates
Now + There
Meet Kate Herlihy!

Fresh off the incredible feat of bringing Simone Leigh’s spectacular artworks from Boston to Venice and then to Boston, Kate Herlihy brings to Now + There balanced respect for artists’ vision with planning rigor. blu prinston, N+T Communications Assistant, chatted with Kate about how early access to arts education, mentorship, and teamwork make her ready to “pay it forward” as N+T’s Managing Director.

Meet Kate Herlihy!
News & Updates
Now + There
Meet Marguerite Wynter!

As a veteran of two Chicago Architectural Biennales, Marguerite Wynter brings FOMO-inducing stories of events we all missed out on—did we hear joy riding through the South Side?—and a deep commitment to engaging community in the co-creation of public art. Learn more about Marguerite and drop her a line to welcome her to a new event, space, or idea!

Meet Marguerite Wynter!
Now + There
What It’s Like to be a Public Art Ambassador

Now that we’re getting ready to launch Lot Lab in the Charlestown Navy Yard on June 7, I’ve been reflecting a lot on my Now + There journey, which began with me becoming a Public Art Ambassador two summers ago. If you’re considering becoming a Public Art Ambassador for Lot Lab, I hope my reflections about my time as a PAA can help to guide you! 

What It’s Like to be a Public Art Ambassador
Critical Reflections & Opinion
Leah Triplett Harrington
Artists at Work

Talking to artists and community members--listening and learning from them--brings life to all our projects. This year of Mending looks at stories of innovation, global connection, individual perseverance, and tenacity, weaving together the impossible and offering opportunities to amplify what is most delicate (collective joy), transient (dreams), or everlasting (love) in our interconnected world.  

Artists at Work
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Curation & Collaboration: Shaping a new public art project by Sari Carel

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Curation & Collaboration: Shaping a new public art project by Sari Carel

Today as we excitedly announce Sari Carel’s new multi-media installation The Shape of Play, set to debut in Fall 2020 in the North End’s Waterfront Park, we’re offering up insight into the ideas, concepts, research, and artistic and practical influences that inform the curatorial and collaborative process that get us from early renderings all the way to fully realized artwork. Read on to hear from leaders on the JArts and Now + There project team, as well as the artist about some of the things that have shaped The Shape of Play.

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 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?”

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Learning and Unlearning

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Learning and Unlearning

A list of just a few of the resources and tools that have been speaking to us over the last week as we deepen our commitment to anti-racism and equity. Shared with some insight from the N+T Team into what the work of educating ourselves brings up as we come to grips with the magnitude of the work we have ahead of us to live into our vision for helping create a radical cultural shift in Boston.