Opening Celebration: Graft
JOIN US IN CENTRAL WHARF PARK TO CELEBRATE GRAFT, EDRA SOTO’S FIRST PUBLIC ARTWORK IN BOSTON, WHICH EXPLORES ARCHITECTURAL FUSION
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panels, lectures, maker events, and more.
JOIN US IN CENTRAL WHARF PARK TO CELEBRATE GRAFT, EDRA SOTO’S FIRST PUBLIC ARTWORK IN BOSTON, WHICH EXPLORES ARCHITECTURAL FUSION
A Trike Called Funk returns to the Now + There stage for an afternoon of movement and sounds to end the summer on a high note.
Join us as we celebrate the opening of Stay, a nautical rope installation by Now + There Accelerator Alum Sam Fields, with a poetry open mic led by Julissa Emile and followed with projections by Illuminus.
Join Company One Theatre at the newly opened Lot Lab for a sneak peek from C1’s production of The Boy Who Kissed the Sky!
Come together for a close look and conversation with internationally renowned multimedia artist Ghada Amer as she gives an artist walk through of the adaptation of her artwork Women’s Qualities (2001) at Lot Lab.
Join Charlestown based artist Sophia Moon for a family fun morning of hands-on art making inspired by Massiel Grullon’s Knotical Waves.
Join us for an artist talk with Claudia Comte and curator Pedro Alonzo, as they discuss Comte’s first outdoor exhibit in Boston, Five Marble Leaves.
Join for a close look and conversation on Lot Lab, with projects by Ghada Amer, Sam Fields, and Massiel Grullon, led by Now + There Curatorial Assistant Jasper Sanchez.
We are delighted to welcome you on Tuesday, June 7, from 5:00-7:00 PM for the Opening Celebration of Lot Lab, a new destination for art + community in Boston, steps from the Charlestown Navy Yard. Free and open to the public, Lot Lab will activate the site with projects, performances, workshops, and family programs.
Join us for an open community town hall facilitated by Kate Gilbert, Executive Director, and Jasper Sanchez, Curatorial Assistant. We invite all who live, work, play in and care about building a vibrant and equitable Charlestown to join us for an open community town hall facilitated by Kate Gilbert, Executive Director, and Jasper Sanchez, Assistant Curator. Let us know how N+T can be a good partner in the Navy Yard.
Dance in Dock Square under the open sky on August 16, 6-7 PM. Choreographer Jessica Roseman invites you to claim your place in the square and focus on your mind and body while you discover exactly how you want to move in this city and beyond.
Join us on Wednesday, August 10 from 5-7 pm to get your photo taken in front of #SummerSetsBOS with Snapped Boston!
Join us at PRX Podcast Garage on August 10, 12-5 pm to sharpen your listening and raise your voice as you take in Summer Sets, a project by Artist Juan Obando.
Join us in Dock Square on Tuesday, August 2nd, 10 am - 12 pm for a morning filled with music, dancing, and caffeinated refreshment from our friends at A Trike Called Funk and The Coffee Trike.
Join us in Dock Square on Wednesday, July 27th at 6 pm in front of #SummerSetsBos to watch @NikkiPlaydough magically transform herself into drag with the power of makeup. This is a night for transformation, music, and lots of dancing under Boston’s sky.
Join us at PRX Podcast Garage on July 27, 12-5 pm to sharpen your listening and raise your voice as you take in Summer Sets, a project by Artist Juan Obando.
On Wednesday, July 13, 12:30 pm-1:30 pm, on Zoom, join curator Leah Triplett Harrington and curatorial fellow Jasper Sanchez for a drop-in session to discuss YOUR questions about the 2023 Public Art Accelerator program. There is no presentation--please come with your questions! This event is free and open to all. Register for the Q&A here.
Come experience a brand new mural and share in the delight with #TakeFlightBOS.
On Wednesday, June 22nd, 5:30 pm-6:30 pm, on Zoom, join curator Leah Triplett Harrington and curatorial fellow Jasper Sanchez for a drop-in session to discuss YOUR questions about the 2023 Public Art Accelerator program. There is no presentation--please come with your questions! This event is free and open to all. Register for the Q&A here.
On Thursday, June 16, 5:30pm-6:30pm, on Zoom, join curator Leah Triplett Harrington and curatorial fellow Jasper Sanchez for a drop-in session to discuss YOUR questions about the 2023 Public Art Accelerator program. There is no presentation--please come with your questions! This event is free and open to all. Register for the Q&A here.
On Tuesday, June 7, 12:30-1:30 pm, on Zoom, join curator Leah Triplett Harrington and curatorial fellow Jasper Sanchez for a drop-in session to discuss YOUR questions about the 2023 Public Art Accelerator program. There is no presentation--please come with your questions! This event is free and open to all. Register for the Q&A here.
Join us on Saturday, May 14 at 11 am, to celebrate these legendary artists, community, and Black joy. This event is FREE and open to all, we ask that you register so we can prepare. There will be light refreshments and a chance to come together one last time around Mentoring Murals.
Janet Zweig’s “What Do We Have in Common” opens in Boston on September 22 at 12:30 PM. Presented in partnership with the https://friendsofthepublicgarden.org/Friends of the Public Garden.
On Friday, June 11, 12:30pm-1:30pm, on Zoom, join Executive Director Kate Gilbert and curator Leah Triplett Harrington for a drop-in session to discuss YOUR questions about the 2021 Public Art Accelerator program. There is no presentation--please come with your questions! This event is free and open to all. Register for the Q&A here.
On Friday, June 4, 12:30pm-1:30pm, on Zoom, join Executive Director Kate Gilbert and curator Leah Triplett Harrington for a drop-in session to discuss YOUR questions about the 2021 Public Art Accelerator program. There is no presentation--please come with your questions! This event is free and open to all. Register for the Q&A here.
On Wednesday, May 26, 5:30-6:30pm, on Zoom, join Executive Director Kate Gilbert and curator Leah Triplett Harrington for a drop-in session to discuss YOUR questions about the 2021 Public Art Accelerator program. There is no presentation--please come with your questions! This event is free and open to all. Register for the Q&A here.
Join us Thursday, May 6 at 12:00 pm for the next episode of N+T Asks! This season, we’re zooming in on 8 more Boston locales to ask: “where do you see your neighborhood in the year 2030?” Next up: the South End.
Executive Director Kate Gilbert will be joined by two guests for a future-focused, hyperlocal discussion that asks all Bostonians to reimagine what’s next for our city — and brainstorm how we might get there. This episode, we're chatting with artist and professor Mark Cooper, and artist + Director of the Youth Development Program at IBA Boston, Pedro Cruz.
Boston Art Review editor-in-chief Jameson Johnson and Now + There assistant curator Leah Triplett Harrington will host a conversation with artists, curators, and community leaders around the future of public art in Boston. This panel will overview current trends and topics in the field, with a special focus on public art's role in creating a more culturally equitable Boston.
Ambrosia, Cicely Carew’s multipart, immersive installation custom-built for Prudential Center, bathes passerby in light, color, and shape. Experience the sound element of this work and reset and renew your intentions for 2021 in this artist-led-and-designed guided meditation event.
Don’t miss the next episode of N+T Asks, live on Zoom. This season, we’re featuring 8 more Boston locales, asking each: “where do you see your neighborhood in the year 2030?” Next up: Beacon Hill, with special guests L'Merchie Fraizer and Cathy Stone.