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.

We are bursting at the seams with gratitude. Take a few moments with our 2019 gratitude list (you’re on it!) and marvel at all it takes to build our public art city, one project, one artist, and one neighborhood at a time.

2019 Public Art Accelerator Artist Pat Falco walks us through the process of building a three-decker among the towering glass walls of the Seaport.

2019 Public Art Accelerator Artist, Cat Mazza, shares the research and development process that shaped her project, Electroknit Dymaxion and reflects on how tradition, craft, globalism, and digital making techniques inform the work and its purpose.

Become a Now + There contributor! We are now seeking artists, photographers, and content creators to help us launch a new blog series for the Now + There Journal.

Writer Arielle Gray interviews Rob “ProBlak” Gibbs about the traditions and dangers of being a practicing graffiti artist, even amid a rise in the desire for “street art”.

Augment creator, artist Nick Cave is dubbed “The Most Joyful, and Critical, Artist in America” by T Magazine for their annual The Greats issue, out now.

A call for Boston to fully embrace temporary public art as a catalyst for the cultural change we seek.

Associate Curator Leah Triplett Harrington offers a reflection on The JOY Parade, part of Nick Caves’s Augment, and dives into the history of parades as both contemporary art expressions and nexus points for hyper-local happiness and jubilation.

Lori Lobenstine, Program Design Lead with DS4SI joins us on the blog to talk about the impact of public making and how projects like Augment support social intervention and collective agency.

Jameson Johnson, founder of the Boston Art Review talks about how collaborating with N+T for their upcoming Public Art Issue is supporting a more sustainable art ecosystem and introduces six writers who were paid for their work through partnership with Now + There.

What does it take to fill a room with happiness, art, energy, and togetherness? We’ll tell you…

A call for Boston to fully embrace temporary public art as a catalyst for the cultural change we seek.

New space, a growing team, and more commitment than ever to our #publicartcity.

Creating a sculpture that appears to float so effortlessly took over 600 man hours of fabrication and installation. Read on for a behind-the-scenes look at all that went into Growth Rings — and some fun facts about Central Wharf Park, too!

Introducing Growth Rings by Oscar Tuazon, a new commission for Central Wharf Park, guest curated by Pedro Alonzo.

Look through this photo essay, featuring the work of photographer Gabriel Ortiz, documenting Breathe Life 3 and see the artist’s deep affection for and dedication to his work, his practice, his city, and this wall.

UNLESS by Stephanie Cardon is honored at the annual Public Art Network Awards event led by Americans for the Arts.

Full of whimsy, call backs, and details that seem to radiate light, Breathe Life 3 is a heartfelt expression of the artist’s past, present, and future – a true representation of Problak’s full  power as an artist. As Rob puts the finishing touches on this enormous, vibrant new artwork we’re giving you a behind-the-scenes look at everything that goes in to creating a three story high mural.

2019 Accelerator Artist, David Buckley Borden shares insight into his inspirations, the ways design thinking has shaped his artistic practice, and how learning along other artists is helping him bush new boundaries in his work.

Congrats are in order! Our 2019 Public Art Accelerator artists have completed our six-month curriculum on how to create public art and successfully proposed projects to be executed this summer in Boston.

On May 7, N+T is going before the Boston Landmarks Commission with our newest collaborator, Boston painter, muralist, and street artist Problak. Read

N+T is proud to announce that we’re bringing the singular vision of artist Nick Cave to Boston with a genre-bending, neighborhood-bridging public artwork that’s sure to be our biggest project to date.

Announcing our 2019 theme, New Codes which will explore how we can work together with artists and communities to forge new precedents for the who, what, where, and why of public art.

We’re partnering with Arts Connect International to sponsor the 2019 Arts Equity Summit and present a panel “Loop-breaking: creating a virtuous cycle of public art production” to consider the challenges of creating truly community-oriented artworks and discuss barriers to entry for public art artists and audiences alike.

Leah Triplett Harrington's latest blog post reflects on Arts in Transit and how its producer, UrbanArts, influences N+T today. 

“I recently drove 1,000 miles of deserted Arizona roads to see some of our country’s most memorable landscapes including Sedona’s red rocks, the Grand Canyon, and Monument Valley.” Kate Gilbert reflects on travel and its tendency to reminded one of what they already know and cherish.

Our vision for a public art city means seeding every neighborhood and civic space of Boston with artworks that reflect the vibrant diversity of our city and challenge the status quo.

We all desire to be understood and recognized. N+T’s Kate Gilbert reflects on the pilot year of our Public Art Accelerator program and how the artists’ empathy and vision helped shaped the program for 2019.