Creating change in Boston’s arts landscape

Annually Now + There commissions artists who are diverse in race, age, gender, sexual identity, ability, and lived experiences, following W.A.G.E. pay guidelines, to help us imagine more equitable futures through the creation, experience, and afterlife of public art. Artworks can be sculptures, murals, projections, and participatory installations: the more genre-defying, the better.

What makes a Now + There public art project is PRISM: an acronym encapsulating our values and excellence in public art. Works are Participatory, Reach a large audience with measurable Impact, Site-specific and Memorable public art experiences. 

Coupled with our unique Public Art Accelerator Program, we support thoughtful community conversations and digital engagement that challenge who makes and consumes art, reflect the cultural diversity of Boston's communities, and support area institutions and individuals working for justice. With all of our projects and events, we acknowledge our work is founded upon historical exclusions and erasures of the Massachusetts People on unceded lands.

Banner photo: Lot Lab 2023 (c) Charles Mayer Photography

Signature Projects

Accelerator Projects

Find your way to a Now + There public artwork as we build a public art city, one project at a time.

Public Art for Boston

Old, staid, and exclusionary ways of seeing and experiencing art are collapsing. We can't ignore that it is time to forge new precedents for who, what, where, and why of public art.

Now + There is instigating distinctive, contemporary forms of public art that bring joy to our shared spaces and spark new ways of building togetherness. We are committed to amplifying the voices of those who have been, and continue to be, systemically excluded from our arts ecosystem and generating more inclusive, equitable art experiences.