Please join the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) for an information session and Q&A for artists interested in the Boston Urban Agriculture Community Events Activation Call for Artists. 

Target Audience: Artists in the Roxbury, Mattapan, Dorchester, and East Boston areas. 

Register Here!

The Boston Urban Agriculture Strategy is a project in partnership between MAPC, GrowBoston (the City of Boston’s urban agriculture initiative), and the Urban Farming Institute (UFI). The project aims to increase food production in the City with a particular focus on the neighborhoods of Roxbury, Dorchester, Mattapan, and East Boston. Learn more. . .

Join the MAPC Arts & Culture department to learn about federal funding opportunities for cultural planning projects — specifically the Our Town grant program from the National Endowment for the Arts. We’ll talk about some of the types of projects covered by this grant, the upcoming associated deadlines, and hear from the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture.

Panelists:

• Kara Elliott-Ortega, Chief of Arts and Culture, City of Boston Mayor’s Office
• Hannah Gathman, Senior Regional Arts and Culture Planner, MAPC
• Annis Sengupta, Director of Arts and Culture, MAPC

Register to join us here!

Come join MassCreative, MAPC, and the creative community for speeches, performances and demonstrations that celebrate the vibrancy and strength of arts, culture and creativity across the Commonwealth. Governor Healey and Lt. Governor Driscoll will provide opening remarks.

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Concord will be hosting a hybrid Community Forum for the three semi-finalists for their Making It Public art installation. View the event flyer to learn more.

Location:
Hearing Room, Town House
22 Monument Square, Concord

or

Virtual (Zoom)
Link
Meeting ID: 868 4763 0182
Passcode: 264996

mgraney@concordma.gov

Learn more about the Making It Public art project on MAPC’s website.

The Lex250 Commission invites community members to hear directly from four artists chosen to develop concepts for a monument to honor the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington in Belfry Hill. This is a hybrid event. Community members are invited to attend in person or virtually via Zoom. Artists will present their concepts for the Lex250 Monument virtually and there will be a time for Q&A with the artists following artist presentations.

Location:
Estabrook Room in the lower level of Lexington Town Office Building
1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02420

& Virtual

Please RSVP:  mapc.ma/Lex250Monument

Learn more about the project on the webpage.