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Boston, Cambridge and Somerville Launch Regional Effort to Protect and Plan for Arts Spaces

Posted on January 30, 2023 at 4:07 pm. Written by Tim Viall

Boston, Cambridge and Somerville Launch Regional Effort to Protect and Plan for Arts Spaces Making Space for Art is supported by a $140,000 Technical Assistance Grant from MAPC BOSTON – […]

Metropolitan Area Planning Council Announces Policy Priorities Ahead of 193rd Legislative Session

Posted on January 3, 2023 at 3:54 pm. Written by Tim Viall

Metropolitan Area Planning Council Announces Policy Priorities Ahead of 193rd Legislative Session MAPC’s legislative priorities are rooted in the goals set in MetroCommon 2050 to create a more equitable, sustainable, […]

MAPC Launches “MetroCommon 2050: Shaping our Region Together”

Posted on May 6, 2022 at 2:21 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Flanked by Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley, MA-07, and scores of public officials and stakeholders from across Greater Boston this week, the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) officially unveiled a land use […]

MAPC Launches “MetroCommon 2050: Shaping our Region Together”

Posted on May 6, 2022 at 2:19 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Screenshot of the MetroCommon 2050 Digital Hub. Click to open. MAPC Launches ‘MetroCommon 2050: Shaping our Region Together’ New long-range land use and public policy plan offers a vision and […]

Video: Somerville Art Space Risk Assessment

Posted on February 7, 2022 at 4:06 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Artists and arts organizations across Greater Boston are facing rising costs for studio and performance space, driven by development pressure. But this same development could be leveraged to produce space […]

Making it Public: Public Art Training Opportunity for Municipalities

Posted on December 1, 2021 at 4:32 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) in partnership with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s (MAPC) Arts and Culture Department (MAPC) and Forecast Public Art (FPA), is pleased to […]

The Fallacy and Futility of Fixity

Posted on September 3, 2021 at 9:00 am. Written by Daniel Koff

Clouds rolling into Ptown on July 2. The Fallacy and Futility of Fixity Reflection by Dan Koff, Regional Arts and Culture Planner It was June 30, 2021, and the show […]

MetroCommon 2050 Comic: Equity of Wealth and Health

Posted on September 2, 2021 at 5:20 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

Health, equity, and prosperity: there are three strands of a single system, braided tightly together. Read this new original comic by Dorchester’s Ludgy Jean-Baptiste to learn and share the basics. […]

MAPC Leads Public Art Selection in Lynn

Posted on August 6, 2021 at 5:50 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

The votes are in, and the Lynn community has chosen Kevin Orlosky’s Laces of Lynn as the city’s newest public art installation, Mayor Thomas M. McGee announced today. Orlosky’s proposal […]

MAPC Releases Toolkit for Tackling Rising Temps with Art

Posted on July 13, 2021 at 1:14 pm. Written by Elise Harmon

MAPC Releases Toolkit for Tackling Rising Temps with Art As cities across the country experience more frequent and intense weather events due to climate change, the arts offer opportunities to […]