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• Members Sought for Cambridge Public Art Commission

  9/23/2020

  The role of the Commission is to guide the implementation of the Public Art Ordinance and the Art Gifts and Donation Policy, and to advise on the overall direction of the Public Art Program. The Commission brings its collective expertise to bear on discussions regarding the various program areas of the Cambridge Public Art Program, such as acquisition and deaccession, project planning, maintenance, conservation, educational programming, and the exhibitions in Gallery 344. The Commission reviews every percent-for-art project from artists’ proposals to final design. PAC approval is required before a project can go into fabrication.

• Create Public Art For New Cambridge School Complex

  9/21/2020

  Cambridge is seeking artists to create a major public artwork outside the city’s new Tobin Montessori and Vassal Lane Upper Schools complex, as part of a reconstruction of the educational and community hub at 197 Vassal Lane.

• Artist Selected To Create Monumental (Printed) Mural For Harvard Square

  9/11/2020

  Patricia Thaxton has been selected by the City of Cambridge to design 700 hundred feet of vinyl construction scrim that will surround Harvard Square’s Out of Town News Plaza as it is reconstructed over the next couple of years.

• Apply For Cambridge Arts Grants: Funding Tripled, New Racial Justice Grants

  9/11/2020

  Funding for arts grants is tripling this cycle and the cultural council is adding three new funding opportunities: Art for Racial Justice Grants, Cultural Investment Grants for Organizations, and Port Neighborhood Grants.

• We Want Your Input On Public Art To Commemorate Women Winning The Right To Vote

  7/13/2020

  The City of Cambridge's 19th Amendment Centennial Art Selection Committee will be reviewing four proposals.

• Cambridge Arts During Reopening

  7/9/2020

  Cambridge Arts is reopening with adjusted hours and new safety precautions to stem the spread of coronavirus as part of the City of Cambridge’s and Commonwealth of Massachusetts’ reopening plans.

• New Cambridge Public Art

  6/29/2020

  Mural At Cambridge’s St. Peter’s Field, Mosaic For Moses Youth Center

• June 6: Watch Cambridge Arts Stream Festival, the City’s River Festival Reimagined

  5/27/2020

  An online showcase of music, dance, theater, the Peoples Sculpture Race, Mermaid Promenade, the Climate Action Pavilion, art activities for children, and art and food vendors.

• Create a Gigantic (Printed) Mural for Harvard Square

  5/18/2020

  Cambridge Arts is looking for an artist (or artist team) to design a vinyl construction scrim to surround Harvard Square’s Out of Town News Plaza during reconstruction.

• Be Part of the Virtual Mermaid Promenade from Cambridge Arts

  5/13/2020

  Cambridge Arts seeks original short videos to be part of a virtual Mermaid Promenade.

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