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New funding program provides $9,000 grants to local cultural organizations to support operational costs, sustainability, and resiliency in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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