Our community had a lot to celebrate in 2022!
At the end of this year and every year, we are grateful for you: the artists, the creative business owners, the community organizers, and the families, friends, and neighbors who come together to create our city’s vibrant, diverse, and close-knit arts community.
As we look back at the growth and successes of 2022, we know that it wouldn’t have been possible without all of you – you advocated for what you were passionate about, supported and celebrated projects that you loved, and created artwork in our city that brought us together, inspired thought and action, and brightened our everyday lives.
YOU CREATED ART IN THE COMMUNITIES YOU WORK AND LIVE INOver the summer, 87 emerging artists living or working in Boston brightened our streets through the PaintBox program. These colorful utility box artworks popped up in 17 neighborhoods across the city – from bright sunflowers in Mission Hill (Laura Buscemi) to playful cats in Dorchester (Alicia Drumm). We were proud to commission so many new artworks by and for members of our communities through the PaintBox program this year. Learn more about the process from two of this year’s PaintBox artists in Allston-Brighton, Michael Talbot and Halle Cooper.
See the 2022 PaintBox Map
At Mozart Park in Jamaica Plain, artist Roberto Chao, the Hyde Square Task Force, and local community members worked together to paint a new mural called “Afro-Latin Music and Dance.” More than 50 youth engaged in brainstorming the elements incorporated in the design, 15 participants including youth, artists, and volunteers worked with lead artist Roberto Chao to design the mural, and dozens of residents turned up at community engagement meetings to offer input on the design. Then, during the installation process, dozens more community members came out to actually paint the 163-foot-long mural. Hear what this mural meant to some of…