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More than $470,000 given in grants to 181 arts initiatives

Qinyuan Xie February 6, 2018

More than $470,000 in grants this year will be given to Boston arts initiatives thanks to Boston Mayor Martin Walsh, the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the Boston and Massachusetts cultural councils....

BU alumni and faculty among winners of Boston’s first Artist Fellowship Awards

Kiran Galani February 5, 2018

Two Boston University alumni and a current BU professor were three out of the five $10,000 grants for the city’s inaugural Artist Fellowship Awards, awarded by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh speaks to Boston citizens in Symphony Hall at the State of the City Address last January. He recently received the 2017 Public Leadership in the Arts Award. PHOTO BY ABIGAIL FREEMAN/ DFP FILE PHOTO

Mayor Walsh receives award for leadership in the arts

Jacqueline Contreras January 25, 2017

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh received the 2017 Public Leadership in the Arts Award Thursday morning at the United States Conference of Mayors Winter Meeting in Washington, D.C., according to a press release...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s “Boston Creates” arts and culture program is in the process of creating a cultural plan, headed by Chief of Arts and Culture Julie Burros. PHOTO BY JACQUI BUSICK/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Boston moves forward with cultural plan

Julia Metjian October 29, 2015

Following conversations about how to bolster the arts community, Boston is moving forward to create a cultural plan for the City. Boston Creates, part of Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Arts...

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s office and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design announced artist selections for the City's first artist-in-residence program Friday. PHOTO BY MARY SCHLICHTE/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

First artist-in-residence program hosts eleven

Ellen Cranley October 28, 2015

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh’s Office of Arts and Culture and the Massachusetts College of Art and Design unveiled a new city artist-in-residence program Friday that will support eleven artists. Eleven...

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