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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 speaks at a meeting Feb. 5. Walsh received a Commonwealth Award Tuesday in the Leadership category for prioritizing arts and culture in the city. PHOTO BY ERIN BILLINGS/DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Walsh honored with Commonwealth Award for the arts

Olivia Quintana February 25, 2015

In recognition of his promotion of the arts, the Massachusetts Cultural Council honored Boston Mayor Martin Walsh with the Commonwealth Award for Leadership Tuesday at the Massachusetts State House in...

Julie Burros will be the first person in 20 years to fill the position of Chief of Arts and Culture in Boston. PHOTO COURTESY CITY OF BOSTON

Mayor Walsh appoints cabinet-level arts chief

Samantha J. Gross September 26, 2014

Boston Mayor Martin Walsh appointed the City’s first cabinet-level Chief of Arts and Culture in more than 20 years on Tuesday. Julie Burros, the current director of cultural planning for the City of...

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