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The City will donate $150,000 to create public art commemorating the slave trade near Faneuil Hall, one of 10 projects chosen to receive financial backing from the Edward Ingersoll Browne Trust Fund. WIKIMEDIA COMMONS

City grants funds for public art projects

Natalie Patrick April 3, 2019
More than $800,000 in grants have been awarded to 10 public arts and culture projects across the city, including a memorial for the victims of the 2013 Boston Marathon bombings and art near Faneuil Hall to commemorate Africans and African Americans sold into slavery in the city.

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....

Robert ‘Problak’ Gibbs’ mural “Afro Futurism/ Breathe Life” is selected as one of the City of Boston’s public art projects in the Grove Hall Business District. PHOTO COURTESY CHRIS GAINES/ CITY OF BOSTON

Artists are chosen for Dorchester’s public art, safety initiative

Jordan Kimmel November 28, 2017

Mayor Martin Walsh announced Wednesday the selection of five artists for a series of public art projects. The projects are meant to provide a comfortable and secure environment for city residents as...

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