Click to listen to Mass Cultural Council’s Anita Walker interview N+T’s Kate Gilbert for the Creative Minds Out Loud podcast!

2020. A much-anticipated new year. A year for looking back and looking ahead. A year for public art to take center stage in the local, national, and global conversation about representation and power. Click to read more about our 2020 curatorial theme Shared Power.

We are bursting at the seams with gratitude. Take a few moments with our 2019 gratitude list (you’re on it!) and marvel at all it takes to build our public art city, one project, one artist, and one neighborhood at a time.

Become a Now + There contributor! We are now seeking artists, photographers, and content creators to help us launch a new blog series for the Now + There Journal.

Jameson Johnson, founder of the Boston Art Review talks about how collaborating with N+T for their upcoming Public Art Issue is supporting a more sustainable art ecosystem and introduces six writers who were paid for their work through partnership with Now + There.

New space, a growing team, and more commitment than ever to our #publicartcity.

Introducing Growth Rings by Oscar Tuazon, a new commission for Central Wharf Park, guest curated by Pedro Alonzo.

UNLESS by Stephanie Cardon is honored at the annual Public Art Network Awards event led by Americans for the Arts.

N+T is proud to announce that we’re bringing the singular vision of artist Nick Cave to Boston with a genre-bending, neighborhood-bridging public artwork that’s sure to be our biggest project to date.

Announcing our 2019 theme, New Codes which will explore how we can work together with artists and communities to forge new precedents for the who, what, where, and why of public art.

We’re partnering with Arts Connect International to sponsor the 2019 Arts Equity Summit and present a panel “Loop-breaking: creating a virtuous cycle of public art production” to consider the challenges of creating truly community-oriented artworks and discuss barriers to entry for public art artists and audiences alike.

Our vision for a public art city means seeding every neighborhood and civic space of Boston with artworks that reflect the vibrant diversity of our city and challenge the status quo.

Announcing an $18,000 matching challenge toward helping us achieve our 2018 year-end fundraising goal of $48,000.

Now + There is excited to share the news of a two-year grant of $100,000 from The Boston Foundation.

N+T is thrilled to be one of 29 organizations selected to receive a 2-year grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council as part of its Cultural Investment Portfolio (CIP) Gateway program.

We’re grateful to share that “See Her” by Ann Lewis has been recognized, along with 48 other art works, at the Public Art Network Year in Review awards ceremony, honoring outstanding public artworks created in 2017 from all over the United States.

Now + There is proud to introduce our 2018 theme, Common Home.

We are making Boston a public art city. You’ve heard us declare this a few times, and you may be thinking, “Yes, I'm in! But, what does it take?” Kate Gilbert reflects on the vision, strategy, relationships and commitment necessary.

Last fall, we introduced Charla Jones as a participant in Elisa H. Hamilton’s Slideshow project at HUBWeek 2017. Today, we’re thrilled to re-introducing you to Charla, our newest Board member!

By the numbers, 2017 was our best year yet!

Exciting news — thanks to supporters like you we are closing in on our 2017 Annual Campaign fundraising goal of $30,000!

During this the season of thanks we take a moment to recognize our many friends, collaborators and generous supporters who helped us create three new projects in 2017.

Today, we’re excited to announce the Now + There Public Art Accelerator, which will serve local artists with the curatorial, technical and financial support they need to develop new temporary artworks in Boston in 2018. 

It is proclaimed: Ann Lewis’ mural, See Her, is complete! Last week we were honored to have Mayor Marty Walsh and the City of Boston proclaim July 18 “See Her Day” in recognition of the project; the women who worked to make it a reality; and the vision of Ann and N+T to bring this piece to the city.

Since December 2016, we have enthusiastically supported five female artists – most who’d proudly declare themselves feminists – with financial and technical assistance in the early stages of their concepts for complex and large-scale projects.

Now + There is pleased to announce the appointment of Geoff Hargadon as chair of the Board of Directors. He brings to the organization a unique combination of conceptual artistic vision and financial expertise.

It’s time, today, to start conversations with your family, friends, colleagues, neighbors, and legislators about why the arts are important.

During this the season of thanks our list is long and our hearts are full. We give thanks to these amazing people and organizations who believe, like we do, in the power of public art and who have supported our journey in 2016.