N+T Asks: What does "public" mean right now?

On April 3, 2020 we launched our new online conversation series "N+T Asks:". We were excited to welcome artist Silvia López Chavez and Program Director, Public Art at New England Foundation for the Arts, Kim Szeto, and more than 75 participants from across the cultural sector into the discussion. Together we shared ideas, support, and more questions about how the changes we are seeing in public life are affecting artists, funders, communities, and all of us as “the public”. Click below to watch or listen to the conversation (English language captions are available by pressing the CC button) and feel free to leave a comment with any insight you have about how we can create, maintain, and experience publicness in this time of physical distancing.

Designed to help us face big questions at this monumental moment, “N+T Asks” is creating a collegial space for artists, cultural producers, community leaders, and, of course, the public to come together and address the impact of crises on our work. Our next session will feature artist Stephen Hamilton and community organizer and advocate Tiffany Cogell as we ask “What does ‘care’ mean right now?” Joining the conversation is free and open to all.