19 new questions were dropped in the Common between Friday, September 24 Wednesday, September 29. Have you found them yet?
Each Thursday we share “Q’s dropped” in the Common as part of What Do We Have In Common by Janet Zweig. Here are the first two day’s worth of provocative questions like '“Who Owns This Park”?
Building on the success of N+T Asks and #LiveSesh, we’re bringing the conversation to the Common with two live N+T Asks: Boston Common at the What Do We Have In Common cabinet.
We debuted a new mural by Ekua Holmes and London Parker-McWhorter on the side of Breezes Laundromat, 345 Blue Hill Ave, Grove Hall plus two new surprise canvases in the adjacent lot.
Music, family-friendly activities, free food provided by Fresh Food Generation, and more!
Join us for the second iteration of Mentoring Murals with a new mural by Ekua Holmes and London Parker-McWhorter on the side of Breezes Laundromat, 345 Blue Hill Ave, Grove Hall plus a new surprise canvas.
Music, family-friendly activities, free food provided by Fresh Food Generation, and more!
Critical Reflections & Opinion
I’d like to talk about what happened at Slideshow when the projector wasn’t rolling. About the physical slides themselves, the light table, the loupes, the experience of looking through someone else’s eyes, and the power of a public art object to spark connection and elicit a sense of shared vulnerability between strangers.
How have the words you spoke at Public Trust with Paul Ramirez Jonas taken up residence in your life? Reflections one month out and an invitation to share your story about how making a promise, and making it public, has inspired you to take action and live more bravely. (Plus win a gift certificate to get your promise framed!)
Maggie Cavallo wrestles with the thorny issue of addressing quality in socially engaged art in this guest post, the third in our four-part series Art in Service with Big Red & Shiny and Alter Projects.
N+T Director Kate Gilbert shares her experience at Christo’s latest work, The Floating Piers, in this guest post.
"We are all there to walk on new land, to experience a fantasy like walking on the ceiling that we’ve envisioned in our youth or during a dreamy state. With collars of orange glowing under our necks, we walk together."
