Virtual Studio Visit with Maya Gurantz

Virtual Studio Visit with Maya Gurantz

We’re working from home too, which means curating from the kitchen table. Click to read about our second virtual studio visit with artist Maya Gurantz, who uses film, installation, and photography to refocus common understandings of our shared—and not-so-shared—histories.

N+T Asks: What does Allston need right now?

N+T Asks: What does Allston need right now?

On Thursday, July 23, 2020, we hosted our thirteenth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, artist Ross Miller, Editor-in-Chief of Allston Pudding Christine Varriale, and Executive Director of Allston Village Main Streets Alex Cornacchini, "what does Allston need right now?"

Curation & Collaboration: Shaping a new public art project by Sari Carel

Curation & Collaboration: Shaping a new public art project by Sari Carel

Today as we excitedly announce Sari Carel’s new multi-media installation The Shape of Play, set to debut in Fall 2020 in the North End’s Waterfront Park, we’re offering up insight into the ideas, concepts, research, and artistic and practical influences that inform the curatorial and collaborative process that get us from early renderings all the way to fully realized artwork. Read on to hear from leaders on the JArts and Now + There project team, as well as the artist about some of the things that have shaped The Shape of Play.

N+T Asks: What does Roxbury need right now?

N+T Asks: What does Roxbury need right now?

On Thursday, July 2, 2020, we hosted our tenth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, Roxbury Cultural District’s Anita Morson Matra and local artists Ifé Franklin and Chanel Thervil, "What does Roxbury need right now?"

N+T Asks: What does East Boston need right now?

N+T Asks: What does East Boston need right now?

On Thursday, June 25, 2020, we hosted our eighth “N+T Asks” conversation. This week Executive Director Kate Gilbert asked you and our guests, Gladys Oliveros, Director of East Boston Main Streets, and local artist Veronica Robles, of Veronica Robles Cultural Center, "What does East Boston need right now?"