Notes from the Curator: New Work Coming Soon to Central Wharf Park

Notes from the Curator: New Work Coming Soon to Central Wharf Park

Guest curator Pedro Alonzo reflects on Oscar Tuazon’s Growth Rings and looks forward to Jose Dávila’s upcoming To Each Era Its Art. To Art, Its Freedom.

Tracing Sari Carel's "The Shape of Play"

Tracing Sari Carel's "The Shape of Play"

Did you know that the first “playground” in the United States was a giant sandbox (called a “sand garden”) in Boston’s North End? Neither did we…until now.

"The Shape of Play" by Sari Carel debuts September 4

"The Shape of Play" by Sari Carel debuts September 4

The Shape of Play, a new temporary public art installation by artist Sari Carel, commissioned by the Jewish Arts Collaborative (JArts) and curated and produced by Now + There, will debut September 4 in the North End’s Waterfront Park, posing a provocative question: Do you feel free to play? This engaging multi-sensory work, up through October 31, invites us to reflect on the connections between play and the universal search for freedom through sight and sound.

Accelerator Program 2020: Projects Announced

Accelerator Program 2020: Projects Announced

Our 2020 Accelerator artists, Shaka Dendy, Ang Li, Karthik Pandian, Gabriel Sosa, and Yu-Wen Wu, successfully completed a six-month intensive designed to demystify the process of creating public art and will each receive a $25,000 stipend to realize their projects in over 7 Boston neighborhoods between now and September 2021.