Posted Thursday September 04 2014 at 11:46 pm
Don't miss it! That's right, WCVB-TV's Chronicle show will spotlight VSA's Parkolation Project Friday night, September 5, 2014 at 7:30pm in their ArtWeek Boston preview.
And hoping you don't mind us bragging a bit, here's some other great press the Parkolation Project has received: Boston Globe, USA Today, City of Boston, and WBUR to name a few.
Posted Thursday September 04 2014 at 06:16 am
ArtWeek Boston is an initiative of the Citi Performing Arts Center, whose mission is to be a champion for nonprofit innovation in Boston and provide arts and entertainment to the greater community. ArtWeek Boston is a biannual celebration of the arts and allows arts patrons of all kinds to have a unique curated experience. Fall ArtWeek will be held September 26 – October 5, 2014 and VSA MA is sponsoring two events that you are invited to attend.
September 30, 2014 - Parkolation LEGO Iteration Party Come hang out, learn and create in the first Boston parklet (mini park) designed and built by young people! What will you get to do?
* Explore the same essential design question that sparked this project: How can we make public street space more human-centered, green, beautiful and community-oriented?
* Collaborate with the students, artists and community partners who built the parklet, and coaches from the MIT Media Lab’s Lifelong Kindergarten Group to create your own LEGO model parklet designs and photos.
* Snack while you play! Light fare and refreshments will be provided by our Parklet Partner, Mei Mei Restaurant. Please Register:
October 2, 2014 - Drawing In the Community. Add to an art exhibit with some artwork of your own. Celebrating the show "Out My Window: Drawings and Paintings by Sidewalk Sam" the community is welcome to respond to Sidewalk's artwork with drawings of their own which will be displayed at the NonProfit Center. Participants May also attend a conversation about the show and their own drawings with Sidewalk Sam during a reception from 4pm to 7pm (Conversation at 6pm). Please Register:
Posted Monday September 01 2014 at 8:38 pm
Raine Newman of Waltham, MA is curating an art exhibit to be held on the second floor of Boston City Hall. The public is welcome to visit Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm, September 15 - 30, 2014. The exhibit features works of various and diverse artists who have disabilities.
Newman says: "We do not call ourselves 'disabled artists' but rather artists who happen to have disabilities."
The exhibiting artists include:
Neri Avraham
Tom Abruzese
Kristi Beisecker
Dew Jareanvai
Sebouh Kandilian
Juan Lucero
Bethany Murray
David Mynott II
Aaron Needle
Roxanne Hope Randle
Kristen Smith
Raine Newman
An artist reception will be held Tuesday, September 30, 2014 from 4-5pm. For more information contact Raine Newman at rainevangogh@hotmail.com.