Projects

An award-winning non-profit consultancy, UrbanArts has facilitiated over 100 public art projects in its 30-year history. Please download our portfolio of projects (PDF) with a featured selection.

Learn more about some of our current projects below.

Mattapan Branch Library Exterior Art Project
Artist: Stu Schechter
Sponsor: Boston Public Library and Mattapan Branch Library Public Art Committee
Location: Mattapan Branch Library, Boston, MA
Funder: Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund of the City of Boston

From the moment the award winning architectural firm of William Rawn Associates was selected to design the new Mattapan Branch of the Boston Public Library, a potentailly iconic art element was envisioned  to further enhance the site. Artist Stu Schechter won the ensuing New England-wide competition (PDF) to create a sculpture and has developed his initial proposal (PDF). The community is invited to comment. Please email your comments to Glenola Mitchell, Chair of the Mattapan Library Art Committee at joiamaya@msn.com.
Read the news about the announcement of the competition winner.

HarborArts International Exhibition at
Boston Harbor Shipyard
Juror: Randi Hopkins, Associate Curator, Institute of Contemporary Art Boston
Sponsor: HarborArts
Location: Boston Harbor Shipyard, East Boston, Massachusetts
HarborArts is a global community bringing people together to champion the vital role our oceans, waterways and harbors play in the future of our planet. The Boston Harbor Shipyard is the site of the first international public art exhibition launched by HarborArts, featuring 2D and 3D works, as well as performance pieces by over 40 artists / teams from three continents. Beginning in February 2010, works will be exhibited on a rotating schedule lasting a minimum of three months to several years. The following artists have been invited to participate: B. Amore, Ralph Berger, David Chatowsky, Robert Craig, Konstantin Dimopoulos, Marisa DiPaola, Gary Duehr, Margaret Evangeline, Mark Favermann, James Fuhrman, Donald Gerola, Gunnar Gundersen with Julia Jacoby and students from Høgskole i Akershus, Lisa Hein & Robert Seng, League of Imaginary Scientists, Barbara Holub & Paul Rajakovics, Paul Howe, Matt Evald Johnson, Annetta Kapon, Stacy Levy, Carolyn Lewenberg, Mark Millstein, Caitlin Nesbit, Lori Nozick, Trace O'Connor, Dennis Oppenheim, Bayne Peterson & Murray Dewart, Kimberly Radochia, Derek Riley, Karl Saliter, Paul Lloyd Sargent, Maayke Schurer, Phillip Simmons with Katja Bjorn & Hartmut Stockter. In Phase 2, HarborArts will exhibit works by Anne Kamilla Alexander, Carolina Aragon, Louisa Conrad, Knox Cummin, Robert Johansson, Maggie Nowinski, Andrew Puhl and Aaron Stephan.

LostInBoston.org

Lead Resercher: Rick Borovoy, Visiting Scientist, MIT Center for Future Civic Media
Sponsor: MIT Media Lab | Center for Future Civic Media
Location: Massachusetts College of Art and Design, Tower Plaza
Funder: Knight Foundation
LostInBoston.org recently officially unveiled its first 2x6-foot wayfinding prototype sign offering directions to cultural institutions along the Avenue for the Arts. Premise of the project is to help Bostonians work together to make their neighborhoods more visitor-friendly. Community groups are partnering with local businesses and institutions to design signs that call out the key spots in their area. Signs are placed on private land. LostInBoston.org is the brainchild of MIT's Rick Borovoy who collaborated with UrbanArts and several MassArt departments, students, and alumni. The project team and supporters are listed on the unveiling flyer (PDF).

Mission Hill Bike Rack Project

    

Artist: Artists for Humanity
Sponsor: Mission Hill Main Streets
Location: Brigham Circle, Boston, MA
Funder: Edward Ingersoll Browne Fund of the City of Boston

UrbanArts is project consultant to Mission Hill Main Streets, a local, grassroots effort of businesses, organizations, institutions, and residents striving to create an attractive neighborhood that houses a broad business mix and features a welcoming streetscape with attractive and creative architecture. Artists for Humanity won the competition for a series of uniquely designed bicycle racks. Nick Rodrigues, director of sculpture at Artists for Humanity, led a dozen young designers from Boston and from the Mission Hill neighborhood in their quest to increase bike parking that adds both beauty and utility to Mission Hill. Three new bike racks designed by Cameron Akeredolu, Josh Rosado, and Victor Torres will be installed along Huntington Avenue at Brigham Circle in the spring of 2010.

 

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