Laura Mitchell thinks and writes about art and creativity in the public sphere. She is currently an M.A. Candidate in Public Humanities at Brown University and tweeting @lb_mitch.
As culture becomes increasingly networked, seemingly juxtaposed movements — the emphasis on cultural production rooted in place and localism, on one hand, and the turn toward more borderless cultural encounters,…
Engaging Audiences panel, May 8, 2014; seated left to right: panel chair Molleen Theodore, Yale University Art Gallery; Tess Korobkin, Yale University Art Gallery; Cyra Levenson, Yale Center for British…
While writing this series, I have had conversations with people from all facets of Boston’s arts ecosystem about the concept of Boston as an “innovation hub” and the role that…
Throughout my conversations surrounding this series, the need for infrastructure has emerged as a dominant theme in considerations of art’s role in the innovation hub. In my last post, I…
In my continuing exploration of art’s role in the branding of Boston as an “innovation hub,” I was eager to speak with Boston artists. While the diversity of artists working…
The weekend before last, the annual Creative Time Summit brought individuals with various relationships to social practice art to New York for a series of presentations and conversations at the…
In my last post, I discussed Boston’s push to brand itself as an innovation hub and raised questions about the role of art within this context. As I continue the…
American cities are having a moment, and Boston is no exception. Throughout the nation, cities are seeking to reinvent themselves (especially in the context of post-industrial soul-searching), and to orient…