Next Tuesday, November 5, Boston will elect a new mayor for the first time in 20 years. The new mayor—either City Councilor John Connolly or Representative Marty Walsh—will dedicate a cabinet-level position for the arts in their administration. Both…
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Create the Vote: Boston Arts and the Mayoral Election
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Making the Arts a Priority at MassCreative’s ‘Create the Vote’ Mayoral Forum
On Monday night, Emerson College’s 550 seat auditorium at the beautifully restored Paramount Theatre was packed—artists, arts administrators, advocates, critics and many other professionals working in the creative industries gathered—as the city witnessed its first-ever mayoral forum on the arts.…
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Hell-raisers & Troublemakers: Arts advocates speak up at MassCreative’s #CreateTheVote
“It is difficult to recall a gathering as important as this one.” José Mateo did not mince words as he stood behind the podium at one end of the BCA’s Cyclorama. The crowd (of educators, artists, performers, advocates, administrators—affectionately…