Cultural Planning

The City is seeking a qualified nonprofit organization to lease and activate approximately 4,750 square feet on the first floor of 5 Necco Street in the Fort Point Channel neighborhood.

Submit your ideas to transform vacant spaces in Downtown Boston into affordable spaces for artistic production, performance, and community engagement.

Read Boston's 10-year plan for enhancing arts and culture in the City.

Learn about the active planning initiatives being coordinated by the Planning Department.

Cultural districts are well-recognized areas that help strengthen local economies and add vibrancy to local culture.

We commission public art projects in the City that engage communities and enrich the urban environment.

This guidance note is for anyone working on public art projects on privately-owned buildings or sites.

We're working to revitalize Upham's Corner and celebrate the Fairmount Corridor connector.

We commissioned CivicMoxie to conduct research and engagement on cultural assets, publicly accessible art, and placekeeping needs in Allston-Brighton.

Space to create and share work is vital for Boston’s arts and creative ecosystem. We need to act urgently to secure and create cultural space.

The Cultural Space Fund provides funding to seed, stabilize and expand cultural spaces in the City.

We’re working to improve the delivery conditions and tenanting processes for Civic/Cultural Space made available through Chapter 91 Facilities of Public Accommodations

The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture is managing the public process in partnership with 566 Columbus LLC and the Boston Planning & Development Agency for the sale of 2,491 SF of non-profit/cultural condo in the South End.

We’re working to secure the long-term future of affordable rehearsal space and other arts and culture space in Brighton.

The District 7 ARTery is an arts corridor and community revitalization plan spanning from Massachusetts Ave. and Columbus Ave. to Grove Hall. (Image: Google Maps)