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Boston Art Commission Meeting - November 2025

This meeting will be held virtually only and NOT in person. You can participate in the meeting by registering online and logging on to the meeting using the link sent in the confirmation email.

Public comment on presentations for Review, Public Testimony, and Commission Vote may be provided ahead of the hearing by submitting written testimony online by 12 p.m. (noon) on Monday, November 10, 2025. You will also have the opportunity to submit comments during the meeting via the Zoom platform or by phone. If you require closed captioning you can make a request to bac@boston.gov.

ABOUT THE BOSTON ART COMMISSION

Working together with the Public Art Team in Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture, the Boston Art Commission (BAC) is an independent board composed of two ex-officio and seven appointed volunteer art and design professionals that holds public meetings to review, discuss, and vote on matters concerning the City’s art collection. The BAC has exclusive authority to approve and commission artworks intended to be added to the City’s collection or be placed on City property. The Curatorial Vision for the City of Boston is to foster the creation and collection of artworks that reflect the people, ideas, histories, and futures of Boston, the traditional homeland of the Massachusett people and the home of the neighboring Wampanoag and Nipmuc peoples. We aim to commission and approve artworks that engage communities and directly respond to, enrich, and enliven the urban environment. We seek public art that is driven by an artistically strong vision, enhances the diversity and equity of the existing collection, and possess durability appropriate to the lifespan of the work. For more information, see Boston.gov/public-art.

Discussion Topics

  1. Opening
    1. Welcome, Karin Goodfellow
    2. Call to Order and Review of Minutes, James Mason
  2. Director's Report
    1. Presentations for review
    2. Commissions, City of Boston
    3. Existing Collections, City of Boston
  3. Public Art Presentations on City of Boston Property Review, Public Testimony, and Vote
    1. Instructions for public comment James Mason
    2. Commissions for Presentation
    1. Dewitt Playground, Long-term integrated artwork; Accessioning; Madison Park Athletic Complex, intersection of Ruggles Street and Dewitt Drive, Roxbury; Artists: P.L.A.Y. Team (Marlon Forrester and Studio Luz); Proponent: City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture
    2. The path is made by walking (Se hace camino al andar); Long-term mural, as part of A Canvas of Culture Initiative; Accessioning; Sarah Roberts School, 105 Cummins Hwy, Roslindale; Artist: David Zayas; Proponent: City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture

More Information

The next monthly meeting of the BAC will be held on Tuesday, December 9, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

All agenda items listed may be voted on or tabled by the BAC.

*Applications and presentations listed will be pulled from the agenda if the proponents are not able to submit all needed materials two weeks in advance of the scheduled BAC meeting. All applications are to be reviewed for approval, pending property owner permissions. 

EMAIL BAC@BOSTON.GOV FOR ANY QUESTIONS
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