WHO IS THE PUBLIC?
WHAT IS THE PLACE?
HOW CAN ART REFLECT -- AND REFLECT ON -- BOTH?
OUR WORKSHOPS
BostonAPP/Lab hosts issue-and-action Workshops, informed by the interplay of the art, the public, and the place. The Workshops seek to provide a forum in which to poke and probe for new, robust, and dynamic collaborations that strengthen and sustain arts in Greater Boston’s public places.
To date, the Lab has produced nearly three dozen of these collaborations – “brainstorming hubs” for discussion, for experimentation, for making art – that in turn have attracted nearly 500 participants. In designing and facilitating these workshops, the Lab has engaged, as co-leaders, nearly 60 representatives of arts organizations, city and local agencies, individual artists, designers, schools, and universities. Areas of focus have included technology, urban design, and community-building, among others.
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CULTIVATING COLLABORATION
Implicit in each of the Lab's Workshops is the emphasis on the phrase: Who's the public? Where's the place? How can art reflect both?
Below is a look at one of our earlier workshops, which provided the impetus for what eventually became the ArtsCommons, while seeking to respond to these questions.
PAST WORKSHOPS
BREAKING THE FRAME: FROM ART ON THE GALLERY WALL TO ART IN THE OUTSIDE WORLD
May 24, 2022
FOR CHARLESGATE PARK AND BEYOND...ART+DESIGN FOR ACCESSIBILITY IN PUBLIC SPACES
November 5, 2018
ART IN THE PUBLIC REALM: FORGING, REFLECTING, INFORMING URBAN IDENTITIES
January , 2018
THE FUNCTION OF PUBLIC ART IS TO TRANSFORM THE WAY PEOPLE RESPOND TO EACH OTHER
March 22, 2017
FROM APPS TO ART IN PUBLIC PLACES: CODING FOR CREATIVE TECHNOLOGIES AND SPIRITS
May 5, 2016
CREATIVE COMMUNITY BUILDING: INSTITUTIONAL COLLABORATION, PUBLIC RESULTS
September 29, 2015
ARTSCOMMONS AND THE THREE P'S: PHYSICAL STRUCTURE, PROGRAMMING, PARTNERSHIPS
February 18, 2015
ARTSCOMMONS: SHARING RESOURCES & LINKING DISCIPLINES TO CREATE ART IN PUBLIC PLACES
November 12, 201
MORE THAN PIPES: ENRICHING PUBLIC SPACES THROUGH VIRTUAL, SOCIAL, AND PHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
April 30, 2014
BEYOND THE ONE-SHOT DEAL: ART IN PUBLIC PLACES, NEW DEVELOPMENT, AND THE LONG VIEW
February 25, 2014
MAKING IT HAPPEN: WHO NEEDS TO KNOW HOW TO BRING ART TO GREATER BOSTON'S PUBLIC PLACE
June 27, 2013
BUILDING A NETWORKING / COMMUNICATION STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
January 22, 2013