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LAST CHANCE CALLS TO ARTISTS
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Remember, these are just a few of the great listings available on the NEFA Network. Calls are posted several times a week, so visit today and check back often!
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PUBLIC ART DISCUSSION SERIES
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The Public Art Discussion Series presents Strategies in Community Engagement. Join us Monday, January 23 from 5:30PM-9:00PM at the Roxbury Center for the Arts at Hibernian Hall to hear the following artists and art administrators speak about their community engagement projects: Carolina Aragon and Lillian Hsu; Michelle Cohen and Robyn Love; and Howie Sneider.
NEFA is actively involved in supporting Public Art and New England's creative economy and is pleased to present a session that brings together artists, creative economy practictioners, and community participants.
For this session, we welcome questions in advance from guests. If you have inquiries about community engagement projects, topics, challenges, etc., please send them to public art intern Elysian McNiff at emcniff@nefa.org.
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TEMPORARY SCULPTURE BECOMES PERMANENT
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 Last month, the City of Somerville celebrated the transformation of Bevan Weissman's temporary public art installation Ripplerun, into a permanent piece of Union Square's creative landscape supported by NEFA's Fund for the Arts. Weissman was one of the winners of the ArtsUnion's Winter Sculpture Series in 2010. His work was so well-received that the Somerville Arts Council worked with the City and sought financial support to permanently site the work.
Inspired by the competition's theme of recycling and growth, Weissman created a tree of stainless steel and cement that is both functional and playful. The clear plastic leaves provide shelter for those waiting at the bus stop while also animating the fall of precipitation. View photos of the ribbon cutting on Facebook!
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