The Cyrus Dallin Art Museum is currently closed through mid-July for the installation of a new Indigenous Peoples Gallery exhibit and a redesign of the entry hall. This exciting project is supported by funds from the Massachusetts Office of Travel and Tourism and the Freedom’s Way National Heritage Area Partnership Grant Program. The state funds […]

More than 50 paintings in storefront windows celebrate spring, sustainability and community! Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington Heights came alive on Saturday, May 7, as people of all ages created paintings in storefront windows. The themes were native plants, pollinators, sustainability, eco-diversity and, of course, community! There was a lot of laughter and swapping of supplies […]

Put a little SPRING into your step at the Arlington Heights Spring Fling Festival on May 21, from 2 – 5pm! Bring the family and friends for puppet shows, crafts, a Touch-A-Truck hosted by the Arlington Fire & Police Departments, games, an ACMi demonstration, some fantastic live music, Taiko drumming, and an artists pop up […]

Robin Frohardt’s Plastic Bag Store was an astonishing grocery market installed in a storefront in Times Square, NY — astonishing because everything in it was meticulously made of plastic bags, to call attention to the pervasiveness of single-use packaging.  Visitors stepped through the doors to the frozen food cooler to discover an intimate theater with […]

“The most fulfilling ways to connect with humans for me are both on stage and in front of the camera.” Charles-Smith Métellus performing for a virtual True Story Theater show I am Black. I want to act. The most fulfilling ways to connect with humans for me are both on stage and in front of […]

Arlington residents are invited to participate in the Arlington Heights Spring Storefront Window Painting Event, which will take place on Saturday, May 7th, from 9am to 1pm. Paint a window by yourself or grab your friend or family and paint a window together in one of 52 designated storefront windows in 21 Heights businesses. Designs […]

Susan Larson,  Chair of ACAC Grants Committee (Arlington Cultural Council), has announced the award of 19 grants totaling $18,515, for cultural programs in Arlington (ranging from $280 to $1,154, with an average grant of $740). Grantees were chosen from 37 competitive applications. “We are continuously impressed by the caliber of projects presented to our council. […]

Elevating Arlington’s Voices of Color archive collection is an opportunity for community members of color to share their stories and elevate their voices. Too often community members of color are spoken for or about, and the purpose of this project is to restore the power of sharing one’s own narrative. Using a variety of mediums, […]

Arlington will be installing 14 new banners in celebration of Black History this month. Among the chosen designs are 6 banners by Boston Artist Jasmine Milton for a project she named “In Loving Memory” — a series of paintings bringing attention to the most vulnerable young people of color: Black kids who are missing or […]

For her Artist-in-Residence project Portraits of Black Arlington, Chanel has been getting to know Black folks who live and work in the Town. The next phase of her project involved photographing people to generate reference imagery to create the final artwork that will be exhibited in a secure indoor community space – such as the […]

ACAC’s third Artist-in-Residence, artist and educator Chanel Thervil, is moving forward with her projects in Arlington. Chanel is widely known for her vibrant mixed media portraits and powerful community-building approach to artmaking. Her residency in Arlington has involved both of these aspects of her art practice through multiple components. Several community gatherings were held this […]

“I have always been fascinated by watercolor and love the challenges of a medium that allows for few mistakes. I enjoy the visual tension that results from the interplay between focused areas celebrating the beauty of complex details against looser, more abstracted backgrounds, where the spontaneous interchange between pigments on a wet ground can be […]

The Youth Banner initiative announces that judging for this year’s banners is complete and winning designs will be available soon for viewing. This year’s banner initiative inspired art submissions from more than 100 students in Arlington’s middle school and high schools, and 20 banners will be chosen to be displayed along Mass Ave this coming […]

The Arlington Heights Community Association (AHCA) with support from the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture and the Arlington Chamber of Commerce is pleased to present this year’s Arlington Heights Holiday Stroll & Tree Lighting on Saturday, December 11. Festivities will take place from 2 to 5pm. Visitors of all ages can enjoy viewing 52 […]

The Dallin Museum reopened in August, and visitors are once again treated to engaging experiences with its wonderful docents. The museum recently hired its first part-time, paid docent manager―and can now expand its docent program, and promote the museum more widely as a community resource and tourist destination. In response to the pandemic, the museum […]

You can find Anna Kristina’s work here! Website Instagram “In a way, I use nature’s life cycles as a metaphor for understanding our own life with all its ups and downs.” My background is in furniture making and fiber arts but for the last fifteen years I have been focusing on creating sculptural felt work. […]

The Roasted Granola Café in Arlington and ArtLinks Artists are collaborating on the creation of a pop-up store/gallery from Thanksgiving to the end of 2021! The Artists Holiday Store and Artisans Market will be held at the Roasted Granola, located at 1346 Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington from November 27 to the end of the year. […]

Experience the unveiling of two recently acquired and restored Cyrus Dallin paintings! On Tuesday, Nov. 16, at 7 pm, Dallin Museum Director/Curator Heather Leavell hosts a Zoom presentation of Mrs. Hall’s Letter and Dallin’s Self-Portrait (the only two-dimensional likeness by the artist known to exist). Register here on Dallin.org Painting #1―Mrs. Hall’s Letter: Learn the […]

ACAC’s third Artist-in-Residence is Chanel Thervil, a Haitian-American artist who is making waves and spreading joy in the Greater Boston area with her vivid and compelling mixed-media portraits of friends, family, and informal community leaders. During her residency, Chanel will focus on capturing the likenesses and spirit of some of Arlington’s Black community members – […]

For her Artist-in-Residence project Portraits of Black Arlington, Chanel has been getting to know Black folks who live and work in the Town. The next phase of her project involves photographing people to generate reference imagery to create the final artwork that will be exhibited in a secure indoor community space – such as the […]

ACAC’s third Artist-in-Residence is Chanel Thervil, a Haitian-American artist who is making waves and spreading joy in the Greater Boston area with her vivid and compelling mixed-media portraits of friends, family and informal community leaders. During her residency, Chanel will focus on capturing the likenesses and spirit of some of Arlington’s Black community members – […]

Two Arlington artists hope to inspire people to rehabilitate waterways. Confluence, a new public art installation by Arlington artists Laurie Bogdan and Kimberley Harding, is on display at Spy Pond Park near the playground through October 31. This piece is made from rope that is finger woven in the “sprang” method. It shows a river […]

This year marks the first year Arlington will officially be celebrating Indigenous People’s Day. The change was passed at Town Meeting last January. In honor of Arlington’s inaugural Indigenous People’s Day, the Cyrus Dallin Art Museum is hosting Ute Elder Forrest Cuch in a virtual event on October 7 at 7pm. Cuch, Ute Tribal Elder […]

In 1962, at age six, I survived the bombing of our Paris apartment by a terrorist group during the end of the Algerian War of Independence. Perhaps because of that experience, I have kept a childlike enthusiasm to play with shapes and colors. The concreteness of abstraction, its markings, staining, brushstrokes, and building of layers, […]

The Arlington Chamber of Commerce announced today that the premiere issue of the Visit Arlington Magazine & Community Guide has been released as an e-magazine. The print version of the magazine will be released later this month and will be distributed via a combination of free outlets around Arlington and surrounding towns and via direct […]

The Grants Committee of the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture offers grants annually that typically range from $150 to $1000. A grant can be used for many purposes to benefit the community of Arlington, including using the arts to create cultural inclusion, to bring interpretive science or history to life, or to address social […]

Arlington Community Education (ACE) Fall registration is now open. Catalogs have been mailed to Arlington addresses, featuring hundreds of classes for adults, kids, and families. It is also viewable online at ArlingtonCommunityEd.org. Classes begin the week of September 20, with a mix of in-person, outdoor, and online options. Indoor adult classes will take place in […]

By Clara Schneider, Rachel Barglow, Tamaki Sugihara On July 19, 2021, we met with 15 diverse Arlington organizations in a meet and greet via Zoom. This meet and greet allowed us to interact and learn from members of these organizations about their various goals and achievements. Organizations in attendance included groups focused on eliminating waste, […]

Lexington Arts and Crafts Society (LexArt) would like to extend an invitation to artists and instructors of ArtsArlington to submit artworks to Reflection/Reawakening/Resilience, an exhibition meant to celebrate our collective reemergence, reflect on our shared experience, and look to the future. LexArt is inviting artists and instructors from neighboring community arts organizations to join us […]

Remembrance of Climate Futures/Arlington is a youth-led Arlington based version of Northeastern professor Tom Starr’s regional public art initiative. Over the summer, 12 interns from Arlington High School will be researching impacts of climate change on Arlington and some individual and collective actions that can be taken by the town, community groups, and individual residents […]