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All Things Arlington250
Talk of the Town
ACAC Co-chair and rep to Arlington250 discusses the many activities townwide commemorating Arlington’s historic role at the start of the Revolution 250 years ago

Haiku in the Heights
ACMI News

Reflecting on our Pandemic Experience: A Public Art Project
Talk of the Town
Interview with Artist-in-Residence Nilou Moochhala and ACAC Public Art Curator Cecily Miller about a moving art installation in Menotomy Rocks Park

5 Things To Do This Weekend
WBUR
The weekend’s roundup of events includes Nilou Moochhala’s public art installation.

Spotlight: Arlington Community Comes Together Through Art
MassCreative
MASSCreative highlights Arlington and ACAC’s work as an example of the power of partnership and a demonstration of how long-term relationship-building creates a culture that allows inspiring moments to happen. 

‘This is exactly the time you wish someone would surprise you with a poem’
The Boston Globe
Arlington Poet Laureate Steven Ratiner came up with the idea of sending poems by Arlington poets to 1,000 randomly selected homes in Arlington. Then the pandemic hit. 

Arts Arlington Spotlight on ACMi’s ‘Talk of the Town’
Talk of the Town
ACMI TV’s James Milan interviews ACAC Co-Chair Stewart Ikeda and Public Art Curator Cecily Miller about several developments, pivots, and planned projects impacted by Covid-19

Fox Festival hosting art challenge
Wicked Local Arlington
ArtsArlington offers summer long virtual events to keep families engaged, replace Covid-impacted Fox Festival

E. Arlington service station raises signs of hope, thanks
Your Arlington
Businesses, artists, town collaborate to salute Covid-19 workers, promote safety

Feb. 16 deadline for residents’ poetry in April ‘secret’
Your Arlington
Steven Ratiner, Arlington’s poet laureate, is seeking submissions from Arlington residents to contribute to “a rather unconventional, utterly delightful way to inject poetry into the everyday”

ArtLinks bringing local artists together
Wicked Local Arlington
ArtLinks, a local arts network group, has been gathering monthly for the past three years

Art is “popping-up” in Capitol Square – News
Wicked Local Arlington
Changes at Jan Whitted’s Artbeat

Whose banners will grace Mass. Ave.?
Your Arlington
2020 winners of the Youth Banner Initiative of the Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture,juried by three prominent Arlington-based panelists

New paintings popping up in Arlington storefronts
Wicked Local Arlington
How ACAC is helping to replace ugly vacant storefronts with vibrant artistic designs until new tenants are found

Artist-in-Residence Featured on ACMi’s ‘Talk of the Town’
Talk of the Town
ACMI TV’s James Milan interview Artist-in-Residence Michelle Lougee about her exciting, collaborative 2020 Pathways project

Make Art! Protect the Environment! Kick Off Reception
Arlington Patch
Please join the Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture for a festive reception on Monday, December 9 (7 to 9 pm) to welcome Michelle Lougee

Poetry, art meet at Jason Russell House
Your Arlington
Arlington Historical Society and the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture collaborate to bring intriguing work to a prominent and evocative site

Arlington libraries to welcome artist in residence Michelle Lougee
Wicked Local Arlington
ACAC Public Art Curator, Cecily Miller says, “My hope is that Arlington residents of all ages will participate in this creative project..”

Arlington artists sought to paint transformer boxes
Wicked Local Arlington
Artists ages 18 and up living or working in Arlington are invited to submit designs for a new series of artwork painted on transformer boxes

Sep 14 | ArtsArlington Celebration Weekend! | Arlington, MA
Arlington Patch
Enjoy a walking tour with Minuteman Bike Path public art creators Freedom Baird, … for town-related arts and culture activities in Arlington, MA

What Impact Do We Have On Our Environment? An Arlington Art Installation Makes Us Think About Our Presence
WBUR
Growing up in the northern reaches of Manhattan, artist and sculptor Freedom Baird spent much of her youth clambering up the trees at Inwood …

Chairful Fundraiser at Uncle Sam Plaza
ACMI TV News
A look at ACAC’s Chairful Fundraiser held during Porchfest.

Arlington Town Day After-Parties: Garage Band and Pathways Celebration
Fusicology
A diverse program of swing, Latin, and Japanese musical traditions performed by master musicians in the town’s new open-air venue for the arts – an old-time neighborhood garage covered with polka dots!

Garage Band dance party to follow Porchfest
Wicked Local Arlington
Pop-up dance party turns gas station into community celebration – a perfect capper for town-wide Porchfest.

10 things to do in Boston this weekend
Boston.com
Arlington Porchfest and a finale from School of Honk and The Bittersweet Band at Arlington Service Station.

ArtsArlington
ArtsBoston
Profile and 20+ Events listings

27 Things To Do This Weekend In Boston (& Beyond)
Boston Mamas
Have your portrait drawn or do some drawing yourself at Live Arts Arlington (Arlington).

Arts Arlington – A Feast for the Eyes and Ears this June
Arlington Entrepreneurs
Performances will be popping up in public places in the Town Center thanks to the volunteer arts activists from a new group formed by the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture

Arts Arlington: Whats Up With All Of Those Dots?
ACMI TV
The artists behind 2018’s BRT Bus Stop Art Project; Business and Artist collaborations re-energize neighborhoods in the cultural district

’19 youth project names 3 winners; banners are up
Your Arlington
A reception was held at Arlington High School’s Media Center to celebrate the 20 young artists whose work will be featured on vinyl banners along Mass. Ave.