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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ACAC and the Department of Planning and Community Development are collaborating to bring colorful cut-vinyl artwork to the protective orange barriers that surround some of the Town’s new parklets – designed to offer outdoor seating for take-out meals and informal gatherings. The first installation was designed by Adria Arch for the parklet in front of […]
The Arlington Chamber of Commerce has launched a multi-faceted marketing campaign that highlights Arlington’s unique features and promotes Arlington as a destination for arts, culture, and outdoor activities as well as shopping and dining. In March, the Chamber was awarded a grant by the Massachusetts Office of Travel & Tourism (MOTT) to create branding and […]
Arlington Poet Laureate Steven Ratiner launched the Red Letter Poem Project at the outset of the Covid Pandemic. Every week he sends out a carefully selected poem, accompanied by a short essay reflecting on the poem’s meaning and context. He focused his 69th Red Letter on Neighborhood Haiku; he and his Beehive Poets Group were […]
In the spirit of the much-loved community event, Arlington Center for the Arts (ACA) is excited to present Porchfest Stage on the front steps of Arlington’s Town Hall as part its annual Arlington Open Studios event on Saturday, November 13, 2021. Porchfest Stage will feature free public performances by local musicians throughout the day. A […]
Join us on Wednesday, July 14, 6:30 – 8pm (rain date July 15) for a LIVE community celebration of our project Haiku in the Heights, featuring an open mic, live music, and a storefront stroll to enjoy some of the original haiku that have been painted on storefront windows. Heights Haiku celebrates the streets and shops, the […]
Arlington Center for the Arts (ACA) celebrated Juneteenth 2021 with a new program – Teen Artists on the Issues. This 3-day workshop brought local youth together for intensive work with teaching artists, focusing on the issues they say matter most to them, including racial justice, LGBTQIA+ rights, environmental justice, Women’s rights, and immigration.Participating teens worked […]
We are thrilled to announce the return of Live Arts Arlington for Summer 2021! After a brief hiatus during the pandemic, we are eager to pick up where we left off in 2019 with a fresh lineup of artists for people of all ages to enjoy. “Art hop” between the new SPRUCED UP parklets each weekend and […]
Meet ACAC’s Spring Artist-in-Residence Nilou Moochhala and hear about her fascinating project exploring the impact of the pandemic. Moochhala will be in Menotomy Rocks Park on Thursday, June 17 from 5 to 7pm and Saturday/Sunday June 19 & 20 from 10am to noon. The installation consists of 100 meditation flags printed from her abstract drawings; […]
Please join us for a great talk — “Portraits with Purpose: Celebrating Character, Resiliency, Strength, and Joy” — on Tuesday, June 8, via zoom with Chanel Thervil, one of Boston’s rising stars, recognized for both her artistic vision and her celebratory spirit. Learn how Chanel creates portraits that celebrate the essential character and spirit of […]
The Town of Arlington has been setting up “parklets” – outdoor seating areas located in parking spots protected from traffic by orange plastic barriers. To make these areas more inviting and to spruce up public spaces with vibrant art, ACAC seeks a variety of proposals from artists to transform barriers with an application of colorful adhesive […]
If you have a steady hand, experience with paint, and enjoy typography, sign painting and/or hand lettering, please consider spending a Saturday or two with the amazing Kenji Nakayama painting haiku in storefront windows! This project is the culmination of Neighborhood Haiku, a public art/poetry mashup; we’ve issued a Call for Haiku to the community requesting […]