You are invited to write haiku – a short 3 line poem – celebrating the distinctive neighborhood of Arlington Heights. You can write on your own, with friends or family, or during a free zoom workshop with Arlington poet/teacher Jessie Brown. In these fun interactive workshops we discuss what makes a good haiku, how to […]
The 10th annual Arlington Jazz Festival will once again be presented virtually, since, as they say, this notable local festival must go on, no matter the pandemic weather. For this milestone anniversary year, presenter Arlington Jazz has scheduled a series of one-hour concerts, presented online over a 3-night stretch Friday, April 23, through Sunday, April […]
Susan Larson, Chair of ACAC Grants Committee (formerly Arlington Cultural Council), has announced the award of 24 grants totaling $17,774, for cultural programs in Arlington (ranging from $280 to $1,154, with an average grant of $740. Grantees were chosen from thirty-seven competitive applications. “We are continuously impressed by the caliber of projects presented to our […]
Calling all passionate, creative teens! Arlington Center for the Arts is offering a special opportunity for you to expand your understanding of the impact arts can have on communities. Join us for a FREE weekend-long program June 18-20, 2021 and discover how you can effect social change through visual arts or poetry & performance! This […]
Arts Arlington celebrates the literary arts in a myriad of ways. Whether it’s our latest initiative helping the community write haiku to appreciate the open spaces of Arlington Heights through Haiku in the Heights, or beautifying our sidewalks in East Arlington and Downtown with Sidewalk Haiku, or sprucing up the Minuteman Bikeway with Bikeway Haiku […]
Artist and designer Nilou Moochhala began a daily drawing practice when the pandemic struck. Quick, abstract sketches using vivid colors and expressive mark-making gave her a way to capture her state of mind, to take the measure of living under lockdown. This spring, she will create a new series of drawings in the same style in response […]
The Arlington Reads Together (ART) community read program launched in 2003 as a way of bringing Arlington together through literature. Last summer, the ART selection committee chose Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria by Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum as the community read for ART month in March 2021. A partnership […]
Register today for a special Zoom program ‘Waste Not, Want Not: Artist Talk with Michelle Lougee, Samantha Fields, and Charlotte Milan’ scheduled for Saturday, March 20 4-5:30pm. Artists are challenging the disposable culture of 21st century capitalism by highlighting the environmental damage of waste while transforming trash into art. Join two of the Boston area’s […]
The Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture (ACAC) is co-sponsoring an Artist Talk on February 27 with visiting artist Charles Coe scheduled for February 27. This event is organized to support a new archive project — a collaboration between Robbins Library and the Town’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Division — “Elevating Arlington’s Voices of Color” […]
As our arts community struggles in this difficult time of challenging economic environments due to Covid restrictions and business closings, town officials are working toward finding partnerships and shoring up support to lend a hand. In partnership with The Metropolitan Area Planning Council, Arlington has joined with Boston, Franklin, and Beverly to document the needs […]
Announcing New Collaboration: The Robbins Library and the Town’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Division are launching “Elevating Arlington’s Voices of Color” – a new archive project designed to collect, share, and preserve the experiences of people of color. Too often, community members of color are spoken for or about; the purpose of this project is […]
The Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture invites students in grades 6 – 12 who attend school or live in Arlington to submit creative and thoughtful artwork for the Youth Banner Initiative. The Youth Banner Initiative encourages development in the visual arts and offers an opportunity for students in grades 6 to 12 to be […]
Installation began in Arlington last week for ‘Go Out Doors – Neighbors‘, a regional public art exhibition that encourages healthy outdoors activity in times of Covid-19, environmental appreciation, and inter-town regional tourism. Inspired by and extending The Umbrella Arts Center’s summer “Go Out Doors” exhibition on West Concord’s Bruce Freeman Rail Trail, this large-scale exhibition is a collaboration of nonprofits, visitor […]
Join the Arlington Center for the Arts for our 22nd Annual Arlington Open Studios happening on Saturday, November 14, 2020, 11-5pm. The ACA has reimagined the format of this year’s event to take place virtually and there are many opportunities to meet and support local artists, while also enjoying a full schedule of live and […]
The Grants Committee of the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture announces an extension of its deadline for submitting applications for grants. The deadline for submission is now December 14, 2020. Grants are used to fund arts, humanities, and interpretive science programs to benefit the community of Arlington. Annually, these grants typically range from $150 to $1000. […]
“We Cannot Walk Alone” a mural on the side of 284 Broadway across from the Fire station, was created by the artist, Kari Percival, working with very young children who came together at a pre-pandemic Martin Luther King (MLK) Day event in January 2020, coordinated by the JCC Greater Boston. Stephanie Marlin-Curiel, JCC Metro North Family […]
Installation finished on Sunday for ‘Clean Energy Now’ –a mural created by local artist Maria Lobo on a grant initiative from Generation180 to inspire voters on environmental issues — and will be the backdrop to Arlington’s latest outdoor parklet, developed in partnership with the Town of Arlington’s “Shared Streets” initiative and building owner Cynthia Pasciuto. […]
Six months after Arlington’s first diagnosed cases of COVID-19 in March, Arlington’s COVID-19 Community Archive is available and accepting contributions on the “Local History Resources” page at robbinslibrary.org. The archive presents a snapshot of life in Arlington during the pandemic and includes a growing array of images, videos, and documents for future students of local […]
Citizen-Contributed Haiku Returns, This Time on Mass Ave! Arlington has been waxing poetic during the pandemic, first through the inspiring series of Red Letter poems circulated by Town Poet Laureate Steven Ratiner, then by the multimedia collaboration of Walking Poetry installations on the bike path by visual artist Adria Arch and poet Jesse Brown, and […]
Arlington Community Education (ACE) is offering more than 150 adult classes this fall, including 34 new classes. New Fine Arts & Crafts classes feature the opportunity to use a broad-nibbed fountain pen to form beautiful lettering at “Introduction to Calligraphy,” draft and sew an A-Line skirt that will fit your measurements perfectly, create prints without […]