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Call for Artists: Storefront Exhibit Space

April 10, 2019

Use the exhibit space at the former Sunbug Solar (1319 Mass Ave) to display your work. Successful proposals may include any artistic medium including installation, painting, sculpture, photography, light and sound, as well as poetry or prose (for example, part of a poem or essay that is enlarged and cut out of adhesive vinyl and […]

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Celebration honoring the 2019 Grant Recipients

April 4, 2019
Celebration honoring the 2019 Grant Recipients

We are thrilled to honor this years’ recipients of grants from the Grants Committee (formerly the Arlington Cultural Council) of the Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture on Tuesday, April 23 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm. The public is invited to this free event that will feature music by the Arlington High School Jazz Trio, […]

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Arlington Youth Banner Project Announces Three Scholarship Winners!

March 23, 2019
Arlington Youth Banner Project Announces Three Scholarship Winners!

A reception was held at Arlington High School’s Media Center on Thursday, March 21, to celebrate the twenty young artists whose work will be featured on vinyl banners along Mass Ave. in Arlington Center this spring. For the first time in four years, three of the artists were chosen to receive an award of $200 […]

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2019 Arlington Public Art Youth Banner Project Reception March 21

March 18, 2019
2019 Arlington Public Art Youth Banner Project Reception March 21

Almost 100 Arlington secondary students submitted designs in the 2019 Youth Banner Project and twenty of these were chosen to become large vinyl banners. These banners will be hung outdoors along Mass Ave. in Arlington Center in April and May, 2019. The theme this year for the banner design Arlington Public Art competition was “Trees”. […]

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Arlington Cultural District Wins Grant

March 11, 2019
Arlington Cultural District Wins Grant

For the second year in a row, The Arlington Cultural District (ACD) has won the maximum $5000 grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council to grow the ACD. Officially designated in September 2017, the ACD is a walkable stretch extending from East Arlington’s Capitol Square to the Civic Block in Arlington Center that is rich with […]

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New Art Installation at Music Studios of Arlington

February 26, 2019
New Art Installation at Music Studios of Arlington

A spring inspired, three dimensional art work by artist Kaitlin Longmire has just been placed in the windows of the Music Studios of Arlington, located next to Helena’s on Mass Ave. near Arlington Center. This is the fifth art installation in a series begun last March, and made possible by a grant from the Arlington […]

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Call for Artists: Transformer Box Project

February 23, 2019
Call for Artists: Transformer Box Project

ARTISTS LIVING OR WORKING IN ARLINGTON (ages 18 and up) are invited to submit designs for a new series of artwork to be painted between  on transformer boxes along Mass Ave. The theme this year is IN MOTION, interpreted in any way you would like. Examples: transportation modes like feet, bikes, or buses; birds in […]

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Call for Artists: Chairful Where You Sit 2019

February 14, 2019
Call for Artists: Chairful Where You Sit 2019

CALL FOR ART Chairful Where You Sit is a temporary outdoor art installation  and fundraiser for Arlington Public Art featuring reimagined chairs. We invite you to find an old chair and creatively transform it. Images from previous years’ Chairful events. This year’s event will take place on June 8 from 11 to 6 pm, concurrent […]

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Kickstand Cafe features Bikeway Haiku on its windows

February 13, 2019
Kickstand Cafe features Bikeway Haiku on its windows

Emily Shea, owner of Kickstand Cafe, has offered the windows of the beloved Arlington cafe as the backdrop for 10 of the haiku selected from this summer’s community public art project. Composed by Arlington residents and others who enjoy the Minuteman Bikeway, the haiku have been printed out in white adhesive vinyl lettering and adhered […]

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Seyyide opens auditions for dancers to be part of Sarab-Mirage company

February 12, 2019
Seyyide opens auditions for dancers to be part of Sarab-Mirage company

SPRING-SUMMER 2019 Join Sarab-Mirage Dance Company experience from March to mid-Summer, on a performance-focused program in the Boston area. Our program offers training in performance skills, and periodic rehearsals in preparation for at least two performances in Greater Boston events. The program does NOT include technical training, participants are expected to continue their technical training […]

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Blue Jean Ball!

February 1, 2019
Blue Jean Ball!

Arlington’s favorite winter arts party is back… the Arlington Center for the Arts (ACA) invites you to the second annual Blue Jean Ball on Saturday, February 2, 2019, so put on your favorite pair of blue jeans and come celebrate with ACA! A fun & festive, denim-draped, one-night-only extravaganze, the Blue Jean Ball (taking place […]

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ACAC’s 2018 Annual Report

January 31, 2019
ACAC’s 2018 Annual Report

2018 was a huge year for the Arlington Commission for Arts & Culture, and we’re pleased to share some of the highlights and accomplishments in our Annual Report. We have created a solid foundation for 2019 to be our most successful year yet in our continued quest to help promote the thriving arts and culture […]

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Local Artist Sharon Stafford Wins 3rd Place in Competition

January 30, 2019
Local Artist Sharon Stafford Wins 3rd Place in Competition

“Opened”, a contemporary basketry piece by Sharon Stafford, has won third place in the 2018 Lewton-Brain Foldforming Competition. This award is quite special to Sharon because “Opened” is a wonderful intersection of the two main branches of her art – metalwork and basketry/weaving with metal. The textures and forms of the two work together beautifully […]

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AHRC Call for Storytellers: Deadline 1/25

January 16, 2019
AHRC Call for Storytellers: Deadline 1/25

The Arlington Human Rights Commission is kicking off the year with our popular community building storytelling event: Double Take: Stories That Make You Think Twice From the Arlington Community. This year, we’re experimenting with people recording their stories on their own and submitting them to us. The AHRC Double Take Team will review all story […]

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Call for Artists: Exhibit space – proposals due Jan 25, 2019

January 16, 2019
Call for Artists: Exhibit space – proposals due Jan 25, 2019

Use the exhibit space at the former Arlington Tailoring & Dry Cleaning (888 Mass Ave) to display your work. Successful proposals may include any artistic medium including installation, painting, sculpture, photography, light and sound, as well as poetry or prose (for example, part of a poem or essay that is enlarged and cut out of […]

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La Passeggiata: Animal Neighbors of Arlington

January 4, 2019
La Passeggiata: Animal Neighbors of Arlington

Have you noticed the large deer, bear, fish, and fox families gathered on the walls of the Fox Branch Library in Capitol Square, East Arlington? This temporary installation uses a street art technique called “wheat paste” to attach giant versions of small scale drawings to brick walls, transforming an intimate art form into the scale […]

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2018 Youth Banner Winners Announced

January 2, 2019
2018 Youth Banner Winners Announced

This year’s Youth Banner Initiative winners have been selected from 95 submissions. Judging took place in mid-December with three panelists including Selectman John Hurd, Arlington artist Kate Holcomb Hale, and artist and chair of Arlington Public Art, Adria Arch. The group chose the selected artwork based on adherence to this year’s theme of trees, artistic […]

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ACMi and ACAC Present Program on Public Arts Projects

December 20, 2018
ACMi and ACAC Present Program on Public Arts Projects

Bus Stop Art, Arts/Business Collaborations Spotlighted in ArtsArlington Program The Arlington Commission for Arts and Culture and Arlington Public Art have teamed up with ACMi to produce a new ArtsArlington program. The inaugural episode, “What’s with all those dots?” was created by Arlington’s Public Art Curator Cecily Miller and ACAC Commissioner Stewart Ikeda, along with […]

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20th Anniversary Celebration at Cyrus Dallin Art Museum

December 18, 2018
20th Anniversary Celebration at Cyrus Dallin Art Museum

Approximately 50 people attended the celebration, including two of Dallin’s great-grandchildren. “Hopefully this will get the name ‘Dallin’ as well-known as his statues,” said great-granddaughter Pat McCabe. Located in Arlington Center in the Jefferson Cutter house, the Dallin Museum exhibits almost 100 works of Dallin’s art, including approximately 50 sculptures, 10 paintings, and several coins […]

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Latest installation of art in Music Studios of Arlington window

December 6, 2018
Latest installation of art in Music Studios of Arlington window

Bill Turville is the fourth artist to show an installation of sculpture in the window at the Music Studios of Arlington, located on Mass Ave. in Arlington Center next to Helena’s. Bill is a long time Arlington resident, architect, and sculptor whose current installation was originally designed for the Blue Jean Ball fundraiser that the […]

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