What Artists Knead: Breadmaking Parties + Conversation for Artists

The City of Boston is engaged in a cultural planning process. Join the conversation, before it's too late. Details follow:

What Artists Knead: Breadmaking Parties + Conversation for Artists: Meet neighbor-artists, bake bread together, and foment ideas for a better creative Boston! Did you know Boston is making its first-ever cu...

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OpEd: Why We Can;t Wait

If U.S. Census data is to be believed, Mattapan lost nearly 10% of its population between 2000 and 2010. This came as a surprise to those of us who live here. Bus trips home remained congested, and lines at the Post Office remained long. In other words, nothing in our lived experience of the place confirmed what Census data reported. Since then the nagging question has been, how did nearly 10,000 people leave without anyone noticing? Now we know there’s been a concerted effort to whittle away at Mattapan’s territory, again. This time, by selling Mattapan homeowners on the idea that life would be better if they were Hyde Park residents. Apparently many opted to leave Mattapan (figuratively speaking)—diluting the power of their vote in the larger pool of mostly white voters who live in Hyde Park. And for what? Cheaper insur...

Two Times Two: Double Consciousness Cubed

Since you asked, our twin taglines point to two distinct operational tracks for Mattapan Cultural Arts Development: on one hand, " Climbing as we build " relates to our push to build a cultural arts center where art can happen in Mattapan; on the other hand, " Making Art Happen in Mattapan " presents a constant reminder of our ultimate goal. We'll spend the next few months cultivating a community of stakeholders: from the inside out--inviting Mattapan residents, public officials, property owners and businesses into a conversation about what it would mean if Mattapan were an arts destination; and from the outside in--importing the necessary skill sets and expertise to design and develop a complex, mixed-use, LEED-certified building as a focal point for the arts in Mattapan. In the meantime we're surveying Mattapan youth and families to assess the need for what kinds of art, while cultivating a network of artists and arts organizations interest...

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