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MCAD brings Street Pianos Boston to Mattapan

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By Move4ART
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MCAD brings Street Pianos Boston to Mattapan
         Mattapan Cultural Arts Development(MCAD)is bringing the Street Pianos Boston Festival to Mattapan Square this year. The street piano MCAD is hosting was painted by Marjorie Saintil-Belizaire of K. Fine ArtsStudios.  It will be located at the southeast corner of River St. and Blue Hill Avenue (closest to the T Station) thanks to CelebritySeries Boston’s Street Pianos project.

   MCAD--a network of artists and arts organizations invested in making art happen in Mattapan—will program certain hours of poetry, performance and “Play Me, I’m Yours” to call attention to this temporary installation. Track #StreetPianoMattapan between 9.23 and 10.10.2016 for program schedules and updates.

Photo credit: Robert Torres/Celebrity Series Boston

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