About the BCA Artist Residency Program

This non-traditional, ten-week residency program provides a unique support system for individual artists, including funding, studio assistance, and the opportunity to experiment and share one’s practice with an audience through three individually designed workshops. This residency seeks to help artists explore audience engagement outside of typical art education models. The residency may be especially appealing for artists who are interested in public programs but who have limited experience with them, or would like to take their current practice in a new, more public direction.  In 2010-2011, the BCA will select three artist residents.

A series of talks and grant opportunities for emerging curators in the Boston area.

The Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) invites anyone interested in contemporary art and culture to apply to Conversations about Curating, a free program focused on the critical and practical issues at stake when putting together an exhibition.  The first part of the program consists of a series of four lectures/discussions delivered by well-established curators, as well as a round table discussion on marketing, budgeting and producing an exhibition and a networking session.

Call for Entries – Temporary Public Art on the Plaza
April 2010

The Boston Center for the Arts is excited to announce a new platform for Artists to engage with audience: Temporary Public Art on the Plaza. Artists are invited to submit proposals for temporary public art projects that will be exhibited on the Plaza of the Boston Center for the Arts campus for 2 – 4 week intervals throughout June and October, 2010.

Artists from the Greater Boston area and New England are invited to apply for a $1,500 grant to develop, produce, and install the public artwork. Artists are asked to work with the Boston Center for the Arts community to develop a project that engages the public in an unrestrictive and immediate way.  Proposals for a site-specific temporary artwork should reflect the Artist’s concerns and simultaneously create a dialog with the surrounding community. Non-traditional media is welcomed including video, audio, and performance.

TIMELINE:

• Submission deadline:    May 7th
• Notification:                May 24th
• Community forum:       June 8th

Download full call for entries and submission form here.