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BOSTON ARTISTS FEAR DISPLACEMENT. A FAMILIAR STORY, WITH A POTENTIAL TWIST

Written by MARIE UNGAR Posted November 11, 2020 Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts

With Humphreys Street Studios property on the market, artists may lose their community.

Filed Under: A+E, Visual Arts Tagged With: artists, Humphreys Street Studios, James Cooper, Kara Elliott-Ortega

AFTER HALF A CENTURY, NEW ENGLAND SCHOOL OF PHOTOGRAPHY SHUTTERS

Written by JORDAN FRIAS Posted March 4, 2020 Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS

Now, the New England School of Photography is shutting its doors for good, just a little over two years after it moved its operation from downtown Boston to Waltham. “If you were trying to become a full-time photojournalist, this is one more obstacle."

Filed Under: News, News to Us, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Art, artists, arts, business, education, NESOP, New England School of Photography, news, Photography, school

CAMBRIDGE ARTISTS FIGHTING BACK AGAINST DISPLACEMENT

Written by JASON PRAMAS Posted October 16, 2019 Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS

 

Reflections on a new grassroots political movement in formation

 

Another Cambridge arts institution is being pushed out of its longtime home by a greedy landlord. And once again, local artists are mobilizing to “discuss and organize for meaningful political action to support the arts” in that city—as the Facebook ...  read more

Filed Under: Apparent Horizon, COLUMNS, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: Activism, Apparent Horizon, Art, artists, Ben Simon, Cambridge, City Council, Column, displacement, EMF, gentrification, Green Street Studios, Housing, Jason Pramas, Massachusetts, Mobius, Nadeem Mazen, news, Nicola Williams, Politics

SOMERVILLE SUMMIT: PART VI

Written by BOSTON INSTITUTE FOR NONPROFIT JOURNALISM Posted July 4, 2019 Filed Under: A+E, COLUMNS

Residents vent on issues related to arts, artists, and artisans

Filed Under: A+E, COLUMNS Tagged With: affordable housing, artisan's asylum, artists, arts, BINJ, Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism, Brickbottom, Community Action Agency of Somerville, Elaine Koury, Gilman Square, Housing, Matt Lavallee, news garden, poverty, SOMERVILLE, Somerville Arts, Somerville City Council, Somerville Community Corporation, Somerville Free Press, Somerville Media Center, Somerville News Garden, Suzanne Bremer, Union Square Neighborhood Council, Videos, winter hill

BOSTON BETTER BEER BUREAU: RANSACK THE UNIVERSE

Written by CITIZEN STRAIN Posted April 2, 2019 Filed Under: Better Boston Beer Bureau, LIFESTYLE

From experimental hop remixes to creative cans, it’s great to have Collective Arts in Boston

Filed Under: Better Boston Beer Bureau, LIFESTYLE Tagged With: artists, Beer, Boston, Boston better Beer Bureau, Collective Arts, craft beer, IPA, Ransack the Universe

BRICKBOTTOM FOUNDERS SPEAK

Written by JACOB SCHICK Posted December 14, 2018 Filed Under: A+E, NEWS+OPINIONS, Visual Arts

Pioneering Somerville artist live/work co-op celebrates 30th anniversary

Filed Under: A+E, NEWS+OPINIONS, Visual Arts Tagged With: artists, arts, Brickbottom, SOMERVILLE

IN REGION’S LATEST MASS EVICTION OF ARTISTS, NORTHEASTERN BOOTS AFRICAN-AMERICAN CREATIVES FROM JP SPACE

Written by OLIVIA DENG Posted July 10, 2018 Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS

“They [Northeastern] gave us no opportunity for discussion or response to their views,” West said. “It’s like a hammer that came down on us unexpectedly and out of the blue with no opportunity to respond to it.”

Filed Under: News, NEWS+OPINIONS Tagged With: AAMARP, African American Master Artists in Residence Program, artists, arts, evictions, gentrification, housing work space, Jamaica Plain, Neu!, Northeastern, Northeastern University Department of African American Studies, Piano Factory, WEMF

IT’S ART, IT’S QUEER. IT’S HERE TO STAY

Written by HEATHER KAPPLOW Posted June 7, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Non-fiction, Performing Arts, Visual Arts

Inclusivity (finally) hits Boston’s art scene, plans for longevity

Filed Under: A+E, FEATURES, Non-fiction, Performing Arts, Visual Arts Tagged With: Alex Mancini, Allison Maria Rodriguez, Art, artists, BLAA, bosarts, Boston, DAAD, Dave J. Bermingham, DIY, Hydra Effect, LGBTQIA, Pride, School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts, Sean M. Johnson, sowa

DESPERATION WINS

Written by CHRIS FARAONE Posted February 21, 2017 Filed Under: A+E, Comedy, FEATURES, Non-fiction, Performing Arts

How the creatives behind a Boston ‘reality sitcom’ made it to TV, got screwed, and fought back

Filed Under: A+E, Comedy, FEATURES, Non-fiction, Performing Arts Tagged With: Allston, artists, Boston, CBS, Erik Angra, lawsuit, musicians, myTV, Quiet Desperation, reality sitcom, Rob Potylo, Steve Onderick, Vermin Supreme

MAYOR WALSH LAUNCHES “BOSTON CREATES” CREATIVE PLAN, APPEALS TO ARTISTS

Written by SPENCER SHANNON Posted April 9, 2015 Filed Under: A+E

I want to thank you for, I don’t want to say ‘tolerating,’ but for putting up with Boston the last 25 years ... You’re not getting truly what you deserve, or what you need.”

Filed Under: A+E Tagged With: artists, Barr Foundation, Chief of Arts and Culture, City Hall, Dance, directors, Jim Canales, Julie Burros, mayor Marty Walsh, producers, theater

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