Making It Public for MA Municipalities Info Session

The New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA) in partnership with the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s (MAPC) is pleased to invite municipalities in Massachusetts to participate in the Making it Public for MA Municipalities 2025 cohort. Deadline to apply is Monday, September 30, 2024.

Making It Public (MIP) for Massachusetts Municipalities is a public art training program inspired by Forecast Public Art (FPA) and co-designed by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council’s (MAPC) Arts and Culture Department and New England Foundation for the Arts’ (NEFA) Public Art Team. The curriculum incorporates the use of grant agreements as defined in Section 2 of MGL Chapter 30B and trains municipalities in practices to commission public art that are in alignment with the principles of fairness, transparency, and accountability in public procurement. At the end of the Municipal Track training, each municipality will apply the skills they’ve learned to release a Call for Temporary Public Art. Each participating municipality receives a $15,000 grant from NEFA to fund artists through their Call. The 2025 trainings will take place virtually on Tuesdays from 10:30 AM-12:00 noon ET, January 28-April 8, 2025. 

Accommodations & Contact

Registration is required. A zoom link will be emailed after you register. Automated closed captioning will be provided. Please let us know if you have any accessibility accommodation requests that would support your participation in this session in the comment section on Zoom.

Questions? Please contact publicart@nefa.org