Pop-Up: Franklin Park Art Grove!
The Mayor’s Office of Arts + Culture is proud to announce that the opening weekend for the second iteration of the Boston Art Commission’s ongoing pop-up art series is set for August 8-9 in Franklin Park! Come enjoy a weekend of artwork, food trucks, performing arts, workshops, and music in the crown jewel of the Emerald Necklace. All events are free and open to the public. Families and youth are encouraged to attend.
Pop-Up: Franklin Park Art Grove will feature a series of outdoor temporary art installations and performances in the Franklin Park Wilderness Picnic Grove. The month-long pop up exhibition will also include a number of youth workshops led by artist L’Merchie Frazier, as well as a series of panel discussions led by Barbara Lewis, Director of the William Monroe Trotter Institute for the Study of Black History and Culture. The organizing theme of the Art Grove is ‘endurance.’
The following artists were selected through a juried process to participate in Franklin Park Art Grove:
Loreto Paz Ansaldo
Blanca Bonilla
Jonathan Chamberlain
Ian Deleón
Kathleen Driscoll
Dave Foley
Rachel Frank
Ifé Franklin
Kara Fili
Pamela Goncalves
Heather Kapplow
Lisa Link
Pampi
Hakim Raquib
Alicenne Reid
Anthony Richards
Kerri Schmidt
"Dey" Hernandez Vazquez
Tara Weaver
Barbara Zeles
Pop-Up: Franklin Park Art Grove is a collaboration between the Boston Art Commission, Franklin Park Coalition, the William Monroe Trotter Institute, and the Boston Parks and Recreation Department. All related events were sponsored in part by the Boston Art Commission, the New England Foundation for the Arts, The Boston Cultural Council, and the Trotter Institute for African American Studies.
To learn more about Franklin Park Art Grove, click here.
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