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| Institute of Contemporary Art |
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| World-class exhibit space to anchor harbor walk |
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The Institute of Contemporary Art
955 Boylston Street
Boston, MA 02115
(617) 266-5152
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| An innovative use of space and materials that integrates the historic harbor with a futuristic facility. |
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Now under construction on the South Boston waterfront, the new building for the Institute of Contemporary Art, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, will be a 65,000-square-foot, four-story museum with world-class exhibition space to showcase works by leading contemporary artists. Its unique design includes glass walls comprised of microscopic vertical lenses that create changing views of the outdoors depending on the angle of sight. The museum, adjacent to a newly-constructed section of the city's Harbor Walk, will also be a vibrant center for public performances, educational activities, and waterfront access.
- 17,000 square feet of exhibition space
- 325-seat performing arts theater
- Unique shape that appears to fold up from the ground
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ArtBlock 731 Project
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Cultural Life and the Arts -- Boston Metro
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Innovative housing development for artists
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Boston Redevelopment Authority
One City Hall Square
Boston, MA 02201
(617) 918-4351
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Creating housing, live/work and gallery space for Boston's art community.
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The ArtBlock 731 project by New Atlantic Development Corporation will transform the Old Bates School on Harrison Avenue in the South End into a major asset for Boston's art community. The project was selected by the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) following the city's first Request for Proposals specifically seeking the development of artist work and live/work space. ArtBlock 731 will consist of two new five-story buildings and a renovation of the existing Bates Arts Resource Center. It will provide a total of 54 condominium units for residential and/or artist live/work space, plus two ground floor commercial spaces for gallery, workshop and community space. Additionally, the project includes a significant affordable component with 32 units designated for households earning up to 80% of median income.
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10 live/work condominium duplex town houses
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12 live/work condominium loft style flats
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32 live/work condominium affordable artist live and work lofts
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| mytown |
Cultural Life and the Arts -- Boston Metro
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| Youth development through local history awareness |
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554 Columbus Avenue
Boston, MA 02118
(617) 536-TOWN
contacts@mytowninc.com
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| Using cultural history as a basis of youth employment and civic awareness. |
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MYTOWN is a non-profit organization that uses history as a youth development and community building strategy. MYTOWN works towards the day when all young people will have the tools they need to become active, engaged citizens able to realize their personal and economic self-determination. Through the Youth Development Program, Boston Public High School students are hired to research their local and personal histories. These students then teach what they have learned to the public by leading walking tours, presenting slideshows and conducting other interactive educational activities.
- Students hired to research and teach their local history
- The Civic Education Program focuses on the accomplishments of ethnic and immigrant communities
- Youth guides participate in a training and employment opportunity that builds essential skills
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| Business on Board |
Cultural Life and the Arts -- Boston Metro
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| Connecting business people to arts organizations |
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Arts Business Council
Exchange Place
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 570-8346
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| Training and placement program links interested business people to non-profit arts organizations. |
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Business on Board is a volunteer program that helps business people offer their services to local arts organizations. Their training and placement program helps put skilled business people on the boards of local arts and cultural organizations. Business on Board promotes the mutuality of arts and business partnerships, strengthening both sectors. Business people of all ages and levels of seniority learn how to help arts and cultural organizations that they care about thrive and grow.
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Boston Cyberarts
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Cultural Life and the Arts -- Boston Metro
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Biennial festival of art and technology in all media
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Boston Cyberarts, Inc.
9 Myrtle Street
Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
(617) 524-8495
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Pioneering virtual galleries and artistic expression through the application of new technology.
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The Boston Cyberarts Festival is an international biennial festival of art and technology in all media. It includes visual and performing arts and explores how artists throughout the world are using computers to advance traditional artistic disciplines and create new interactive worlds. A UMass Dartmouth study found that the festival generated a total economic impact of $2.6 million, not only for artists and arts organizations, but for a range of other businesses. The festival is organized by Boston Cyberarts, a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the presentation and exploration of artists working with new technologies. Projects include:
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HyperArtSpace, a virtual gallery
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Faces of Tomorrow, a web site where children can submit digital self-portraits
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Initiated Artists in Residence at Technology Companies of Massachusetts (A.R.T.C.O.M.)
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| Online Cultural Market Place |
Cultural Life and the Arts -- Boston Metro
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| Web-based center of commerce for New England artists |
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New England Foundation for the Arts
266 Summer Street, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02210
(617) 951-0010
info@nefa.org
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| Demonstrating leadership in combining arts and technology for economic empowerment. |
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The Online Cultural Marketplace (OCM) is designed to strengthen the creative industry by more efficiently linking artists in New England with community-based patrons, such as theaters, libraries, spiritual centers, schools, festivals, museums, galleries and coffeehouses. Constructed in tandem with the New England Cultural Database and slated for launch in a pilot form in Spring 2005, the Marketplace will be a transaction-oriented, web-based booking service. A project of New England Foundation for the Arts (NEFA), it will allow artists to market their work while providing participating organizations with a management tool to locate, schedule, promote and track their artist bookings.
- Linking artists in New England with community-based patrons
- Enabling artists to post and maintain their portfolios online
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| Swamp Gravy |
Cultural Life and the Arts -- National/International
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| Life stories that shaped a community and moved a nation |
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| Breaking racial and socio-economic boundaries through the volunteer production of original shows from life stories of local residents. |
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Every year, the Colquitt/Miller Arts Council produces its folk life play, Swamp Gravy, to the delight of audiences of all ages and backgrounds. While steeped in Southern tradition, Swamp Gravy presents stories of universal appeal; stories about life and death, family and community. Each performance is an original, crowd-pleasing blend of comedy, drama, and music featuring a cast of more than 100 volunteers who transform southern life into unforgettable theater.
- Plays based on real life stories of local residents
- Named the "Official Folk Life Play of Georgia"
- Affiliated classes in personal storytelling and oral-histories
- Over 100,000 tickets sold since inception in 1991
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| Indianola Key Card Program |
Cultural Life and the Arts -- National/International
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| Making arts and recreation available to all |
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Red Rock Area Community Action Program
Warren County Center
301 South Jefferson
Indianola, IA 50125
(515) 961-2543
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| A creative way to give low income families access to a wide variety of affordable arts, cultural and recreational opportunities. |
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Red Rock Area Community Action Program of Indianola, Iowa offers Key Cards that provide access to entertainment, cultural, and recreational events to people who can't otherwise afford them. Key Card holders receive predetermined reduced cost or free admission to community events. Examples include college athletic events and theater productions, movies, bowling, miniature golf, the zoo, county parks, and the opera.
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| Animating Democracy Initiative |
Cultural Life and the Arts -- National/International
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| Strengthening the role of the arts in civic dialogue |
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Animating Democracy Initiative
Americans for the Arts
1000 Vermont Avenue NW, 6th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
(413) 253-1711
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| Fostering artistic activity that encourages civic dialogue on important contemporary issues. |
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The Animating Democracy Initiative (ADI) supports civic dialogue through the arts. Established by Americans for the Arts Institute for Community Development, the initiative seeks to do this through an integrated set of program components, including publishing a study on using the arts as a force in civic dialogue, building an interactive web site and searchable database to centralize extensive information on arts-based civic dialogue, and national convenings to share learning resulting from the Animating Democracy Initiative. Sample programs include:
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The Animating Democracy Lab, which profiles and resources 32 arts and cultural organizations
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City Lore (poetry dialogues about urban culture)
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The Kitchen (a jazz opera on Black male stereotyping)
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| Blast Theory |
Cultural Life and the Arts -- National/International
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| Groundbreaking performance art using emerging technologies |
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Blast Theory
Unit 43A
Regent Studios
8 Andrews Rd.
London, E84QN
+44 20 7249 5551
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| An international artist group that uses interactive media to explore the social and political aspects of emerging technologies. |
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Blast Theory is an internationally renowned artist group that uses interactive media to explore the relationship between real and virtual space and the social and political aspects of technology. The team of seven uses video, live performance, computers, mobile phones, global positioning systems (GPS) and the Internet to pose questions about the modern world. Since 2000, Blast Theory has collaborated with Mixed Reality Lab to create interactive performances that combine mobile phones and the Internet to explore overlays of real and virtual cities. In their latest project, I Like Frank, street players in Adelaide, Australia used mobile phones with Internet access to team with online players in a virtual version of the city. Projects have included:
- I Like Frank, the first mixed reality game for 3G mobile phones
- Can You See Me Now?, a game that uses GPS and handheld computers
- Kidnap, a lottery where the prize was to be kidnapped and held for 2 days
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| Transformation AGO |
Cultural Life and the Arts -- National/International
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| A new role for the art museum |
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Art Gallery of Ontario
317 Dundas St. West
Toronto, Ontario
Canada, M5T 1G4
416-979-6648
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| Using architectural design to connect a city to its art gallery and change the way visitors view art. |
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The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) commissioned Toronto-born architect Frank Gehry to design Transformation AGO, an expansion that will respect the building's history while strengthening the museum's connection to the city. The extensive use of glass in Gehry's design will let natural light flow and open up the gallery to the surrounding streets. The expansion will also provide visitors with unparalleled behind-the-scenes access to museum functions. Visible storage and conservation displays within gallery spaces will give visitors insight into how the museum cares for art, while computer stations will make art displays interactive. The $254 million expansion is scheduled to open in 2008.
- 97,000 square foot expansion will increase viewing space by 47%
- Donations by Kenneth Thomson and others add over 10,000 works to the collection
- Online access to exhibitions for students and teachers
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