Tag: Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture

Courtney Sharpe. (Courtesy City of Boston)

Art Greg CookSeptember 7, 2018 0

Boston Arts Department Hires Cultural Planning Director

Boston’s Office of Arts and Culture has named Courtney Sharpe (pictured above) as the department’s new director of cultural planning. The position is new, the city says, but it kinda…Continue Reading →

Cedric Douglas sketches in the beginnings of his mural, one of 15 painted around downtown Lynn for "Beyond Walls," July 15, 2017. (Greg Cook)

Art Greg CookMay 25, 2018 0

Boston Needs To Make Art, Not Just Consume It

What do we need from the city of Boston’s next chief of arts and culture? The Boston Globe published my thoughts: One measure of a healthy city is the art…Continue Reading →