Introduction
The Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture (MOAC), via the Boston Art Commission and in partnership with Street Theory, is thrilled to continue a multi-year initiative that integrates murals and other 2D art projects into public sites across Boston’s neighborhoods. In its second year, the initiative will continue to focus on Boston Public School sites with capital projects. Selected artists will be matched with a specific school site based on project type, scale, and experience level. Artwork by selected artists will amplify the diverse, inclusive, cultural, and social richness of communities while adding vibrancy to the city’s landscape.

This is a Call to Artists to share their qualifications to create new, original, long-term 2D murals, and public art installations at sites across the city. Most artworks will be installed in the summer/fall of 2025.

Call released on Wednesday, January 15, 2024 at 12:00 pm E.T.

Project Budgets will be based on specific site square footage and complexity.

Call closes on Wednesday, February 26, 2025, 5:00 pm ET.
 

There will be 2 Virtual Question and Answer sessions: the first on Thursday, February 6 at 12 pm E.T. and the second on Thursday, February 6 at 6 pm E.T. 

We welcome written questions until 5 pm EST on Wednesday, February 12.

We will post answers and recordings on Wednesday, February 19, to our website. 

Interested artists can also submit written questions by using THIS FORM or emailing Liza Quiñonez, Mural Consultant, at liza.quinonez@boston.gov
 

Deadline for content-specific questions is Wednesday, February 12, at 5 PM ET. Questions and answers will be posted on the Boston.gov/canvas-bps website on Wednesday February 19, and can also be found here. 

Technical questions about the Submittable application are welcome until the deadline!
PLEASE submit your application well before the deadline so that we have time to help you if you have technical issues.

Who Should Apply | Eligibility
 This Call is open to all professional artists and artist teams—local, national, and international—with a strong preference for those who have a connection to Boston. If you applied to the previous Canvas of Culture Call to Artists and would like to update your application materials, please reapply here and contact liza.quinonez@boston.gov directly for review of previous application materials.

The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture will not discriminate on the basis of race, color, sex, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, or disability, nor will it fund projects that discriminate on these attributes.

About the Boston Art Commission
  This project is commissioned by the City of Boston via the Boston Art Commission. The Boston Art Commission must vote to formally approve the project. The artist will meet with the Boston Art Commission staff and/ or board at each phase of the project. The artist is expected to be collaborative and open to community input; however, the Boston Art Commission has sole approval over each phase of the public art project and the final acceptance of the artwork into the City of Boston permanent collection.