Boston Art Commission Meeting - February 2026
This meeting will be held virtually only and NOT in person. To participate in the meeting, click here, register, and and log on to the meeting using the email confirmation and your computer's audio and microphone.
Public comment on Presentations for Review, Public Testimony, and Commission Vote may be provided ahead of the hearing by submitting written testimony here by 12 p.m. (noon) on Monday, February 9, 2026. You will also have the opportunity to submit comments during the meeting via the Zoom platform or by phone. If you require closed captioning you can make a request to bac@boston.gov.
ABOUT THE BOSTON ART COMMISSION
Working together with the Public Art Team in Mayor’s Office of Arts & Culture, the Boston Art Commission (BAC) is an independent board composed of two ex-officio and seven appointed volunteer art and design professionals that holds public meetings to review, discuss, and vote on matters concerning the City’s art collection. The BAC has exclusive authority to approve and commission artworks intended to be added to the City’s collection or be placed on City property. The Curatorial Vision for the City of Boston is to foster the creation and collection of artworks that reflect the people, ideas, histories, and futures of Boston, the traditional homeland of the Massachusett people and the home of the neighboring Wampanoag and Nipmuc peoples. We aim to commission and approve artworks that engage communities and directly respond to, enrich, and enliven the urban environment. We seek public art that is driven by an artistically strong vision, enhances the diversity and equity of the existing collection, and possess durability appropriate to the lifespan of the work. For more information, see Boston.gov/public-art.
Discussion Topics
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Opening
- Welcome, Alexandra Paul Zotov
- Call to Order and Review of Minutes, John Andress
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Director's Report, Birgit Wurster
- Presentations for review
- Commissions, City of Boston
- Existing Collections, City of Boston
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Public Art Presentations on City of Boston Property Review, Public Testimony, and Vote
- Instructions for public comment, John Andress
- Commissions for Presentation
1. To be determined; Long-term sculptural installation; Artist Selection; Frieda Garcia Park, 95-111 Clarendon St, Back Bay; Proponent: Natalie Parsons, Artists for Humanity Natalie Parsons, Artists for Humanity 2. To be determined; Long-term murals; Artist Selection; Boston Housing Authority Central Warehouse, 44 W. Seventh Street, South Boston; Proponent: Boston Housing Authority Erin Cousins, Artlifting 3. Star Gatherers; Long-term murals, as a part of A Canvas of Culture; Final Design; Josiah Quincy Elementary School, 885 Washington St., Chinatown; Artist: Yuke Li; Proponent: Street Theory, City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture Street Theory, City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture 4. To be determined; Long-term murals, as a part of A Canvas of Culture; Final Design; Sarah Roberts School, 105 Cummins Hwy., Roslindale; Artist: Kori Thomas; Proponent: Street Theory, City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture Street Theory, City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture 5. Administrative Review Policy Pilot Program Proposal; Proponent: Birgit Wurster, City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture Birgit Wurster, City of Boston, Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture
More Information
The next monthly meeting of the BAC will be held on Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.
All agenda items listed may be voted on or tabled by the BAC.
*Applications and presentations listed will be pulled from the agenda if the proponents are not able to submit all needed materials two weeks in advance of the scheduled BAC meeting. All applications are to be reviewed for approval, pending property owner permissions.