Boston Creates Cultural Plan (2024)

Last updated: 3/23/21

Boston’s cultural planning process that willcreatea blueprint for arts and culture in the City ofBoston.

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The 10-year City initiative aligns public and private resources to strengthen cultural vitality over the long-term. Our goal is to weave arts and culture into the fabric of everyday life. You can learn more about the plan below.

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Arts and Culture
617-635-4445
arts@boston.gov
Plan support

Support The cultural planning process was funded by the Barr Foundation and the Klarman Family Foundation.
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Welcome Letter from the Mayor of Boston / Letter from the Boston Creates Leadership Council Co-Chairs Introduction Boston Creates: Purpose, values, and vision Context Arts and culture in Boston: Strengths, challenges, opportunities Process Community engagement and research findings Plan A plan for action: Five goals, ten years Implementation Moving forward: Leadership and resources for plan implementation Action Achieving our collective vision Year One Update Marking the one-year milestone of Boston Creates Read the full plan Download the complete version of the Boston Creates Cultural Plan

Boston Creates team

Chairs

Former Mayor Martin J. Walsh, Honorary Chair
Jim Canales, President, Barr Foundation (Co-Chair)
Lee Pelton, former President, Emerson College (Co-Chair)

Members

Nicole Agois Hurel, COOL Schools Director, VSA Massachusetts
Loreto Paz Ansaldo, Community Organizer, Educator, and Artivist
Maure Aronson, Executive Director, World Music/CRASHarts
Jonathan Bays, Executive Director, Sound Postings LLC
Thomas Blumenthal, Partner, The Baupost Group
Adrian Budhu, Managing Director, The Theater Offensive
Gregory Bulger, Trustee, Gregory E. Bulger Foundation
Paul Buttenwieser, Trustee, Boston Symphony Orchestra and American Repertory Theatre
Miles Byrne, Development Director, Corcoran Jennison Company
Jay Calderin, Executive Director, Boston Fashion Week
Cassandra Cato-Louis, Artistic Director, African Repertory Troupe
Roxann Cooke, Senior Vice President and Regional Manager, Eastern Bank
Elizabeth de Montrichard, Trustee, The Lynch Foundation
Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga, Executive Director, OrigiNation Dance
Rick Dimino, President andCEO, A Better City
Cathy Edwards, Executive Director, New England Foundation for the Arts
Barbara Erickson, President andCEO, Trustees of Reservations
Allyson Esposito, Director, Arts and Culture Program, The Boston Foundation
Bridgitt Evans, President, VIA Art Fund

Hanah Fadrigalan, Board Member, Asian American Journalists Assoc.
Padriac Farma, Director, Real to Reel Filmschool, Raw Art Works
Grace Fey, President, Grace Fey Advisors
Tracey Flaherty, Senior Vice President, Natixis Global Asset Management
Aisha Francis, Director of Development, Harvard Medical School
Mindy Fried, Principal, Arbor Consulting Partners
Erica Gervais Pappendick, Founder, Gervais + Co Advisors
Susan Goganian, Director, Beverly Historical Society
Emily Grandstaff-Rice, Senior Associate, Arrowstreet
Barbara Wallace Grossman, Professor, Tufts University
William Guenther, Chairman & CEO, Mass Insight
Linda Pizzuti Henry, Managing Director, Boston Globe
Betty Hillmon, Founder/Director, Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Betsy Hinkle, Founder and Artistic Director, musiConnects
Cerise Jacobs, Creator and Librettist, The Friends of Madame White Snake
Patricia Jacobs, President, AT&T New England
Mark Kates, Founder, Fenway Recordings
Gretchen Keyworth, Director Emerita, Fuller Craft Museum
Dumas Lafontant, Director, Lower Roxbury Coalition
Keith Lockhart, Conductor, Boston Pops
Philip Lovejoy, Executive Director, Harvard Alumni Association; Board Member, Boston Center for the Arts

Juan Maldonado, Director of Arts, Culture, and Civic Engagement, Sociedad Latina
Marlee McDonald-Yepes, Program Manager, New England Conservatory
Victor Negrete, Regional Planning Director, Mass. Executive Office of Housing and Economic Development
Peter Nessen, President, Nessen Associates
Stephanie Nikolaou, Theater and Dance Teacher
Laura Perille, President & CEO, EdVestors
Catherine Peterson, Executive Director, ArtsBoston
Veronica Robles, Executive Director, Veronica Robles Cultural Center
Ashley Rose, Artist and Arts Program Manager, Lena Park CDC
John Rosenthal, President, Meredith Management
Eve Rounds, Independent Arts Advocate, Boston Ballet and Boston Arts Academy
Bianca Sigh Ward, Paralegal, Nystrom Beckman & Paris LLP
Maguire Skaza, Youth Leadership Council
Jodi Solomon, President, Solomon Speakers Bureau
Matthew Teitelbaum, Director, Museum of Fine Arts
Bridgette Wallace, Founder, SkyLab
Michael Winston, President, Humble Hues; Bay Village Executive Committee
Lisa Wong, Pediatrician/Musician, Harvard Medical School, President, Longwood Symphony Orchestra
Michelle Wu, City Councilor At-Large, City of Boston

Steering Committee

Julie S. Burros, Chief of Arts and Culture, City of Boston
Carole Charnow, President and CEO, Boston Children’s Museum
Silvia Lopez Chavez, Interdisciplinary Working Artist
Christopher Cook, Commissioner, Boston Parks and Recreation; and former Director, Mayor’s Office of Arts, Tourism, and Special Events
Michael Evans, Developer andDesigner, Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics

Eve Ewing, doctoral candidate, Harvard Graduate School of Education; Outreach Coordinator, Mass LEAP
Vineet Gupta, Director of Policy and Planning, Boston Transportation Department
Ted Landsmark, President Emeritus, Boston Architectural College; Board Member, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Joyce Linehan, Chief of Policy, Mayor’s Office of the City of Boston
Anne-Marie Lubenau, Director, Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence at The Bruner Foundation

Michael Maso, Managing Director, Huntington Theatre Company
Myran Parker-Brass, Executive Director for the Arts, Boston Public Schools
Miguel Rodriguez, Executive Director, Boston Baroque
Laura Sherman, Director, Greater Boston Grantmaking, The Klarman Family Foundation
Abi Vladeck, Special Assistant, City of Boston Capital Planning (former)
San San Wong, Senior Program Officer, Arts andCreativity, Barr Foundation

City Community Engagement Taskforce

Arreen Andrew, Director, Boston Cultural Council (former)
Andrea Burns, Director, Age-Friendly Boston
Jordan Deasy, Senior Adviser to the Chief of Civic Engagement
Joy DePina, Director of Outreach andEngagement, Mayor’s Office of Health & Human Services
Jessica Doonan, Program andPolicy Specialist, Mayor’s Commission for Persons with Disabilities

Abigail Furey, Neighborhood Business Manager, Office of Business Development
Stephen Gilman, Program Director, Boston Main Streets
Deron Jackson, Youth Outreach Coordinator, Department of Youth Engagement & Employment
Christina Kim, Research Manager, Boston Redevelopment Authority
An Le, Community and Public Affairs Advocacy Coordinator, Mayor’s Office for Immigrant Advancement

Alvaro Lima, Director of Research, Boston Redevelopment Authority
Elizabeth O’Brien, Advisor to the Chief of Education
Ramon Soto, Director of External Relations andOpportunity Gap Initiatives, Mayor’s Education Cabinet
Francesco Tena, Mayor’s Youth Council Manager

Community Team Chairs

Allston/Brighton

Ben Hires
Eva Rosenberg
John Quatrale

Back Bay/Beacon Hill

Jen Matson
Lindsey Noecker

Charlestown

Joseph Caruso
Jennifer Johnson

Chinatown

Susan Chinsen
Debbie Ho
Leverett Wing

Dorchester

An Duong
David Day

East Boston

Veronica Robles
Madeleine Steczynski

Fenway/Mission Hill

Kelly Brilliant
Juan Maldonado

Hyde Park

Helga Felleisen
Tommey Seggers

Jamaica Plain

Randace Raucher-Moore
Brenda Rodriguez-Andujar

Mattapan

Cassandra Cato-Louis
Keke Fleurissaint
Charlot Lucien

North End/West End/Downtown

Douglass Bowen-Flynn
Emily Curran

Roslindale

Jocelyn Hutt
Glenn Williams

Roxbury

Olawumi Akinwumi
Ramona Alexander

South Boston/Fort Point

Michael Dowling
Emily O’Neil
Suzanne Taylor

South End/Bay Village

Cynthia Woo
Vanessa Calderon-Rosada

West Roxbury

Clare Adala-Clark
Margaret Winikates

Stakeholder Interviews and Focus Group Participants

Jon Abbott
Marie Adam
Rumiko Adamowiz
Lee Adelson
Nicole Agois
Peter Agoos
Brianna Allard
Lynne Allen
Carl Alleyne
Erin Anderson
John Anderson
Dynell Andrews-Blake
Alex Anmahian
Loreto Paz Ansaldo
Jean Antoine
Brian Appel
Sam Aquillano
Maure Aronson
Felix Arroyo
Sabrina Aviles
Alan Babner
Adrienne Baker
Kelly Baker
Kristin Baker
Charles Baldwin
Browne Banjineh
Lizzie Barker
Veronica Barron
John Barros
Crystal Beck
Erin Becker
Barbara Beckwith
Liora Beer
Eunice Belacy
Lisa Bello
Helen Bender
Rhoda Bernard
Hansy Better Barraza
Rohit Bhambi
Kathleen Bitetti
Julia Blake
Andrea Blesso
Andrea Bliss-Albuquerque
Shaun Blugh
Sarah Bob
Angela Bonds
Ellen Booker
Anne Born
Brian Boruta
Julia Boynton
Dee Brenner
Ross Bressler
Kara Brewton
Eve Bridburg
Kelly Brilliant
Brad Brown
Cindy Brown
Donna Brown
Katie Brown
Adrian Budhu
Tory Bullock
Peggy Burchenal
Kathleen Burke
Jessica Burko
Dillon Bustin
Albert Caldarelli
Vanessa Calderon-Rosado
Jay Caldrine
Rebecca Campbell
Heather Campion
Nancy Cao
Nick Capasso
Liz Carney
Aubre Carreon-Aguliar
Allison Carter
Philip Carver
Debra Cash
Jake Cassman
Maggie Cavallo
Cori Champagne
Janelle Chan
Tommy Chang
Matt Chapuran
Carole Charnow
Tasha Chemel
Susan Chinsen
Cornell Coley
Michael Colford
Susan Collings
Richard Colton
Anna Comella
Sara Conahan
Rosie Connelly
Craig Coogan
Christopher Cook
Dave Cordes
Tanya Cosway
Luis Edgardo Cotto
Robert Couture
Anne Cowie
Karen Cragg
Emily Curran
Lynne Currier
Nelson Da Costa
Emily Dahlgaard
Valeska Daley
Lori Damon
Jesa Damora
Evelyn Darling
Downa Davis
Mike Davis
Susan Davy
Jordan Deasy
Chrislene Dejean
Kelly Delekta
Christina DeLisio
Jason Desrosier
Muadi Dibinga
Musau Dibinga
Shaumba-Yandje Dibinga
Sheila Dillon
Peter Dimuro
Amit Dixit
Joe Domelowicz
Ellen Donaghy
Sherry Dong
Kelly Donovan
Jessica Doonan
Turahn Dorsey
David Dower
Betsy Draper
Marc Drayson
Jeanne DuBois
Kelly Dumar
Gary Dunning
Dan Duro
Becky Dwyer
Sarah Edrie
Bree Edwards
Paul Edwards
Jennifer Effron
Dan Elias
Lauren Elias
Akunna Eneh
Jenn Erickson
Corey Evans
Ben Evett
Ray Fahrner
Elaine Fallon
Emily Fayen
Fabio Fernandez
Veronica Fernandez
Moises Fernandez-Via
Jessica Feroli
Ted Fields
George Fifield
Jessica Finch
Donna Finnegan
Dennis Fiori
Deborah First
Patricia Flaherty
Mary Flannery
Charlotte Fleetwood
Donna Folan
Paul Fontaine
Shawn Ford
Cheryl Forte
Ricardo Foster
Ena Fox
Anara Frank
Jascha Franklin-Dodge
Scott Fraser
Alison Frazee
L’Merchie Frazier
Pamela Frechette
Katherine French
Brian Friedland
Sarah Fujiwara
Ty Furman
Helena Furscio
Tony Fusco
Geralde Gabeau
Jamie Gahlon
Kay Gallaher
Bridgit Ganson

Monica Garza
Ed Gaskin
Greg Gazzola
Philip Giffee
Kelly Gifford
Kate Gilbert
Sharon Glennon
Donna Glick
Siere Godfrey
Stacen Goldman
Danielle Goldschneider
Miguel Gomez-Ibanez
Denise Gonsalves
Ashe Gordon
Amy Gorin
Hannah Goodwin
Jim Grace
Nia Grace
Melissa Graham
Heather Greenbaum
Jennifer Gresham
Eve Griffin
Sarah Grosvenor
Max Gruner
Neena Gulati
Junior Gustavo
Kimberly Haack
Catherine Halpin
Christos Hamawi
Sarah Hamblin
Sarah Hannan
Marianne Harkless
Chantal Harris
David Hartman
Susan Hartnett
Robert Hayes
Fulani Haynes
Nancy Hays
Lajos Heder
Dawn Heinen
Julie Hennrikus
Angela Herbert
Dey Hernandez
Nigella Hillgarth
Courtney Ho
Hamilton Ho
Gail Hobin
Max Hodges
Vivian Baquer Holland
Patrick Hollenbeck
Grace Holley
Ekua Holmes
Andrea Howard
David Howse
Lillian Hsu
Elizabeth Hudson
Jennifer Ritvo Hughes
Ed Hurley
Jennifer Hurley-Wales
Cathy Hutchinson
Norsha Hydol
Michael Iceland
Jazmin Idakaar
Jen Inglis
Beth Ireland
Laura Irmscher
Gillian Jackson
Mary Jaffee
Kate James
Jude James
Stephanie Janes
Greg Jenkins
Meri Jenkins
Daniel Johnson
Allyssa Jones
David Jones
Kieran Jordan
Ning Jun Yuan
Dennis Kaiser
Justin Kang
Kristi Keefe
Heidi Keegan
Rachel Keeler
Jim Keenan
Barrie Keller
Dorothy Keller
Catherine Kernan
Sierra Khan
Philip Khoury
Kathy Kiely
YeSeul Kim
Anthony Trecek King
Christopher King
Tom Kingdon
Leila Kinney
Keith Kirchoff
Gavin Kleespies
Jim Klocke
Julie Arvedon Knowlton
Daniel Koh
Lynne Kortenhaus
Mitchell Kossak
Veronica Koven-Matasy
Joe Kriesberg
Patricia Krol
Matt Krug
Richard Kuhn
Ed Lambert
Ted Landsmark
David Lapin
Alison LaRosa Montez
BJ Larson
First Last
Gail Latimore
Ann Lawson
Malia Lazu
Van Le
Michelle LeBlanc
Brian LeMay
Veronique Le Melle
David Leonard
Jane Leung
Maggie Levine
Barbara Lewis
Pat Lewis
Naraya Ligouri
Larry Lindner
John Linehan
Walter Little
Lori Lobenstine
Timothy Loew
Silvia Lopez-Chavez
Sujei Lugo
Derek Lumpkins
Amy MacDonald
Kat Macias
Laurin Macios
Michael MacPhail
Dariela Maga
Tanya Maggi
Steve Magoon
Tani Marinovich
Nancy Marks
Heath Marolow
Kathleen Marsh
Barbara Martin
Kaki Martin
Carol Ridge Martinez
Jose Mateo
Kay Mathew
Emily Mason
Tess Mattern
Patrice Maye
Matt McArthur
Rita McAteer
Dan McCole
Julie McConchie
Daniel McConvey
Nancy McCoy
Sarah McDermott
Stella Aguirre McGregor
Patrick McGuire
Sarah McKinnon
William McLaughlin
Jermaine McNeill
Jen Mecca
Rafael Medina
Jill Medvedow
Jack Megan
Cecilia Mendez
Roseanne Pickard Mercer
Mela Miles
Timothy David Moenk
Marissa Molinar
Luis Montalvo
Beverly Morgan-Walsh
Ann Moritz
Katrina Morse
Margaret Morton
Pat Moscaritolo
Jason Moschella
Elsa Mosquera
Mohsen Mostafavi
Maria Muller
Alys Myers

Tommy Neblett
Jeanette Neill
Shelley Neill
Ester Nelson
Susan Nelson
Ly Nguyen
Wendy Nicholas
Andria Nicodemou
Carl Nold
Abigail Norman
Diane Norris
Carin O’Connor
Kristin Odmark
David O’Donnell
Chika Offurum
Zahra Ohldin
Jenny Oliver
Alexandra Oliver-Davila
Alana Olsen
Richard Ortner
Steve O’Shaughnessy
Ramona Ostrowski
Meaghan Overton
Eli Pabon
Laura Palmer
Panos Panay
Diana Parcon
Myran Parker-Brass
Brent Parrish
Mark Pasnik
Emily Patrick
Prataap Patrose
Liz Pawlak
Haeden Peaslee
Steve Pellegrino
Paige Peltzer
Mike Peluse
Yaritza Pena
Wilhelmina Peragine
Caitlin Peterson
Catherine Peterson
Tina Petigny
Mark Pevsner
Norah Piehl
Rebekah Pierson
Jeanne Pinado
Paul Pitts
Jean Player
Marilyn Plotkins
Elijah Plymesser
Sheryl Pollard-Thomas
Deborah Porter
David Price
Beth Prindle
Kate Procyshyn
David Pruett
Peter Pulsifer
Alison Pultinas
Amy Quigley
Paul Rabin
Shawn Radley
Abigale Reisman
Mauryanne Remondini
Chelsea Revelle
Barbara Rhodes
Lauren Riviello
Gerald Robbins
Christopher Robin
Martha Robinson
Susan Rodgerson
Brenda Rodriguez-Andujar
Priscilla Rojas
Bruce Ronkin
Beto Rosa
Caren Rosales
Kay Rose
Richard Rouse
Amy Ryan
Abe Rybeck
Robert Sabal
Alberto Salvatore
Sammy Sass
Edward Saywell
Gabrielle Schaffner
Jessica Schmidt
Jennifer Schmitt
Dan Schmunk
Gretchen Schneider
Ingrid Schorr
Nate Schorr
Melina Schuler
Bob Schwartz
Jean Scott
Derek Seabury
Patricia Seitz
Jon Seward
Sarah Shampnois
Klare Shaw
Audrey Shelto
Kairos Shen
Linda Shoemaker
Katie Shultz
Kimberly Simmons
Lisa Simmons
Gerald Slavet
Jermone Smith
Doris Sommer
Joe Spaulding
Linda Spear
Alex Speir
Phillip Speiser
Vivien Speiser
Sara Stackhouse
Joyce Stanley
Madeleine Steczynski
James Sullivan
Kate Sullivan
Coriana Hunt Swartz
Leslie Swartz
David Sweeney
Abby Swidler
Kim Szeto
Micki Taylor-Pinney
Patrick Tedesco
Richard Thal
Mila Thigpen
Zakiya Thomas
Nielita Thompson-Brown
Crystal Tiala
Sharon Tingley
Georgia Titonis
Emily Todd
Paula Tognarelli
Emily Tokarczyk
Robert Torres
Ted Touloukian
Louisa Trackman
Rob Tullis
Lisa Tung
Raber Umphenour
Jonathan Unglaub
Aysha Upchurch
Lacey Upton
Marcie Van Cleve
Krista Van Tassel
Taina Vargas
Mary Ann Veale
Angela Veizaga
Trip Ventruella
Liz Vizza
Abi Vladeck
Mark Volpe
Ngoc-Tran Vu
Karen Wacks
Anita Walker
Brad Walker
Charles Washburn
Jody Weber
Jerry Wedge
Jason Weeks
Meg Weeks
Catherine Weiskel
Kamilah Welch
Veronica Wells
Sarah Wenig
Laura Wernick
Eric White
Beth Whittaker
Rachel Wiese
Naj Wikoff
Eileen Williston
Matt Wilson
Meg Winikates
Jan Woiler Meuse
Yanina Wolfe
Dan Yaeger
Annie Yang-Perez
Brian Yankee
Tremayne Youmans
Nina Zannieri
Gail Zarren
Richard Zauft
John Zeisel

City and Consultant Team

The City of Boston Mayor’s Office

Mayor Martin J. Walsh
Joyce Linehan, Chief of Policy
Danny Green, Deputy Chief of Policy
Michael Evans, Program Director, Mayor’s Office of New Urban Mechanics

The City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture

Julie S. Burros, Chief of Arts and Culture
Arreen Andrew, Director, Boston Cultural Council (former)
Kenya Beaman, Staff Assistant
Celene Browning, Project Coordinator (former)
Alene Burroughs, Assistant Manager, Strand Theatre
John Crowley, Curator & Exhibition Coordinator
Kara Elliott-Ortega, Director of Planning & Policy
Karin Goodfellow, Director, Boston Art Commission
Melodi Greene, General Manager, Strand Theatre
Christian Guerra, Collections Coordinator, Boston Art Commission
Dylan Hurwitz, Project Coordinator (former)
Thomas Johnston, Director of Programs
Heidi Schork, Director, Mayor’s Mural Program
Edna Wilkie, Staff Assistant

The Cultural Planning Group

David Plettner-Saunders, Partner
Martin Cohen, Partner
Jerry Allen, Partner
Linda Tara Flynn, Ph.D., Partner

WolfBrown

Alan Brown, Principal
Dr. Dennie Palmer Wolf, Principal
Marc Goldring, Associate Principal

TDC

Elizabeth Cabral Curtis, President and CEO
Ashley B. Berendt, Vice President

Archipelago Strategies Group

Josiane Martinez, Founder and Principal
Athena Laines, Community Engagement Director
Carol Leon, Community Engagement Coordinator
Lydia Vega, Community Engagement Coordinator
Ana Karina Vivas, Communication Coordinator

Callanan and Klein Communications

Erin Callanan, Principal
Adam Klein, Principal
Tori Wenzel, Assistant Account Executive

Minelli, Inc.

Mark Minelli, President, Creative Director
Becca Mayfield, Strategy & Design
Sebastian Kineke, Designer
Rebekah Leiva, Designer

Department of Play

María L. Vidart-Delgado, Partner
Katarzyna Balug, Partner

Artist Ethnographers

Heather Kapplow, Conceptual Artist
Shaw Pong Liu, Violinist, Composer and Teaching Artist
Leonardo March, Photographer

Writer/Editor

Daniel Penrice

Copy Editor

Leslie Cohen

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