Partners

Committed to engagement
and reciprocity

Is your organization passionate about making Boston a more open city? Do you value community as a catalyst for connection?

Be a program partner with us for Triennial 2025. Fill out the program submission form below or email us.

Proposing Programs + Partnerships
for Triennial 2025: The Exchange

We are now accepting applications for Triennial 2025: The Exchange Program Partners. We ask that partners propose experiential and inclusive programming that aligns with the Boston Public Art Triennial vision of a vibrant, equitable, and open Boston and our value of artistic risk-taking. If you would like to apply, please read the information below, and then fill out the Partner Program Proposal form.

Boston Public Art Triennial defines engagement as public programs and activations that open minds, conversations, and spaces, while keeping public artwork at its core. Intentional, strategic engagement is vital to public art effectively generating relevance and value within communities. Our Board, Staff, Partners, and the artists we collaborate with are Bold, Open, and Sharp. All our programs are always free and open to the public.

Our proven engagement strategy is REACH—Respond, Energize, Activate, Collaborate, and Honor each public space and its community members. While all partners provide different resources at different times, they all share our belief that contemporary public art makes a difference to our communities.

The Triennial is accepting program partner submissions through December 1, 2024. Please note that we give priority to applications submitted by the deadline. We will continue to review applications on a rolling basis afterwards through February 3, 2025.

The Partnership + Engagement Team will follow up on applications in January 2025.

  • The Triennial partners with organizations that are:

    + Bold The organization takes artistic or programmatic risks; they are brave in supporting untested artists and ideas that build towards a more equitable region.

    + Open The organization actively works to translate its work for a general audience and provides access to formerly exclusive spaces or experiences. Their programming uses the framework of The Exchange to offer new perspectives and experiences for audiences, breaking down silos of knowledge and cultural gatekeeping.

    + Sharp The organization has a learning mindset and an articulated approach to engagement with the audiences it serves.

  • + Audience The Triennial has a strong community engagement foundation and a growing audience; through partner collaborations, we will be able to connect partners with new audiences and vice versa, further opening up the city and contributing to a more inclusive environment.

    + Visibility The Triennial 2025 is a city-wide exhibition that will be recognized locally, nationally, and internationally. Our partners will be listed on our website and be featured in our catalog and partner press release.

    + Metrics The Triennial can provide the number of program attendees and participants for each event as well as throughout the Triennial as a whole. We anticipate generating 800M impressions.

    + Physical Space The Triennial is able to support public programming held at our artists’ sites.

    + Financial Support If your organization has an operating budget of <$2 million, you may be eligible for additional financial support as part of our partnership agreement. Please note that funding is not guaranteed by the Triennial.

  • Neighborhood Weekends offer an experience for all ages, highlighting 18 vibrant public art works in Charlestown, Dorchester, Downtown (Back Bay, Fenway, Downtown Crossing), East Boston, Mattapan, and Roxbury. Each weekend focuses on a different neighborhood, with Triennial 2025 sites brought to life through site activations consisting of performances (dance, music, spoken word), workshops, projection mapping and screenings, Public Art Ambassador and curator tours, and social gatherings. Visitors can meet new people and explore how public art can transform the city!

    When proposing programming, please refer to the dates listed below.

    Neighborhood Weekends

    + Opening Weekend: May 22-24

    + Charlestown: June 13-14

    + Roxbury: June 20-21

    + Mattapan: July 25-26

    + Downtown: September 5-6

    + East Boston: September 19-20

    + Dorchester: October 10-11

    Please note: Rain dates will be confirmed in the new year.

THE TRIENNIAL 2025 PARTNERS

The Triennial 2025 Partners include the City of Boston as a thought partner in this first for Boston, and the MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) is a co-curator of one of the 15 commissions.

In addition to the 15 commissioned Triennial projects, the city will be alive with extraordinary temporary and permanent public art projects between May and October 2025, presented by Boston area museums and institutions, including the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston, Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Massachusetts Institute of Technology / List Visual Arts Center, and Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.


AfroDesiaCity
ASKLabs
Breaktime
Boston Art Review
Boston Comics in Color Festival
Boston Harbor Now
Boston Public Library (BPL)
Design Studio for Social Intervention (DS4SI)
Downtown Boston Alliance (DBA)
Embrace Boston
Greater Grove Hall Main Streets
HEW and Gallery KWADRAT with Boston University College of Fine Arts and Goethe-Institut Boston
The Huntington
TUAG/SMFA
Mass Audubon Boston Nature Center & Wildlife Sanctuary
Maverick Landing Community Service (MLCS)
National Parks Service
PRX Podcast Garage
Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
Speak for the Trees
University of Massachusetts Boston

Join us on this growing list!


FUNDERS

The vision of the Boston Public Art Triennial is being realized thanks to many bold Bostonians and we welcome your participation.


FURTHERING OUR REACH

We work closely to engage with all communities through our Community Listening Sessions and Public Art Ambassador programs.


Community Listening Sessions
Boston Public Art Triennial asks, learns, and listens to the communities we serve. Every new artwork is rooted in and responsive to community, engaging curiosity-based dialogue and understanding to build networks throughout Greater Boston. 


Public Art Ambassadors
Public Art Ambassadors (PAAs) are on-site representatives who engage the public in conversations about artwork and Boston Public Art Triennial’s mission. PAAs represent and uphold our mission of creating a more vibrant, open, and equitable city by supporting on-site programs, engaging the public in conversation about the artwork, and working together to create a welcoming gathering space.