“Working underneath the Red Line tracks close to St. Ambrose Church on Adams Street, 11 young artists have spent the early part of their summer transforming a plain concrete wall into a colorful mural that represents their perceptions of home. “ — Cassidy McNeeley, Dorchester Reporter Staff
With their summer efforts winding down, Urbano is planning a three-day showcase, “a series of three events celebrating artwork created by youth artists and community participants” from August 18 to 20
At Urbano, a scholar connects young artists with ‘deeply local’ educators
“There are people who believe art is art — that we shouldn’t expect anything other than an aesthetic experience,” Jimenez observed. “So I think the question becomes, how can we learn to shape or perhaps even advocate for the kinds of experiences we want to see in Boston.” Jimenez, 35, spent over 20 years working as a professional musician. Now a PhD candidate in Harvard’s Graduate School of Education, she’s turned her focus to studying and creating entirely new kinds of learning opportunities, specifically ones that are less white-washed than what she experienced as a young artist.
Urbano Project Celebrates the Warmth of We Heal's Art Workshops
As everyone rolled in for the March 19 event, I sat and waited for the presentation of what would be beautiful art from people who do not consider them artists. It started with a warm welcome to show how much of a community had been built through this exhibition.
Artist Nora Valdez lets cancer patients light the way with ‘We Heal’
In a year of pandemic-induced trauma and isolation, Nora Valdez wanted to create a physical representation of healing. The Boston-based Argentinian artist is the brains behind “We Heal,” a project that encouraged local cancer patients — many of whom are immigrants — to answer two questions: What images, words, people, and foods bring comfort? And what inspires and brings hope?
JP Residents, Urbano Project Receive City Grants for Public Art Projects in Response to COVID-19
Several Jamaica Plain residents and a local nonprofit received public arts grants from the city focused on addressing public connectedness during these insecure times.
Native American Artist Rachel Allen’s airplay Opens at Urbano Project
Allen aims to unsettle the air we breathe and otherwise manipulate. If we think about our experience through the air-the ubiquitous material we are suspended in-then we can contemplate what decolonization requires. If decolonization is not a metaphor or symbolic act, then we must reassess the entire environment we occupy. Allen invites the audience to intentionally interact with air, understand its agency, and be reminded of our interconnectedness.
Chanel Thervil’s spring 2019 exhibition at Urbano, ENIGMA: Reactions to Racism, made WBUR’s list of 10 Visual Art Installations In Boston That Made Us Think In 2019.
At Urbano Project, artist Erin Genia ties together ‘everything in the universe’
In the studio at Urbano Project, a nonprofit art space in Jamaica Plain, teens are filling in pastel outlines of their bodies with rivers, animals, and forests. Benard Nina’s drawing has a tropical green landscape and a cooler blue one. “It’s a world where animals and people are united. We treat the animals like family. We don’t destroy the land. We embrace everything the land has for us,” said Nina, 18. Urbano’s youth artists are paid stipends to spend six hours a week in the studio working with the agency’s artist in residence. This fall, that’s Erin Genia, a Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate of the Dakota tribe, who also has artwork on view.
Urbano Project presents Dakota artist Erin Genia's "Okonwanzidan"
Urbano Project presents artist-in-residence Erin Genia’s first solo show in Boston, Okoŋwaŋžidaŋ, which means “oneness, being of one mind” in the Dakota language, October 24 - December 21. An opening reception will be held on Thursday, October 24 from 6-8pm.
Erin Genia (smact ’19) named fall 2019 artist-in-residence at Urbano Project
Erin Genia (SMACT ’19) was recently named one of the Urbano Project’s Fall 2019 Artists-in-Residence. As part of her residency, she will lead Youth Artists Projects exploring the theme Creative Conditions, as well as have a solo exhibition in Urbano’s gallery.
This Boston Fashion Designer Is Championing The Environment Through Her Work
Cabbage, avocado peels, tumeric - these are the types of materials that Nathalia JMag uses to create custom clothes. Organic fabric and natural dyes are essential to her eco-friendly approach to fashion design. This summer she's an artist-in-residence at the Urbano Project in Jamaica Plain.
Nathalia JMag's 'Map This: Sustainable Fashion' at Urbano Project Gallery, June 6-August 30
BOSTON, Massachusetts / May 16, 2019 Urbano Project welcomes Artist-in-Residence Nathalia JMag , a Colombian-American contemporary fashion designer who believes in sustainable and ethical approaches to apparel. Her work centers the intersection of design and eco-sustainability alongside an internal reimagining of the factory-labor driven fashion industry.
