BostonAPP/Lab has continued to provide, through its work and its workshops, a "brainstorming hub" for civic engagement and new collaborations bringing the arts to Greater Boston's public places. We invite you to this open-mic workshop to imagine how art in your public places – different kinds of art, different places – can contribute, activate, and strengthen the sense of community within a neighborhood – transforming your neighborhood! 

Michael Alfano will discuss the artist’s role in energizing this transformation and will lead a post-workshop tour of his Navy Yard installation “Of Many Minds.” 

Urban designer Ben Carlson will share principles on identifying key people and places to involve in conceiving this transformation. 

And – critically important! –  we’ll ask for your ideas on planning and executing this transformation!

Someone once said that “collaboration is not about gluing together existing ideas; it’s about the ideas that never existed until after everyone has entered the room.”

We eagerly look forward to uncovering those ideas – and ways to activate them.