Urban Art Museum
All in-person events are canceled for the foreseeable future. Stay tuned as we plan to host virtual events.
Please join us for our virtual Artist Round Table: What Does It Mean to Be Free on Thursday, February 4th at 2:00 PM featuring three muralists from our Fall 2020 Call for Art, Keisha De Leon, Jacob Ginga, and Meghan + Christopher Nichols.
Inspired by the African American singer, songwriter, and civil rights activist Nina Simone’s song, “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free,” we selected twenty (20) Massachusetts-based artists to display work on the local artist wall on Peabody Street awarded $1,000 each for their work. This year’s call allowed us to engage artists and the community in deeper conversations about freedom in America by providing the artists with both the canvas for their interpretation of the meaning of freedom as well as an outlet to explore it further.
Through the Artist Round Table, we’ll take a deeper exploration of the murals designed by Keisha, Jacob, and Meg + Chris, the artists themselves, and the impact of the project.
Art is a powerful form of communication. North Shore CDC believes that the visual combination of art and educational content create a tangible and impactful experience for the contributing artists, the community, and outside visitors to the open air museum.
Don’t miss your chance to join in the conversation during the open forum. We hope to see you there. Click here to RSVP.
Join us for a 4-week virtual series to celebrate our programs and recognize the individuals and organizations who’ve impacted them and the community-at-large. This virtual event series is in lieu of our Annual Dinner + Auction. Since we are unable to be together in person, we wanted to take the best part of our annual fundraiser and transform it into a more comprehensive awards series. Each week, we will be featuring a video that shares the story of North Shore CDC along with a 45 minute live virtual “Conversation with North Shore CDC” via Zoom to announce and celebrate each award winner and also celebrate the programs of North Shore CDC. Click here to learn more about the leadership awards series.
Conversations with NSCDC: Housing + Advocacy
Wednesday, October 21st
Noon to 12:45 PM
Celebrating the Bedrock of Support – United Way of Massachusetts Bay and Merrimack Valley
And the Community Hero – League of Women Voters
Conversations with NSCDC: Resident + Small Business Engagement
Wednesday, October 28th
Noon to 12:45 PM
Celebrating the Community Partner – Merrimack College + Salem State University School of Social Work
Conversations with NSCDC: YouthBuild + Punto Urban Art Museum
Thursdays, November 12th
Noon to 12:45 PM
Celebrating the Outstanding Volunteer – Katherine Castillo
Conversations with NSCDC: Youth Homelessness
Wednesday, November 18th
Noon to 12:45 PM
Celebrating the Change Agent – Lynn Housing Authority
To RSVP to one or more of these Conversations, contact Machel Piper at machel@northshorecdc.org.
Don’t miss your chance to become part of the Urban Art Museum. Take inspiration from Nina Simone’s “I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free” and take the opportunity to earn $1,000.
The application closes on Tuesday, September 8th at midnight.
Please join Mickey Northcutt, CEO of North Shore CDC, Pedro Alonzo, Independent Curator, and Meghan Venable-Thomas, Program Director, Cultural Resilience & National Initiatives with Enterprise Community Partners for a lively lunchtime conversation on Wednesday, August 5th at 12:30 PM about the North Shore CDC’s current public health art campaign and the role of public art as a vehicle for cultural resilience in American neighborhoods. Because this is a conversation, we encourage you to send in questions to us prior to the event.
Please RSVP and email Ashley Ganem your questions. She will send out the ZOOM details a few days prior to the event.
We hope to see you there!