临时的，场地特定的
对于波士顿，以及所有好奇和参与的人来说，Now +There是一位公共艺术策展人，他通过承担艺术风险和持续创作引人注目的项目，挑战我们城市的文化认同。我们的项目是临时的和特定的场地，这是我们命名的缘起。
我们的使命
我们的使命是培养艺术家和公众创造大胆的公共艺术体验，开放波士顿的思想、对话和空间，从而形成一个更加开放、公平和充满活力的城市。
价值驱动的
我们的价值观
Now and There致力于创造迷人的艺术作品和灵感空间。以下是我们的核心价值观:
在选择项目时，我们将美工的愿景放在首位。
我们头脑灵活，行动灵活。
我们很勇敢。(我们知道不是每个人都会喜欢我们展示的作品。)
言论自由是我们社区和国家的基础。Now and There为波士顿策划和制作的公共艺术作品可能令人敬畏、照亮、挑战、不安、困惑、挑衅，有时还会冒犯。我们相信创作内容和展示作品的自由，我们承认生活在这样一个国家的特权，这种自由是一种宪法权利。展出一件艺术品，就是维护所有人体验不同视觉和观点的权利。如果由Now + There赞助的艺术作品引起争议，我们欢迎公众讨论和辩论。我们相信公共对话是艺术体验中不可或缺的一部分。根据我们对言论自由的基本承诺，我们不会因政治或意识形态压力而审查公共艺术项目。
我们的根基
城市艺术研究所(UAI)是一个501c(3)组织，在1980年至2012年期间促进了波士顿的公共艺术和设计项目的复兴。UrbanArts由Pamela Worden于1980年创立，她相信我们社区的文化活力取决于将艺术融入公共领域，并吸引艺术家和市民。1983年，UAI获得了创建橙线公共艺术项目的合同。1987年，该项目的艺术作品通过一个屡获殊荣的、以社区为基础的城市作家项目，记录了受快速交通线影响的社区成员的生活，从而巩固了该组织对社区驱动过程的承诺。
1999年，UrbanArts与麻省艺术与设计学院(MassArt)合作，由当时的学院校长Kay Sloan和UAI主任Ricardo Barreto领导，以加强每个机构对公共艺术与设计的研究和实践的承诺。巴雷托与项目经理克里斯蒂娜·兰兹尔一起提供了公共艺术项目管理方面的专业知识;管理一个公共幻灯片库，并让社区和青年参与教育项目，直到2012年。城市艺术的完整历史和档案目前被编目在波士顿公共图书馆。点击这里查看城市艺术学院项目的简编组合。
2014年，在与MassArt分开后，UrbanArts选举Kate Gilbert为他们的新总监，并开始了一条大胆的新道路，以策展为基础的工作，对社区环境和地点都很敏感。
Temporary and Site-specific
For Boston, and all who are curious and engaged, Now + There is a public art curator that challenges our city’s cultural identity by taking artistic risks and consistently producing compelling projects. Our projects are temporary and site specific, hence our name.
Our Mission
Our mission is to foster artists and the public to create bold public art experiences that open minds, conversations, and spaces across Boston, resulting in a more open, equitable, and vibrant city.
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Values Driven
Our Values
Now and There strives to create engaging works of art and inspired spaces. Here are our core values:
We put our artists visions first when selecting a project.
We are nimble of mind and action.
We are brave. (We know not everyone will like the work we present.)
Freedom of speech is the foundation of our communities and our nation. The public artworks Now + There curates and produces for Boston may awe, illuminate, challenge, unsettle, confound, provoke, and, at times, offend. We believe in the freedom to create content and exhibit such work and we recognize the privilege of living in a country where this freedom is a constitutional right. To exhibit a work of art is to uphold the right of all to experience diverse visions and views. If and when controversies arise from a work of art supported by Now + There, we welcome public discussion and debate. We believe communal conversation is integral to the experience of the art. Consistent with our fundamental commitment to freedom of speech we will not censor public art projects in response to political or ideological pressure.
Our Roots
Now and There is the reinvigoration of UrbanArts Institute (UAI) a 501c(3) organization, which facilitated public art and design projects in Boston from 1980 to 2012. UrbanArts was founded in 1980 by Pamela Worden based on the belief that the cultural vitality of our communities depends on incorporating the arts in the public realm, and by engaging artists, and citizens. In 1983 UAI secured a contract to create the Orange Line Public Art Program. Dedicated in 1987, the artworks from this program recorded the lives of community members affected by the rapid transit line through an award-winning, community-based Urban Writers project and thus solidified the organization’s commitment to community-driven process.
In 1999 UrbanArts aligned with Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt) under the then college President Kay Sloan and UAI director Ricardo Barreto to strengthen each institution’s commitment to the study and practice of public art and design. Barreto along with project manager Christina Lanzl provided expertise in the administration of public art projects; administered a public slide bank and engaged communities and youth in educational programs until 2012. UrbanArts complete history and archives are currently be catalogued at the Boston Public Library. Click here for an abridged portfolio of UrbanArts Institute projects.
In 2014 after disassociating from MassArt, UrbanArts elected Kate Gilbert their new director and embarked on a bold new road to curatorially-based work that is sensitive to community context and place.