Making it Public (MIP) for Massachusetts Artists is a free five-week virtual workshop series designed by Forecast Public Art (FPA) to support artists of all disciplines in exploring and expanding their public art making practice. At the conclusion of the workshop series, participating artists will be better equipped to respond to a Call for Temporary Public Art and foster more vibrant and equitable public spaces through artmaking.

The 2025 trainings will take place virtually on Tuesdays from 10:30 AM-12:00 noon ET, January 28-April 8, 2025. More details below.

Making it Public for Artists is designed by Forecast Public Art (FPA) and facilitated by Cándida González.

Making it Public: for Massachusetts Artists will cover practical and tactical subjects including site analysis, stakeholder considerations, community engagement, funding opportunities, contracting, insurance, and more! Sessions will include guest public art professionals, both local and national, adding a depth of knowledge about the field of public art, the profession, and its contemporary issues.

Participants must be…

• A practicing artist – Artists may be self/community-taught, institutionally trained, or a combination of both.
• Based in Massachusetts – residing full-time and making work in Massachusetts.
• Interested in public artmaking that fosters and/or contributes to more racially and spatially just versions of what is possible in our public spaces.

NEFA values diverse cultural and artistic expressions as essential to more equitable and vibrant public spaces and recognizes that some artists may experience barriers to accessing professional development opportunities due to race, gender, disability, sexual orientation, class, age, and geography.

NEFA strongly encourages artists who identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), who are rooted in rural communities, and/or who may have experienced other barriers to accessing professional development opportunities, to consider participating in Making it Public for Artists.

Participants will be accepted on a rolling basis.

A confirmation email will be sent to registrants by the week of February 24, 2025, to confirm participation. If registration reaches capacity, artists may be waitlisted. Confirmation email will also include: materials for Week 1 (first workshop is March 4, 2025).

DEADLINE: February 21st, 2025