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From YouTube: Boston AIR 2018 Artist Announcement
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Many community conversations are framed through the work of local artists, and thanks to Boston AIR, our city is no different. Mayor Walsh joins Boston's Chief of Arts and Culture, Julie Burros, at Boston City Hall to announce the seven artists chosen for the 2018 Boston AIR (artists-in-residency) program. These artists explore the ways they can use art and media to improve and bolster city initiatives.
A
Welcome
everyone
welcome
to
City
Hall
we're
here
today
to
celebrate
the
third
group
of
artists
to
be
selected
to
be
part
of
Boston
air.
My
name
is
Julie
burrows
and
I
am
the
chief
of
Arts
and
Culture
for
the
City
of
Boston
Boston
air,
a
IR.
This
name
is
very
significant:
it
not
only
stands
for
artist
in
residence.
You
knew
that
it
also
has
another
more
lofty
meaning.
A
Yes,
even
in
city
government,
that's
the
vision
for
Boston
air
I
am
so
proud
of
the
work
that
we've
accomplished
so
far
in
the
first
year
with
ten
artists
and
three
residences
rooted
in
city
government,
one
with
the
police
department,
one
with
recovery
and
women's
advancement,
and
one
with
DND
Department
of
Neighborhood
Development
and
Parks
and
Rec.
In
the
second
year,
we
scaled
up
and
partnered
with
the
Boston
Centers
for
Youth
and
Family
bcy
F
to
really
route
this
work
in
community
and
broaden
our
reach
in
this
third
year.
A
We
build
on
those
successes
and
incorporate
some
very
valuable
lessons
learned
again,
we'll
partner
with
bcy
F
and
we'll
go
even
deeper
and
frame
the
work
in
the
Boston
resilience
plan,
exploring
racial
equity
and
cultural
equity
before
I
invite
mayor
Walsh
up
to
make
a
few
remarks
I'd
like
to
screen
for
you
a
short
video
that
begins
to
introduce
you
to
our
RS
for
this
year.
If
you
could
cue
the
video.
B
C
My
work
is
social
justice
oriented
so
the
pieces
that
I've
created
revolve
around
things
that
concern
me,
particularly
when
it
comes
to
women
or
underrepresented
populations,
so
I
have
done
work
on
the
issue
of
femicide
and
the
border
towns
with
medical
in
the
United
States
I
did
a
piece
on
mass
incarceration
and
have
it
in
Ex
women
in
the
community.
The
current
work
is
about
the
relationship,
the
colonial
relationship
between
Puerto
Rico
and
the
United
States
I'm.
D
An
artist
from
Nepal
and
I
paint,
mindful
mantras
and
I,
create
murals
out
of
them.
I've
done
work
all
over
the
world
murals
in
the
u.s.,
also
in
Asia
various
cities.
Most
recently
I
worked
on
the
Boston
underground
ink
project,
which
is
in
South
Boston,
and
it
created
a
huge
mural,
along
with
other,
very
amazing
artists.
I
also
worked
for
hub
week
here
a
few
months
ago,
so
that
was
super
exciting
as
well.
I.
E
Was
the
founding
executive
director
of
a26
Boston,
which
is
a
youth
Writing
Center
in
Roxbury
Egleston
square?
We
worked
with
close
to
20,000
Boston
Public
School
students
to
help
them
could
have
create
their
stories
raised
their
voices,
you
know,
share
their
stories
and
we
published
a
number
of
books.
E
One
of
my
favorites
was
called
a
place
for
me
in
the
world
in
which
middle
school
students
are
interviewing
people,
everyone
from
Mayor
Menino
to
the
drummer
for
the
Blue
Oyster
Cult,
to
a
bouncer,
to
a
heart,
surgeon
and
and
then
kind
of
reflecting
on
the
work
that
they
wanted
to
do.
You
know
when,
when
they
grew
up.
F
Tyco
is
a
Japanese
word
that
means
drum
there.
Big
drums
that
you
play
with
big
sticks,
taiko
is
an
art
form.
That's
existed
in
Japan
as
a
cultural
art
form
for
hundreds
and
hundreds
of
years.
So
the
organization
that
I
started
seven
years
ago
is
called
the
Genki
spark.
The
pan-asian
multi-generational
women's
group,
so
using
our
stories
and
the
art
form
and
the
idea
of
building
a
collective
or
a
sisterhood
is
a
way
to
really
empower
us
to
be
big
in
our
lives.
F
There's
something
really
exciting
about
seeing
Asian
women,
I
think
who
have
been
stereotyped
as
being
quiet
and
passive
and
not
really
loud
or
being
willing
to
cause
waves
being
on
a
big
drum.
You
know
with
ten
other
Asian
women
and
saying
you
know
we're
not
gonna,
be
quiet.
We're
gonna,
we're
gonna
talk
about
our
experiences,
we're
gonna,
be
unapologetic
and
we're
gonna
be
big
and
we're
gonna
be
loud.
I
hope.
G
To
inspire
other
women
of
color
to
write,
especially
like
urban
youth,
to
express
themselves
because
I
feel,
like
sometimes
youth
of
color,
feel
like
they
don't
have
a
voice
and
I
feel
like
writing,
is
a
great
tool
to
help
them
elevate.
Their
voices
so
I
hope
to
just
inspire
other
people
that
are
from
my
community
to
express
themselves
through
writing
and
knowing
that
you
can
there's
no
way
that
you
can
get
away
from
writing.
You
have
to
write
if
you're
working
on.
E
G
Resume
or
if
you
want
to
be
an
author
or
you
know,
sitting
emails
or
posting
on
social
media.
Like
writing,
it's
a
great
tool
to
use
to
express
yourself
and
it's
so
powerful
and
it
can
get
you
into
doors
that
may
have
you
know.
Never.
You
haven't
been
able
to
open
with
words,
but
you
can
do
that
on
the
paper
or
on
a
computer
screen.
I
love.
H
That
Theatre
is
collaborative
I
love
that
Theatre
is
really
designed
for
us
to
look
at
social
context
or
social
issues
and
kind
of
explore
them.
I
love
the
fact
that
all
the
other
mediums
show
up
in
theatre,
so
music
shows
up
in
theatres.
Dad
shows
up
in
theatres,
I
love
the
fact
that
at
its
root,
it's
really
about
storytelling
and
people
being
able
to
share
their
story.
I.
Think
in
when
people
are
allowed
to
share
their
story.
H
They
feel
like
they're,
a
part
of
the
society
that
they're
in
they
see
themselves
because
they're
sharing
their
story
and
we're
also
able
to
kind
of
build
relationships
with
each
other,
based
on
being
able
to
hear
and
see
ourselves
in
each
other's
stories,
so
thereby
creating
empathy
and
things
of
that
nature
that
are
really
important
for
any
society
to
have,
but
theatre
at
its
base
starts
with
our
ability
to
see
ourself.
My.
E
Hope
is
that
bringing
the
tools,
resources
and
I
have
you
as
a
poet
I
can
help
amplify
the
voices
of
Boston
residents
while
they're
working
with
youth
teens,
you
know,
elders,
I,
think
I.
Think
incredible.
Things
are
possible
when
you
know
when
people
raise
their
voices
and
share
their
stories,
and
you
know
Boston
is
such
a
rich
and
diverse
City.
I'm
excited
to
you
know,
continue
to
hear-
and
you
know
hope
to
amplify
these
stories
very.
C
Proud
to
live
in
a
city
that
has
taken
upon
the
theme
of
race
and
resilience
to
tackle
those
issues
that
we
know
are
present
in
this
city
and
all
over
the
nation.
But
the
fact
that
the
city
has
decided
to
tackle
it
and
bring
in
artists
to
help
you
know
accomplish.
That
vision
makes
me
feel
very
hopeful.
All.
F
Right
in
social
change,
I
couldn't
be
more
excited
about
those
two
words
something
sentence.
Look
I
mean
to
me:
every
artist
is
trying
to
say
something:
they
have
a
story
to
tell
or
a
message
to
convey
and
art,
and
music
in
particular,
are
great
ways
to
bring
people
together
across
language
cross
difference
and
the
kind
of
art
that
I
play
was
really
about
engaging
people
and
having
people
try
and
play
together.
I
think.
D
My
main
goal
for
the
residency
is
to
try
to
make
art
more
accessible
for
people
in
the
city,
but
also
especially
young
people,
because
artists
are
important
and
I
want
to
kind
of
take
the
role
of
trying
to
make
art
more
accessible.
I
think
it
would
be
really
cool
to
see
people
stop
and
think
about
the
different
kind
of
artwork
that
all
the
busts
and
airs
are
going
to
produce.
As
for
my
work,
I
hope
to
create
some
sort
of
a
public
mural,
and
so
with
that
I
hope
to
get
some
conversations
going.
D
People
asking
questions
and
people
talking
to
each
other
and
kind
of
building
a
community,
I
think
being
a
Boston
heir
means
that
I'm
connecting
with
the
city
in
a
different
way
connecting
with
city
officials,
but
also
people
in
the
city
through
my
art,
so
I
think
it's
a
really
amazing
opportunity.
The.
G
Union,
a
Boston
air
artists
and
residents
meeting
everything
to
me,
I
feel
like
it
came
at
a
great
period,
just
like
where
we
are
as
a
society,
there's
a
lot
of
negative
things
that
we
see.
You
know
either
when
we
pick
up
the
newspaper
or
watch
on
the
TV
screen
or
hear
on
the
radio,
and
it's
really
inspirational
just
to
be
a
part
of
the
change
that
we
want
to
see
in
our
city.
I'm
a
Bostonian,
I
love,
my
city,
I.
G
H
H
What's
the
best
approach
so
that
we
can
shift
this
historically,
Boston
has
been
known
as
a
very
racially
traumatizing
space
and
I
want
to
shift
that
idea
about
who
we
are
as
a
city
idea
about
who
we
are
as
the
people
that
live
in
this
city,
because
we
have
what
it
takes
to
shift
this.
But
if,
if
people
were
at
the
root
of
creating
it,
then
people
will
be
at
the
root
of
dismantling
it.
Art.
B
Is
a
catalyst
for
a
lot
of
things
it
can
raise
awareness,
it
can
make
people
understand
things
differently,
I,
don't
think
it
feeds
people
and
it
doesn't
clothe
people,
but
it
actually
does
inspire.
You
know
there's
an
interesting
story
about
hungry
matisse,
who
was
in
Nice
during
the
war,
and
someone
said
to
him:
how
can
you
make
these
beautiful
paintings
when
France
is
at
war,
and
he
said
I
want
people
to
remember
what
life
can
be
like.
A
I
Thank
you
very
much
Julie
and
before
I
get
into
my
phone
remarks.
I
just
want
to
thank
the
amazing
artists
that
are
here
today
and
congratulations.
The
excitement
coming
out
of
all
of
you
is
really
into
the
side.
I
know:
you're
excited
children,
but
they're
wicked
excited
on
the
side
of
the
room,
so
I
want
to
just
I
want
to
thank
you
for
bringing
the
excitement
here
to
City
Hall
and
in
your
work.
I
I
want
to
thank
Julie
and
her
team
who've
done
an
incredible
job
here
in
the
city
of
Boston,
Thank,
You,
Julie,
Karen
Goodfellow.
Thank
you
and
your
team
as
well.
Thank
you
to
all
the
artists
and
the
advocates
that
are
here
with
us
today
here
in
City
Hall,
who
enrich
our
life
in
our
city
every
single
day.
As
you,
you
heard
the
artist
talk
about
their
work.
The
message
wasn't
about
their
work,
the
messages
about
our
city
being
inclusive
and
open,
and
in
healing
the
past
and
moving
forward
and
understanding
and
I.
I
Think
that
that's
what's
key
about
this
program.
It's
the
fact
that
there's
so
much
can
be
said
through
art
and
so
much
can
be
said
around
the
art
around
arts
and
I
want
to
thank
you
for
that.
We
developed
the
Boston,
creates
plan
to
share
a
better
vision
for
arts
and
culture
in
our
city
and
to
restore
Boston's
status,
admissible
arts
leader-
and
you
know
when
you
ask
people
about
Arts
in
Boston
four
years
ago.
I
Five
years
ago,
people
say
oh
you're,
a
great
art
city,
and
this
really
is
this
program,
and
many
other
programs
are
about
getting
down
on
the
ground
level.
With
the
artists,
we
really
can
do
some
incredible
work
and
be
recognized
for
that
work
and
be
given
assistance
in
that
work
as
well.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
all
arts
artists
in
our
neighborhoods
I'm,
making.
What
this
program
is
doing
is
making
arts
more
accessible
in
our
communities.
It's
wrong
upon
the
unique
power
of
Arts
everywhere,
as
we
do
in
a
city.
I
Four
years
ago
we
talked
as
I
said
earlier.
We
taught
people
at
questions.
How
do
we
weave
art
in
to
governments?
How
do
we
display
local
artists
in
City
Hall,
and
can
we
continue
to
do
that?
But
it
goes
a
lot
deeper
than
all
of
that.
It
goes
much
much
deeper
than
that
and
again,
you've
heard
in
the
conversation.
That's
what
he
air
is
all
about.
I
We've
already
seen
it
in
our
addiction
recovery
services
to
our
community
police
relationships
and
to
our
race
and
race
dialogues
and
dealing
and
working
on,
and
not
ignoring
racism,
I'm
thrilled
to
continue
this
work
in
our
second
term
out
of
our
boss,
incentive,
Youth
and
Family
Centers.
We
have
them
all
over
and
every
neighbor
in
the
city
of
Boston.
I
So
it's
important
that
we
can
use
those
centers
as
an
opportunity
to
really
get
to
the
people
in
the
communities
that
otherwise
might
not
know
how
to
get
to
the
city
and
how
to
get
including
our
arts
program.
So
we're
excited
about
that
this
year,
I
focus
on
resiliency
and
racial
equity.
It's
something
that
we
are
working
towards
on
all
of
our
policies
and
services
in
the
city.
Every
time
we
talk
about
a
policy
or
we
talk
about
an
issue.
We
talk
about
hiring.
I
We
talk
about
whatever
it
is
in
our
city,
we
do
it
around
the
resilient
and
racial
equity,
lens
and
I.
Think
that's
important
that
we
don't
forget
that,
and
we
continue
to
move
forward.
Everything
we
do
should
be
helping
those
close
to
historic
inequalities
and
working
to
make
sure
we
close
those
different
gaps
and
obstacles
that
people
face.
Our
gives
us
the
opportunity
to
go
even
further
by
using
the
imagination
to
empower
and
connect
Vice,
President
Biden,
said
at
the
inauguration
last
week.
America
is
possibilities.
I
Boston
is
possibilities,
we're
talking
about
what
we're
talking
about,
not
necessarily
because
of
what's
happening
in
the
world
stage.
We
saw
this
conversation
before
it
seemed
the
national
politics
political
scene
kind
of
went
upside
down
a
little
bit
for
those
of
you
that
think
there
one
upside
down,
but
it
really
something
that
that
we're
moving
forward
on
regardless
of
what's
happening
in
Washington.
We're
taking
our
city
and
I
know
that
our
city
can
can
be
can
be
a
model
for
the
rest
of
the
country.
I
As
a
matter
of
fact
to
me
a
model
for
the
rest
of
the
world,
we
don't
know
what
the
possibilities
are
until
we
can
imagine
it
that's
what
art
does.
It
brings
pause
the
possible
to
life
and
it
empowers
things
so
I'm
pleased
to
welcome
our
new
group
of
artists.
We
have
artists,
as
you
saw
from
different
cultural
backgrounds,
working
in
very
high
levels
in
different
several
fields:
poetry,
dance,
theater,
drumming
writing
portraits
even
graffiti
the
legal
kind.
So
I
want
to
thank
you
for
all
right.
The
legal
kind.
I
I
I
just
want
to
thank
all
of
you
because
is,
as
you
look
through
everyone's
conversation
that
you
tackle
and
you
touch
every
different
person
in
our
city,
potentially
from
our
kids
in
our
schools
and
I,
appreciate
that
to
our
young
people
that
expressed
to
themself
through
dance
and
poetry
and
in
different
types
of
cultural
opportunities.
So
I
just
want
to
say.
Thank
you.
Congratulations!
We're
excited!
I
This
is
always
an
exciting
day
in
the
City
of
Austin,
because
and
it's
exciting
even
more
so
when
I
see
the
artists
who
came
before
you
out
in
the
community
doing
what
they
do,
because
they
are
incredible
so
I
want
to.
Thank
you.
Thank
you
for
your
work.
I'm,
going
to
turn
this
back
over
to
Julie
Thank,
You
Julie,.
A
J
K
Hi
everyone
I'm
so
happy
to
see
you
all
here
today.
Thank
you,
mayor
Walsh,
thank
you
for
your
leadership.
Thank
You,
chief
burrows.
Thank
you
all
Thank,
You,
Michael
Prisco
for
being
here
from
vif.
One
of
our
partners
and
I
am
pleased
to
introduce
you
to
our
artists.
So,
first
of
all,
I'd
like
to
introduce
you
to
Karen
Young.