Boston Mayor Details Cultural Planning Initiative
From Malcolm Gay at The Boston Globe:
“We take this very seriously,” said Walsh during an interview earlier this week. “There are a lot of individual cultural plans in the city, but there’s no one plan that helps move the arts and culture community forward as a whole. Rather than operating in silos and trying to piece the pieces together, this plan will help us move the entire agenda forward in an even more positive way.”
Spearheading the effort will be Julie Burros, Walsh’s new chief of arts and culture, a cabinet-level position. Burros, who helped create a similar plan in Chicago, said the process will take a broad view of creativity, asking everyone from knitting groups and cooking classes to theater troupes and arts collectives to identify what they see as the city’s cultural assets and needs.