NEMPAC is celebrating it’s 15th Birthday this year and continuing it’s quality, arts program offerings in 2016-17! Program registration opened at NEMPAC last Wednesday, July 15th. NEMPAC is happy to continue partnering with several local schools and organizations including St. John School, Eliot K-8 Innovation School, Charlestown Nursery School, The Good Shepherd School, Charlestown Working Read More…
The Nazzaro Center art students, under the direction of art instructor Josephine Lepore, were participants in this year’s Lions Club International Peace Poster Contest for 2014-15. Overseen by Mary DiMasi and Tyler Keegan, Boston area officials, the Boston Host Lions Club sponsored this contest and more than 50 students of the Nazzaro Center in all age groups over a period of 6 Read More…
Stitching together the North End and Waterfront neighborhood in the late 1970’s, a large group of North End women created this phenomenal 12′ x 12′ wall hanging, recently on display at the North Bennet Street School and previously at Boston City Hall. Featuring historic and contemporary images from the community, the quilt-like artwork highlights our shared history Read More…
The children involved at NEMPAC this summer filled our North End neighborhood with singing, dancing, musical instruments, and more! For five weeks, over eighty children and eight-teen instructors participated in the North End Music & Performing Arts Center’s youth camps including Children’s Music Theatre Workshop, Meet the Instruments Camp, Tiny Toes Ballet Camp, and Rock Read More…
The North End Historical Society received a unique gift in the form of a neighborhood restaurant collage by Ed Sokoloff. The contemporary artist has been photographing eateries of all types in Massachusetts for over 10 years. The North End montage was one of five initial creations by Sokoloff, intended to preserve the storefront signs and Read More…
Artist Matthew Richie painted the finishing touches on Friday afternoon to complete the new 70 foot mural titled Remanence: Salt and Light (Part II) at Dewey Square on the Rose F. Kennedy Greenway. The mural program is a partnership between the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy. “I wanted to do Read More…
The statues inside the Saint Anthony of Padua club on Endicott street were recently painted by North End artist, Michael Dean. These mini-paintings include San Antonio Di Padova Da Montefalcione, Santa Lucia, Santa Maria and even a painting of the old, unused San Antonio statue they have in the upstairs store room, among the San Read More…
Local Artist and North End resident, Nathan Swain, is currently displaying his art at the New Spin Laundry at 100 Salem Street. This is not the first time that Swain has chosen unusual places for his work. Last year, the artist painted and installed large murals in the “windows” of the old Edison Powerhouse building Read More…