The Miracle of Lights Told through ArtBy Matt Ellis This year marks Boston’s first seasonal Jewish public art project. Over the course of the eight nights of Hanukkah—often referred to as the “miracle of lights”—eight art installations appeared in windows around the city. Each display featured elements that changed from night to night, including some…
BRA Director Issues Formal Apology to Former West EndersBy Sue Minichiello On September 29th, during the opening reception for Dewey Defeats Truman/The Housing Act of 1949, former West Enders heard something they’ve never expected in the nearly 50 years since urban renewal destroyed their community: A formal apology. Brian Golden, director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority…
GentriWatch: BRA Unanimously Votes to Keep Urban Renewal GoingBoston Magazine “TRUTH BE TOLD, and you may be shocked, but there is some animosity out there,” said Corey Zehngebot, a senior urban designer at the Boston Redevelopment Authority, as she made the agency’s case for retaining its controversial urban renewal power at Thursday’s meeting of the…
At Hanukkah, Art Brightens the World from Boston, Warsaw and IsraelHuffPost Boston — As an illuminating Hanukkah gift, a trio of the city’s most inventive Jewish cultural organizations is treating Bostonians to its first ever Jewish public art installation. Eight Nights Eight Windows adds to the city’s recent embrace of public art installations including a rotating…
8 Nights, 8 Windows with Laura Mandel, New Center for Arts and CultureBNN
Hanukkah-inspired art installations light up BostonThe Times of Israel The ‘HueMenorah’ display at ‘8 Nights, 8 Windows,’ an interactive Hanukkah installation in Boston, on December 6, 2015 (Elan Kawesch/The Times of Israel) BOSTON — For a city packed with history, Sunday night’s lone Hanukkah candle marked a milestone in the so-called Cradle of Liberty: the…
Celebrate Hanukkah with a Tour of ‘8 Nights, 8 Windows’ Art DisplaysBoston Magazine “To celebrate Hanukkah this year, windows at eight establishments throughout Boston will be illuminated with installations by local artists—one to represent each night of the Festival of Lights.” “‘8 Nights, 8 Windows’ is the city’s first Jewish public art project, organized by…
December 2015 Newsletter Dear Friend of The West End Museum, We hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving in the West End or wherever else you may have celebrated. Now Christmas is nearly here, and we hope that you are enjoying the holiday season as much as we are. Speaking of the holidays, in this newsletter,…
West End Museum Hosts 8 Nights, 8 Windows Art Installation & Talk: Jewish Public Art Project will Illuminate Boston Throughout Hanukkah Boston, MA — The West End Museum is proud to be part of Boston’s first seasonal Jewish public art project. 8 Nights, 8 Windows is a juried art venture created to brighten the holiday…
Apologies have their place, but collective action is betterDorchester Reporter Apology is defined as “a regretful acknowledgment of an offense or failure.” In mid-September, in an appearance at the West End Museum, Brian Golden, director of the Boston Redevelopment Authority (BRA) apologized to those who were driven out of the city’s ethnically diverse West End…