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Scollay Square Gallery to feature United South End Artists

Scollay Square Gallery to feature United South End Artists

Mike Hardman

The Scollay Square Gallery, located on the third floor of Boston City Hall, is featuring work from the United South End Artists (USEA). The exhibition will feature art of varied mediums, themes and styles by 20 USEA artists.

In 1986, a group of artists at the Boston Center for the Arts invited friends and neighbors into their studios to view their art. As other artists in the area became interested in the event, the United South End Artists was formed, and the South End Open Studios weekend came into being. Today, the event covers a dozen studio buildings and more than 250 artists, encompassing all of Boston's South End, attracting thousands of visitors from surrounding towns as well as the greater Boston area. The South End Open Studios event allows visitors to see where and how art is made, and to meet the artists. The USEA also sponsors several other art events during the year.

ReadBoston’s Storymobile rolls through neighborhoods
Boston Redevelopment Authority

ReadBoston’s Storymobile rolls through neighborhoods

Mike Hardman

ReadBoston, the City's early literacy initiative, which is supported by the Boston Redevelopment Authority, is on  its summer book tour. For the next six weeks, ReadBoston's Storymobiles will travel to over 80 locations each week across the city to host over 400 reading events for young children. Children in attendance will each receive a free book and have the opportunity to hear a captivating story read aloud by a professional storyteller.

As ReadBoston's signature program, the Storymobile is the centerpiece of the city's efforts to engage children in early reading through an interactive, community-based approach. Each summer the Storymobile program serves children in Boston, playing an active role in promoting children's literacy when school is not in session.

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