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This Weekend: 30th Jamaica Plain Open Studios Includes 30 Public Art Installations

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This year's Jamaica Plain Open Studios will include more than 180 artists showcasing their work, and 30 temporary public art installations celebrating 30 years of JP Open Stuidios. The public art installations include "art chairs" in front of West Cork Auto, youth-made bicycle art at Bikes Not Bombs, an interactive radio station at Red Sun Press, and an homage to Black West Roxbury Soldiers at The Soldiers Monument. There will also be a 12-foot skeleton, an art book exchange, a flower-based display and a "tiny art" show. There is an interactive digital map for this year's JP Open Studios. Free printed JPOS maps are available at the information booth at JP Licks.

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Photos: 28th Annual JP Open Studios

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After a one year hiatus JP Open Studios was back this past weekend, and only outside. This year's two-day free event showcased the artwork of more than 100 artists at more than 40 local sites including outside of artists’ studios, the schoolyard at the historic Eliot School, Jameson & Thompson Framers outside at Bartlett Square, and more. This was the 28th year of JP Open Studios organized by the Jamaica Plain Arts Council. Check out some photos from around the neighborhood. And hopefully next year we can do it inside artists' studios.

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From the Community

Afrika Gente with Cornell Coley Performing as Part of JP Open Studios on Sept. 25

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Hyde Square Task Force is hosting an Afro-Latin music performance as a part of JP Open Studios on Sept. 25th. Get ready to dance and enjoy Afrika Gente with Cornell Coley on the side of the Blessed Sacrament Church (361 Centre St.). This performance is a part of Hyde Square Task Force’s series for Latinx Heritage Month. For more information, contact Sarah at sarah@hydesquare.org or 617-318-6610.

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JP Open Studios

StonybrookMASS does JP Open Studios!

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This weekend (9/28-9/29) during JP Open Studios hundreds of local artists will be showcasing their work. Make sure to stop by Stonybrook for art, demonstrations, and aluminum casting! A number of artists, many of whom are instructors here at the studio, will be showing their artwork. Demonstrations will be going on all weekend, including blackmithing and metal casting. Cast your own aluminum tile with a scratch block mold!

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26th Annual Jamaica Plain Artists Open Studios!

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The premiere annual arts event in one of Boston’s most eclectic neighborhoods, Jamaica Plain Open Studios (JPOS), is returning in 2019 for its 26th year! Open Studios is an opportunity to take a rare public peek at some private spaces. The free event showcases the artwork of up to 200 artists at 40 sites including artists’ studios, the historic Eliot School and more. It runs from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. over the weekend of September 28 - 29, 2019. During JPOS, visitors can experience locally created art, clothing, jewelry, and home accessories, and can buy directly from the artists. JPOS artists include a mixture of newcomers, emerging student artists as well as more established artists, many with quite high profiles in their field. Included among the notable artists showing art this year are Nancy Marks and Remi Picó, who recently created their own installations for the new Egleston Square apartment complex located at 3200 Washington Street.

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Boston Makers Open House @ JP Open Studios

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We’ve been working hard to build out the new Boston Makers space, and can’t wait to open our doors and welcome new members this fall! Join us to celebrate the next chapter of Boston Makers at our new space, hosted at the North American Indian Center of Boston, as part of JP Open Studios. Everyone is welcome! Open House
Sunday, September 23, 1-4 p.m.
105 S. Huntington Avenue

Featuring:
The Jamaica Plain Honk Band! Maker demos and exhibits!

Arts

Experience Jamaica Plain Open Studios This Weekend

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For 24 years, artists of Jamaica Plain have opened their studios to the community and displayed their art for one weekend in September. This year's annual Jamaica Plain Open Studios will be this weekend on Sept. 23rd and 24th and offers a range of places to go and types of art to see with a multitude of styles including collaborative work, student work and even the opportunity to create art first hand. What happens when artists join forces? A collaborative installation entitled “The Time Project, Passing It On, Nine Artists Inspire Each Other,” will be displayed in the First Baptist Church on Centre Street.

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