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title: Trends
date: 2025-07-28T15:09:15Z
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**Increasing access to culture**

Providing greater access to cultural institutions in Boston. In 2024 the Mayor launched Boston Family Days, to help Boston public school children feel at home in places that can expand their learning and show them the world. This popular program has seen tens of thousands of kids and families find joy and discovery at museums, and now enables all Boston school-aged children and their families to explore 14 cultural institutions for free two Sundays a month plus tickets to performances at seven of Boston’s leading performing arts organizations.

The Boston Public Schools have established close partnerships with cultural organisations like the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the American Repertory Theater and the Museum of Fine Arts to support greater access and engagement for young people.

**An emerging creative tech-enabled sector**

Almost 50% of Boston’s Creative Economy is now enabled by technology – this sector has emerged in the past 10 years and is increasing its share of Boston’s creative economy. The Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture is working with partners to think through how to capture the value of this new sector for Bostonians through new workforce development programs and cross sector partnership building.

**Public art that represents the city**

In the last ten years the City of Boston has developed robust funding mechanisms such as its Percent for Art program and securing significant private donations and grants to employ artists, fabricators, conservators, and other related cultural workers residing in and around Greater Boston. Artists’ projects commissioned through the city include multi-story hand-painted murals, year-long social practice projects, large bronze sculptures, and augmented reality monuments.

This growth has been amplified by the establishment of the Boston Public Art Triennial in 2025. Held every three years, the Triennial showcases groundbreaking artworks that engage with Boston’s history, landscapes, and diverse communities. In its first year of programming, the Triennial is estimated to attract 200,000 visitors.