MCC/LCC grant applications are now online
The ArtsBrookline Celebrate Music Summer Coffeehouse series ended with a bang on July 23 with a packed house at Coolidge Corner Library!

The series was supported by ArtsBrookline, BIG, Friends of the Brookline Library and volunteers from Brookline Commission for the Arts.

Plans are now in the works for a fall series.

​brookline day sunday, september 18

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The Brookline Commission for the Arts and ArtsBrookline enjoyed meeting so many of the Brookline community on Brookline Day at Larz Anderson Park on Sunday, Sept 18 to hand out information on the new online grant application process and the many other programs they run such as Town Hall Walls, Poet Laureate and ArtsBrookline: A Season of Arts.  They also had fun with the younger members of the community decorating butterfly cut-outs!


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BCA co-chairs Amy Emmert & Rina Jacobson manning the
​booth at Brookline Day
Commissioner Daniel Gostin helps several children to decorate butterflies at Brookline Day.

Annual BCA grantee reception May 2

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The Brookline Commission for the Arts was joined by 11 of the artists and organizations that were awarded grants in 2016 to showcase their arts and cultural projects. The Commission also presented the 3rd Annual Cultural Contributor Award to Mim and Barnie Berliner, founders of the Brookline Arts Center over 50 years ago. 

Photo courtesy of Mori Insinger

Mim and Barnie Berliner receiving the
Cultural Contributor Award
​from Lea Cohen, BCA Commissioner
                                      2016 BCA Grantees

CLICK HERE FOR PHOTOS FROM THE ANNUAL GRANTEE RECEPTION THAT TOOK PLACE ON MONDAY, MAY 2 IN HUNNEMAN HALL, BROOKLINE MAIN LIBRARY

save the date! poet laureate - upcoming event on Wed, November 2, 7pm in hunneman hall

POET LAUREATE - recent events

If walls could speak, thursday, may 5, 7:00pm Hunneman Hall, Brookline Main Library

Alan Feldman, Annie Finch, Fred Marchant, Jan Schreiber and Kathleen Spivack
Brookline's Poet Laureate Jan Schreiber, hosted a reading and conversation about paintings and poetry with five poets whose writing responded to memorable artworks.

Celebrating family with poetry
thursday, may 12 at 6.45pm, hunneman hall in brookline main library

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An evening of poetry that honored grandparents and grandchildren hosted by local poets Judith Steinbergh (Brookline's former poet laureate) and Margo Wizansky.

​Grandchildren wrote & read poetry about their grandparents and 8 local poets, including Jan Schreiber, Brookline's current poet laureate, read poems about being a grandparent.
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Thurs, Nov 5 in Hunneman Hall, THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY - an evening of poetry in translation.
Poet Laureate Jan Schreiber presented with 4 poet-translators, Bill Coyle, Ani Gjika, J Kates, and Len Krisak who read from their works and explained the unique challenges of translating poetry from a foreign language..

changing of the bard | evening of poetry & performance wednesday, june 24

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Presented by Friends of the Library and ArtsBrookline.


Jan Schreiber, Brookline's second poet laureate, was joined by Brookline’s first poet laureate, Judith Steinbergh, and national poetry slam champion, Regie Gibson, for an entertaining free evening of poetry and performance. in Hunneman Hall, Brookline Main Library, 

Arts brookline 2016

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Now planning for 2017! 


The current exhibit runs through Sept 30, 2016
TOWN HALL WALLS - AN EXHIBITION OF LOCAL ARTISTS AT BROOKLINE TOWN HALL

THE CURRENT EXHIBIT FEATURES THE WORK OF BROOKLINE'S LINCOLN SCHOOL STUDENTS K-5 IN ALL 3 EXHIBIT ROOMS, PLUS 3D WORK IN THE LOBBY CASES.
If you are an artist seeking more exposure for your work, why not consider exhibiting on Town Hall Walls?  Check here for application details.