Boston Center for the Arts

Massachusetts

Profile Type: Cultural Nonprofit

Cultural Nonprofit

Boston Center for the Arts

The Boston Center for the Arts (BCA) is a not-for-profit performing and visual arts campus that supports working artists to create, perform and exhibit new works; develops new audiences; and connects the arts to community. Located in Boston’s South End, the largest landmark district in the United States covering more than 500 acres, the BCA is dedicated to incubating and showcasing the performing and visual arts of our time.

The centerpiece of the BCA, the Cyclorama, was originally built to house the cycloramic painting of the Battle of Gettysburg. In 1973, the Cyclorama was named one of the National Registry of Historic Places.

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Today the BCA is a two-acre campus encompassing spaces for theatre and dance (Calderwood Pavilion and the BCA Plaza Theatres), exhibitions (Mills Gallery), artist studios (Artist Studios Building), public art (BCA Plaza), events (Cyclorama), etc.

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Located in Boston’s South End, the BCA occupies a historic city block bordered by Tremont Street, Clarendon Street, Warren Avenue and Berkeley Street. Photo by Craig Bailey.

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Each year, more than 200,000 people visit the BCA, a resource to Greater Boston providing a creative “home” for artists, a welcoming arts destination for audiences, and an art connection for city youth and communities. Photo by Craig Bailey.

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Artists working in the ASB's 50 work-only studios include painters, printmakers, sculptors, filmmakers, craftspeople, writers, performing artists and other art-related organizations. Photo by Michelle McGinn

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Located next to the Artist Studios Building, the Mills Gallery is dedicated to presenting contemporary works by emerging and established artists and curators. Photo by Melissa Blackall.

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The Mills Gallery presents six (6) exhibitions per season in its space. Photo by Melissa Blackall.

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It is an exhibition of dance at the Mills by local and national choreographers and companies. Performances occur throughout the space while audience members freely walk through the gallery and observe dance as artwork. Photo by Melissa Blackall.

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The program supports choreographers to create new work by providing free rehearsal and performance space, technical and administrative support and direct financial assistance to be used at the artists’ discretion. Photo by Sally Cohn of Contrapose Dance

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For more than a decade, the BCA has provided home for some of Boston’s most innovative and groundbreaking performing arts groups. Photo by Craig Bailey of SpeakEasy Stage Company's IN THE HEIGHTS

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BCA Emerging Theatre Company (ETC). The ETC Program serves two producing companies to develop and strengthen their organizational structure over a five-year period through the support of Resident Theatre Company mentors and BCA staff.
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XX PlayLab participating playwright. The XX PlayLab is a collaborative program of the BCA and Company One Theatre, designed to propel the work of female playwrights from development to production. Writers at various stages of their careers receive mentorship, dramaturgical support and advocacy through a process that culminates in an annual festival, positioning new works in context of local and national conversations about the new play sector.

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