Mission

Founded in 2009, Urbano Project (Urbano) brings together urban teens and professional artists from across Boston to ignite social change through participatory works of contemporary art and performance.

What We Do

Our work is based in collaboration, risk-taking, border crossing, and social justice. We support Boston Public Schools students and recent graduates as they come together weekly to build skills, knowledge, and collaborative relationships with professional artists. Together, they produce ambitious works of interdisciplinary art and performance. Home base is our exhibition and studio space in Jamaica Plain’s Brewery Complex, but youth artists take their work far beyond, experimenting with artistic interventions that can spark and reshape public discourse. Our program objectives are to offer youth high-quality contemporary arts education experiences, impact creative youth development, develop a corps of positively engaged youth who serve as leaders in their communities, and promote civic engagement through public, participatory art that addresses the social justice issues of our times.