Unbound Visual Arts

Description

Unbound Visual Arts (UVA), incorporated in 2012, is the only community-based 501(c)(3) visual arts non-profit organization in Allston-Brighton. UVA enriches the community with educational and inspiring exhibitions and programs for cultural enhancement. UVA has over 180 artist and art enthusiast members. It has organized over 65 curated exhibitions related to cultural and/or contemporary social themes with a learning experience with interpretation for the audience. The exhibitions feature local fine art by living artists and an independent curator and exhibition designer. Past exhibitions, which are on UnboundVisualArts.org, have included Rejuvenation of Historic Landmarks, Beasts of Burden, Context of Community, Earned: Women in Business and Labor, EPIC Heroism, Healthful, Olympic SPIRIT, Song Cycles, Temptation of the Mind and Body, and Unlimited. UVA also organizes and presents and participates in other art related events, such as the City Heart Art Show and Sale for homeless artists, the Allston and Brookline Open Art Studios, and Prudential Center Fine Art Expo, and other art learning experiences. UVA has organizational memberships in the Americans for the Arts, New England Museum Association and MASSCreative and has received competitive grants from the Boston Cultural Council the last two years. It also received a Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) Festivals Grant to support its annual Mardi Gras & Carnival Celebration of the Arts.