Arts & Culture
Supporting the arts in Allston-Brighton through artist professional development, exhibitions, performances, and more.
The Arts Program supports Allston-Brighton artists, cultural workers, and creatives through professional development, exhibitions, performances, and access to financial and career resources. By connecting artists with the tools, they need to grow, we help strengthen the local creative economy.
Our year-round programming brings the arts to life through live music, dance, and theater performances featuring Harvard faculty, students, and affiliates. We cultivate the next generation of artists through hands-on programs that connect Allston-Brighton youth with local and Harvard creatives, offering small-group learning experiences designed to spark creativity and artistic exploration.
Crossings Gallery
What does your unconscious mind look like? Diary of an Automatist offers a glimpse into the intriguing inner landscape of artist Kate Audet through digital collage. Drawing on dreams, psychology, pop culture, and art history, Audet combines photographs and unexpected images to create surreal, riddles of symbols that are mysterious, funny, unsettling, and paradoxical. Working intuitively, they transform recognizable images into surprising new worlds—inviting viewers to look twice, make connections, and wonder what might be hiding beneath the surface of the psyche.
Kate Audet is a Brighton-based self-taught surrealist photomontage artist with a degree in Psychology.
Growing Pains EP Release Party
Get ready to get cozy, comfortable, and crafty at the Growing Pains EP Release Pajama Party! Join Corinna Parrish and their band at the Harvard Education Portal for a night of creativity, expression, and community, celebrating the release of her EP, Growing Pains. In addition to a one hour set from Corinna and the band, attendees will experience a facilitated conversation about music and the brain, hear about the benefits of music and art therapy, and participate in mindful and meaningful creation and crafting alongside the musical performance. Listen to the new EP, have a bite and a drink, pick up some merch, and experience some active creation at the Growing Pains EP Release Pajama Party!
Corinna (co-ree-na) Parrish is a singer-songwriter based out of Boston, MA and originally from New York, NY.
Outside the Harvard Ed Portal
All This, All at Once
Created by Allston-based art team Ansis Purins & Blipblipbeep
Imagine a city block where animals, insects, and even hot dog characters celebrate the joy of shared daily urban routines—the hustle-bustle, quiet pauses, tasty meals, and surprises. This mural highlights the diversity of daily life as a community that we are all in, together. Drawn in Ansis Puriņs' dense, sugar-bright cartoon style—part ’80s Saturday-morning TV, part underground comic—the piece brings illustration, comics, and public art into the same playful frame, inviting viewers to linger in its details and spot something new each time they pass.
Crossings Gallery
Showcasing local artists with talks, panels, workshops, and exhibits.
Artist Pipeline Program
Free program helping Allston-Brighton artists grow careers and connections.
Public Art
Free tours, exhibits, and workshops celebrate Allston-Brighton public art.
Harvard Partners
The Arts team works with partners across the University to bring exhibitions, performances, learning opportunities, and professional development to the Allston-Brighton community and beyond.
Community Partners
The Arts team regularly collaborates with artists and community-based arts organizations on programming that highlights the rich creative resources of the neighborhood and city.
Get in touch
Contact us if you're a Cambridge or Boston artist who is interested in working together on future performances, gallery shows, public art installations, or professional development classes.
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