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Our mission is to foster artists and the public to create bold public art experiences that open minds, conversations, and spaces across Boston, resulting in a more open, equitable, and vibrant city

Meet Triennial 2028 curator Sam Rauch! With nearly two decades of experience realizing public art and site-specific proj...
10/15/2026

Meet Triennial 2028 curator Sam Rauch! With nearly two decades of experience realizing public art and site-specific projects, Sam's curatorial practice ranges from the monumental to the experimental. Learn about some of his work (and the type of art experiences you may see in 2028 👀) below:

⭐As the founding Director of Creative Partnerships at Public Art Fund, Sam led the team that commissioned large-scale permanent installations by Sarah Sze and Laura Owens for the new LaGuardia Airport Terminal B in 2020.

⭐In 2025, as Curator for the artist-organized group Department of Transformation, he co-curated “Letters for the Future” at the central branch of Brooklyn Public Library, a group exhibition of more than three dozen artists and collectives, plus a prototype art-lending program.

⭐This year, Sam curated a series of artist-led gatherings and participatory performances in partnership with Project EATS, the network of urban farms founded by artist and activist Linda Goode Bryant.

📷:
(1) Fadl Fakhouri
(2) Sarah Sze, “Shorter than the Day,” 2020 at LaGuardia Terminal B. Photo by Nicholas Knight
(3) Laura Owens, “I 🍕NY,” 2020 at LaGuardia Terminal B. Photo by Tom Powell
(4) Demian DinéYazhi’, “PROTECT THE SACRED VOICE (english is a foreign language),” 2025, and Tré Seals + Civilization, “Characters: Marsha,” 2023-ongoing, at Brooklyn Public Library. Photo by Prem Krishnamurthy
(5) Ekene Ijeoma, “Black Forest School,” 2026, at Project EATS Essex Crossing rooftop farm. Photo by Sam Rauch

From St. Louis to Boston, curator Risa Puleo pushes public art beyond the expected and into the extraordinary.Recently n...
10/13/2026

From St. Louis to Boston, curator Risa Puleo pushes public art beyond the expected and into the extraordinary.

Recently named artistic director and chief curator of Triennial 2028 in Boston, Risa’s work will continue to support community collaboration while breaking new ground. Her thoughtful innovation is evident in her time as co-curator of the 2023 Counterpublic Triennial in St. Louis, where, in response to the city’s landscape, she explored how public art can resist restaging reoccupation and evade surveillance systems.

Take a look at the transformative public art that Risa brought to St. Louis in 2023, and the possibilities that Boston can expect in 2028:

🎨“Free Soil Party” by jackie sumell explored the movements of people along the Mississippi River, including fugitive enslaved people and freemen and women. Through a three-part material intervention, the project gathered bricks that had been taken from the homes of St. Louis’s Black community, and returned them to their rightful place.

🎨 In “(a river) will flow,” X used light and sound to reshape a developed area along the Mississippi River back into the river’s design. The project asked viewers to consider their relationship with the river and impact on its future.

🎨 Raven Chacon brought attention to and questioned the spaces in which music and art are performed through two artworks. “Music for 13 Paths,” challenged the spatial organization of St. Louis’s State-Street neighborhood with an intervention in the 12-note octave.

🎨 For “Drum Grid”, drummers responded to sounds heard across the neighborhood. In both performances, communities found each other through sounds outside of the watchful eyes of cameras surveilling the neighborhood.

🎨 “Future Ancestral Technologies: Roaming” by Cannupa Hanska Luger was an augmented reality overlay that invited viewers to watch buffalo roam virtual space and interact with them on the city’s horizon line. Images overlaid with the text "we survive you” hung outside, opening up a conversation on the importance of buffalo in an Indigenous future, and who "we" are in relation to survival.

📷:
(1) Nour Ballout
(2) jackie sumell, “Free Soil Party.” Commissioned by Counterpublic. Photographer: Micah Mickles.
(3) X, “(a river) will flow.” Commissioned by Counterpublic. Photographer: Jon Gitchoff.
(4) Raven Chacon, “Music for 13 Paths.” Commissioned by Counterpublic. Photographer: Tyler Small.
(5) Raven Chacon, “Drum Grid.” Commissioned by Counterpublic. Photographer: Tyler Small.
(6) Cannupa Hanska Luger, “Future Ancestral Technologies: Roaming.” Commissioned by Counterpublic. Photographer: Chris Bauer.

From St. Louis to Boston, curator Risa Puleo pushes public art beyond the expected and into the extraordinary.Recently n...
10/13/2026

From St. Louis to Boston, curator Risa Puleo pushes public art beyond the expected and into the extraordinary.

Recently named artistic director and chief curator of Triennial 2028 in Boston, Risa’s work will continue to support community collaboration while breaking new ground. Her thoughtful innovation is evident in her time as co-curator of the 2023 Counterpublic Triennial in St. Louis, where, in response to the city’s landscape, she explored how public art can resist restaging reoccupation and evade surveillance systems.

Scroll ➡️ for a glimpse of the transformative public art that Risa brought to St. Louis in 2023, and the possibilities that Boston can expect in 2028.

“Free Soil Party” by one M two L’s explored the movements of people along the Mississippi River, including fugitive enslaved people and freemen and women. Through a three-part material intervention, the project gathered bricks that had been taken from the homes of St. Louis’s Black community, and returned them to their rightful place.

jackie sumell, “Free Soil Party.” Commissioned by Counterpublic. Photographer: Micah Mickles.

In “(a river) will flow,” X used light and sound to reshape a developed area along the Mississippi River back into the river’s design. The project asked viewers to consider their relationship with the river and impact on its future.

X, “(a river) will flow.” Commissioned by Counterpublic. Photographer: Jon Gitchoff.

Raven Chacon brought attention to and questioned the spaces in which music and art are performed through two artworks. “Music for 13 Paths,” challenged the spatial organization of St. Louis’s State-Street neighborhood with an intervention in the 12-note octave.

Raven Chacon, “Music for 13 Paths.” Commissioned by Counterpublic. Photographer: Tyler Small.

For “Drum Grid”, drummers responded to sounds heard across the neighborhood. In both performances, communities found each other through sounds outside of the watchful eyes of cameras surveilling the neighborhood.

Raven Chacon, “Drum Grid.” Commissioned by Counterpublic. Photographer: Tyler Small.

“Future Ancestral Technologies: Roaming” by
Cannupa Hanska Luger was an augmented reality overlay t

Yesterday, we announced the Triennial 2028 curatorial team. We’ve seen and heard your heartfelt comments (and the dream ...
10/07/2026

Yesterday, we announced the Triennial 2028 curatorial team. We’ve seen and heard your heartfelt comments (and the dream team/Avengers comparisons ❤️‍🔥) and can’t help but agree: this team will transform Boston.

Composed of artistic director and chief curator Risa Puleo, curator Sam Rauch, special projects curators Jeffrey De Blois and Audrey N. Lopez, and assistant curator Jasper Sanchez, the team will create art experiences that spark connection. They’ll both celebrate and expand what is possible in Boston. Most importantly, they’ll shape an exhibition that is free and open to all. 

Check back soon: this is just the beginning.

Boston, meet your next triennial.Please join us in welcoming the curatorial team that is shaping Triennial 2028: • Risa ...
10/06/2026

Boston, meet your next triennial.

Please join us in welcoming the curatorial team that is shaping Triennial 2028:
• Risa Puleo will lead the exhibition’s overall artistic and curatorial vision as artistic director and chief curator
• Sam Rauch will help shape the exhibition as curator
• Boston-based Jeffrey De Blois and Audrey N. Lopez both bring distinct relationships with local artists, communities, and cultural organizations as special projects curators
• Jasper Sanchez, assistant curator at The Triennial, will lead opportunities for local artists through the Public Art Accelerator

Together, Risa and the curatorial team will make Boston come alive through public art from May to November 2028—and it’s closer than you think!

Learn more here: https://www.thetriennial.org/triennial-2028

Now hiring: Community Manager Are you collaborative and connection-oriented? The Triennial is seeking a Community Manage...
10/05/2026

Now hiring: Community Manager

Are you collaborative and connection-oriented? The Triennial is seeking a Community Manager to build and sustain long-term relationships with communities across Boston.

As the Community Manager, you will nurture reciprocal neighborhood relationships, lead community-centered audience development, and support programs and events. This is a contract position with the potential for renewal.

Sound like you? Send a resume and cover letter to [email protected] with "Community Manager" in the subject line to apply! Learn more here: https://www.thetriennial.org/community-manager

10/01/2026

Meet Shoreleave, Garrett Gould's Accelerator-funded project that celebrates both local conservation and maritime history.

The twin sculptures mimic both the shape of a lapstrake clamp, a tool historically used in wooden shipbuilding, and the markings of the Oystercatcher, a native shorebird reclaiming the region. Crafted from Douglas fir, a wood often used in marine infrastructure, and finished with eco-friendly materials, the dual figures ask us to reconsider our surroundings, from the large boats floating by to the small birds that dot our landscape.

Check out our website to see the full video!

Want to learn how an artist thinks? 🎨Join us on September 29 for an artist talk with Heather Kapplow, moderated by Execu...
09/28/2026

Want to learn how an artist thinks? 🎨

Join us on September 29 for an artist talk with Heather Kapplow, moderated by Executive Director Kate Gilbert. Learn about Heather’s practice, inspirations, and get the scoop on Better Angels, the inflatable heaven that popped up across Boston this summer!

RSVP here: https://www.thetriennial.org/events/artist-talk-heather-kapplow

📅 Tuesday, September 29
⏰ 6:30 PM—8:00 PM
📍 BCA Cyclorama

09/25/2026

Throughout summer 2026, Better Angels brought grace and connection to Boston as it popped up across the city’s waterfront. Inflatable clouds, golden gates, and smiling angels invited visitors to share their aspirations and challenges with one another.

Join us at the BCA Cyclorama on September 29 to wrap up a heavenly summer through a *free* conversation with artist Heather Kapplow and Triennial Executive Director Kate Gilbert.

RSVP here: https://www.thetriennial.org/events/artist-talk-heather-kapplow

Through campy imagery and welcoming spaces, artist Heather Kapplow helps participants explore new perspectives. In the c...
09/21/2026

Through campy imagery and welcoming spaces, artist Heather Kapplow helps participants explore new perspectives. In the case of Better Angels, a participatory artwork that popped up across Boston this summer, visitors shared their aspirations and challenges in an inflatable heaven on earth.

Now, it’s Heather’s turn to share an artist’s perspective. Join us on September 29 for an artist talk with Heather and Executive Director Kate Gilbert!

RSVP here: https://www.thetriennial.org/events

P.S. Swipe to see how others responded to Better Angels' prompts—how would you have answered them?

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