MAAM Announces Summer 2026 Outdoor Programming Series

SUMMER 2026 EVENTS: 

MAAM’s signature Art on the Plaza series returns as a neighborhood favorite, featuring free, family-friendly evenings with live performances, creative activities, and refreshments.

• Made at MAAM: July 23, 6-9pm
• Sounds of Summer: August 20, 6-9pm 

A new MAAM Outdoors series transforms the surrounding neighborhood into an open-air studio, offering free, weekly artful experiences, workshops, and social gatherings designed to engage participants in creative exploration.

Select Wednesday evenings, 6:30-8:30pm:

• June 24 – Into the Sun: Cyanotypes
  After foraging for flowers, leaves, and other natural materials in Fenway’s iconic Emerald Necklace, craft your own unique composition on fabric and paper and let the sun do the rest.
• July 8 – Pages Will Fly: Sketchbook-Making
  Looking to turn over a new page this summer? Step outside and make a custom sketchbook or journal to document your outdoor adventures. Explore basic bookbinding techniques and embellish your journal with natural elements.
• July 15 – Neighborhood Textures
  With the urban landscape as your canvas, transform the textures of the Fenway/Mission Hill neighborhood into art. Use tactile clay to create temporary stamps or experiment with rubbings to translate the world into one-of-a-kind compositions.
• July 29 – Gelli Plate Printing
  Create vibrant one-of-a-kind prints using natural elements foraged from the lush local landscape.
• August 5 – Foraging with Friends
  During the workshop, learn about sustainable foraging in public parks and gather natural materials along the way. Then, head back to MAAM to create a reusable eco-print tote of your own!
• August 12 – Neighborhood Flavors
  Experience the richness of the local landscape during an evening of hands-on art and sensory exploration, sample curated flavors and hear a soundscape of local ambient sounds.

These events are free with advance registration. MAAM may accommodate unregistered walk-up guests on the evening of the event only as capacity allows. Evening events often sell out; please plan ahead and register in advance.

Art on the Plaza is supported in part by generous grants from the Boston Planning and Development Agency and The Mission Hill Fenway Neighborhood Trust.

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About MassArt Art Museum (MAAM)

The MassArt Art Museum (MAAM) is Boston’s only free contemporary art museum, where visitors can experience groundbreaking art from extraordinary artists at the forefront of contemporary practice. MAAM is core to the creative community that is Massachusetts College of Art and Design (MassArt), and a major draw to the vibrant Avenue of the Arts. As MassArt’s esteemed teaching museum, MAAM is a resource for MassArt students and faculty, offering unparalleled educational opportunities for  students, partnering with faculty to support curriculum, and preparing students for careers in the museum field. MAAM is a kunsthalle, or non-collecting museum, showing groundbreaking and resonant temporary exhibitions that feature the work of professional working artists at all stages of their careers. As an extension of MassArt’s public mission, the Museum offers pathways to education in the arts and free programming for the public, including high-profile panels and lectures that address timely and pressing issues. MAAM is located at 621 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115. For more information visit maam.massart.edu.

Media Contact

Kara Westhoven, Senior Communications Manager, MassArt
kwesthoven@massart.edu