Fence Art

Join the 2024/2025 Call for FenceART! FenceART is a year round public art project curated by Ellen Fisher. It is dedicated to bringing vibrant, varied and engaging art to neighborhoods throughout Newton.

Annually, 20 artworks are juried and printed on high quality vinyl banners, and rotate to 5 Newton locations throughout the course of the year. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Newton Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.

Who is eligible? Artists who live or work in Newton (teaching, landscaping, finance, cleaning, any job full or part time). And, artists who belong to a Newton congregation, attend classes here, belong to a Newton arts organization… anyone who helps build the fabric of our Community. There are no fees.

Check out work from the 2023-2024 season and begin your application today.

Above: A sampling of 2023 FenceART banners featuring artists left to right: Paula Moser Steffen, Barbara Trachtenberg, John Murray, Mariian Dioguardi

Important Dates

  • Call opens Monday September 17th
  • Deadline for submission is Monday October 28th 2024
  • Accepted artists will be contacted by Friday, November 12th 2024
  • Accepted artist list will be published on the FenceART facebook page by Friday, November 12 2024
  • Banners go into rotation by January 2025 and remain in rotation for approximately one year.