HousEART Nominated for “Best Community Art Project in New England”!

Lydia Stein’s Smith Hill CDC sponsored HousEART project on 16 Bernon St. has been nominated for a 2009 New England Art Award by the prestigious New England Journal of Aesthetic Research, in the category of “Public Exposure Art” which includes public performance, sculpture, street art, etc…  This regional competition is further evidence that the HousEART community-based, public art project has been successful in its efforts at shifting the paradigm of vacant houses in our neighborhood from just another example of urban blight to one of positivity.  Smith Hill CDC would like to thank Lydia Stein for all of her hard work in the summer of ’09 as well as all the neighborhood residents that helped her on this truly impressive and unique project.

We will announce the results of the competition as soon as we hear.  However, we already consider this validation as a win.  For more about the 2009 New England Art Awards, please click here. To learn more about HousEART, please click here.