"We Belong" Opening Reception

Join Now + There for the opening reception at East Boston Social Centers! Yu-Wen Wu will engage members of the East Boston community through a meet-and-greet Community Listening Session, in which participants will be asked to share what the concept of “belonging” means to them. Community responses will be shared via an online blog. Food, drinks, and translation services will be provided.

We Belong is a light-based public art installation with the intent to promote ideas of belonging and inclusion among communities in Boston. In LED neon, the work forms the text “We Belong, here, together, guided by the same stars” in a circular format, with a constellation that maps and connects Boston’s neighborhoods. With the support of a Boston Transformative Public Art grant, the installation will travel to multiple Boston neighborhoods in 2022-2023, beginning with the East Boston Social Center in late June 2022. Through community events at each site and digital engagement opportunities, local residents will be invited to participate in the project by sharing what the concept of “belonging” means to them.

This project is generously supported by the Now + There Public Art Accelerator program and the City of Boston Transformative Public Art program.