YardArt is a community-wide celebration of creativity and fun in front yards, porches, and windows all over Watertown.
YardArt will return for a fifth year in April 2025 as a project of the newly designated Watertown Cultural District. Please use the form below to register your project. We encourage you to wait to register until you have a photo of the artwork to upload or send.
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It's easy, free and fun to participate! Create, register, and install during the month of April. All residents, families, organizations, clubs, classes, artists, and businesses are invited to create something to be viewed from the street or sidewalk. It can be an assemblage, a sculpture, an art project, a lighting arrangement—let your imagination run free! Installations are on display the entire month of April.
Look for ideas and post questions to the YardArt Facebook Help Group.
If you’d like to join the YardArt Team, email us at yardart@mosesianarts.org.
Public Event Dates
Saturday, March 1, 12:00-4:00 PM
Sign making at Turtle Studios
Join artist Susan Jones as she makes promotional YardArt signs with rhyming slogans (Burma Shave-style for those who remember)! Registration isn't necessary, but we'd love to know who to expect. Email yardart@mosesianarts.org to RSVP or with questions.
Monday, March 10, 6:00-8:00 PM
Weatherproofing Workshop at Hatch Makerspace
Click here to get more details and to register.
Thursday, April 17, 1:00-2:00 PM
Watertown Walks walking tour
Tuesday, April 28, 5:30-7:30 PM
Public Reception at Mosesian Center for the Arts
Call for art
A call for art is open for artists interested in displaying their work publicly at Commander's Mansion or Gore Place. Deadline to apply is March 17. Click here for details and to apply online.
Photos | YardArt Watertown, April 2024
Photos | YardArt Watertown, April 2023
Photos | YardArt Watertown 2021 & 2022
Grateful thanks to Mark Peterson, who took many of the photos shown above.
For more photos, follow @YardArtWatertown on Instagram.
Press & Media
Boston Globe (March 19, 2021)
Imagination reigns on the lawns of Watertown with YardArt project
Watertown TAB (March 23, 2021)
YartArt Watertown exhibiting outdoor art
YardArt on WBZ Radio (March 8, 2021)
Yard Art Exhibits Showcased Across Watertown
Connect with YardArt Watertown
Questions?
Email yardart@mosesianarts.org
YardArt is a project of the Watertown Cultural District in collaboration with Watertown Cultural Council, Watertown Public Arts and Culture Committee, Mosesian Center for the Arts, Hatch Makerspace, Live Well Watertown, Watertown Art Association, and Watertown Bike and Pedestrian Committee.
Supported by Watertown Community Foundation, Watertown Business Coalition, and Watertown Public Schools.
Interested in more classes, exhibitions, and events at the Mosesian Center for the Arts? Click the links and look around our site for everything we have to offer.
