IBA Staff and volunteers from Home Depot at South Bay Station decided to spend a full day improving the space for our afterschool program located at the Blackstone School. They set out to create a more enjoyable and exciting atmosphere for IBA’s first and second graders. Their goal was to brighten and clean it, add some color, and make it ready for the students to create their own original mural t...
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IBA’s La Galería in Villa Victoria Center for the Arts is currently showcasing a group of paintings by Spanish-born, Boston artist Domingo Barreres. The paintings are all part of the exhibit, “Two Spaces in One - Bridging the Distance,” which will be on until February 21. ...
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For us, at IBA, it’s important and gratifying to realize that we are making a difference in the lives of the participants of our community, that every day we forge a better future through each of the people who are or were part of our programs. We feel very happy when we hear the sentiments of our participants and to know that we are promoting a change. This time is Jovany Meléndez, who shares wit...
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The Arts are an important vehicle to built community and to communicate emotions, experiences and our interpretation for society. For 40 years, IBA has used the arts to do this, among other things. In the fall of 2014, Boston-based Argentinian artist Silvina Mizrahi, showed her work at IBA's La Galeria. Silvina was born in Tucumán, a small town in northern Argentina. Her childhoo...
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