The Road Ahead

Project Timeline

Fall 2026 – Spring 2027

  • Hold Focus Group meetings
  • Add board members and form advisory group
  • Begin fundraising
  • Expand connections with school leaders and teachers
  • Meet with arts organizations and others businesses to form alliances
  • Develop website, social media presence and marketing materials

Summer 2027 – Fall 2027

  • Design exhibition layout
  • Fabricate structures
  • Call for entries of artworks and statements
  • Select artworks and statements for exhibition

Winter 2027 – Spring 2028

  • Prepare artworks for display
  • Organize community events for the opening of Art Speaks

May 2028

  • Art Speaks opens to the public in Springfield, MA

September 2028

  • Art Speaks opens in Northampton, MA