Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative

The UP Truck is a mobile arts lab that was created to engage residents in a co-visioned and co-created process leading to a final design and implementation of a permanent art structure for the Upham’s Corner community of Dorchester. Engaging over 1,000 residents, local artist Cedric Douglas has used the UP Truck to travel throughout the Roxbury and Dorchester neighborhoods (Boston) to engage residents in creative inspiration and the development of a shared vision for the neighborhood. This vision will be reflected in the permanent art structure, which the community has decided will be a sculpture. Funding will support the final stage of this project: the installation.