Artemisia Luk is the 2026 arts and culture reporting fellow.
She previously worked at Brookline.News as an arts columnist, social media producer, and freelance photojournalist.
Her interest in storytelling began with a camera. For the past decade, she has documented local stories focused on community, personal identity, and the arts. Her work has been featured in GBH, NBC Boston, and Boston Magazine.
Artemisia studied Media Arts & Sciences at Wellesley College and completed a documentary short film program at the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies. She enjoys being near bodies of water and the color blue.
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National Park Service to remove quotes about slavery, immigration and suffrage from Bunker Hill site
Over the past year, President Trump has sought to scrub national monuments, museums, parks and other historical sites of markers that the administration claims cast the country's "founding principles and...
A new mural gallops into Boston
With "The Midnight Ride" nearing completion in Dewey Square, Lawrence-based artist Rixy discusses the inspiration for the mural, the connection to the country’s 250th anniversary and responds to early public...
ICA Watershed reopens for the season with industrial-inspired installations
The Institute of Contemporary Art's East Boston outpost marks the start of the 2026 season with the U.S. premieres of artist Lucy Raven's "Hardpan" and "Murderers Bar." “So much of...
Boston Pops announce July 4 performers for nation's 250th
The Boston Pops celebrate America's 250th anniversary with the Fireworks Spectacular, featuring Grammy winners Lainey Wilson, Chance The Rapper, and Trombone Shorty at the Hatch Memorial Shell. All three performers...
50 years of art-inspired floral installations at the MFA
Boston's Museum of Fine Arts' annual spring tradition "Art in Bloom" pairs floral arrangements with art in the museum’s collection. In honor of the anniversary, 50 objects across the museum’s...
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What does the city sound like? This festival wants you to walk to find out
Produced by the Harvard ArtLab and artist-researcher Jacek Smolicki, the Walking Festival of Sound features a lineup of 19 soundwalks, listening sessions and talks from local artists and practitioners. The...
Three Greater Boston artists receive $75,000 awards
Tomashi Jackson, Yu-Wen Wu and Lucy Kim make up the new cohort of Wagner arts fellows. The fellowship is designed to build the artists’ practices and continue making socially engaged...
Boston Fleet's Olympians get hero's welcome from fans
Four Boston-based Olympians received a hero's welcome Monday, as hundreds of fans crowded the top floor of the Prudential Center to see the ice hockey medalists.
Local artist Rixy selected as next Dewey Square muralist
This year, The Greenway Conservancy sought proposals responding to the country’s upcoming 250th anniversary. The selection panel unanimously chose Rixy’s fantastical depiction of a lesser known part of American history....
Boston City Hall turns into a street snowboarding competition, drawing thousands
Despite snowfall and grey skies, the Red Bull Heavy Metal competition brought thousands of onlookers to Boston City Hall this past weekend before the nor’easter. The emcee’s shouts, crowd’s cheers...