PUBLIC ART CONSULTANT
Tours
OVERVIEW
Sarah Hutt conducts public art walking tours at various locations in Boston as well as tours of the Berkely Community Gardens in the South End.
She tailors her offerings depending on the audience and format, whether graduate-level students, undergraduates, the general public, or children.
PUBLIC ART TOURS
Boston holds a wealth of public art by locally and nationally recognized artists, from Make Way for Ducklings by Nancy Schoen to Mags Harries' bronze trash Asaraton in Haymarket and Faneuil Hall Market to Lloyd Lillie's sculpture of Red Auerbach at Faneuil Hall. Hutt opens up this world by taking people to view the art firsthand and discussing the role of these monuments, statues, and public art installations in the urban environment.
She has led numerous custom-designed public art walking tours on topics such as "Statues in the Public Garden", "Murals of the South End", "Old South Meeting House: Public Art and Architecture" and "Boston Bold, Brave and Bracing: Boston's ICA" for Here + There, Friends of the Public Garden, United South End Settlements, the Boston Society of Architects and the AIA Conference. Throughout these tours she engages participants with her stories about the artists and their subjects and discussion of materials, maintenance and the importance of setting up endowments to maintain works of art.
She has also led special tours tailored for children, such as her Downtown Crossing public art walk "Lions, Unicorns and Wild Horses" focused on animals in public art.
TOURS OF BERKELEY COMMUNITY GARDEN
Sarah has been involved with the Berkeley Community Garden in Boston’s South End for more than 30 years as both an award-winning gardener and an organizer. She led a tour of the gardens for The Garden Conservancy in the fall of 2025.
Hutt leads a Public Art Tour on the Boston Common.
Hutt with members of The Garden Conservancy during their tour of the Berkeley Community Garden.