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Ladies of Liberty Stand Out in Arlington and Stand for Creative Forces Everywhere

Liberty images, statements, and costumes created by a group of artists for the Boston No Kings Rally in October came together for Fall of Freedom, November 22, with continuing sense of purpose! These photos, quotes, and links should support their promise.

Costumes Add to the Energy of ‘No Kings’ Event on Boston Common, October 18

Across the vast vista of people on that bright October day, a great variety of signs and colorful costumes heightened my hopes throughout the rally. Here are a few photos of many engaging characters who enlivened the event. For photos of some selected statements, visit updates on Signs of the Times. For context, data, and dramatic photos, explore links in KEY RESOURCES.

“PlanTable” in Chin Park Serves Many Important Purposes

Quotes and photos below focus on a few features. Links at the end lead to more. “At a time when cities like Boston face intensifying summer heat and widening environmental disparities, PlanTable offers a living, participatory response—merging ecology, culture, and community in one dynamic space. This multidisciplinary project, presented in partnership with Pao Arts Center, emerges from a deep collaboration between artists, designers, community advocates, and climate thinkers. ” ( Quote from Greenway Public Art, PlanTable)

Time and Space Connect Art by Misa Chhan and Zhidong Zhang on the Greenway

Ten cyanotype-printed* flags by Chhan and a richly coordinated cabinet by Zhang draw on their families’ historic crafts. Explore work of both artists along the flow of Chinatown Stream! Quotes, links, and photos should support their connections. * photo process printing in blue

Enjoy 19th Annual Outdoor Sculpture Exhibit at Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio, “Around the Pond and Through the Woods” 2025

This is a “quick post” to maximize time for you to experience the exhibit and for me to develop a worthy sequel post before it ends! So here are quotes,* links, and a few photos that should lead to the many wonders at Old Frog Pond Farm & Studio, 38 Eldridge Road, Harvard, MA. *All quotes from Old Frog Pond Farm and Studio 19th Annual Sculpture Exhibit

Heads Up to View “Heat Blooms” Designed by Art for Public Good

View photos,* quotes, and links for “Heat BLOOMS,” a temporary art installation, August-September: *from two almost hot afternoons
“When temperatures top 85 degrees, the flowers of “Heat BLOOMS”—a new art installation in Cambridge’s Harvard Square—bloom, like a visual thermometer warning of extreme heat.

Arts Enhance Action in Boston Labor Day Parade, 2025

Costumes, displays, banners, posters, music and dance relate to the theme: Workers over Billionaires!

Glad to be there and then go through many photos. Here are a few examples of statements people made in different ways.

Enjoy More Dreams Upon the River, Studios without Walls in Riverway Park, Brookline

This final sequel post shares photos and links for the six sculptures not shown in the two earlier posts.

Gateway Arts Banners Wave For Studios Without Walls: Dream Upon the River, until September 1

These banners are now reminders of the brief time left to explore the exciting exhibit of seventeen sculptures and to find all six Gateway artist’s banners too! This sequel post slips in a few more glimpses, links and notes.

Signs and Connections Grow on Cambridge Common throughout Festival Organized by MASS 50501

Here are photos, quotes, links, and notes from a recent MASS 50501 event that truly engaged me in sustaining ways. Visual art, along with music, poetry, free food, volunteer energy, careful organizing, and good weather, made this a fruitful festival.