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Look Up to Mosaic Masterpieces at Fletcher Maynard Academy, Cambridge

July 1, 2020 · by · in architecture, Art, art education, art history, Artists, basketball, ceramic tiles, ceramics, children, collaborative art projects, collabrative murals, commuity, design, drawing, Mosaic, mural process, Murals, photography, public art, schools, sketching and drawing, studios, visual art · 2 Comments

Closed all spring 2020 like every school, Fletcher Maynard Academy in Cambridge continues to offer art that is open to public view. People can look up above the school’s doors at the corner of Broadway and Windsor Streets to marvel at the Mosaic Masterpieces created a year earlier by students with artists David Fichter, Liane Noddin, and art teacher Lolly Lincoln.

Chalk Gives Voice on Days of Action in Cambridge and Somerville

June 6, 2020 · by · in African American History, architecture, Art, Artists, Bicycle Paths, bikepaths, Boston events, bricks, bronze, calligraphy, children, collaborative art projects, commuity, design, drawing, graphic design, landmarks, memorial, Minuteman Bikeway, poetry, political issues, public art, Sculpture, sketching and drawing, social justice, Statues, street art, temporary art, visual art · 1 Comment

This unplanned post shares fleeting street art from local actions on May 31, 2020. Rain may soon wash these chalk statements away, but there will be more to come.

Ink Block Underground Murals by Women Artists: Indie 184, Silvia López Chavez, Imagine876, Thy Doan

March 9, 2020 · by · in architecture, Art, Artists, Bicycle Paths, bikepaths, Boston events, Boston Public Art, calligraphy, collaborative art projects, collabrative murals, commuity, design, drawing, flowers, graffiti, graphic design, Installations, landscape architecture, mural process, Murals, painting, parks, performance space, poetry, political issues, public art, social justice, street art, temporary art, Videos, visual art, women artists · 3 Comments

In honor of International Women’s Day, I will first focus on the four women artists who have created murals for Underground at Ink Block, an urban park that opened in Boston’s South End 2017. I have already enthusiastically posted about other murals by Silvia López Chavez and Imagine876 (Sneha Shrestha), but Thy Doan and Indie184 (Soraya Marquez) are new discoveries for me.

Birds Led to Absorbing Art on the Bikeway in Arlington

February 6, 2020 · by · in animals in art, Arlington Public Art, Art, Artists, bird houses, calligraphy, children, commuity, design, drawing, environmental education, families, granite sculpture, graphic design, Installations, interactive art, local birds, Minuteman Bikeway, Nature study, painting, public art, Sculpture, temporary art, Uncategorized, visual art, women artists · 3 Comments

A sudden flurry of bird activity in my yard this past weekend got me out on the mild Monday, February 3, to revisit three artworks in easy walking distance from each other: Extraordinary Ordinary Birds, “Colony,” and “Penny the Swan.” All three added to my appreciations of birds and art.

Madeleine Lord’s Sculptures Inspire Action in Boston and Beyond

November 25, 2019 · by · in animals in art, Art, Artists, Boston Public Art, commuity, Contemporary Sculpture, drawing, Exhibits, gardens, humor, Installations, interactive art, landscape architecture, Monumental sculpture, public art, scrap-metal sculpture, Sculpture, studios, temporary art, visual art, women artists · 4 Comments

Four of Madeleine Lord’s scrap-metal sculptures have enlivened the lawn of Federal Reserve Bank of Boston for at least four years now. Through those years I have wanted to post about them but hoped to take better photos and learn more about the artist first. Earlier in November I got to see more of her art in the New England Sculptors Association exhibition Spirit of Place at Castle Hill.  I still need to take good photos, but I can link you to strong ones on the artist’s website and two other sites listed below. Those sites also offer fascinating information about Madeleine Lord’s art and process, such as her statement here.

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