Category Installations
Fence Dancing by Adria Arch Enlivens Views on Both Sides of the Bikeway in Arlington
Brightly colored shapes now interacting above one entry to Spy Pond express the artwork’s title, Fence Dancing. If you pause your walk, run, or ride to study them, you may start to dance in place. Here are quotes, links, and photos from my first visit….I hope to go back many times through different seasons for more to share about this fascinating installation.
Engage with Vital Versions of Elephants Migrating along Commonwealth Avenue
The Great Elephant Migration will move on from Boston after September 13, so here is a quick post with quotes, notes, photos, and resources that should get you there in time!
Explore Five More Sculptures for Urban Symphony, Studios Without Walls in Riverway Park
This second sequel to the post with an overview of Urban Symphony includes sculptures by Bette Ann Libby, Ania Gilmore, Janet Kawada, Cassie Doyon, and Wen-Hao Tien. Links to artists’ websites and Studios Without Walls are listed under Key Resources. Plan to keep exploring through September 7!
Focus on Five More Artists in Studios Without Walls, “Urban Symphony” in Riverway Park, Brookline
This first sequel to the post with an overview of Urban Symphony includes sculpture by Phoebe Godfrey, Gail Jerauld Bos, Pam Goncalves, Barbara Fletcher, and Silvina Mizrahi, with links to artists’ websites and Studios Without Walls. Second sequel coming soon. Eager to keep visiting through September 7!
Studios Without Walls “Urban Symphony” Artworks Relate to Each Other and to Each of Us Within Riverway Park
This post identifies the thirteen artworks in Urban Symphony, the 27th annual by Studios Without Walls. But it looks a bit more closely at four. With hopes to do sequel posts that focus on a few more each time, my main goal now is to connect you with the resources that get you to this exhilarating exhibit, at least online, well before it ends September 7, 2026!
Artworks Interact at deCordova Sculpture Park: Kapwani Kiwanga, “On Growth” and Joiri Minaya, “Tropticon II”
One of many great features of the Nature Sanctuary exhibit now in the park is the way the works resonate with each other and with the surroudning landscape. “Troptican II” and “On Growth” share a lawn where we can see, feel and discover their connections. Quotes, links and maybe my photos should entice you to explore in the months before the exhibit ends (October 4, 2026).
“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.
Art Outdoors 