Category mural process
All Ages Connect in Anna Dugan’s Allston Mural,”LEARNING IN THE PARK”
Completed and celebrated in the summer of 2024, this exuberant extended mural rewards repeated visits. Quotes, photos, and links here support this promise.
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.
3D Mural Features Swap Boxes: “Give & Take” Designed by Non Issue Studio
Quotes, notes, links from first visit, with hopes of more to come: “Our newest interactive public art project, presented in partnership with Harvard EdPortal. On view at 224 Western Ave, Allston, MA, from May 2, 2025 to April 2026” (quote from Non Issue Studio: Swap Boxes)
Extinction Rebellion Mural in Arlington: Powerful, Beautiful, Mysterious, Compelling
My visit to this compelling mural in Walgreen’s parking lot at 324 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington, MA on March 22 expanded my awareness of what people can do with art. The video below, about the completion celebration in October 2024, gives very valuable background. I hope the quotes, links and photos convey the mural’s powers.
Mosaic Mural at Drake Village Features Local Wetlands Plants and Animals
Quotes, Video, Photos and Resources here, with hopes to follow up about this impressive project:
“In our last mural celebration this season, a ribbon-cutting was held at Drake Village in Arlington Heights — site of an installation of large-scale mosaics created in an inspiring collaboration of senior residents and Arlington Public High School Students. ” (quote from ARTS ARLINGTON newsletter Dec 2024)
View Lena Mac’s Murals as Portals and Connectors
My first visit to Lena Mac’s new mural led me to look back at an earlier one and then discover many more. This post shares photos of two near me and a link to her website, which shows her range worldwide!
Focus on Sophy Tuttle’s Memorial Mural for an Eagle Named MK
“Last week, artist Sophy Tuttle put the final touches on her awe-inspiring tribute to MK, a much-loved female eagle who died from eating rats poisoned with rodenticide; the poison doesn’t kill immediately, impairing rodents so they become easy prey. Sophy’s glowing image remembers MK as a strong and glorious bird, in the prime of her life, surrounded by wildflowers that contribute to a healthy ecosystem. ” ( quote from NEW MURAL HONORS FALLEN EAGLE, Arts Arlington newsletter, Sept. 2024 )
Sidewalk Murals Focus on Storm Drains in Arlington
Bright new murals on Arlington sidewalks mark stark metal grids meant to draw rainwater back down toward local lakes and rivers. If the grids and drains below are blocked and cluttered, that necessary flow is slowed, or worse!
So art leads our eyes down to places where we can help address that problem when we Adopt a Drain! Here are quotes and links that help explain.
Explore Jeffrey Gibson’s Completed Mural in Dewey Square
September 27 was my first visit since the completion of “your spirit whispering in my ear.” These photos, notes, quotes, and links form a sequel to the early-September post about the mural in progress.
View Jeffrey Gibson’s Dewey Square Mural in Progress; Then Celebrate Completion Sept 19!
Photos, Quotes, Links and Notes for the First Month of the Tenth Mural on the Air-intake Building, Dewey Square, Rose Kennedy Greenway, Boston”If you’re walking through Dewey Square next week, you may notice crews near the mural wall. They’re there to paint our new Dewey Square mural, “your spirit whispering in my ear” by Jeffrey Gibson! The painting of the mural is always a wonderful communal experience where people come to watch a new piece of art come to life, so feel free to pull up a chair and watch the process.”
Art Outdoors 