Category women artists
Both Sides of One Monument Multiply Powers of Purpose: “Something Is Being Done” by Meredith Bergmann
Here is an overdue sequel to The Lexington Women’s Monument by Meredith Bergmann Brings Together and Celebrates Many, Many Inspiring Stories posted in July 2024. Photos in that post included people engaging around the monument in celebration. Photos in this post focus on the forms and details of women or girls represented within the monument.The goal here is to bring out how both sides* of the monument share distinct outlines while portraying notably different individuals. A story for each individual is told in LexSeeHer audioguides.Compare the matched images within panels on both sides to recognize this impressive aspect of the artist’s design, which multiplies the monument’s significance!
Bottle Trees Return to Brattle Street, Connecting Past and Present in Many Ways
Noting that this meaningful installation ends on February 28, I’m posting now without trying for photos that truly convey the beauty and significance of blue bottle trees! I’ll hope the photos, quotes, and links here will guide you to visit in person if possible or at least appreciate the art, history, goals, and collaborative work on the lawn of 159 Brattle Street.
Triennial Artist Adela Goldbard’s Carefully Crafted Ship, Dramatically Destroyed in City Hall Plaza
Combined experiences of two visits to this one artwork certainly expanded my awareness of the powers of temporary art! Here are a few photos with links and quotes that suggest the creative time, energy, and effort given to art that was built to be completely destroyed. Though no one could revisit the art in person after Sept 12, the stories, videos and other visuals continue to document the project, among other impressive time-based artworks by Adela Goldbard.
Boundless Promise in “Unbound,” Sculpture by Harmonia Rosales on Boston’s Freedom Trail
“Unbound” was unveiled outside King’s Chapel on Tremont Street in mid-September, but my first visit was late December. Today my goal is to share photos, links and quotes that lead you there, in person if possible. Soon I hope to learn enough to post a worthy sequel.
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.
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.
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.
Photo-Collage Aluminum Prints Tell Many Stories in Misa Chhan’s “Year of the Snake” on the Greenway
I loved walking among the compelling pages of this sturdy, large-scale outdoor book in Auntie Kay and Uncle Frank Chin Park on the Greenway one evening in late July. Focused on faces, fabric patterns, and family members, I formed connections at my own pace. My next walk there will bring out more to share. Meanwhile quotes from the Greenway link should offer context and entice you to explore Misa Chhan’s artwork.
Boston Women’s Memorial Resounds with Past and Present Voices
Boston Women’s Heritage Trail (BWHT) alerted me to a resonant event, Women and the Fourth at the Boston Women’s Memorial on Commonwealth Avenue. Joining Meredith Bergmann’s sculptures of Phillis Wheatley, Abigail Adams, and Lucy Stone, Executive Director Dr. Alexandria Russell read aloud from Frederick Douglass’s powerful 1852 speech, What To the Slave Is the 4th of July?
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