Tag Archives: Greg Cook WONDERLAND

New Murals on Blue Hill Avenue by Ekua Holmes and London Parker-McWhorter Make Many Meaningful Connections

September 17, 2021 · by · in African American History, Art, Artists, artists' presentations, Boston events, celebrations, collaborative art projects, collabrative murals, commuity, design, fabric art, flowers, gardens, history, Installations, photo portraits, photography, plants, public art, social justice, temporary art, visual art, women artists · 4 Comments

My visit to “Honoring the past, seeding the future,” the newest Grove Hall murals, extended my own range of travel after too long a time. Simply walking a few blocks around their location (on and near 345 Blue Hill Avenue) offered such an abundance of promising connections that I must now choose a few of many for focus in this post. Here are the chosen three.

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.

Rob “Problak” Gibbs Gave Momentum to his Mural, ‘Breathe Life 3’

January 9, 2020 · by · in African American History, architecture, Art, art history, augmented reality, Boston events, Boston Public Art, children, collaborative art projects, collabrative murals, commuity, families, graphic design, interactive art, landmarks, mural process, Murals, music, painting, political issues, public art, sketching and drawing, social justice, street art, technology, temporary art, Videos, visual art · 1 Comment

Today I want to note this one of many murals by Rob “Problak” Gibbs and share some ways it adds to my awareness of what a mural can do. This one can actively demonstrate hand signs for its title when you view it through an app in your device. My post, so far, won’t directly reveal the actions but gives you links to see them or, better yet, go to the wall on Tremont Street at Camden Street, where you can enliven them yourself.