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Sidewalk Murals Focus on Storm Drains in Arlington

October 14, 2024 · by · in animals in art, Arlington Public Art, Art, Artists, collaborative art projects, community, mural process, Murals, Nature study, painting, plants, ponds, public art, schools, visual art, water, women artists · Leave a comment

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.

Artists Add New Life to Familiar Forms: “GO OUT DOORS – ARLINGTON  2021” November Notes and Quotes

November 19, 2021 · by · in animals in art, Arlington Public Art, Art, Artists, Bicycle Paths, bikepaths, books, calligraphy, collabrative murals, commuity, Contemporary Sculpture, environmental education, environmental sculpture, flowers, gardens, hiking trails, Installations, interactive art, landmarks, libraries, Massachusetts history, Minuteman Bikeway, music, painting, plants, public art, temporary art, visual art, Weather and seasons, women artists · Leave a comment

Guided by the very helpful interactive map on the GO OUT DOORS NEIGHBORS!, Arts Arlington, I have visited most of the 2021 doors. I hope to see them all before November ends, when they’ll be kept safe from the threats of winter weather. Then I will watch for their return in spring 2022 and for newly created doors as well. If able, I will want to show and tell more about “Go Out Doors” beyond Arlington.* Meanwhile here are names, art titles, links ( click on artists’ names in red for their websites), and quotes for the doors I’ve seen so far.