Tag Archives: MASS 50501

Arts Enhance Action in Boston Labor Day Parade, 2025

September 3, 2025 · by · in Art, calligraphy, celebrations, children, collaborative art projects, community, dance, design, drawing, graphic design, history, humor, immigrants, interactive art, labor unions, masks, music, portraits, schools, temporary art, tumes, visual art · 1 Comment

Costumes, displays, banners, posters, music and dance relate to the theme: Workers over Billionaires!

Glad to be there and then go through many photos. Here are a few examples of statements people made in different ways.

Signs and Connections Grow on Cambridge Common throughout Festival Organized by MASS 50501

August 7, 2025 · by · in Art, calligraphy, children, collaborative art projects, collabrative murals, collage, community, design, families, graphic design, history, illustration, interactive art, landmarks, mural process, Murals, plants, political issues, public art, visual art · Leave a comment

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.

Good Signs at Good Trouble Rally on Boston Common across from the State House

July 22, 2025 · by · in African American History, Art, banners, Boston events, bricks, community, dance, design, drawing, families, graphic design, history, humor, interactive art, landmarks, music, parks, political issues, public art, social justice, temporary art, visual art · 2 Comments

This Boston rally, July 17, in memory of John Lewis, drew on many ways to make good trouble: posters, stencils, bubbles, costumes, singing, speaking, signing, dancing, chanting, painting, and much more. Let photos and quotes here suggest the event’s energy and emotions.