Tag Archives: Massachusetts

Sophy Tuttle’s Murals Bring Buildings Brilliantly to Life: INTERCONNECTED and PROTECTING NATIVE PLANTS & POLLINATORS

June 3, 2022 · by · in animals in art, architecture, Arlington Public Art, Art, art and science study, Artists, birds, children, commuity, design, environmental education, fountains, graphic design, local birds, mural process, Murals, Nature study, public art, schools, women artists · 1 Comment

Here are photos, quotes and links for two different but related murals: INTERCONNECTED on Western Avenue in Allston and PROTECTING NATIVE PLANTS & POLLINATORS on Massachusetts Avenue in Arlington.

Look Up to Mosaic Masterpieces at Fletcher Maynard Academy, Cambridge

July 1, 2020 · by · in architecture, Art, art education, art history, Artists, basketball, ceramic tiles, ceramics, children, collaborative art projects, collabrative murals, commuity, design, drawing, Mosaic, mural process, Murals, photography, public art, schools, sketching and drawing, studios, visual art · 2 Comments

Closed all spring 2020 like every school, Fletcher Maynard Academy in Cambridge continues to offer art that is open to public view. People can look up above the school’s doors at the corner of Broadway and Windsor Streets to marvel at the Mosaic Masterpieces created a year earlier by students with artists David Fichter, Liane Noddin, and art teacher Lolly Lincoln.

James Tyler’s Tower of East Cambridge Faces Holds Power Over Time

June 13, 2020 · by · in architecture, Art, Artists, bronze, children, commuity, design, history, landscape architecture, masks, Monumental sculpture, parks, photo portraits, photography, portraits, public art, public art tours, Sculpture, Statues, visual art · Leave a comment

My recent post about James Tyler’s Ten Figures in Davis Square led me to search out and visit his fourteen-foot tower of fifty bronze portraits completed in 1986. 

See all Sides of Art Installation by Jessie and Katey on Western Avenue in Allston

October 30, 2019 · by · in architecture, Art, collaborative art projects, collabrative murals, conceptual art, design, environmental sculpture, graphic design, Installations, landmarks, mural process, Murals, painting, photography, public art, street art, technology, temporary art, Videos, visual art, women artists · 2 Comments

In May 2017, Jessie Unterhalter and Katey Truhn incorporated every outer inch of a building, including roof, steps, and chimneys into a colorful commanding work of art. They responded inventively to the dimensions and angles of the space; they chose challenging materials as well. More than two years later their installation still stands out and draws us in.