‘Elephant Migration’ Sculptures Ask Us To See Wildlife As Family
“We do not share the earth with objects, but with other lives,” reads a sign at “The Great Elephant Migration” in Boston. “To see elephants as people is not to…Continue Reading →
Heard Of Elephant Sculptures Coming To Boston
The Great Elephant Migration–100 sculptures of “Indian elephants are migrating across the US to inspire the human race to share space”–is coming to Boston’s Commonwealth Avenue Mall, between Fairfield and…Continue Reading →
Ansis Puriņš: ‘I Missed Out On Saturday Morning Cartoons’
“I missed out on Saturday morning cartoons as a kid because I had to go to Latvian school,” artist Ansis Puriņš of Boston’s Brighton neighborhood writes, “to learn the language…Continue Reading →
Christopher Frost’s Revolutionary War Insurgents
Under a 19-foot-tall granite obelisk at the center of Arlington’s Old Burying Ground, off Pleasant Street, are the bodies of 12 locals killed during the first day of fighting of…Continue Reading →
Goodbye, Pearl Fryar, Topiary Gardener
In the early 1980s, Pearl Fryar began transforming his home in Bishopville, South Carolina, into a fantastic topiary garden, often using plants rescued from the compost piles of local nurseries.…Continue Reading →
Goodbye to Isaiah Zagar, Creator Of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
Saddened to hear that Isaiah Zagar—creator of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, one of the great visionary art spaces of the world, as well as the creator of many mosaic murals across…Continue Reading →
First Boston Public Art Triennial: An Afternoon Tour
The first Boston Public Art Triennial officially opened on May 22. For a decade, the nonprofit Now+There had been installing one-off temporary public art around Boston. It rebranded as the…Continue Reading →
MLK Memorial ‘The Embrace’ Unveiled At Boston Common
“This work is really about the capacity for each of us to be enveloped in love, and I feel enveloped in love every time I hear the names and see…Continue Reading →
Deceased Beech Tree Turned Into Statue In Somerville Park
When a massive, old European beech tree at Somerville’s Symphony Park declined into disease, the city’s Parks and Open Space staff decided to have it cut down. But they saved…Continue Reading →
Rob ‘ProBlak’ Gibbs’ ‘Breathe Life Together” Mural On Boston’s Greenway
“My vision is to add to Boston’s skyline in a way that elevates the voices and work of those who’ve come before us as well as our future generations. It’s…Continue Reading →