Revere Beach Sand Sculpting Festival
The 2021 International Sand Sculpting Festival at Revere Beach celebrated the 125th anniversary of the country’s first public beach. From Aug. 6 to 8, Sue McGrew, of Tacoma, Washington; Abe…Continue Reading →
Paul Goodnight And Larry Pierce Collaborate On Grove Hall Mural
The design for Boston artist Paul Goodnight and Larry Pierce’s temporary, printed mural “No Strings Detached” began with Goodnight’s row of animated musicians playing violin, stand-up bass and banjo. “The…Continue Reading →
‘Sea Walls’ Murals Advocate For Ocean Conservation
“Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans,” from the PangeaSeed Foundation in collaboration with local public art initiative HarborArts, has returned to Boston to commission 11 new ocean advocacy murals from July…Continue Reading →
Rededicating John Wilson’s Monument To Black Fatherhood At Roxbury Community College
“In Western art, it is common to have the theme of the mother and child but the theme of male bonding is much less common,” Edmund Barry Gaither, director and…Continue Reading →
‘Her Flag’ Celebrating Centennial Of Women’s Suffrage At National Museum of Women in the Arts
A flag celebrating the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which ensured women’s right to vote within the United States Constitution, will be displayed on the New…Continue Reading →
Cedric Douglas Mural At Former Medfield State Hospital Evokes Healing Power Of Arts
In May, Boston artist Cedric “Vise1” Douglas painted an 125-foot-long mural on one of the buildings of the former Medfield State Hospital off Hospital Road there, at the back of…Continue Reading →
‘Back Against The Wall’ Showcases Graffiti Artists In Grove Hall
Artists Apex, Deme5, Kwest, ProBlak, Sobek, Soem and Vex transformed the side wall of Moses Auto at 58 Geneva Ave. in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood on May 15 for the “Back…Continue Reading →
New Greenway Mural Is A Giant Fruit And Flowers Still-Life Designed By Daniel Gordon
This week the Brooklyn-based commercial painting firm Overall Murals put the finishing touches on “Summer Still Life with Lobster and Fern,” a mural depicting an arrangement of fruit and flowers…Continue Reading →
Watch ‘Genius Grant’-Winning Carver Nicholas Benson At Farm Fresh RI
This week, “Genius Grant”-winning stone carver Nicholas Benson of Newport has been busy on a new project at Farm Fresh RI’s new headquarters at 10 Sims Ave., Providence. And this…Continue Reading →
Artists To Turn MFA Lawn Into A Garden
Sunflowers and corn will sprout on the Museum of Fine Arts’ Huntington Avenue lawn as part of “Garden for Boston” from artists and activists Ekua Holmes of Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood…Continue Reading →