‘Metal-ity’ At ArtSpace Maynard
“Great art can be found everywhere if you look hard enough,” ArtSpace Maynard Executive Director Jerry Beck says in a press release for their exhibition “Metal-ity.” “I felt like a…Continue Reading →
Photos: ‘Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans’ Murals At HarborArts In East Boston
“Sea Walls: Artists for Oceans, Boston 2020,” from PangeaSeed Foundation in collaboration with HarborArts at the Boston Harbor Shipyard in East Boston, aims to bring “the ocean into the streets, educating…Continue Reading →
Photos: Curtis Williams Begins A Mural At Madison Park
Curtis Williams begins a mural at Boston’s Madison Park Technical Vocational High School, July 5, 2020. See updates and more of his art on instagram: @curtistic. (© Greg Cook photo)…Continue Reading →
Black Lives Matter Murals At Cambridge’s Graffiti Alley
A Black Lives Matter mural has been painted at Graffiti Alley in Cambridge. And last weekend a team of artists painted a “Unified” mural there as well. If this is…Continue Reading →
Science Museum’s T-Rex And Legoland’s Giraffe Get Masks
The T-Rex outside Boston’s Museum of Science and the Lego giraffe standing in front of Somerville’s Legoland Discovery Center are now sporting masks, as communities continue to work to stem…Continue Reading →
‘Where Is The Love?’
‘Where Is The Love?’ banner hung over Route 90 at Massachusetts Avenue in Boston, June 2, 2020. If this is the kind of coverage of arts, cultures and activisms you…Continue Reading →
Sculptures Of Poodles, Angels, Eagles Make This Row House Stand Out From Staid Neighbors
For some years, I’ve wondered about a row house at 9 Dwight St. in Boston’s South End. It stands out from its staid brick neighbors because white sculptures seem to…Continue Reading →
Shepard Fairey Returns To Providence: ‘It’s Pretty Punk Rock To Try To Unite’
Shepard Fairey—one of the most famous street artists in the world, known for his “Obey” Andre the Giant graphics to his Obama “Hope” posters—has been in Providence this week to…Continue Reading →
The Incandescent Chicha Posters That Revolutionarized Peruvian Design
In Peru in the 1980s, a new music exploded in popularity on the radio: Chicha. The word can refer drinks made from purple corn or fermented fruit and grains, but…Continue Reading →
New Murals On Beverly’s Cabot Theatre Aim To Illuminate All The Creativity Going On Inside
NOTE: I’ve been commissioned by the Essex County Community Foundation to help document/promote cultural projects from its Creative County Initiative, which is supported by Boston’s Barr Foundation. On a broiling…Continue Reading →