{"id":14682,"date":"2019-12-22T23:54:17","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T04:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=14682"},"modified":"2019-12-22T23:54:17","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T04:54:17","slug":"photos-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2019\/12\/22\/photos-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"The Year In Photos: Art And Activism In 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Art and activism across Boston and New England as I witnessed it in 2019. (Note: Some photos feature events by Cambridge Arts, where I work part-time, as well as Wonderland Spectacle Co., which I run with my partner Kari Percival.)<\/p>\n

All photos copyright 2019 Greg Cook. Pictured at top: Pascal Michel paints his mural on the side of Highland Creole Cuisine, 2 Highland Ave., Somerville, as part of a project by the Somerville Arts Council, Aug. 28, 2019.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\"Jessica<\/a>
Jessica Straus’s \u201cTransAtlantic” at Boston Sculptors Gallery, Jan. 4, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Boston<\/a>
Boston skyline along Fort Port Channel, Jan. 11, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Window<\/a>
Window of Semper Vi, 304 Essex St., Salem, Jan. 9, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Caleb<\/a>
Caleb Neelon paints his Ed Emberley “Drawing Books” mural at the Cambridge Public Library’s Children’s Room, Jan. 17, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lion<\/a>
Lion Dance by Wah Lum Kung Fu and Tai Chi Academy during Chinese Lunar New Year Celebration at Malden High School, Jan. 26, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Danilchuk<\/a>
Danilchuk Auto Body’s Patriots versus Rams display, Jan. 30, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kari<\/a>
Kari Percival’s “Groundhog on Strike” riding the MBTA, Feb. 1, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bernard<\/a>
Bernard Langlais sculptures outside Ogunquit Museum of Art, Maine, Feb. 3, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Caitlin<\/a>
Caitlin and Nicole Duennebier, “Rebirth of Maurice,” 2019, mixed media, at Simmons University’s Trustman Art Gallery, Boston, Feb. 22, 2019. (Photo: Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Colony"<\/a>
“Colony” by Basil and Chris Frost 2018, along the Minuteman Bikeway at Linwood Street, Arlington, March 8, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Youth<\/a>
Youth Climate Strike at Massachusetts State House, Boston, March 15, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Second<\/a>
Second Line Social Aid and Pleasure Society Brass Band plays at the Youth Climate Strike at Massachusetts State House, Boston, March 15, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Purim<\/a>
Purim shpil performed at Gragger!5779 at SEIU 32BJ Meeting Hall in Boston, March 16, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Maghrib<\/a>
Maghrib (evening) prayer during the \u201cCandlelight Vigil for Victims of the New Zealand Mosque Attacks.” at Cambridge City Hall, March 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fatty<\/a>
Fatty Spice’s “Tunnel of Self-Love” at Montserrat College of Arts\u2019 Frame 301 Gallery in Beverly, March 24, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Celebrating<\/a>
Celebrating Holi in an event organized by the Boston University Hindu Student Council, March 30, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Macon<\/a>
Macon Reed, “A Pressing Conference,” 2017 to present, at Amherst College, March 31, 2019. (Photo: Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\u201cLeonora<\/a>
\u201cLeonora & Alejandro: La Maga y el Maestro,” a rehearsal by Double Edge Theatre at their Farm Center in Ashfield, April 1, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Blake<\/a>
Blake \u201cBrother Bones\u201d Girndt from Walter Sickert & the Army of Broken Toys at Happy Place in Boston, April 3, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Holy<\/a>
Holy Land USA in Waterbury, Connecticut, April 18, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"A<\/a>
A Good Friday Stations of the Cross pageant for Easter performed in the neighborhood around Boston’s Cathedral of the Holy Cross, April 19, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Optical<\/a>
Optical illusion crosswalk painted by Nate Swain at Medford\u2019s Brooks Elementary School, April 20, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Building<\/a>
Building an Essex clamming skiff at the Essex Historical Society and Shipbuilding Museum in Essex, April 26, 2018. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Super<\/a>
Super A (Stefan Thelen) with his mural (in progress) \u201cResonance” on Boston’s Greenway in Dewey Square, April 29, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rehearsal<\/a>
Rehearsal for \u201cThe Unicorn, The Gorgon and The Manticore\u201d and \u201cA Medieval Bestiary\u201d performed by Metropolitan Chorale and Puppet Showplace Theater at First Church, Cambridge, May 3, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Doll<\/a>
“Doll Mountain” installation along East Main Street, Gloucester, May 5, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Old<\/a>
Old Cambridge Baptist Church mass shootings cross: “This cross is an evolving witness to the lives lost in 2018 due to mass shootings in the U.S. It is our sign of protest against the love of money and guns being valued over human lives. This death-dealing evil must end. Resurrection of peace and justice must persist.” May 9, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stephanie<\/a>
Stephanie Benenson’s “Im|Migration” at Salem’s Punto Urban Art Museum, May 11, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Stop<\/a>
“Stop The Abortion Ban” rally at Massachusetts State House, May 21, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rob<\/a>
Rob “ProBlak” Gibbs paints his “Breathe Life 3” mural at 808 Tremont St., Boston, May 24, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Moonrise<\/a>
Moonrise Fae dance in the Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival in Central Square, June 1, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""The<\/a>
“The Cry from Hell.” Cambridge Arts River Festival, Central Square, Cambridge, June 1, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lantern<\/a>
Lantern Walk at Fellsmere Pond, Malden, June 1, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Launching<\/a>
Launching Otto Piene’s “Sky Art” inflatable sculpture “Paris Star” at the Fitchburg Art Museum, June 2, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\"<\/a>
Fox Festival Parade in Arlington, June 15, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"beheard.world<\/a>
beheard.world performed “Invisible Imprints” at Cambridge’s Clement Morgan Park on July 18, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Helen<\/a>
Helen Bur finishes painting her mural on the Cabot Theatre, Beverly, Massachusetts, July 20, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\u201cArchive<\/a>
\u201cArchive of Mind\u201d by South Korean artist Kimsooja at Salem\u2019s Peabody Essex Museum, July 20, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Kari<\/a>
Kari Percival (right) speaks about the stripe she illustrated for “Her Flag” at the Old State House, Boston, July 25, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Revere<\/a>
Revere Beach International Sand Sculpting Festival, Massachusetts, July 27, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\u201cPageant<\/a>
\u201cPageant Picnic Day\u201d from \u201cDrawing From Our Past: A Tri-Town Tape Art Festival\u201d at Pentucket Regional Middle School in West Newbury, July 27, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grateful<\/a>
Grateful Dead mini van driving north on Route 95 near Georgetown, Massachusetts, July 27, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bernard<\/a>
Bernard Langlais sculpture of football players, Skowhegan, Maine, July 30, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Skills<\/a>
Skills store window, Skowhegan, Maine, July 30, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stephen<\/a>
Stephen Leakos outside of his Skowhegan Downtown Art Gallery, Skowhegan, Maine, Jul 30, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"City<\/a>
City Life\/Vida Urbana rally to support renters fighting hikes of nearly 50 percent at 33 Park St., Malden, Aug. 3, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Television<\/a>
Television cameras recorded the Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki Vigil in Watertown Square, Aug. 4, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Nick<\/a>
Nick Cave at “Augment,” organized by Now + There, at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama, Aug. 7, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Nick<\/a>
Nick Cave at “Augment,” organized by Now + There, at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama, Aug. 7, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Traveling<\/a>
Traveling to the moon in Double Edge Theatre\u2019s \u201cI am the Baron,\u201d Ashfield, Massachusetts, Aug. 10, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Rehearsal<\/a>
Rehearsal for Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Diagonal Life Circus,” Glover, Vermont, Aug. 24, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The opening of Bread and Puppet Theater’s “Diagonal Life Circus,” Glover, Vermont, Aug. 25, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Clare<\/a>
Clare Dolan’s Museum of Everyday Life in Glover, Vermont, Aug. 24, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stephen<\/a>
Stephen Huneck’s Dog Chapel, St. Johnsbury, Vermont, Aug. 26, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Pascal<\/a>
Pascal Michel paints his mural on the side of Highland Creole Cuisine, 2 Highland Ave., Somerville, Aug. 28, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Silvia<\/a>
Silvia L\u00f3pez Chavez paints a mural on Cambridge’s Central Square Library, Aug. 28, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"DIY<\/a>
DIY cart track, Ferris wheel and fort at MIT’s East Campus, Cambridge, Aug. 29, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Cambridge Carnival Committee led a \u201cMarch for Peace\u201d down Cambridge’s Massachusetts Avenue in response to the cancellation of the 2019 Carnival. Sept. 4, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fly<\/a>
Fly Kids dance at the Crossing Water Festival, Remond Park, Salem, Massachusetts, Sept. 7, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Futurity<\/a>
“Futurity Island” by Gediminas and Nomeda Urbonas in collaboration with Indr\u0117 Umbrasait\u0117, Nicole L\u2019Huillier and Tobias Putrih on MIT’s West Lawn, Sept. 9, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"\u201cMIT<\/a>
\u201cMIT Rally Against Jeffrey Epstein\u201d and \u201cThey Knew: Speak-out against MIT-Epstein Scandal\u201d outside Massachusetts Institute of Technology\u2019s Stratton Student Center, Sept. 13, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wonderland<\/a>
Wonderland Spectacle Co. in Nick Cave’s Joy parade, organized by Now + There, in Boston, Sept. 14, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Clint<\/a>
Clint Baclawski’s “Fringe” at Abigail Ogilvy Gallery, Boston, Sept. 14, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Domenic<\/a>
Domenic Esposito (right), creator of the Opioid Spoon, shows it to Cambridge Vice Mayor Jan Devereux, Mayor Marc C. McGovern, City Councilor Sumbul Siddiqui and School Committee member Emily Dexter at a reception at the Cambridge Public Library, Sept. 16, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Yayoi<\/a>
Yayoi Kusama’s “Love Is Calling” at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, Sept. 17, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Boston<\/a>
Boston Climate Strike reaches the Massachusetts State House, Sept. 20, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"The<\/a>
The Second Line Social Aid & Pleasure Society Brass Band plays at Boston Climate Strike, outside the Massachusetts State House, Sept. 20, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Boston<\/a>
Boston Climate Strike at the Massachusetts State House, Sept. 20, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Crossing<\/a>
Crossing the “Maddening Mud Pit” at the Lowell Kinetic Sculpture Race, Sept. 21, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Peabody<\/a>
Peabody Essex Museum Director Brian Kennedy speaks in front of an N.C. Wyeth mural to announce the debut of the Salem museum’s new wing, Sept. 25, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Charles<\/a>
Charles Sandison\u2019s \u201cFigurehead 2.0,\u201d projections of ship\u2019s logs and sailor\u2019s journals across the Peabody Essex Museum\u2019s East India Marine Hall, Salem, Sept. 25, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Massachusetts<\/a>
Massachusetts Center for Native American Awareness Intertribal Dancers from Danvers lead the crowd at the Essex County Community Foundation’s second annual Essex County Arts & Culture Summit from the Cabot theater to Dane Street Church, Beverly, Sept. 27, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Dance<\/a>
Dance class at Green Street Studios on the day the Cambridge facility announced plans to shut down, Oct. 2, 2019. (Greg Cook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Alex<\/a>
Alex Noel’s 2,294.5-pound pumpkin, which won the35th anniversary All New England Giant Pumpkin Weigh-Off, inside the Fruits & Vegetables Barn at the Topsfield Fair, Oct. 6, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Monkeyhouse<\/a>
Monkeyhouse dance troupe performs “8 Feet” in Malden, Oct. 6, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Extinction<\/a>
Extinction Rebellion die-in against global warming at Harvard Square, Cambridge, during in the Honk Parade, Oct. 13, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Stilters<\/a>
Stilters dance into Harvard Square, Cambridge, during the Honk Parade, Oct. 13, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Forward!<\/a>
Forward! Marching Band from Madison, Wisconsin, reaches Harvard Square, Cambridge, during the Honk Parade, Oct. 13, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Boston<\/a>
Boston Circus Guild rehearses “Cirque of the Dead” at Oberon, Cambridge, Oct. 16, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"MICE<\/a>
MICE (Massachusetts Independent Comics Expo) at Lesley University, Oct. 19, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Judy<\/a>
Judy Chicago speaks at Harvard | Radcliffe, Cambridge, Oct. 17, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Willie<\/a>
Willie Alexander at a retrospective of his paintings and collages at the Manship Artist Residency + Studios in Gloucester, Oct. 18, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Painting<\/a>
Painting in Graffiti Alley, Central Square, Cambridge, Oct. 19, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bread<\/a>
Bread and Puppet Theater performed “Diagonal Life: Theory and Praxis” at First Church in Cambridge, Nov. 7, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Maira<\/a>
Maira Kalman speaks at \u201cThe Pursuit of Everything: Maira Kalman’s Books for Children” at the Eric Carle Museum of Picture Book Art in Amherst, Nov. 10, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""Songbirds<\/a>
“Songbirds for Diversity” by Wonderland Spectacle Co. and friends in Malden Parade of Holiday Traditions, Nov. 30, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Wah<\/a>
Wah Lum Kung Fu & Tai Chi Academy lion and dragon in Malden Parade of Holiday Traditions, Nov. 30, 2019. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\""24<\/a>
“24 Hour Vigil \u2013 Day With(Out) Art -World AIDS Day” art installation at the Boston Center for the Arts Cyclorama on Tremont Street on Sunday, Dec. 1. (Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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