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Community Canvas

  • Today's mural, We Are Family by Nell Valle, centers on the themes of community and togetherness, depicted by a conglomeration of guinea pigs.
  • Today's mural Asian Women, Asian Sisters by Tran Vu Arts portrays the complexities of women of color through shapes, colors, shades, and spacing.
  • Today’s mural is a mosaic titled Golden Blues by Mia Schon. The layers of color and form contribute to the depth and complexity within the artwork. The matte finish of the blue tiles juxtaposed with the shimmering gold creates a dynamic interplay of light and shadow.
  • Today's mural is a photorealistic cityscape collage by Betsy Silverman. Her technique combines a broad training in visual art with an ecological consciousness that inspired her to use recycled materials.
  • Today’s mural is a painting titled Jumping through Hoops by Michelle Lander Feinberg. Her paintings focus on capturing the energy of life. The circles symbolize an eternal rhythm of revitalization. Every challenge or misstep encountered marks another revolution around the circle.
  • Today's mural is a still photo from Hierophany, a 30 second photo-video artwork by Lucia Ravens, Bach Ngo, and Adam Tully. This piece explores the intersections between ecological and social sustainability and examines the impact of sense of place, dissolution of form, and displacement on the contemporary cultural dynamic.
  • Today's mural is a watercolor plein-air painting of the Boston skyline. Artist Barbara Marder sketches on site and completes her work in her home studio.
  • Today's mural A Beauteous Heap by Resa Blatman is inspired by a rich history of paintings from the Netherlandish style, Baroque period, Hudson River School movement, and Abstract Expressionism. These elements combined focus on the shifting climate that is unpredictable, yet captivating and beautiful.
  • Today's mural Trapped by Manuela Jani explores the paradox of human attachment. While there is natural desire to grasp tightly onto sources of light, love, and happiness, the act can inadvertently extinguish them. Just as a flame requires air to sustain itself, love demands freedom and space to flourish.
  • Today's mural is a painting by Santiago Hernandez, depicting a section of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Acrylic on 60x60 in. canvas, this 2023 painting is part of Hernandez's Archiometries Series, which fuses aspects of architecture, design, and abstract painting. This painting was specifically inspired by Sir Norman Foster's Art of Americas Wing addition to MFABoston.