Ja’Hari Ortega: “Big Hoops to Fill”, 2025
steel, resin and fiberglass composite, epoxy paint, polyurethane Coming April 2025 Big Hoops to Fill is a large-scale sculpture designed by Boston-based artist, sculptor, and jewelry maker Ja’Hari Ortega (she/her). The artwork features two outsized golden bamboo hoop earrings –also known as “door knocker earrings” – that function as interactive swings. Cast from fiberglass with […]
“EARTHWRITING”
Community Eco-Art Zine (Link Here for online version; Print version forthcoming) A Statement from the Editor: UC Berkeley geographer Sharad Chari conceptualizes ‘earth-writing’ as a form of imagining spaciousness: a way of connecting trans-spatial, subaltern calls for a more spacious world. It could be argued that environmental humanities scholar Clara Wilch imagines a kindred ‘spaciousness’ through the ways the arts can […]
Jeffrey Gibson: “your spirit whispering in my ear,” 2024
Oil-based enamels September 2024 – August 2026 A Statement from the Artist: “Your spirit whispering in my ear” are words that I wrote earlier this year as I thought about the challenges that my ancestors, and others, have endured during their lifetimes and how they met those difficulties with faith, courage and strength. I often […]
Lani Asunción: “SONG/LAND/SEA: WAI Water Warning & Binakol Blessing,” 2024
Cement, slate, steel, brass, knotted sailors’ rope, nautical bell, water Listen to an audio description of the artwork here. SONG/LAND/SEA by interdisciplinary artist Lani Asunción is a public art installation and performance series that responds to the unequal impacts of climate change and global warming on Boston’s own coastline. Engaging with environmental racism as well […]
LaRissa Rogers: “Going to Ground,” 2024
steel, soil from Zipporah Potter Atkins’ land, collaboratively-sourced soil, earth, pigment August 2024 – October 2025 “Dear community, can we go to ground together?” Going to Ground is a site-specific project by artist LaRissa Rogers that responds to and engages with the history of Zipporah Potter Atkins. In 1670, Potter Atkins became the first-known Black […]
Zhidong Zhang: “Far Away, From Home,” 2024
Marine-grade plywood, acrylic, steel, adhesive vinyl on lightboxes Listen to an audio description (English)/(Chinese) of the artwork here. Far Away, From Home, an image-based sculpture, is part of Zhang’s ongoing inquiry into the complexities of home, immigration, identity politics, diaspora, and queerness in the public sphere. Responding to the Chinese zodiac Year of the Dragon […]
Gateway to Infinity (An Anti-monument), 2023
Stretching 40 feet in diameter, Gateway to Infinity (An Anti-monument) is a large-scale groundwork by Boston-based queer, interdisciplinary artist Maria Molteni. Gateway to Infinity explores site-specific histories and collective rebirth through a design created during 10 months of extensive research by the artist. As with many of Molteni’s vibrant, massive groundworks, Gateway to Infinity features […]
Love Language, 2023
Artwork created by a youth-led team from Artists For Humanity’s 3D Design Studio. Developed by a team of 20 youth from AFH’s 3D Design Studio in the spring of 2022, Love Language symbolizes the constant evolution of society and the influences Black culture has had on fashion, beauty, music, food, and language. Comprised of four […]
Acknowledge + Listen: Undoing Colonial Design in Massachusetts, 2022
The Greenway Conservancy is honored to partner with Lesley University College of Art + Design and the North American Indian Center of Boston (NAICOB) to host the public art installation, Acknowledge + Listen: Undoing Colonial Design in Massachusetts. Developed during the 2020-2021 academic year, the public artwork was co-designed by Lesley Art + Design students […]
