“It was to create a different municipality that was a majority of people of color and working class folks, because we wanted a seat at the table.”
Visual Arts
BETTER BOSTON ARTS: SHEA JUSTICE
Boston artist calls for more arts spaces
WOKE IN PROGRESS
Taking Action for Black Lives in Boston’s Arts Community
BLM TAG INSPIRES ARTIST’S SOMERVILLE MURAL
In June, Jason “Swat” Talbot was invited to paint a mural on Posto, the pizza place outside Somerville’s Davis Square. Amidst the Black Lives Matter protests, someone had tagged “BLM” on the wall, Talbot says, “really sloppily.”
INTRODUCING BETTER BOSTON ARTS
A New Column Asking "How Can We Make Our Arts Scene Better Than It Was Before the Pandemic?"
DIAS DE CONSUELO
Graphic novelist Dave Ortega recounts his grandmother’s immigration story
THEY’RE DRAWING A MOVEMENT, SOMETIMES IN THE MOMENT
“The role of art is to continue to show that out of pain comes beauty.”
COLORING BOOK PROCEEDS TO GO TO BLACK INSTITUTIONS, CAUSES
Co-author says “the younger Chinese generation in America should be more political than their parents”
HOOP TUBE: TRANSFORMING PUBLIC SPACES DURING THE CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC
“In the midst of all this, people have been really interested in what I’m doing, eager to talk. It is different from putting art in galleries.”
PANDEMIC PORTRAITS: A BOSTON PHOTOG’S PICS OF FRIENDS IN ISOLATION
These are the few human beings I had contact with during that time. As the state reopens, may these portraits represent a glimpse into what the past few months felt like for some young people in this city and others.