♪ ARCH IS THE HIGHEST FORM OF HOPE.
WHILE HOPE MAY SEEM HARD TO COME pBY, ART IS NOT SECURED ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS LOOK FOR IT.
WE TAKE YOU FIRST THROUGH THE ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY.
>> THE ART PROGRAM STARTED SIX YEARS AGO.
WE DO ALL A TEMPORARY AND CONTEMPORARY.
>> LUCAS IS THE DIRECTOR AND CURATOR OF PUBLC ARTS.
>> IT IS IMPORTANT FOR ARTISTS TO MOVE OUTSIDE OF GALLERY SYSTEMS MUSEUMS OR STUDIOS TO BRING THEIR ITEMS TO PUBLIC SPACE.
WORKS OF ART ARE STRATEGICALLY SITUATED ALO THE MILES OF GREENWAY THAT STRETCH FROM CHINATOWN TO THE NORTH AND.
THE THEM CHANGES AND NEW WORKS ARE INTRODUCED.
>> T IDEA OF THIS THEME AROUND IMMIGRATION AND CULTURE A IDENTITY IS TO EXPAND THE NOTION OF HOW CONNECTED WE ARE THROUGH MULTIPLE CULTURES.
CATALINA DELGADO-TRUNK, A NATIVE OF MEXICO WHO NOW LIVES IN NEW MEXICO, AND BODIES THAT THEME WITH HER GLOBAL CONNECTIONS INSTALLATION.
>> SHE HAS CREATED AN EIGHT PANEL STORY THAT SPANS TWO PARK AREAS.
THEY TELL THE CREATION OF THE EARTH, THE LAND, THE MOON, THE SUN, AND THE DISTRIBUTION OF FOOD.
>> SHE WORKS WITH PAPER CUTOUTS.
SHE DRAWS AN IMAGE ON PAPER AND CUTS OUT THE SHAPE.
THE IMAGE WAS PHOTOGRAPHED AND PRINTED ON VINYL BEFORE HANGING.
>> SHE USES FOOD AS A METAPHOR FOR INTERCONNECTEDNESS.
ANOTHER ARTIST CREATED THIS NEON SIG CALLED A MOUSE WITH EARS AND TAIL.
>> IT TRACES T HISTORY OF THE CHARACTE IN MANDARIN CHINESE ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE FIRST WRITING OF THE WORD MOUSE.
THIS IS PART OF A 12 YEAR CURE RATION THAT WILL SHOWCASE ALL OF THE ANIMALS OF THE CHINESE ZODIAC.
>> SHE IS AN ARTIST TH WORKS AROUND THE CONCEPT OF COMMUNICATION AND LANGUAGE.
>> THE GREENWAY IS COMMITTED TO ITS CONCEPT OF PROVIDING PUBLIC ART NOW MORE THAN EVER AS PEOPLE SPEND MORE TIME OUTDOORS.
>> IS A PART FOR ALL PEOPLE.
TO HAVE ACCESS TO THE ARTS AND TO INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS AND THOSE IDEAS AND CONVERSATIONS THAT CAN HAPPEN IS SO IMPORTANT.
♪ CURTIS WILLIAMS IS ANOTHER ARTIST NEW CONTRIBUTING TO THE OUTDOOR ART LANDSCAPE.
>> YOU CAN SEE AN IMAGE AND BE ABLE TO RESPOND TO IT.
I LIKE TO DO THAT IN MY WORK AS WELL AS CREATE SOMETHING THAT IS IN YOUR FACE.
ALSO CREAT WORKS THAT HAVE A DEEPER MEANING.
>> HE MOVED TO BOSTON FIVE YEARS AGO.
HE WAS WORKING WITH ACRYLIC PAINTS.
A COUPLE YEARS LATER, HE ADDED SPRAY PAINTING.
SINCE IT IS AN AEROSOL CAN, GETTING YOU DO NOT HAVING CONTACT WITH WHAT YOU ARE CREATING WAS THE HARDEST PARTS.
GETTING IT TO THE DIFFERENT TIPS YOU ARE ABLE TO USE.
I FEEL LIKE I HAD BEEN GETTING MORE ADEPT SO I WILL LAY DOWN LINE WORK IN USE THE BASE COLOR AND CUT ITS.
>> HE CONTINUED TO HONE HIS CRAFT AND STARTED WORKING WITH STREET THEORY GALLERY IN CAMBRIDGE.
WHEN A REQUEST FOR AN ARTIST FOR AN IMPORTANT PROJECT CAM IN, THE CURATORS RECOMMENDED CURTIS.
>> I WANTED TO INCORPORATE THE SHATTERED GLASS.
JUXTAPOSED REAL LIFE WITH THE ART.
ART IMITATES LIFE.
USING THE SHATTERED GLASS AS THE BASE AND HAVING HEARTS FLOW OUT IT, IT STILL SHOWS LOVE.
CURTIS TRANSFORMED A PIECE OF PLYWOOD COVERING A SOUTH E WINESHOP’S BROKEN STOREFRONT INTO A PIECE OF ART, URBAN GRAPES GLASS ENTRY WAS SHATTERED DURING A PROTEST AND I OWNER
WANTED TO USE THE BOARD THAT COVERED IT TO DELIVER A MESSAGE TO THE COMMUNITY.
>> THAT STATEMENT ALONE IS SO POWERFUL.
YOU CAN REPAIR A WINDOW BUT YOU CAN’T GET BACK LIVES.
A SHARED SENSE OF PERSPECTIVE AND CURTIS HAS AN OPTIMISTIC OUTLOOK FOR THE FUTURE.
>> GOOD THINGS CAN COME FROM BAD SITUATIONS, SO HOPEFULLY PEOPLE CONTINUE TO DO WHAT THEY ARE DOING WITH PEACEFU PROTESTING AND TRYING TO GET THIS MESSAGE ACROSS AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN SEE
BETTER DAYS SOON.
THAT IS WHAT I TRY TO DO WITH MY WORK, TRY TO TURN BAD THINGS INTO SOMETHING GOOD.
>> THAT POSITIVITY IS SOMETHING HE HAS HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE WITH HIS COMPLETION OF SEVERAL PUBLIC MURALS.
NOT EVERYONE FREQUENTS GALLERIES, WHICH IS ALWAYS THE CASE, BUT WITH OUTDOO MURALS, PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS OUTSIDE, ESPECIALLY WITH COVID.
>> INCREASED ACCESS TO ART CAN MAKE IT FEEL MORE INCLUSIVE.
IT IS LIKE A UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE THAT EVERYONE IS ABLE TO UNDERSTAND.
♪ >> IF YOU VISIT THE GLOBAL CONNECTIONS INSTALLATION AFTER DUSK, THERE’S ANOTHER FUN, INTERACTIVE WAY TO OBSER CATALINA DELGADO-TRUNK’S WORK.
YOU CAN TEXT ANY COLOR FROM YO PHONE TO CHANGE THE HUE OF THE LIGHT BLADES ILLUMINATING THE BACKGROUND IN ANY SHADE OF YOUR CHOICE.
STILL TO COME, MASSACH