Tag: Day Trip

• A Central Square Art Walk

  

  If you’re interested in Public Art, and looking to see something new there is probably no better neighborhood to get started than Central Square in Cambridge. Situated directly on the Redline, Central Square is known to be one of the more colourful neighborhoods in the Metro Boston area and has a long history of supporting […]

  Julia Swanson

  August 1, 2020

  Art Walks

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• Exploring our Connection to the Environment Through “Purple” at the ICA Watershed

  

  One of my favourite things about art is its ability to transcend demographics and open up dialogue about a range of issues. In this day and age few topics are more polarizing than climate change and the challenge we face as we try to understand our growing impact on the environment, and the impact our […]

  Julia Swanson

  August 26, 2019

  art & travel

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• “Augument,” Finding Joy at the Cyclorama

  

  There is something pleasantly disquieting about Nick Cave’s “Augment,” which is now on view at the Cyclorama in Boston’s South End. It is colorful, enormous, jarring, and surreal, and in a way it almost looks like something you would expect to see in the Upside-Down. The lawn ornaments which have been sewn together into five […]

  Julia Swanson

  August 23, 2019

  art & travel

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• Day Trip: George’s Island

  

  When you live next to the ocean you learn to respect it, not just for its power but for all it can teach us about ourselves and our history. Living in the Greater Boston area the Boston Harbor Islands have long been a part of my personal narrative and in my humble opinion, they are […]

  Julia Swanson

  August 22, 2015

  art & travel

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