by Emily Bhargava | Feb 4, 2014 | community art, community health, data mural, Uncategorized
SCATV (Somerville’s local cable station) filmed a whole episode of “Culture Club” this month about public art in the city. Connection Lab was interviewed about Somerville’s public art map as well as the Groundwork Somerville data mural. Check...
by Emily Bhargava | Dec 17, 2013 | community art, data mural, Uncategorized
This week I visited Berlin for the first time and excitedly signed up for a four-hour street art walking tour. The guide, a graffiti writer himself, took us to see some of the most important examples of graffiti and street art and explained the methods, the graphics...
by Emily Bhargava | Nov 22, 2013 | community art, community health, data mural, Uncategorized
Well, we didn’t actually paint for 24 hours, but we did start the painting at 1:00 on Wednesday and finish at 1:00 on Thursday. With volunteers each coming for two hours, we painted until 6:00 on Wednesday and began again at 10:00 on Thursday. All in all, very...
by Emily Bhargava | Nov 20, 2013 | community art, community health, data mural, Uncategorized
Painting began! With the help of volunteers from the Food Security Coalition, the Somerville High School Community Service Club, Tufts University and the Cambridge Health Alliance, we transferred the mural design to a large piece of fabric and started to paint. It...
by Emily Bhargava | Oct 16, 2013 | community art, community health, data mural, Uncategorized
What could stop a committed group of organizations from painting the mural that they designed months ago to raise awareness of food insecurity and food resources in Somerville? Well… 1. It seems that store owners are worried about having murals on their walls. ...
by Emily Bhargava | Aug 26, 2013 | community art, community health, data mural, Uncategorized
Somerville’s urban agriculture blog wrote a great piece about the South Street Farm data mural. Check it out here. It’s nice to see people excited about the mural, and it’s especially nice to have the city recognize it. Unfortunately the locations...
