The "Open Franklin" Project
Joe Wight Designs has been selected to submit a proposal for the Boston Planning Department. Join us as we help beautify the neighborhood. In this series journal you’ll learn all about the efforts, challenges, and heroes who help make it all possible.
Joe Wight Designs has been selected to develop a proposal for public art by the Boston Planning Commission! The aim is to have something installed before the end of this summer, 2019.
The Location
The site in question is at the corner of Franklin and Lincoln, in Allston, MA. Here a few pics of the site.
Conceptual Peek
We’ve finalized restrictions with the property owners and are hammering out the final concepts for the proposal this month. Check out a mockup Joe made Its inspired by the concept of “murmuration.”
“Murmuration”
mur·mur·a·tion
/ˌmərməˈrāSHən/
noun
1.
a flock of starlings.
2.
LITERARY
the action of murmuring.
"the murmuration of a flock of warblers"
Next Steps
We’re very thankful to everyone who has helped us get this far, including the Boston Planning Commission, Jim from Alpine Bearing, the entire group at the Flex Fund Committee and of course you all, for caring about public art. Here’s a rough timeline of what we’re expecting in terms of progress in the coming months.
Everything You Can Imagine Is Real Again
Studios Without Walls was asked to install Everything You Can Imagine Is Real at the Chestnut Hill Square shopping center. I was able to reinstall the piece Calm Under Pressure in a new configuration. The show runs till Mid October.
Unveiled at the Hallspace Gallery
I have 3 drawings in the Hallspace Drawing Project 2017 Show titled Unveiled. The show is open from September 2nd to October 7th.
Somerville Open Studios
I was asked to contribute in Somerville Open Studios by the people that run the loft. Come on by May 6th and 7th.
Everything You Can Imagine Is Real
I will be showing a piece called Calm Under Pressure at the upcoming Studios Without Walls group show on the Emerald Necklace by the Longwood T stop.
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I was asked to be in a show in the Massart Student Life gallery by my friend and fellow artist Danielle Potwin. Opening this Thursday from 7pm to 9pm in the student life gallery at Massart.
