ARTISTS STATEMENTS

1.Symphony: Remembrance
Gerald M (Jerry) Tuchman

Coming across a beautiful gold cast iron upright piano inside it felt like it should be surrounded by other instruments to create an urban symphony. As it came together I decided to dedicate it to a ninety-plus year old friend who had written his one and only symphony on his synthesizer

2. Crimson Current
Ania Gilmore

“Crimson Current” explores the tension between nature and human-made boundaries. Metal and red zip-tie structures enclose river rocks symbols of nature’s persistence. This contrast reflects on intervention, control, and the limits us humans place on the environment.

3. Flight Lessons
Wen-Hao Tien

I love tall spaces—they invite vertical movement and the desire to fly. Migrating birds, Laurie Anderson’s Amelia, and my father—an aviator with messenger pigeons—shape this work, where clay forms evoke flight, falling, and movement through air.

4. Symphony On a Half Shell
Barbara Fletcher

On a Half Shell whimsically references the Hatch Memorial Shell, a famous Art Deco outdoor concert venue which hosts free concerts for all on the Charles River. Viewers of this sculpture feel part of the urban symphony by viewing their reflections in different strategically placed mirrors.

5. Moonlight Symphony of Our Shared Humanity
Silvina Mizrahi

Steel figures with open silhouettes let the landscape pass through them, creating a shifting symphony of light and nature. The work honors our shared humanity and the rhythms that connect us beneath the moon

6. Sounds of the Ancients Gail
Jerauld Bos & Pam Goncalves

Our ancient ancestors lived millions of years ago but evidence appears to show we still share their passions...a piece of a bone flute made 50,000 yrs ago, a fragment of a song on a clay tablet played 3,400 yrs ago...Their melodies drift into our urban symphonies.

7. Skyline Falling
Rachel Shatil

The ethos of progress, quality of life, longevity and freedom for all manifests itself in the modern invention of life up in the sky. The skyline of American cities is an iconic image of modern civilization in its greatness. However, nowadays the idea of progress and freedom for all is under attack, the pillars of the American dream are crumbling. The image of falling skyline attempts to capture the grandeur of this ethos and at the same time the anxiety and absurdity of our present.

8. Puzzle
Cassie Doyon

It has been progressively puzzling to integrate urban development to environmental sustainability and needs for all. How do we put the pieces together?

9. Spirits and Sounds of the Sea
Phoebe Godfrey

My works seeks to use existing materials, like old piano keys, and give them new life by making creatures who can invite viewers to think about our relationship to the the natural world and all living beings. Adults and children find them playful and engaging.

10. Tintinnabulation, Ring The Bells
Julie Nussbaum

I love to explore the cultures and symbols of our diverse community. I have a particular interest in neurodiversity and self-expression. The synergy of sound, vision and clarity of mind is also tantalizing. Bells ring out around the world. They call people to come together for secular and religious occasions. When we celebrate a personal accomplishment, we talk about ringing the bell, both literally and figuratively. We would like people to join us in ringing these bells to celebrate obstacles they have overcome.

11. ALL STYLE NO SUBSTANCE
Ken Reker

ALL STYLE NO SUBSTANCE is a series of public sculptures that explore the ‘nature’ of art and posits the question ‘what is art’.

12. Sounds of Access/Keys of Life
Janet Kawada

Keys. They have many meanings. Opening up a locked area, a locked mind, a locked heart. Where do we find them and how do we keep them available. These are large questions for small items. And so very often they are lost....then found.

13. Melodic Resonance Intervals
Bette Ann Libby

There are many definitions of symphony. MRI films are transformed into moving musical "notes" swaying and twirling around dowels from the trees. Once again, from something that may be perceived as foreboding, MRI films now become mesmerizing, rhythmic and enchanting.