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  • HOME
  • ABOUT
  • ARTIST STATEMENT
  • SCULPTURES
    • 1798 North Square View
    • North End Story Map
    • Fantastical Historical Nautical Instrument
    • What We Brought With Us
  • BLOG

Our sundial works!

The little sundial we made for the base of the nautical instrument sculpture actually works! Here it is during our 2:20pm test! The dial will show solar time at North... read more →
  • September 29, 2018
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  • Marine Instrument, North Square, Sculpture

Boston: Changing times, Changing Scales

During the 1700's, the Old State House was one of the largest buildings in Boston. It dwarfed the Revere House in its own day as shown in this wonderful display... read more →
  • September 29, 2018
  • Relief

Adding Braille to our map!

Here is a picture of the Braille transcriptions we're adding to the map. Thank you to audio/tactile design consultant Lindsay Yazzolino for visiting the studio to help us with this... read more →
  • September 27, 2018
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  • Map, North Square, People

Questions, questions…. (a follow-up)

Thank you to Matt Conti and Katie Babb at NorthEndWaterfront.com for reposting our post on the question about wharf names! And thank you everyone for all of your comments and... read more →
  • September 25, 2018
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  • Map, Sculpture

A Sundial for North Square!

Sailors have long called North Square home and the Mariners House at 11 North Square is evidence of the ongoing connection of the Square to sailors and the sea. Before... read more →
  • September 20, 2018
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  • Marine Instrument, Sculpture

Sailors’ hands! Scrimshaw marvels in New Bedford!

Sailing requires many skills and expert hands, but sometimes the winds die down and there's time to kill which is when, if you're a sailor, you do a little scrimshaw!... read more →
  • September 19, 2018
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  • Marine Instrument, Sculpture

North Square History, it’s never needed placemaking…

North Square does "Then and Now" better than just about anywhere in the U.S. We are constantly gobsmacked looking at how things change and don't change in and from North... read more →
  • September 17, 2018
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  • Historic People, North Square

Questions, questions…

Many questions come up, one day to the next and this one has managed to stump even the U.S. Coast Guard. We're finalizing the North End wharf names on our... read more →
  • September 16, 2018
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  • Map, North Square, Story Vault

Bad news..good news…

Many of you have been wondering about the status of the North Square Public Art Project. We apologize for the infrequent updates. Work has been proceeding slowly but surely on... read more →
  • September 14, 2018
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  • North Square

Wishing Buona Fortuna to our dear Christian Guerra!

Christian, the Art Collection and Program Manager for the City of Boston, shepherded the North Square Public Art Project from its earliest days. This past month we saw her off... read more →
  • September 14, 2018
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    INSTAGRAM

    Come see our new site-specific, video-sculpture installation "You Are Here" for the WATERLINES exhibit | December 15, 2022 - March 22, 2023 | Somerville Museum, MA
    New England Castings in Standish, ME, pushed their own boundaries working with our renderings and casting our milled foam sections into Duplex Stainless Steel a material that seems just right for the streets of Worcester and the people whose stories our sculpture tells. Thank you Walter, Mike and the whole crew at NEC!
    Our sculpture takes its cue from the work of the 19th-century Worcester abolitionist and suffragist Abby Kelley Foster and is permanently installed at 311 Main St. to the left of Mechanics Hall. We're grateful to State Sen. Harriette L. Chandler, D-Worcester, who helped secure funding for “The Speaker’s Stand” and to our partners at the City of Worcester, especially the Cultural Development Office, D.P.W., the Public Art Working Group and Abby's House. Photos © 2021 Troy B. Thompson Photography, all rights reserved.
    Excited to have our work “The Speaker’s Stand,” be a part of the Main Street Reimagined Public Art Program which tells the story of Worcester, MA’s rich history through a series of public artworks along Main Street. Here are the first five of many new works. (Photos © 2021 Troy B. Thompson Photography, all rights reserved)
    Repost from @cityofworcester using @RepostRegramApp - Main Street Reimagined Public Art Installation
    Thank you @troybthompsonphotography and @cityofworcester ! So glad to be a part of this project!
    On the heels of her “12 Days of Alleys for Christmas” thread, Alice Brown of Boston Harbor Now, the @FerryFaerie , has a piece in @BostonMagazine called “Your Guide to the Weird (and Wonderful) Alleys of Boston’s North End”. Thanks for making “North Square Stories” part of your storytelling and Boston discovery tours. Happy exploring to all!
    Ben Edwards of @BostonHistory is one of our favorite walkers and lately walking is one of our favorite things!
    Today @bostonpreservationalliance premiers their film about the North Square project for the 2020 Preservation Awards. Tune in to https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=jzmx2qk2wEM
    Our work at North Square has just received another honor!!
    The North Square restoration project with our “North Square Stories” has been awarded a 2020 Preservation Achievement Award by @BOSPreservation @bostonpreservationalliance ! Thanks to all who helped make the Square a “successful example of placemaking in a dense, historic urban core.” including: @ArtsinBoston @BostonPWD @BetaGroupInc @NEWNCBoston @NorthEndWaterRA @PaulRevereHouse @APS and @NorthEndONS bit.ly/3heRjyy (photo @ajrisafulli)
    The North Square restoration project with our “North Square Stories” has been awarded a 2020 Preservation Achievement Award by @BOSPreservation @bostonpreservationalliance ! Thanks to all who helped make the Square a “successful example of placemaking in a dense, historic urban core.” including: @ArtsinBoston @BostonPWD @BetaGroupInc @NEWNCBoston @NorthEndWaterRA @PaulRevereHouse @APS and @NorthEndONS bit.ly/3heRjyy (photo @ajrisafulli)

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