Anatomy of Public Art, with Cicely Carew and Leah Triplett Harrington

Anatomy of Public Art, with Cicely Carew and Leah Triplett Harrington

Thursday, February 23 (6:30-8pm) on Zoom

Join Cicely Carew and Leah Triplett Harrington for a panel discussion on the anatomy of public art installation. From the perspective of both curator and artist, they will offer a behind-the-scenes walkthrough of monumental temporary and permanent place-making from concept proposal, artist identification, permitting, artist's collaboration, fabrication, installation, and follow-up.

This event will be recorded and emailed to participants.

About Cicely Carew

Boston-based, L.A.-born artist Cicely Carew’s multimedia works comprise a self-sustaining ecosystem of possibility. With rebellious mark-making, vibrant color, and sweeping gestures, Carew captures the momentary magic of her process of building enduring spaces of radical joy and liberation. Carew’s experiences as a mother, wellness coach, and nature-lover are evident, as she rejects the neutrality of abstraction in favor of work that is both personal and universal. Cicely Carew has mounted solo exhibitions at The Commons Provincetown (2021), Simmons University (2020), and Northeastern University (2017). In 2021, Boston Properties and Now + There, Inc. commissioned Carew to create Ambrosia, a 5,000 sq. ft. site-specific installation that unfolded throughout Boston’s iconic Prudential Center. Also, in 2021, Peloton commissioned Carew to create installations for their Chelsea and Madison Avenue storefronts in New York City.

About Leah Triplett Harrington

Leah Triplett Harrington is a curator, writer, and editor. As curator for Now + There, she facilitates the Public Art Accelerator and organizes large-scale public art commissions. She is editor-at-large for Boston Art Review. Her writing has most recently appeared in those publications and ArtNet News, Sculpture, Public Art Dialogue, Flash Art, Hyperallergic, WBUR, Big Red & Shiny, and The Brooklyn Rail. She is also a founding editor of the publication and platform The Rib. As an independent curator, she has organized projects for Boston University Art Galleries, Trestle Gallery, Herter Gallery, and others. A believer in mentorship, she teaches in the School of Visual Arts at Boston University and, in 2021, was the inaugural curatorial mentor for Praise Shadows Art Gallery.