explore starlight’s
public art
When you visit Starlight, take some time to walk the exterior. Along Norfolk Street, Bishop Allen Drive, and on the parking lot, there are four pieces curated by Street Theory, an artist collective led by Liza and Victor Quiñonez, and a fifth mural by youth artists from Community Art Center. Their mural, entitled #BreonnaUnderTheStars, presents the Black Lives Matter movement through the lens of women who have become icons of the movement, but still have not received justice.
After touring Starlight, explore more art in Central Square. In the last month, 22 young artists have participated in Speak Your Piece, a public art campaign that showcases the work and points of view of young Black and brown artists.
Norfolk Street
“Black Consciousness”
Artist: Marka27
Instagram: @marka_27
Twitter: @marka27
Website: www.marka27.com
"Black Consciousness" is dedicated to Civil Rights activists, leaders, educators and Cambridge residents — Robert “Bob” Moses and Janet Jemmott Moses. Bob Moses is known for his work as the leader of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) on voter education and registration in Mississippi during the 1960s Civil Rights Movement. Moses developed as one of the most influential Black leaders of the Civil Rights struggle through his vision of grassroots and community-based leadership and later founded The Algebra Project — a national mathematics literacy effort aimed at helping low-income students and students of color to successfully achieve mathematical skills. Janet Jemmott Moses is also a prominent figure in the Civil Rights Movement, serving as a Field Secretary for SNCC and representing the importance of the role of women within the Movement, spearheading activism around anti-war and Black Consciousness.
Bishop Allen Drive
Photography Mural
Artists / Photographers:
Mel D. Cole / NJ, NY (he/him/his)
Instagram: @meldcole
Twitter: @meldcole
Website: www.meldcole.com
OJ Slaughter (they, them, their)
Instagram: @oj_slaughter
Website: www.ojslaughter.com
Moses Mitchell / LA, Paris (he/him/his)
Instagram: @mosesmitchell
Sarah White / Minneapolis (she/her/hers)
Instagram: @sarahwhiteblack and @fotosforbarcelona
Twitter: @sarahwhiteblack
Website: www.sarahwhitemusic.com
COURTYARD WALLS
Artist: 2Alas (pronounced “dos / a-las”)
(he/him/his)
Instagram: @2alasofficial
Website: www.2alas.com
Known for his intricate and detailed designs, Andrew Antonaccio is one of the most celebrated creators of the Wynwood Arts District in Miami, FL. Embodied by digital medium mixed with traditional aesthetics, his work is best described as a combination of archived images manipulated and reinvited to resonate with today's modern spectator. In our every day more technocentric society, these compositions work by developing interpretations in the viewer's minds without being inhibited by the historical reality of the captured images.
YOUTH CENTER
#BreonnaUnderTheStars
Artists: This mural was designed and created by youth artists in the Public Art for Social Change track at Community Art Center: Brandy Altidor, Logian Ammer, Salma Boukouj, Chloe Duggan, Ayatt Eljack, Diomanie Ramirez, Khahleal Salmon, Yasimen Yohannes, Ayman Tai, and Sarah Pace. The project was facilitated by Katytarika Bartel and Atia Mahabir.
Instagram: @caccambridge
We created this mural to show the side of the Black Lives Matter movement that has not been covered enough by mainstream media: the Black women and femmes who have become icons of the movement but have yet to receive justice. Women like Breonna Taylor have been met with silence instead of accountability of the police officers who murdered her. This silence is harmful. This silence is violence. We have incorporated elements of street art, digital design, and protest art to speak to our community in Cambridge about this issue. This mural is also something they can engage with. We encourage people to take photos and use the hashtags and QR codes on the mural. But we also want our community to reflect on their activism using the community board. Anti-racist work doesn't end at a hashtag or a donation. What else are you doing for the movement? What are you doing to support Black women and femmes?
