Harboring Creativity: Launching East Boston Artists from the ICA Watershed
Nov 18 + 19
11am - 4pm
ICA Watershed
East Boston
Photo by Florian Holzherr
The East Boston Artists Group presents Harboring Creativity: Launching East Boston Artists at the ICA Watershed. Featuring the work of 40 local emerging and established artists who live, work, or create in East Boston, this presentation is a wonderful reflection of the creativity and innovation of East Boston and the surrounding neighborhoods. Harboring Creativity will be on view at the ICA Watershed on November 18 + 19 from 11 am – 4 pm. The ICA Watershed is located in the Boston Shipyard and Marina, 256 Marginal Street in East Boston. Entry is free and the artists will be selling their works (cash; credit; Venmo/Zelle).
Photos of Reception and Event: Al Terminello
Participating artists:
B. Amore
Peter Anthony
Atlantic Works Gallery (Featuring: B. Amore, Stephanie Arnett, Julie C. Baer, Maryellen Cahill, Sandrine Colson, Kristen Freitas, John Greiner Ferris, Leigh Hall, Eric Hess, Charlene Liska)
Ian Babylon
Julie C. Baer
Matt Baynes
Colette Brésilla
Jeff Briggs
Brian Burke
Elsa Campbell
Sandra Castillo
Sandrine Colson
Richard Dorff
Ephemeral Jess
Kristen Freitas
John Greiner-Ferris
HarborArts (Featuring: HANIMAL, Felipe Ortiz, Anna Yeroshenko)
Eric Hess
David Ingenthron
John Keys
Katie Kimbrell
June Krinsky-Rudder
Charlene Liska
Kristen Martin-Aarnio
Diane Modica
Jesus Morales
Maureen O’Connor
David Riley (Cathleen O’Connell, Filmmaker)
Joan Ryan
Dave Stein
Sunset Studios Boston
Dominick Takis
Renato Viganego
Audrina Warren
X Bonnie Woods
Jaye Woodstock
Luz Zambrano
“For the past 23 years, the East Boston Artists Group has promoted and supported the many artists in East Boston through making their works of art available to the public” according to June Krinsky-Rudder, one of three co-founders of the group. “Founded in 2000, our very first exhibits – hosted by ZUMIX (the award-winning organization for youth leadership through music) – focused on the fact that East Boston is more than an airport; it’s a community. Our humble beginnings in artists’ living rooms led to eleven artists carving out studios at 80 Border Street and hosting our first Open Studios just 14 months after our founding, adding more artists to the building just a few weeks before that. Early support from the East Boston Foundation, Tony’s Realty, ZUMiX, and a number of local restaurants and businesses helped to put EBAG and Eastie on the cultural map. The East Boston Community Development Corporation purchased 80 Border Street in 2006, bringing the structure to code, and attracting the attention of other developers. Since then, the burgeoning arts scene (Atlantic Works Gallery, Boston East Gallery, Clip Art Gallery at Clippership Wharf, HarborArts, the ICA Watershed, and Veronica Robles Cultural Center), and a vibrant blend of cultures have helped to make the neighborhood a destination for visitors and a more interesting place to live. It’s exciting to have the ICA Watershed partnering with EBAG to share our art in their beautiful space which connects us with East Boston’s history as well as its future.”
“Growing up on the East Boston waterfront has been an exciting journey,” stated Artist, Diane Modica. She added, “Its current transformation follows a storied past of ship building and repair, dock workers, fishing boats, cargo ships, ferries, rail cargo, and transit. All of these were mainstays of the local economy before the port’s decline.
Modica added, “ I am very excited that today we see a renaissance of the East Boston waterfront, with a rich and diverse mix of activities throughout our many neighborhoods. This transformation includes stunning new parks and harbor walks, busy marinas, modern housing, reborn water transit, restaurants, entertainment, a sailing center, community gardens and farms, a reemerging shipyard, enduring ship pilots, and exciting new art venues like the ICA Watershed along with existing and new art galleries on the water.
In addition, Modica states, “The Massachusetts Public Waterways Act provides that that non waterfront dependent development must allow the public meaningful access to the site where development occurs. The ICA has been exemplary in meeting their obligation and making good on their commitment to East Boston. Not only has it offered its own compelling seasonal exhibits at the Watershed, but also it has collaborated with the East Boston Artists Group for this exhibit as well as with other community organizations including East Boston Social Centers, the East Boston Health Center and the Veronica Robles Cultural Center for their events.”
