Public Art Commission Monthly Meeting

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM Tuesday, September 9, 2025

Location:
Online
Cambridge

Contact:
Hilary Zelson, hzelson@cambridgema.gov, 617-349-4388

AGENDA

Public Art Commission Monthly Meeting

Sept 9, 2025, 6:00-7:30 p.m.

Location: Virtual Meeting on Zoom

https://cambridgema.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PKwYFbObSoKp5fMnRCeD4Q

6:00-6:15

Check-in

July Minutes for approval

Save the Date: October 14, 6:00-7:30 – in-person PAC tour at Tobin Montessori & Darby Vassall Upper Schools Complex – 3 mosaic murals and Community Grafting Project

Save the Date: October 18, 10 am – 3 pm (rain date October 19) –   Tobin/Darby Vassall celebration

6:15-6:45

Participatory Budgeting Murals continuation:

 CRLS Mural: Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program (MSYEP)/Public Art Youth Council (PAYC) + CRLS Visual Arts + Call for Teaching Artist XXXXDATE

333 Webster: Peter Gibson will present his developed proposal at November meeting

6:45-7:00

 

Gallery 344 upcoming:

  • Michael Talbot, Conversations, Oct 20, 2025 – Jan 16, 2026 (MT four sketches for gallery concept)
  • October 27, 6:00-7:30pm, Gallery Reception
  • Michael’s ground mural for Goldstar Mothers Court, Spring 2026 (park mitigation process fall 2025)
7:00-:7:15

Mela Lyman, artist, teacher, colleague, Anxiety of Beauty: Revisiting the Fountain of Youth, Paine Park mural.

Celebration of Mela’s Life, Sept 13, 2-5pm, Foundry

Video about Anxiety of Beauty, by Cambridge Filmmaker Fred Woods 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r5OZuL8i_Vo 

From the School of the Museum of Fine Arts: SMFA remembrance

7:15-7:30

Public Comment