PRESS RELEASES & ARTICLES
07/15/2010 Free Art in Boston HarborArts and the Great Outdoor Gallery--Aaron Barrera, Travel New England "In the beginning, there was the Cod..For the longest time there was a giant 40 foot steel Codfish slowly taking shape in one of the buildings in the East Boston Shipyard and Marina." Read more by clicking on the green title.
6/19/2010 The mermaid that may connect the city -- Renee Loth, The Boston Globe "The immense female figure juts off an ordinary brick building like a bowsprit or mermaid. Artist Trace O'Connor cals it a "giant human- octopus hybrid the size of my first apartment." You stand there and think: This is the kind of edgy thing they do in New York City. But it's Marginal Street in East Boston, a weedy industrial strip of urban waterfront, with salty air,derelict buildings and heart-stopping views of the skyline...it is also a staging area for the Harbor Arts outdoor gallery, a public art installation that connects creative design with what architects call "the built environment". Read more by clicking on the green title.
04/15/2010 International HarborArts Outdoor Exhibition of Large-scale Artwork --Christina Lanzl, Urban Arts Institute at the Massachusetts College of Art & Design "The HarborArts Outdoor Gallery at the 14 acre Boston Harbor Shipyard at 256 Marginal Street in East Boston invites the public to take a stroll through this working shipyard for a walking tour of the first international outdoor exhibition of large scale 2D and 3D artworks by over 25 artists from three continents, including works by reknown and emerging sculptors from the region." Read more by clicking on the green title.
09/30/2009 HarborArts’ 40-foot, 2+ ton sculpture, traveled across the harbor from the Boston Harbor Shipyard in East Boston by barge to its new berth at the Fan Pier on Sept. 30. The Codfish is made from repurposed materials including sprinkler pipe, steel, mig wire, and nuts and bolts. READ MORE...
09/01/2009 This monumental sculpture is the first in a series of sculptures planned by HarborArts to promote our non-profit organization, its global website and its collaboration with Urban Arts Institute at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. For our Call to Artists READ MORE...