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From YouTube: Jamaica Plain Public Art Unveiling
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Just outside the Jamaica Plain branch of the Boston Public Library, Matthew Hinçman unveils his most recent public art installation titled "Wythe & Web". The artwork was funded through the City's Percent for Art Program, and is the first completed project of that effort. Mayor Janey joins with Director of Public Art Karin Goodfellow, community leaders, and art enthusiasts to celebrate.
A
You
might
be
sitting
on
it
right
now,
which
has
been
underway
since
2017
and
we're
so
excited
to
finally
welcome
community
members
to
see
this
artwork
interact
with
this
final
piece
that
we
have
here,
especially
for
so
many
of
you
who
are
here
who
played
a
role
in
creating
this
and
helping
it.
Helping
us
and
helping
matthew
get
to
this
point
of
having
this
amazing
artwork
here
for
everyone
to
enjoy.
A
It's
so
important
that
the
city
invest
in
public
art
to
foster
a
sense
of
place
to
foster
a
sense
of
belonging,
and
we
hope
that
you
get
a
taste
of
that
here
right
now
and
for
many
many
years
into
the
future.
Now
it's
my
pleasure
to
welcome
someone.
Who's
played
an
incredibly
important
role
in
championing
arts
and
culture,
and
especially
the
work
of
local
artists.
Our
mayor
mayor
kim
janey.
B
Thank
you
so
much
cara.
It
is
great
to
be
here
in
jamaica,
plain,
I'm
going
to
keep
my
remarks
very
brief.
I
am
very,
very
cold.
I
don't
know
about
you,
but
I
am
grateful
that
through
it
all,
we
all
came
together
for
this
very
important
event.
I
want
to
thank
the
jamaica,
plain
branch,
a
public
library
I
want
to
thank
david
leonard.
B
Thank
you
for
all
of
your
work.
I
want
to
thank
bcyf
curtis
hall,
all
of
the
neighbors
all
of
the
artists
that
helped
bring
this
to
bear.
You
know
there
are
a
lot
of
individuals.
I
want
to
continue
to
thank
and
organizations
the
office
of
neighborhood
services
that
are
represented
here
today,
the
jp
community
center
council,
the
public
facilities
department,
the
disabilities,
commission,
the
boston
arts,
commission,
the
office
of
arts
and
culture
and
everyone
who
has
been
a
part
of
this
good
work.
Please
give
a
loud
loud
round
of
applause.
B
B
B
Throughout
this
process,
matthew
held
meetings
here
with
community
members
to
capture
the
essence
of
this
neighborhood
and
what
makes
jp
unique
as
kara
mentioned,
matthew's
artwork
is
the
first
project
completed
that
was
funded
through
the
city's,
a
percent
for
arts
program
to
matthew
and
your
team.
Thank
you
so
much
for
this
incredible
dedication.
Your
artwork
is
truly
transforming
public
space.
B
B
We
need
places
that
inspire
joy
and
that
bring
us
all
together.
So
I'm
grateful
for
all
of
those
who
have
come
to
help
bring
this
day
to
its
fruition.
I
want
to
especially
recognize
all
of
our
young
people,
all
of
our
children
who
are
out
here
today,
who
will
be
using
this
wonderful,
beautiful
space.
Thank
you
for
living
living
up
this
space
and
and
making
this
a
wonderful
community.
Thank
you
guys.
A
Thank
you
so
much
mayor
for
your
support,
and
now
we
would
like
to
invite
the
artist
to
say
a
few
words
matthew.
Hinsman
is
a
sculptor
and
educator
living
in
jamaica
plain.
He
is
a
professor
of
sculpture
at
mass
art
and
is
also
the
chair
of
their
fine
arts
3d
program.
He
currently
serves
on
the
board
of
the
boston-based
non-profit
now
and
there
and
is
well
known
for
his
artworks
to
make
a
pawn
bench
which
you
may
have
tried
to
sit
in
or
sat
in
successfully
before
and
still
which
are
both
located
here
in
jp.
A
C
Thank
you
cara
and
thank
you
mayor
jane.
I
knew
I
was
going
to
do
that.
So
thank
you
all
for
coming
today.
It's
so
amazing
to
see
so
many
friendly
faces
here
to
be
on
the
lawn.
You
know
this
piece
was
incomplete
until
about
an
hour
ago,
when
we
took
down
the
fence
and
you
all
inhabited
the
space.
It's
really
not.
You
know
I
don't
work
in
a
way
where
I'm
being
declarative
with
my
artwork.
C
I
want
to
create
opportunities
for
passersby
to
engage
with
the
world
in
a
new
way,
and
I
look
forward
to
seeing
what
you
all
do.
You
know
cara
mentioned
the
jamaica
pond
bench
which
was
installed
15
years
ago,
and
I
could
never
imagine
when
I
installed
it
such
a
long
time
ago
without
permission,
sorry
that
it
would
become
a
site
where
people
now
have
engagement,
photos
taken
there
and
I
recently
got
an
email.
C
Someone
had
tattooed
the
bench
on
their
arm
because
it
exemplified
for
them
all
that
was
great
about
being
in
jp.
So
I
hope
that
this
site,
wife
and
web
will
become
that
part
of
the
boston,
jamaica,
plain
fabric
of
all.
The
great
stuff-
and
I
did
some
of
the
things
that
were
said
in
the
meetings
that
the
arts
and
culture
office
had
with
jp
residents
before
the
project
before
I
was
even
hired.
C
One
of
the
things
folks
said
was:
let's
keep
jp
weird,
and
so
I
hope
I
hope
that's
happened.
So
I
have
a
few
thank
yous
to
to
just
give
out.
I
want
to
thank
the
contractors
who
worked
on
the
project,
steve
sullivan
from
celtic
contracting,
who
did
all
the
form
work.
I
want
to
thank
dan
kendall
and
sincere
metalworks
and
caroline
and
kristen
and
devin
and
margie
for
the
casting
of
those
bronze
chairs,
which
are
super
epic.
That
texture
goes
on
the
underside
too
they're
absolutely
perfect.
C
I
want
to
thank
joe
votzela
from
the
zelda
design,
who
did
the
all
the
engineering
for
the
project
and
banshee
that
helped
bring
the
lawn
back
to
life
here.
Thank
you,
pete
and
eddie
from
banshee,
and
then
I
want
to
thank
some
folks
from
the
city.
You
know
some
folks
had
to
put
up
with
a
construction
site
for
a
year
right
on
their
doorstep.
The
folks
here
at
vcyf,
curtis
hall
and
also
the
library
so
to
noelle
and
jeanette
and
vicki
here
at
curtis
hall.
C
Thank
you
so
much
for
all
your
support
over
the
past
year
and
to
laura
and
your
team
at
the
library.
Thank
you
so
much.
It's
amazing
thank
you
and
to
all
my
friends
and
family.
My
mom
is
here
today
my
sisters,
my
brothers-in-law
and,
of
course
my
children
are
here.
Azure
and
sienna
and
they're
gonna
help
cut
the
ribbon
right,
guys,
yeah,
okay,
and
I
think,
let
me
look
at
my
cheat
sheet
to
make
sure
I
got
everything
I
wanted
to
say
it's
really
little
yeah.
C
A
C
And
then
I
also
want
to
thank
a
couple
more
folks
that
really
helped
make
this
happen.
Sarah
rodrigo,
who
from
the
office
of
arts
and
culture
who
this
is
her
first
project
coming
on
board,
helping
me
leading
me
through
this
project.
It's
really
amazing
and
finally,
you
know
this
whole.
I
don't
think
any
of
this
percent
program
would
be
even
be
here
if
it
weren't
for
karen
goodfellow,
and
so
thank
you
karen
for
all
your
hard
work
around
that.
So
thank
you
very
much.
That's
the
end
of
my
steal,
so
I
hope
you
enjoy.
B
C
So
we
have
one
more
thing
before
we're
going
to
cut
the
ribbon.
My
dear
friend
lisa
lee
who's.
Here,
where
are
you
lisa
there?
You
are
so
lisa
lee
is
a
amazing
sculptor
and
a
jeweler
and
an
author
and
a
spoken
word
artist,
and
I
asked
her
to
come
and
help
us
celebrate
this
event
today
and
I'm
so
thrilled
that
you're
here
so
come
on
up
lisa
lee.
Thank
you.
D
I
scribe
with
the
best
of
them
my
pen
flows
with
the
ink
skill
of
the
greatest
of
pen,
women
and
pen
men,
because
I
write
with
honest
ink,
I
give
others
permission
to
say
what
they
shudder.
To
think
the
words
I
meant
together
have
the
power
to
fix
broken,
be
they
printed
upon
the
page
or
spoken
when
my
generation
dies,
often
well
after
my
pen
will
hang
high
with
pride
from
the
rafter
and
because
I
existed
while
my
pen
is
yet
being
to
the
rafters
lifted,
it
will
be
said
of
me.
D
Lisa
lee
established
an
important
era
in
literary
history,
because
I
wrote
sentiments
are
decorated
with
words
once
hung
up
in
throat,
I
will
be
the
topic
of
curriculums.
My
pen
will
heavily
influence
what
hereafter
comes,
keep
watch
as
it
all
unfolds
my
mark
in
this
world
italics
and
bolds,
because
I
write
because
I
wrote.
D
I
wish
once
again
my
name
is
lisa
lee.
I
am
an
artist
of
many
disciplines,
including
that
of
the
written
and
spoken
word,
which
is
why
I'm
here
and
as
much
as
I
try
to
stay
away
from
the
common
everyday
cliche.
I
have
to
say
that
this
power
in
the
spoken
word,
death
and
life
are
in
fact
in
the
power
of
the
tongue,
I'll
even
go
on
to
say
that
this
power
in
the
written
and
spoken
word,
which
is
why
I
move
my
pen
and
why
I
lift
my
voice.
D
D
D
Now
you
know
you're
at
home
when,
when
you
know
which
way
to
go,
but
the
street
names
well,
you
don't
always
necessarily
know
feels
good
when
your
feet
hit
familiar
ground
and
you
can
declare
with
certain
confidence.
I
know
my
way
around
well.
These
parts
around
here
hold
that
truth
for
me,
and
these
streets
avenues,
roads
and
boulevards,
write
their
own
poetry
and
let's
keep
one
thing
clear.
D
You
damn
well
better
believe,
there's
a
pulse
here
and
with
this
pulse
there
is
no
ceasing
while
we're
sleeping
it
has
a
nightlife,
it
keeps
right
on
beating
and
it
beats
on
and
it
beats
and
it
beats
on
and
it
beats
and
we
are
all
contributors
to
its
rhythm.
We
have
the
pessimist
pessimism
and
the
optimist's
optimism.
We
have
representation
of
all
colored,
callers,
hoodlums
and
scholars
within
without
dollars.
D
D
D
It's
the
working
of
harmony
of
skin
tones
and
common
ground
and
lessons
to
be
learned
from
it
all
around.
It's
comprised
of
the
excellence
and
imperfections
of
its
people,
it's
quiet,
meditation,
it's
tempo,
dome
and
steeple
grit
blood,
sweat,
tears
and
spit
its
instinct
and
intellect
creativity,
concrete
and
trees.
It's
the
good,
bad
and
ugly
that
takes
up
residence
in
all
of
our
individual
memories,
see
we
are
humankind
and
passive
battle
against
time
and
chance
induced
circumstance
that
creates
a
rhythm
to
which
we
insist.
There
be
song
and
dance.
D
We
compose
a
collective
lyric
as
we
as
individuals
seek
to
discover
the
meaning
of
this
stretch
of
our
journey.
We
choreograph
that
dance.
We
a
flash
mob
are
busy
ripping
and
running
twisting
and
turning
until
we're
damn
they're
dizzy,
see
all
this
makes
a
city
move.
It's
it's
current,
it's
rhythm,
yo,
it's
it's
groove
and
it
picks
up
high
octane
momentum,
as
our
individual
heart
beat
in
the
same
room.
A
A
So
I
just
want
to
wrap
up
by
saying
thank
you
all
so
much
for
being
here.
Thank
you,
mayor,
matthew,
lisa
again,
thank
you
again
to
jp
honk
in
just
a
minute,
we'll
cut
the
ribbon
and
then
we'll
have
some
music
by
djy
sham
who's
in
the
house
back
there.
Thank
you,
djy
chan
for
being
here,
and
we
still
have
chocolate.