Wonderful Encounters
By Silvina Mizrahi
“Wonderful Encounters” explores how the artist imagines the world and nature.
The Moon and the River
By Silvina Mizrahi
“The moon and the river” is a mixed media collage with recycled materials, pompoms, acrylic paint, ribbons from my father’s old store in Argentina, and a paper boat.
Secret Garden
By Silvina Mizrahi
The artwork “Secret Garden” emphasizes the artist’s perspective of the most magnificent landscape.
Joyous Encounter
By Silvina Mizrahi
“Everything that comes in the mail, little toys from my daughter’s childhood, buttons and different types of laces from my father store in Argentina, play key roles as both inspiration and tools to imprint my ideas on the canvases.
Homes and Ladders
By Silvina Mizrahi
“Homes and Ladders” is a simple, yet tasteful architectural design, with many households such as the ones traced by a child.
Dalilah’s Dream
By Silvina Mizrahi
In “Dalilah’s dream” we can see a myriad of colors merging with textiles.
Finishing Touches
By Soraya/Ivan Flores
Here Ivan captures tattoo artist Soraya, at work in one of her many temporary studios in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Mayan Warrior
By Edgar Calaveras
The predecessor of black-and-grey and hyperrealism tattooing, Chicano style is a broad style which encompasses Mexican experience and focuses on realism.
La Catrina
By Edgar Calaveras
Here is one of Edgar’s many takes on La Catrina, also known as a sugar skull girl.
Kindness Contagion
By Martyna Wójcik-Śmierska
Martyna Wójcik-Śmierska is a graphic designer and illustrator from Poland.
Grandma Eve
By Helen Burr
The woman featured in this mural is actually the artist’s grandmother, an influential figure in Burr’s life.
Luna Bliss
By Marka27
Marka27 blends elements of street/pop culture with Mexican and indigenous aesthetics—a signature look the artist has coined “Neo Indigenous.
Winnisimmet Headdresses
By Unnamed artist of the Massachusett nation
The area that is now Chelsea, Massachusetts, was known as Winnisimmet by the Massachusett people who originally inhabited the area.
Doña Patria
By Evaristo Angurria
Part of the Doña Patria: Belleza Dominicana series, Angurria celebrates Dominican culture and the everyday beauty of womanhood.
Untitled (Don Rimx)
By Don Rimx
Don Rimx is a classically trained fine artist, graffitist, grand scale muralist and new school tattoo artist.
Black Madonna
By Cedric “Vise 1” Douglass and Julz Roth
Watch a video about the creation of this mural [.
Women are Perfect
By Jessica Sabogal
This artwork is a product of a project by the Amplifier Design Lab to promote hope and COVID-19 safety.
16 New Members
By Golden
“I would like to create powerful emotions such as love, gratitude, happiness, and hope through bright colors and expressive art messages.
Celebrating the Holi Festival of Colors
By Hélène Vallée
While Holi is widely known as the festival of colors, celebrants traditionally wear white garments.
Small Objects Burning Spices Inside Them Emit Various Smells
By Simone De Santis
Fire is a significant element in the Hindu tradition, symbolizing the purification of evil energies and attraction of divine protection.
Holi Festival in Rajastan
By Tina Lorien
Holi is often celebrated by singing in large choruses with instrumental accompaniments, similar to the tradition of Christmas caroling.
Festival of Colors- Holi
By Sunanda Sahay
This traditional illustration depicts Krishna, hero of the Hindu epic Mahabharata, celebrating Holi with his divine consort, Radha.
Holi Festival Hands in India
By Alex Nikada
Shades of red and orange often feature in Holi celebrations and are popular amongst adherents of the Hindu faith.
Group of Indian Children Playing Holi Rajasthan
By Bartosz Hadyniak
Holi marks the beginning of the spring season in the Indian subcontinent.
Indian Friends Dancing Covered on Holi Colorful Powder in India
By Bartosz Hadyniak
Throwing of colored powders is the most renowned of Holi traditions worldwide.
Healing Hearts
By Dinesh Patel, MD
Lamprocapnos spectabilis, or the Bleeding Heart, is a member of the poppy family and native to northern Asia.
Multicolored Powder Dyes
By Nuno Valadas
Powdered pigments feature in the celebration of Holi around the world.
Indian Holi Food
By Helen Yeryomenko
Of course Holi is well most well known for the colorful powders and water which people douse one another in, but the savory and sweet favors and aromas of food are just as joyous and just as important.
Portrait of Indian Woman with Colored Face Dancing During Holi
By Miroslaw Oslizlo
While Holi is widely known as the festival of colors, celebrants traditionally wear white garments.
The Koel’s Call
By Diya Ghosh
As the most romanticized bird in South Asian literature, held in high regard for its beautiful song, the Koel has been a common symbol of love.
Holi Selfie
By Dharmendra Acharya
While the Indian color festival is most popular in India, Holi celebrations happen around the world from city-wide celebrations to backyard family festivities.
OFF THE GRID Collection
By OFF THE GRID photographer
Here the artist photographs a keychain with a collection of pendants.
OFF THE GRID Collection
By OFF THE GRID photography
Here we see Joanne, the sole named participant of the Off The Grid Project (right) and whose story can be found here and here, in a candid moment with a resident of the Lynn Emergency Homeless Shelter whom she had not seen for some time.
OFF THE GRID Collection
By OFF THE GRID photography
What stands out immediately about this picture is the sheer defiance.
OFF THE GRID Collection
By OFF THE GRID photography
A diner staff preparing for the morning breakfast rush.
Joan Cromwell
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Joan Cromwell, president Chelsea Black Community (CBC)–Six generations of my mother’s family, the Smiths, have lived in Chelsea.
Norieliz DeJesus
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Norieliz DeJesus, Director of Policy, La Colaborativa,& Chelsea City Council President–My daughter Naleyah has my teacher, Mr Gomez from Kelly School.
Jose and Miguel Quintero
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Jose and Miguel Quintero, Eastern Salt Co.
Molly Baldwin
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Molly Baldwin, founder & CEO, Roca–Roca always found people who weren’t ready to get support, who were always getting in trouble.
Adalinda and Luisa Guerrero Ferrera
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Adalinda and Luisa Guerrero Ferrera, Orlan Tailoring–Adalinda: I married an American citizen and was able to come with my documents.
Richard Katz
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Richard Katz, owner, Katz Bagel Bakery–My name is Richard Katz, K-A-T-Z.
Father Edgar Gutiérrez-Duarte
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Father Edgar Gutiérrez-Duarte, St Luke’s Episcopal Church–I came to Chelsea 13 years ago to take over St.
Roy Avellaneda
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Roy Avellaneda, owner, Pan y Café–I thought I’m not building just a coffee shop like I did last time.
Elizabeth and Bryssa
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Elizabeth and Bryssa, diaper day at La Colaborativa–I like living in Chelsea a lot.
Javier Villeda
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Javier Villeda, owner/designer Kliq–My family’s everything to me, and then my friends that started this with me.
Fidel Maltez
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Fidel Maltez, former Public Works Commissioner,current City Manager, Chelsea–There were three fires in Chelsea, the 1908 fire, the 1973 fire, and the third fire was receivership, which decimated the city administratively.
Daniel Hamilton
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Daniel Hamilton (aka The Bicycle Guy)–People ask me how it started with the bicycles.
Helen-Anne Keith
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Helen-Anne Keith–It was through the Senior Center that I made friends.
Dennis Paul Smith
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Dennis Paul Smith–My family lived in Chelsea since about 1886.
Brandon Ray Garcia
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Brandon Ray Garcia–Chelsea is my home, which is why I’ve been such an active member of the community.
Sargent Star Chung
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Sargent Star Chung, Chelsea Police Department–I will always look after Chelsea.
Wieslawa Walsh
By Darlene Devita & Sarah Putnam
Wieslawa Walsh, Supervisor, Kayem–I arrived in Chelsea from Poland in 1981.
Breathing In What’s Mine
By Jessica Skintges Wallach
A cacophony of colors, lines and glitter swirling in a woman’s head highlighting especially her hair.
I’m coming out…I want the world to know that….
By Jessica Skintges Wallach
A colorful bubble with the blind/low vision symbol of a person with a cane superimposed on it.
In Constant Motion, Away we go
By Jessica Skintges Wallach
The new accessibility symbols sports a yellow background.
Sitting on their Shoulders/legacy…and what if
By Jessica Skintges Wallach
A photo of a stencil of a woman sitting in a wheelchair, in the stencil we see a shadow of her as if it is a part of her shirt.
Thinking about Accessibility
By Jessica Skintges Wallach
Photograph of a shape of a girl’s profile embossed with the texture and pattern of a curb cut.
All of me/Disability Joy
By Jessica Skintges Wallach
Many silhouettes of Jessica in all her splendor.
Daniel Chonde, Scientist, Beaver
By Poetry of Science
Daniel B Chonde, MD PhD is a radiology resident, diversity advocate, and researcher at the Massachusetts General Hospital interested in understanding how art can be used to create more empathetic, culturally aware, and equitable healthcare spaces that empower both patients and providers.
Makinde’s Quantum World
By Poetry of Science
Makinde is currently a PhD candidate in Physics at MIT.
Phylum Cnidaria
By Poetry of Science
Inspired by the scientific interests of Jason Samaroo, a Cellular and Molecular Biologist at Boston University, this poem, “Phylum Cnidaria,” is intended to introduce biological nomenclature and classification about this group of organisms in plain English.
Rock Therapy
By Paul Sayed
Man dressed in stone Cat in the church Emerald are eyes of god- pray man dressed up in irone & stone to bless you pray with a son of beige skin & sapphire eyes pray because daughter would be a woman pray like ugly cats no matter brown or black pray are homeless or wander in houses pray for love that does not exist.
We Are ALL From There
By Amir Leung-Tat
When we speak of immigrants, it always seems as though they exist outside the fabric of what it means to be American.
Suffering In Silence- Pastor
By Amir Leung-Tat
So often what it means to be a Black man hinges on the lack of emotional expression.
Drowning in Tears
By Amir Leung-Tat
The downpour of tears shed cannot wash away the names of the many lives stolen from our collective memory.
Coming of Age
By Amir Leung-Tat
No matter where you are, stepping into manhood is a significant rite of passage.
Journey to Freedom
By Amir Leung-Tat
Freedom can sometimes be elusive, out of reach in the distance far, far away.
Our Friendships
By Amir Leung-Tat
In spite of our displacement, multitude of hues and backgrounds, our friendships are stronger than the chains that bound us together.
Eyes of the Beholder
By Amir Leung-Tat
Black people have dreams, they’re forward thinking, they work hard, they’re ambitious.
Calling Our Ancestors
By Amir Leung-Tat
The historical stronghold of our ancestral fortitude provides the backdrop on which we often lean.
Asleep at the Wheel
By Amir Leung-Tat
Summer of 2020 could possibly be titled the year of the reveal.
Brotherhood
By Amir Leung-Tat
A sense of community and brotherhood can sometimes be cultivated on college campuses through fraternities like Phi Beta Sigma.
Invention Reveals Truth
By Amir Leung-Tat
The catalyst that sparked the protests in the summer of 2020 was a phone recording which documented the evident brutality against humanity and blatant disregard for the back body.
Sharing in the Joy of My People
By Amir Leung-Tat
Throughout the African diaspora, when we come together from near and far, the connection of who we are as a people no longer needs words.
Teaching the Future
By Amir Leung-Tat
Teaching the next generation about the ongoing struggle is critical in equipping them with tools needed to stand proudly in who we are as a people.