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In 2020, Artivism Reigned Supreme In Boston

Artist Matty Owens, 22, creates justice-themed artwork at the Dorchester Art Project in Fields Corner. (Courtesy Sam Correa) On a corner in Egleston Square which I pass almost every day once stood an artistic statement: a mural that doubled as an epitaph and a vision board. The wall was adorned with subaltern messages that resonate to an audience today: I have a dream. Stop the violence. I ll do what I can to survive. One local news station described it as a social blackboard and a cry for happiness, the messages having been painted by local Puerto Rican street youth who called themselves the X-Men.

In seven songs, these Boston artists gave voice to resistance, persistence, and Black joy

In seven songs, these Boston artists gave voice to resistance, persistence, and Black joy By Hassan Ghanny Globe correspondent,Updated December 23, 2020, 1:36 p.m. Email to a Friend A woman listens to a speaker during a Mass Action Against Police Brutality demonstration in Boston in September.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff The renowned nun, artist, and one-time Boston resident Sister Corita opined that art “does not come from thinking, but from responding.” Music exemplifies this notion. Call-and-response is ubiquitous at a live concert, a church sermon, or a New Orleans funeral procession, and the music it produces is one enriched by both human participation and rhythmic syncopation. 2020 delivered a call to action for Boston-based musicians to persist through resistance — and luckily for us, even grow artistically. Whether the conversation falls on communities of color, persons affected by state violence, or those disenfranchised by the current political system, the

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