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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 them...

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 proces...