Enriching Grove Hall’s legacy

Mentoring Murals at 345 Blue Hill Ave in the heart of Grove Hall seeks to showcase the work of local artists, amplify the importance of maintaining a vibrant Black arts community, and celebrate the Black mural movement’s past and present in Roxbury and Dorchester. The program invited established Black Roxbury and Dorchester artists to co-create a temporary, printed mural to be mounted on a visible wall in the Grove Hall, Dorchester neighborhood. In partnership with Greater Grove Hall Main Streets, we extended the opportunity to create large-format work to non-muralists, encouraged exploration of Grove Hall with a mobile tour, and developed a pilot program for other Boston neighborhoods to independently create place-based murals.

Deeply Rooted in the NeighborHOOD, homage to Allan Rohan Crite, 2021

The third and final installation of Mentoring Murals from longtime friends and first-time collaborators Johnetta Tinker and Susan Thompson opened on Saturday, Dec 11, 12-2 pm at Breezes in Grove Hall. The imagery blends collage, quilting, and painting techniques to create a bright tribute to daily life in Roxbury, Dorchester, Jamaica Plain, and Mattapan. It also pays respect and homage to their mentor, Boston-based artist Allan Rohan Crite (1910-2007).

Video by White Birch Media.

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Banner image: Faith Ninivaggi (c)