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Community Art Collaborations
Bringing Neighbors
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Place, Possibility and Each Other
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We’re creating projects that blend art and systems thinking to invite
communities see and shape the patterns that connect us all.
Bring your creativity, curiosity, or community —
and let’s co-create something new together.
Check out some of our past and upcoming projects!
TAPPED IN: Moving Hearts and Minds Through Art and Science
What: Science-Art Installation
Where: Umbrella Arts Center
I co-curated TAPPED IN with artist Stephanie Marlin Curiel to explore what happens at the “edges,” where art, science, and community meet. Together, we paired ten artists with ten scientists to create installations that translated climate research into powerful visual and interactive experiences.
The exhibition combined outdoor public art with indoor gallery displays, youth docents, a Mend-a-thon, Slow Fashion Show, and a standing-room-only community panel attended by local residents, as well as state and climate leaders.
At its heart, TAPPED IN celebrated collaboration and hope in motion—because it’s the doing that brings hope. And hope is contagious.
Anchor book: THE CLIMATE CHANGE PLAYBOOK
MONUMENTAL (RE)MAKE Community Art
What: Collaborative Sculpture
Where: Concord Free Public Library
Inspired by my picture book MONUMENT MAKER and part of Concord’s 250th celebration, this town-wide project invites residents of all ages to help rebuild The Minute Man (Daniel Chester French’s iconic sculpture) using 3D printers across schools, art centers, and libraries. Co-designed with Linda Booth and Concord Free Public Library's Make Space, the Monumental (Re)Make honors local history while demonstrating the power of community collaboration and sustainable technology.
Each participant prints and contributes PLA pieces that will be assembled into a full-scale sculpture. The project culminates with a community unveiling and traveling display celebrating both Concord’s past and its shared future.
Anchor book: MONUMENT MAKER: DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH AND THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL
Community Art - Family Fun Days
What: Interactive Community Art
Where: Umbrella Arts
When: March 2025
Inspired by my picture book Apart, Together, this joyful Family Day event -- hosted by the Umbrella Arts Center -- invited children and caregivers to explore how parts come together to create something new. Participants built nests from natural materials, mixed colors to discover new shades, had fun with coloring pages and collaborated on a large community triptych painting.
The event was incredibly fun but also through hands-on play, and lots of feathers and paint, a gentle introduction to systems thinking.
Anchor book: APART, TOGETHER: A Book About Transformation
What’s Going On Here? Liminal Spaces
Where Art, Nature, and Experience Intersect
What: Spring 2026 Community Art Installation
Where: Umbrella Arts
This is an art show. It just happens to be teeming with frogs,fairy shrimp, and a little bit of magic.
Liminal Spaces is a three-part immersive installation that
transforms Umbrella Arts into a living, breathing environment, drawing its energy from vernal pools, nearby woods and your own backyard…places where something unexpected is always about to happen.
Through habitable sculpture, photography, sound, and story, visitors are invited not just to observe—but to enter, passthrough, and dwell.
At the center of the outdoor installation, L’arc acts as both
structure and story vessel—a sculptural threshold that gatherspeople and pulls them into the world of The Noisy Puddle, where small, fleeting ecosystems reveal deeper patterns of connection and interdependence while Patio Life turns our attention to the quiet dramas unfolding in our yard. This is art you move through. Art that stops you. Art that might make you crouch down, lean in, and notice what you’ve been missing.
Liminal Spaces, created by Linda Booth Sweeney, Linda
Ziemba, and Jamie Collins, blurs the line between gallery and ground, between art object and living system.
Because here’s the thing: the smallest places often hold
the biggest stories. And the best art doesn’t just sit still—it
changes how you see.
Anchor book: THE NOISY PUDDLE: A Vernal Pool Through the Season
A COMMUNITY GAME FOR EARTH STEWARDS, BIG AND SMALL
What: Vernal Pool Bingo Game
Where: Town of Concord, Massachusetts )
When: April 22–26, 2025
(participating local shops + community spaces)
We're celebrating Earth Week with Vernal Pool Bingo—a playful, community-wide game inspired by my picture book The Noisy Puddle. Concord will be turned into a discovery trail of frogs, fairy shrimp, salamanders, and more. "Players" are invited to wander through town, spot vernal pool creatures in shop windows, mark your bingo card, and win prizes along the way. Along the way, you’ll discover why these small, seasonal pools matter—helping prevent flooding, filter water, and serve as critical nurseries for wildlife. Created in partnership with OARS, this event is part of a broader Earth Week celebration, culminating in a Wetlands Walk & Talk.
Anchor book: THE NOISY PUDDLE: A Vernal Pool Through the Season
LAUNCHING SUMMER 2026!
What: DO BEES PEE? book launch
Where: Everywhere.... garden clubs, nature centers, front yards, back yards... be on the look out for adorable yard signs coming soon!
This one is going to be a thing—and I’ve got some fun, rogue outreach and community event ideas! If you’d like to help get the word out and meet a wonderful community of like-minded folks, be in touch if you want to join our Poo Posse.