(August 5, 2025, East Boston, MA) – Wanted: local people to add their voices to a collection of stories to be woven into a public art installation that will be shared at the East Boston Artists Group’s 3rd Annual “Harboring Creativity” event at the iconic ICA Watershed, on November 8 and 9, 2025.
East Boston artist, June Krinsky-Rudder, with grant support from the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture and the City of Boston, is collecting personal stories about interesting connections or coincidences to incorporate into an art installation, called “Connective Tissue”.
Krinsky-Rudder states, “We – humans – are all connected in ways we don’t always realize or acknowledge. I’m collecting true personal stories about these human connections to incorporate into an art installation. I’m hoping that people will consider some of the ways in which they are connected to others, (‘six degrees of separation’ or ‘the birthday paradox’), how they met their best friends, running into their fifth grade teacher while on vacation, sitting next to their former neighbor at a movie theater they never went to before, or similar coincidences, and will share them for this project.”
The stories will not necessarily be easily read in the artwork itself, but binders containing the stories will be available for reading inside the installation. Stories will be available in English and Spanish, and perhaps some additional languages. The “connective tissue” in the artwork will incorporate the stories in a more abstract fashion, weaving them together to symbolize the inter-connectedness inherent in humanity. The artist will be collecting stories via a Google Form on her website.
The website will also have information about opportunities to contribute to the artwork, and photos as the installation progresses:
https://www.junekrinsky-rudder.art/connective-tissue/tejido-conectivo
