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Sharp and to the point, Schork is used to talking with visitors; the combination of public art and urban youth allures policy researchers and journalists alike. Back in 1991, a photo of a mural crew at work in Dorchester made the front page of the Boston Globe. That particular project, only the second that Schork directed, used a geometric style of South African wall painting to incorporate the names of fifteen young men killed in gang violence. The result, Schork recalls, meant both positive attention for the muralists, almost entirely young women, and a meaningful piece of public...
...group’s second mural, the Rodney King story told in hieroglyphics, provoked citywide controversy when Boston police objected to the depiction of the beating. As a compromise, the mural crew agreed to paint a second mural depicting better relations between officers and the community...
...Schork, the incident represents the highly politicized nature of mural painting. Expectations of public art sometimes cloud the intent behind a particular project. When one group painted a version of John Singleton Copley’s “Watson and the Shark” on the side of a fish market, many people assumed they had chosen the painting because it features an African-American. “That wasn’t the reason though; we just thought it would be ironic to have a picture of a fish eating a person on the side of a fish...
Part of the student’s education in the Mural Crew, Schork explains, is learning to deal with criticism from the public. Especially when a mural is still in the outlining stages, reactions from passersby range from praise to indifference to annoyance. There is also the danger of graffiti: While most finished murals are left alone, unfinished ones are often vandalized. Browder explains that her group ran out of time last summer and had to leave their mural in Fields Corner, Dorchester incomplete. Soon after, their work—including her portraits of fellow students and community members?...
Still, community support for the mural crew has grown over the years. Parents are especially receptive to the chance for their children’s work to be given a public forum. “My mother loves it that I’m here,” Guillery said. “She’s always bragging about...