South End Artist, School Picked to Paint Public Pianos

BOSTON, MA — A South End artist and local school have been selected as part of a group of artists charged with bringing to life the next Street Pianos Boston series, which runs Sept. 23 through Oct. 10.

This year represents the return of the public pianos. The Boston Celebrity Series first installed the artfully decorated pianos around town in 2013, inviting the public to sit down and tickle the ivories as part of artist Luke Jerram's international "Play Me, I'm Yours" series.

According to a spokesman for the Celebrity Series, work on the pianos has begun and will continue through August 26 at the Innovation and Design Building in Boston. Once complete, the pianos will be tuned up before they are installed in every neighborhood across the city.

Courtesy the Celebrity Series, you can meet the two South End artists selected below:

Joshua Wilmoth is a painter and woodblock printer living in the South End of Boston. Wilmoth’s work tends to gravitate towards both water aesthetics and the human form.

The Hurley K-8 School is a Spanish-English immersion school located in Boston’s South End. The Hurley K-8 School is returning to the program, having participated in Street Pianos Boston 2013. Hurley’s hallmarks are a committed, talented teaching staff, an intensive language arts curriculum, a dedication to math and science fluency, a strong commitment to the arts and an innovative afterschool program that engages their children in a wide variety of extra-curricular activities.

>> Photo courtesy jude, via Flickr/Creative Commons