Bringing art into the community is the heart of our story.

 

Community ARTworks

  • Music in the Village

    Music in the Village, was the first mural made by Art for All. It was completed in May of 2019 with contributions from over 180 individuals, businesses, and cultural organizations. A full scale reproduction hangs on the side of Reasons to be Cheerful at 110 Commonwealth Ave. in West Concord.

  • Pandemic Memorial Heart

    The Pandemic Memorial Heart project is a collaborative artwork with over 50 contributors to remember those we’ve lost during the pandemic.

  • Our Farms, Past and Present

    Our Local Farms, Past and Present was initiated by the West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee. It was designed and executed by Art for All in celebration of our local farms, past and present, with contributions from 127 people of all abilities. It now hangs on the side of Saltbox Kitchen at 84 Commonwealth Ave.

Minuteman ARC

  • In January of 2019, we began weekly workshops with adults with cognitive differences from Minuteman Arc for Human Services. They are endlessly creative and we have learned from their insight.

  • People with cognitive differences have contributed to all of our community art works, displays, and to the artwork we make for village festivals.

  • Because Minuteman ARC is currently understaffed, this fall we began taking our workshops to MMA’s center on Forrest Ridge Road in West Concord.

ART by the Brook

  • During the summer of 2021, we held weekly workshops outside by the Nashoba Brook.

  • These art-making workshops brought a wonderful, diverse collection of people together.

  • Young, old, and in between, artists and non-artists, those with identified disabilities and those without, gathered to share and make art.

Village Festivals

  • The Village of West Concord is an official Cultural District of Massachusetts. The businesses and the cultural organizations collaborate for two yearly festivals: Spring into West Concord Junction in May, and Discover West Concord Day in October.

  • ART for ALL participates with an art activity table outside of a local business, and with games that take place in the windows of our stores and restaurants, such as the Spring Scavenger Hunt in May of 2021.

  • 20 stores and restaurants displayed the flowers made by our volunteers of varying abilities, and 90 played the game to win raffle prizes from!

  • In May ART for ALL collaborated with the Fowler Library to make the Train Car Trivia Game. The 21 train cars were made during volunteer hours. Each one displays information and photos from West Concord's past. The train cars are currently on display at ART for ALL's 2021 Retrospective Art Show at Reasons to be Cheerful. After December, you will be able to see them at the Fowler Library. Try taking the Trivia Quiz!