WordWrap

WordWrap began as a public art project celebrating the diverse voices of Boston neighborhoods for Pop-Up: Franklin Park Art Grove.  Lisa Link collaborated with Blanca Bonilla to create the 50 WordWraps  for the group exhibition & celebration in Franklin Park, Boston (2015).

Eleanor viewing WordWraps with translation guide in Franklin Park, Boston. August, 2015.

WordWraps 2015 (series of 50, multi-lingual) Franklin Park, Boston, MA

Lisa continued to develop the WordWrap project, expanding the designs with “Concord Conversations” created for the Concord Art Ramble 2016.  

WordWrap 2016: Concord, MA Hapgood Wright Town Forest

In 2017, Lisa designed more WordWraps, “Historical Reflections on The Law of the Land” for the 2017 group exhibition “Voices of Change: Perspectives on the Transfer of Alaska from Russia to the United States” at the Sitka National Historical Park in Sitka, Alaska. 14 prints were on view along the walking trail and 1 print was shown inside the gallery.

March 2017, view of the gallery with work by the 8 artists as well as the permanent collection.

March 29, 2017, opening reception

March 2017, gallery and exhibit poster, Sitka National Historical Site

March 2017, Prints along the trail

Prints along the trail

March 2017, Prints along the trail

March 29, 2017, at the opening reception, images projected in the auditorium at the reception.

March 29, 2017, at the opening reception, images projected in the auditorium at the reception.

March 29, 2017, at the opening reception, images projected in the auditorium at the reception.

March 29, 2017, at the opening reception, images projected in the auditorium. “Alaska Native Land Rights Cases Superimposed over Date Range” – projection of the print in the gallery.

March 29, 2017, at the opening reception, images projected in the auditorium at the reception.

March 29, 2017, at the opening reception, images projected in the auditorium at the reception.

In 2018, Lisa created 22 new WordWraps  celebrating rivers, restoration and environmental advocacy in Maine as part of a summer public art project for Waterville Creates! in Waterville, Maine. In 2019, two printed sets of WordWrap: Swimming Upstream were shown in Gardiner, Maine and Augusta, Maine starting in April and continuing through the September (in Augusta). Lisa is grateful for the support of Kennebec Valley Chapter Trout Unlimited, Upstream, and Augusta Parks and Recreation for hosting and supporting this exhibition in Maine in 2019.

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