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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsArtist Cages 'Make Way for Ducklings' Statue To Protest Child Detention Centers
(Beautiful Boston)
More activism of this sort would be a good thing
Early Friday morning, local artist Karyn Alzayer went to work at the Boston public gardens. She put chicken wire cages around the iconic Make Way for Ducklings statue, separating the baby ducklings from the mother duck at the head of the line, Mrs. Mallard, who was also under a cage.
Each duck was swaddled in a shiny emergency blanket, evoking images of children in detention centers at the southern border. Alzayer, a Malden artist who founded the local non-profit Integral Arts Everett, said she has been working on the idea for months.
The Mallards are Boston's quintessential immigrant family, said Alzayer. In the book they moved here for a better life.
Alzayer said she hopes the installation would spark a conversation.
Each duck was swaddled in a shiny emergency blanket, evoking images of children in detention centers at the southern border. Alzayer, a Malden artist who founded the local non-profit Integral Arts Everett, said she has been working on the idea for months.
The Mallards are Boston's quintessential immigrant family, said Alzayer. In the book they moved here for a better life.
Alzayer said she hopes the installation would spark a conversation.
https://www.wgbh.org/news/local-news/2019/08/02/local-artist-cages-make-way-for-ducklings-statue-to-protest-child-detention-centers
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Artist Cages 'Make Way for Ducklings' Statue To Protest Child Detention Centers (Original Post)
Pluvious
Aug 2019
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Leghorn21
(13,522 posts)1. Oh, well done, Ms. Alzayer
sheshe2
(83,633 posts)3. Beautiful done.
Green Line
(1,123 posts)4. The ducklings usually get dressed in sports gear
when Boston teams are in the playoffs. This is a much better use of them, well done.