Let’s Paint the Town Together!
Public Art
The Amesbury Cultural Council periodically partners with the City of Amesbury to enhance and enliven our public spaces with art.
Have an idea for a public art project? Apply for one of our grants, and we’ll help make it happen!
Past Projects
The Wave Mural
Funded in part by ACC grant, hundreds of rainbow tiles were created at free, community workshop, then installed to build a magnificent mosaic symbolizing a better world. The Center: art + community’s tireless efforts created a powerful center stone of art in the historic Upper Millyard.
Summer 2025
Pride Stairs
In partnership with PACT, Amesbury shows off her pride with a bold + beautiful staircase in downtown Amesbury.
Summer 2025
Mill No. 2 Mural by Kate Delaney
We hired a wildly talented, mural mastermind to weave the industrial history of Amesbury with bricks + paint.
The project was a collaboration between the Amesbury Cultural Council and Amesbury Industrial Supply.
Images courtesy of katedelaney.squarespace.com.
Fall 2024
Artsville Artist Shanties
A pop-up artists’ + makers’ market on the green next to the Library! Five weeks of arts, crafts, live music, and shopping in a temporary village of pastel shanties, on loan from the Firehouse Center for the Arts.
Summer 2022
Chalk the Walk
During Chalk the Walk, professional artists create themed chalk murals in the Al Capp Amphitheater. Members of the community have the opportunity to watch the artists at work and also create chalk drawings of their own.
This free event recurs every October, usually the weekend before Indigenous Peoples’ Day (second weekend of the month).
Every October
Walk This Way
With help from a Mass. DOT grant, nine crosswalks in downtown Amesbury were painted by local artists selected by the ACC.
Summer 2021
It’s Electric!
In summer 2020, the Amesbury Cultural Council launched a public art initiative to paint the necessary — but not very attractive — electrical boxes around town. The plain-Jane dropbox outside City Hall? That could stand a creative coat of paint as well! We selected 10 artists to paint the utility boxes responding to the theme "The Art of Community."
Summer 2020
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