Community Art center murals @ third & binney
Mural Masters
Mural Masters began in 2019, as a friendly competition; a collaborative effort to invite community to participate in Community Art Center’s Teen Public Art Program and give a window into what public art can do, say, and mean to a neighborhood. Young people from Community Art Center’s Teen Public Art Program are partnered with local artists, pitted in a head-to-head contest of live mural painting!
The event takes place every year at Community Art Center’s annual Port Arts Festival. 4 teams composed of 1 lead artist and 4-5 youth artists from the Art Center conceptualize, design, and execute their mural LIVE and on-site in under 8 hours. Neighbors, passers-by, and those in attendance at the Port Arts Festival have a chance to vote by SMS text on which team will win, and be awarded the coveted Mural Masters trophy!
All murals, once completed, find a home and are installed at local nonprofits, schools, and organizations. Previous murals can be seen at The Democracy Center (Cambridge); Maud Morgan Arts Center; Cambridge Community Center; Moses Youth Center; and in other locations throughout Cambridge and beyond.
2025 Murals
Untitled, 2025
Artist: Mithsuca Berry
Mithsuca Berry is a Haitian artist, educator, and storyteller. Their artwork records epiphanies in their journey of healing - as it relates to existing as a black queer/non-binary person of Caribbean descent. They say, “Society has always struggled with believing people like me exist, making my journey of coming into self inherently spiritual. My self love, my healing, my play — is an experience that bends the reality we have grown attached to. Once I have brought my story into the world, there is no denying it exists. That is how we preserve our history, and pass it down to generations after us.”
Animal Squad, 2025
Artist: Sam Paolini
Sam Paolini (SPAO) is a Seacoast, NH based pop surrealist muralist, illustrator, zinester, and upcycled clothing maker. Their work revolves around connection, grief, queerness, and coexisting with one's inner demons.
Mural Donation Submission Form
Each year, CAC donates the 4 murals created during the Port Arts Festival to organizations throughout Cambridge. The murals created this year, will be showcased in the Third & Binney lot until May of next year, at which point they will be donated. If your organization is interested in having a mural donated for your space, please fill out the form below to be considered. The CRA & CAC will be reaching out to selected organizations each April.
The Cookout, 2025
Artist: Derrick Jamison
Derrick Jamison is an illustrator and portrait artist from Springfield, MA, whose passion for art began at age 9, inspired by his older brother. This support led Derrick to become an enthusiastic, dedicated, and empathetic middle school art teacher, where he now cultivates creativity and self-expression in his students, just as he was encouraged in his own artistic journey.
One Flock, 2025
Artist: Michael Talbot
Michael Talbot is a Jamaican-born, Boston-based Freelance Artist and Visual Story-teller who has worked on a wide range of projects, murals, exhibitions, and showcases since 2012. His work, often narrative-driven, is most characterized by the keen use of motion, negative space, as well as a limited palette reminiscent of graphic novels and other forms of sequential art.