GLOW on the Greenway

In 2017 and 2018, I collaborated with the Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Greenway Conservancy in Boston. Thanks to a generous grant from Mass Humanities, I was hired as the consultant historian for GLOW on the Greenway, an exhibition of neon signs from around the state of Massachusetts. Most of the signs were commissioned by family businesses, and all of the forms blended creativity, technology and commercial energy. In addition to researching and writing the text for the interpretive materials, I also hosted a panel discussion with Harvard historian Lizabeth Cohen, neon collector Dave Waller, artist Sean Gallero of Luftwerk and curator Cynthia Warso of the Neon Museum in Las Vegas. The exhibition has been extremely popular, and is definitely worth visiting at night! Interpretive text for the exhibition is archived here. WBUR chose GLOW as its top public art destination in Greater Boston.

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