Advancing Our Mission
Activating space to strengthen communities by using art, design and planning to improve how people engage with and feel about their built environment. We seek to have an impact that fosters improvement in the economic, social and civic life of communities by creating more open, active, and accessible spaces that are welcoming and appealing to people from all backgrounds and generations.
Serving Cities, Towns, and People
We serve cities and towns where there are changes due to the loss of industry, shifts in population, or where there is underutilized infrastructure. We serve people, civic leaders, and business owners who want to work together to manifest the power of art, design, and planning to tie the heritage of the past to the potential of the future.
Delivering Epic Art and Designed Spaces
Activating space creates activities that engage people of all ages, virtually and in-person. Our strengths lies in our ability to enact a community’s shared vision by connecting and using the talents and
priorities of people, civic leaders, business owners, and artists. We leverage a network of outsized resources to enhance the
communities we work with to design and implement plans effectively and efficiently.
Mission
The mission of Beyond Walls is to activate space to strengthen communities. Activating space involves creating epic artistic public installations. Strengthening communities involves increasing both economic development and civic engagement.
Vision
Beyond Walls envisions a world where everyone has access to safe, accessible and beautiful public spaces. We believe that public art and creative expression is a universal right that should be enjoyed by everyone from all walks of life.
Values
Beyond Walls maintains its core values of Innovation, Passion, Collaboration, Diversity, and Excellence. We also know that the kids are our future, so we share these values with the youth interns, volunteers and participants that we involve in all of our projects.
Past Projects
Retrolit
RETROLIT Retrolit was born out of a community-driven desire for making the walk around downtown more interesting and enjoyable. Merging art, history and technology, Beyond Walls restored and installed 12 […]
Lynn Lights on the MBTA Underpass
LYNN LIGHTS Beyond Walls, aligned partners and volunteers installed “Lynn Lights” in 2018 in response to community feedback for more lighting downtown. Together, we implemented 16,000 square feet of dynamic LED […]
Wash and Fold
CALL TO ACTION In response to the ongoing pandemic and in keeping with our mission — activating public spaces to strengthen communities — Beyond Walls recognized the need for flexible […]
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From Our Blog
🎉🎨 Celebrating 6 Years of United Rentals’ Incredible Support for Beyond Walls! 🙌✨
We are thrilled to express our deepest gratitude to United Rentals for their unwavering support over the past six years. Their generous contribution of lifts, generators, and exceptional service […]
Beyond Walls Weighing Options On Future Of Lynn Neon Art Installations
May 18, 2023 Photo: Beyond Walls LYNN, Mass. (WBZ NewsRadio) — The streets of Lynn will soon be a lot dimmer. Many of the vintage neon art installations that light up the city […]
Large-scale mural to be installed in Chicopee
by: Ashley Shook Posted: May 16, 2023 / 12:12 PM EDT Updated: May 16, 2023 / 12:12 PM EDT CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – A mural is being added to a building at an […]
LYNN, SHOULD WE KEEP THE LIGHTS ON?
BY EMILY PAULS| May 11, 2023 Vintage “Egg O Mat” sign in Lynn. This sign has been taken down and others are to follow. (Owen O’Rourke) LYNN — After more than […]
Here are the latest winners of Carlos Vega Fund awards to promote social justice
Published: Apr. 27, 2023, 7:08 a.m. The Carlos Vega Park in South Holyoke. (Dennis Hohenberger Photo)Dennis Hohenberger / Special to The Republican By Dennis Hohenberger | Special to The Republican HOLYOKE […]
FINAL FRIDAYS: GALLERY NIGHT
FINAL FRIDAYS: GALLERY NIGHT Join us on the last Friday of each month for Final Fridays! Each month features a different theme, music, art-making activities, and late-night fun at the […]
Haverhill Seeks Coalition Partners to Support Series of Three to Five Large Murals
By WHAV News Staff | 12 hours ago Sample mural in Lynn by @angurria @willgom @silvialopezchavez @dovente (Photograph by @toastfilm) Haverhill is looking to build a coalition to choose three to five large […]
Beyond Walls Welcomes Arlington Highschool to Lynn
Beyond Walls welcomed a group from Arlington High School (Arlington Public Schools, MA) for a tour of the murals around Downtown Lynn last Tuesday, March 21, 2023. Students were brought […]
Beyond Walls, City of Holyoke looking for locations to create street murals
by: Nick DeGray, Sy Becker Posted: Mar 21, 2023 / 12:25 PM EDT Updated: Mar 22, 2023 / 05:18 AM EDT HOLYOKE, Mass. (WWLP) – Beyond Walls has once again partnered with the City […]
Outlook 2023: Holyoke ready to celebrate past, present and future
Published: Feb. 27, 2023, 8:02 a.m. Edwin David Sepulveda, from Puerto Rico, stands in front of a 50-foot x 85-foot wall mural he created on a building on High Street in […]
Testimonials
I’ve enjoyed working with Beyond Walls over the last year. So very often as a city employee we are tasked with solving unique problems and challenges and it is a […]
I have worked with Beyond Walls since 2016, lending design expertise and visualization to support community-led initiatives. I am most impressed by the group’s ability to execute meaningful community-enhancement projects […]
United Rentals has been the proud partner with Beyond Walls and the communities they work in since 2017. What started as a one piece equipment rental to get their mural […]
Beyond Walls has been an incredible community partner to work with over the past year. I began working with Beyond Walls last fall (2019) when I brought my Thurgood Marshall […]
There are not enough words to explain the gratitude the Lynn YMCA has for transforming our playground AND giving our youth and staff the opportunity to experience art as it […]
I highly respect and am greatly excited by what Beyond Walls has accomplished in Lynn in a very short time. Utilizing many fine artists, you have brought Lynn from its […]
