ArtLifting

ArtLifting is featured on the front page of The Boston Globe business section today! 📰😍 jonathan saltzman’s article highlights how some of the biggest names in biotech—like Moderna, Pfizer, Takeda, Eli Lilly and Company, and Foundation Medicine—are transforming their spaces with ArtLifting artwork by artists with disabilities. One of our amazing artists, Lisa Murphy, said it best: “People need to reassess who they think is mentally ill and who they think is disabled. It’s not as easy to dismiss the entire disability community if you’re looking them in the face. Literally.” Her words powerfully convey the importance of visibility and inclusion. We couldn’t be prouder of our artists like Lisa, Allen Chamberland, Nick Morse, and Rudolph Jean-Louis, whose incredible work is now showcased in the article and spaces across Boston. Thank you to our partners for championing inclusion and social impact! Through partnerships like these, we’re able to uplift the stories and talents of 190 artists across 35 states. Since our founding ten years ago, we’ve sold tens of millions of dollars of artwork with the majority of the profit from art sales going straight back to the artists. We're grateful to our clients for recognizing the importance of inclusive design and social impact in their spaces, and to the talented and innovative artists whose work is at the forefront of this movement. 🙌 Huge thanks to our partners at Moderna, Pfizer, Sanofi, Takeda, Ipsen, BlueRock Therapeutics, Remix Therapeutics, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc., National Development, and WS Development for championing our mission. Together, we’re creating environments that foster positive change. Read the full article here to learn more about the impact we’re making together: https://lnkd.in/gqFPfF63 #ArtLifting #SocialImpact #InclusiveDesign #DisabilityInclusion #Disability #ArtAndBusiness #BusinessForGood #Boston #BioTech Boston Globe Media Image Descriptions: 1 - Cover of The Boston Globe which features an article with the headline “Lifting Up Through Art.” Below the headline is a photo of artist Lisa Murphy creating art at a desk in her home studio. 2 - Liz Powers smiling holding up the The Boston Globe article. 3 - Artist Rudolph Jean-Louis stands in front of his massive sculpture at WS Development's 400 Summer Street in Boston. Photo by Peter Vanderwarker. 4 - Artist Nick Morse in front of one of his abstract paintings at the new Eli Lilly building. 5 - Artist Allen Chamberland with an artwork on display at the new Moderna offices in Boston.

🚧✨ We’re excited to unveil Emerald Tree, a 6,500 sq. ft. mural by Allen Chamberland at Boston’s new center of gravity, South Station Tower! 🌳 ⁠ ⁠ “It's going to be amazing to see my artwork at a huge scale in a public space I frequent,” shares Allen. The project was featured last week on WBZ | CBS Boston! 🙌 ⁠ ⁠ This vibrant and impactful piece is a collaboration between the artist, ArtLifting, Hines, Pelli Clarke & Partners, and City of Boston, transforming the construction zone into a living canvas!⁠ ⁠ About the project Allen shares, "I am beyond excited to have my artwork, Emerald Tree, featured in such a prime location at the new South Station Tower! This piece is a reflection of the inspiration I draw from Boston, the city where I live and whose beauty constantly fuels my creativity."⁠ ⁠ Sean Sacks, Sr. Managing Director at Hines, added "Our longstanding relationship with ArtLifting underscores our commitment to championing diverse and local artists. This collaboration brings a unique, larger-than-life mural to the building, providing beautiful public art for everyone to enjoy.”⁠ ⁠ Learn more about the mural, the artist, and the innovative use of construction materials behind the project, on ArtLifting's portfolio: https://lnkd.in/g-VdFDRd Special thanks to our partners in impact at Hines for making this project a reality: Mary Kensinger, Joe Norris, Hassan Mohamad, Sean Sacks. ⭐️ Also BIG props to the incredible ArtLifting team: Erin Cousins, CAPM, Aubree Mladenovic, Sadie Shillieto, Michael Korcek and Liz Powers! 🙌 ⁠ Image Descriptions:⁠ 1 - Allen Chamberland holding up his original papercut artwork across the street from the largescale reproduction.⁠ 2 - Aerial view of Atlantic Avenue and South Station Tower with Emerald Tree on the building facade.⁠ 3 - Sidewalk view on Atlantic Avenue of Emerald Tree and South Station Tower.⁠ ⁠ #BostonArt #EmeraldTree #AllenChamberland #ArtLifting #PublicArt #CityArt #UrbanArt #Development #SouthStationTower #construction #CityLife #Boston

We’re thrilled that our CEO, Liz Powers, will be speaking at WorkSpaces in Austin next week! 🎉 During her keynote, she will share stories of how ArtLifting’s 500 corporate partners, including Bank of America, Amazon, and Google, are creating inclusive spaces and transforming the lives of our artists. We can’t wait to showcase how these partnerships are making a real impact! #InclusiveDesign #SocialImpact #ArtInTheWorkplace #InclusiveSpaces #WorkSpaces2024 #Placemaking #ArtAndBusiness #DiversityandInclusion #ArtistEmpowerment

Big congrats to ArtLifting artist MJ Cooper on the story on KAAL-TV ABC 6 News in Colombus, Ohio, where she is a student at Columbus College of Art & Design! 👏 The story shares MJ's incredible story and artwork, highlighting her recent collaboration with JanSport. Go check out the story then head over to jansport.com to shop the ArtLifting collection. Stay tuned for another JanSport launch featuring artist Sylvia Burnstein later this month! 🎒

This National Disability Employment Awareness Month (NDEAM), we’re celebrating the theme “Access to Good Jobs for All” by highlighting the impact of #AccessibleJobs in the arts! ⁠ ⁠ Did you know that companies leading in disability inclusion experience 1.6x more revenue, 2.6x more net income, and 2x more economic profit than others? Yet, the unemployment rate for disabled workers is more than double that of non-disabled workers (9.1% vs. 4.3%). Together we can change this!⁠ ⁠ ArtLifting is committed to providing opportunities for talented artists with disabilities, offering a platform for them to showcase and sell their incredible work.⁠ ⁠ Through ArtLifting, artists like Elizabeth Shanahan (@elizabeth.shanahan) whose work is pictured here, are able to thrive. Elizabeth shares:⁠ ⁠ “I’ve been able to pay medical bills, send my daughter to summer camp, and purchase art supplies. It feels amazing to meaningfully contribute to my family’s income.” ⁠ Visit the ArtLifting website and learn more about our work and impact: https://lnkd.in/gt9Np9i ⁠ Image Description: Afternoon Cloudburst - Painting with blue mountains in the distance under a cloudy sky. Sunbeams break through, illuminating sandy brown hills. Dark green shrubs sit in the middle ground. Soft clouds mix white, blue, and pale yellow. Warm earth tones contrast with cool blues.⁠ ⁠ U.S. Department of Labor | Office of Disability Employment Policy | #NDEAM #ArtForChange #AccessForAll #DisabilityInclusion #ArtLifting #InclusiveEmployment #CreativityForGood #SupportArtists

ArtLifting is proud to welcome Elizabeth Deegan to our artist community! 🌟 Elizabeth is a San Francisco-based stained glass artist whose intricate and vibrant work speaks to her journey of resilience. After overcoming cancer twice, Elizabeth found new purpose in her artistic practice. “The repetitive process of designing, cutting, and assembling glass grounds me and gives me a sense of control in an unpredictable world,” she explains. Her art combines bold colors and thoughtful design, often inspired by nature, light, and personal transformation. Elizabeth’s creative process is as inspiring as the finished pieces themselves. She starts by sketching her designs on large graph paper, meticulously selecting color combinations, and spending days cutting, foiling, and soldering glass to bring her vision to life. The way her stained glass transforms a space with light symbolizes the hope and resilience she brings to her work. 💪 Join us in celebrating Elizabeth’s stunning work and story! Learn more about Elizabeth and her art on the ArtLifting website: https://lnkd.in/d-PBZjBy #ArtLifting #StainedGlass #GlassArtist #Artist #Resilience #SocialImpact #Healing #InclusiveArt Image Descriptions: 1 - Elizabeth smiling holding up a stained glass artwork 2 - Shoreline - A stained glass design with black outlines dividing geometric shapes. White, textured panels dominate, while colored circles in red, black, teal, brown, and a swirled multicolor pattern are scattered among the rectangles and squares. 3 - Persiana - Stained glass featuring various overlapping green and yellow circles with shades of light green, dark green, and cream. Thin black lines intersect diagonally across the circles, adding a dynamic effect. 4 - Forest Frolic - Stained glass with curving blue, orange, and purple shapes. Circular accents include a large cream circle and smaller red and yellow circles. Rectangular white and beige segments fill the background. 5 - Attraversiamo - A stained glass design with swirling shapes in bright orange, red, teal, and white. Curved lines and small circular patterns are prominent, with brown, marbled sections adding texture to the 

We were so excited to share ArtLifting's mission and impact at RetailSpaces with Liz Powers closing out the event with her #keynote! Big congrats and lots of gratitude to influence group for hosting an unforgettable event and inviting Liz to speak. 🙌 🌵 #RetailSpaces #ArtAndImpact #SocialImpact

We’re proud to welcome Adrian Eric Chrissos back to ArtLifting! 🙌 Adrian, a self-taught artist working out of Chicago, shares that “art has helped me learn to trust, love, and above all... survive.” After facing addiction and being unhoused, he has now celebrated over 3 years of sobriety and uses art as a means of healing and reflection. Adrian’s work, which combines the intentional strokes of palette knives with the unpredictability of fluid ink, tells deeply personal stories. "When I create art, I feel like I’ve made something come to life in the world," Adrian says. His goal is to inspire viewers and help them see mental illness and addiction in a new light. Learn more about Adrian and his art on the ArtLifting website: https://lnkd.in/gPTcKwkd #ArtLifting #NewArtist #MentalHealthAdvocate #AddictionRecovery #HealingThroughArt #Sobriety #SocialImpact #Talent Image Descriptions: 1 - Adrian smiling in front of an abstract painting. 2 - Cascade: An abstract painting featuring dark teal, green, and white overlapping rectangular strokes with hints of orange and purple. 3 - Looking Through and Through: A painting with swirling green, blue, and turquoise colors, accented by vibrant patches of orange. The lower right corner has a white signature. 4 - Balance: An abstract artwork with thick, textured strokes. The central figure is made up of layered swirls in vibrant colors like blue, yellow, pink, and purple on a white background. A large signature in black is visible at the bottom right. 5 - Austinite: A geometric abstract painting with intersecting lines and shapes in vibrant colors—yellow, orange, teal, and red dominate. The background is a mix of turquoise and green. There is a signature in the lower right corner.

ArtLifting is on the cover of the Boston Globe Business Section today!!! The photo of artist Lisa Murphy takes up the entire top fold! Here is the link to the full article: https://lnkd.in/gqFPfF63 Big thanks to biotech reporter jonathan saltzman for reaching out to us after seeing ArtLifting work in Eli Lilly and Company and Foundation Medicine Headquarters. Jonathan interviewed four artists and multiple ArtLifting clients for the piece. Congrats to featured artists Lisa Murphy, Allen Chamberland, Nick Morse, and Rudolph Jean-Louis. Thanks to our artists for trusting ArtLifting to represent them! One of my favorite quotes from the article is from Lisa, who speaks to the power of including ArtLifting artists’ stories alongside their incredible art. “Oh my goodness, I’m putting all my laundry out there. But as time went on, I thought, ‘This is a good thing.’ People need to reassess who they think is mentally ill and who they think is disabled. It’s not as easy to dismiss the entire disability community if you’re looking them in the face. Literally.” 👏👏👏 Many thanks to our Massachusetts biotech clients for championing artists with disabilities in their spaces: Moderna, Pfizer, Sanofi, Takeda, Ipsen, BlueRock Therapeutics, and Remix Therapeutics. HUGE thanks to WS Development for their years of support including purchasing a 20 x 20 foot piece by Rudolph Jean-Louis for Foundation Medicine’s headquarters. Thank you, Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. and National Development for renting artwork that celebrates inclusion for the lobby of Eli Lilly and Company’s HQ. Special thanks to our champions and partners who are dedicated to disability inclusion and social impact!  🎨Yanni Tsipis, Ali Ribeiro, Naseem Niaraki of WS Development  🏋️♀️Naomi Mayeux Seck of National Development and Scott Brown of Alexandria Real Estate Equities, Inc. 🎨Kathleen Carrell, Katelyn Mallozzi, Claudette Lavoie L'Huillier, AIA, LEED AP, Fitwel Ambassador, Kaitlyn Penfold Abaskharoun of Takeda 🏋️♀️Jamie Kinch and Sarah Drown Briggs of Moderna 🎨John Lynch and Kate Chase of Ipsen 🏋️♀️Laurie S. Rothenberg, Quinnie Wong, and Errika Alchanati of Pfizer  🎨Evan Koska of Sanofi 🏋️♀️Molly Kafka of Remix Therapeutics 🎨Yaritza Flores, Thomas Smith, Lara Steele, PhD of BlueRock Therapeutics Ten years ago, I could have never imagined ArtLifting’s huge impact on artists and the community. We’ve now sold tens of millions of dollars of artwork with the majority of the profit from art sales going straight back to the artists. On behalf of the whole ArtLifting community, thanks for your support!  #ArtLifting #DisabilityInclusion #SocialImpact #InclusiveDesign #Art #Artists #Boston #BioTech Image Description: Me holding up the Business section of The Boston Globe which features an article with the headline “Lifting Up Through Art.” Below the headline is a photo of artist Lisa Murphy creating art at a desk in her home studio.

Give a warm welcome to new ArtLifting artist Eliza Redmann (@folded_poetry on Instagram) of Durham, North Carolina! 💎 Eliza's journey combines her background in architecture with her lived experience of a #TraumaticBrainInjury to create #3D artwork that is both functional and visually captivating. Her sculptures explore complex geometric patterns and shapes, often using paper as her primary medium. Eliza shares, “Both the function and aesthetic of my work are born out of experiencing disability.” Through her art, she challenges viewers to see the world through her eyes, creating pieces that are not only beautiful but also meaningful and impactful. Eliza will partner with ArtLifting to provide clients with site-specific commissions, like Journey, (pictured in the first two images here) which was created with Greystar Apartments for The Fiona Luxury Apartments in Colorado Springs. We're excited to partner with Eliza to share her story and bring her artwork to more spaces. Welcome to the ArtLifting community, Eliza! Learn more about Eliza on the ArtLifting website: https://shorturl.at/6ZH2Y Image Descriptions 1 - Eliza Redmann stands next to her sculpture, Journey. 2 - Journey by Eliza Redmann - a series of brown, rust, and grey rock-like geometric shapes sweeping across a white wall. 3 - Close-up of Eliza cutting blue paper into 3D geometric shapes, arranged in a complex pattern. 4 - Red hexagonal 3D shapes arranged diagonally on a white wall, creating a striking geometric pattern. 5 - Diamond-shaped 3D forms in brown, beige, and gray, arranged on a white wall, casting shadows for added depth. #ArtLifting #InclusiveArt #TBI #Sculpture #Architect #Architecture #SiteSpecific #Commission #Geometry #SocialImpact #Interiors #Design