Exploring East Boston’s Vibrant Mural Scene

This Saturday! Take a Street Art Walking Tour

Take a tour of Eastie’s Street Art, followed by a pop-up gallery at EBO+ Co. Grocery!  Three tours on the horizon include Saturday, October 28th and November 4th from 9am-11am!  You can register here! 

East Boston is a vibrant hub for public art, even beyond the creative hotspot ICA Watershed. Over 20 murals can be found in the neighborhood, the result of a collaboration between Seawalls Boston, a roster of national and international mural artists, and the PangeaSeed Foundation’s public art program. Aimed at engaging and educating audiences about the challenges facing our oceans, the impressive collection of works within the neighborhood speaks to its tenacity and the inhabitants who have worked hard to make it what it is today.

Journeying through the street art in East Boston is both visually stunning and thought-provoking. If you’re looking to be led by a local expert, check out Eastie Street Art Tours, hosted by Matt Pollack, the creative producer behind HarborArts and Sea Walls Boston. Group and private tours are available for booking via Airbnb experiences. For a self-guided option, you can find a map of most sites available online via Sea Walls Boston, with key sites listed below. 

Estimated distance: Between 3-4 Miles

Estimated Time: Between 1 – 3 hours, depending on your pace.

Closest Subway: Maverick Station, Blue Line

Artists, locations and topic:

1. Espiritu del Mar by ​​Marka27 
   • Address: Donald McKay School. 
   • Topic: Biodiversity Loss.

1. Solo hay un océano // There is only one ocean by Kai Kaulukukui + Taylor Reinhold 

1. • Address: Donald McKay School | East Boston EEC. 
   • Topic: Ocean Literacy.

1. Intersectional Environmentalism: Generational Uproot by Nneka Jones 

1. • Address: Donald McKay School. 
   • Topic: Environmental Justice.

1. “Sea Keepers,” by Sabrina Dorsainvil 

1. • Address: 135 Grove St, East Boston EEC. 
   • Topic: Sea Turtle Conservation and Biodiversity Loss.

1. “Aquatic Dimensions” by Felipe Ortiz 

1. • Address: 135 Grove St East Boston EEC. 
   • Topic: Coastal Overdevelopment.

1. “Plastic Pandora” by Lauren YS 

1. • Address: 62 Chelsea Street. 
   • Topic: Plastic Pollution.

1. “Fear” by Sophy Tuttle

1. • Address: 60 Border Street, on the front wall of the historic Wigglesworth building.
   • Topic: Shark Conservation.

1. “Guiding Giants,” by Taj Francis 

1. • Address: 150 Liverpool Street. 
   • Topic: Warming Seas and Biodiversity Loss.

1. “Death to Plastic” by Tallboy 

1. • Address: 160 Liverpool Street. 
   • Topic: Plastic Pollution.

1. “Protect What You Love” It’s A Living 

1. • Address: Central Square (wall between McDonald’s and Autozone). 
   • Topic: Sea Level Rise.

1. “The Heart of the Ocean” by Felipe Ortiz 

1. • Address: 260 Bremen Street. 
   • Topic: Ocean Acidification.

1. Hope and Resistance” by Artists for Humanity 

1. • Address: Mary Ellen Welch Greenway (Porter Street Underpass). 
   • Topic: Sea Level Rise and Biodiversity Loss.

1. Rising Tides by Sophy Tuttle 

1. • Address: Mary Ellen Welch Greenway (Sumner Street Underpass). 
   • Topic: Sea Level Rise and the Salt Marsh Sparrow.

1. “Precipice” by Beau Stanton 

1. • Address: East Boston Fire Station (Wall along greenway). 
   • Topic: Sea Level Rise and Warming Seas.

1. Save our Space by Josie Morway 

1. • Address: Cunard Tavern. 
   • Topic: Habitat Loss, Short-eared Owl.

1. “Protect what you love” by Imagine

1. • Downeast Cider House, Marginal Street,
   • Topic: Sea level rise

1. “Fight the Rise” by Josie Morway 

1. • Address: 256 Marginal Street, HarborArts’ Shipyard Gallery, Boston Harbor Shipyard. 
   • Topic: Coastal Development and Sea Level Rise.

1. “The Calling” by Cedric “Vise 1” Douglas and Julz Roth 

1. • Address: 218 Marginal Street, HarborArts’ Shipyard Gallery, Boston Harbor Shipyard. 
   • Topic: Environmental and Climate Justice.

1. “Rise” by Silvia López Chavez 

1. • Address: 218 Marginal Street, Boston Harbor Shipyard. 
   • Topic: Plastic pollution and human impact on oceans.

Image of Espíritu del Mar