Get to know Cecily Miller, an arts organizer, curator, and artist who has spent 40 years shaping Greater Boston’s creative community. As Curator of Public Art for ArtsArlington, Cecily has helped bring public art to life through murals, sculptures, and community projects such as Bikeway Haiku and Go Fish!
In recent years, Cecily has returned to her own artistic practice, exploring printmaking, photography, cyanotypes, and sculpture. Her work ranges from playful animal-inspired pieces to thoughtful explorations of architecture, memory, family, and the natural world.
Her latest project features delicate, suspended boats carrying plants, feathers, and seedpods, symbolizing the journey to protect our fragile environment. Featured Artist profile.
Ghost Boats, installation detail, two sandcast plaster boats with organic material. Each 10” long and 24” high. These are two of a flotilla of boats containing natural materials, representing a journey transporting elements of our endangered ecosystem to a safer place.
Cats, monoprint on paper, 12” x 15”
Bear Making Progress, cyanotype on paper, 10” x 10”. This image was created with a negative and objects placed on hand coated paper.