Rita Hester was stabbed to death in her Brighton apartment 25 years ago and whose murder inspired Transgender Day of Remembrance, held globally every year on Nov. 20 since 1999.
The City allocated more than $1 million to new murals as part of the third year of the City’s Transformative Public Art Program. Mayor Michelle Wu and the
‘These Are Our Stories’: New Allston Mural Honors Rita Hester, Whose Life and Murder Inspired Transgender Day of Remembrance | News | The Harvard Crimson
The city of Boston commissioned artist Rixy to create the mural as part of the city’s Transformative Public Art Program. Hester's portrait gazes out upon Brighton Avenue toward the Model Cafe where regulars still remember her smile.
More than three stories of an empty brick wall in the Franklin Field Development have taken on the look of a colorful tree this summer as artist Melissa Mandel wraps up a long-awaited mural that speaks to the desire of young people to build community in the area. The artwork features an African Baobab tree – known as the “Tree of Life” – in a multi-colored array of encouraging