05/22/2026
Only 8 DAYS UNTIL MURAL MASTERSβΌοΈ Today weβre π’ANNOUNCINGπ₯ our 3rd of 4 selected lead artists!!!
Josh Beckett is a Boston-based visual artist and educator whose work explores identity as layered, lived, and constantly evolving. Working across painting, illustration, and public art, he centers Black figures and narratives with emotional depth, symbolism, and presence. His work resists simplification, allowing vulnerability, confidence, contradiction, and myth to coexist within a unified visual language. Drawing from personal experience, cultural memory, and contemporary visual culture, he uses expressive mark-making and bold color to invite reflection and sustained looking. The figure becomes a site of narrative and feeling, where gesture and atmosphere carry meaning alongside form. Through both his artwork and teaching, Beckett creates accessible, affirming spaces that honor complexity and position Black presence as expansive and essential.
π¨ GET READY for one of Massachusettsβs first live public art mural painting competitions! Mural Masters, held at Community Art Centerβs Port Arts Festival, began in 2019, to celebrate the public art community & to recognize the rich culture of the Port neighborhood. You donβt want to miss this head-to-head, day-long competition. Featuring 4οΈβ£ teams, each led by talented lead artists, and youth from Community Art Centerβs Teen Public Art Program. We will NEED your participation + vote! Mark your calendar for SATURDAY, MAY 30th!
