Mags Harries

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Mags Harries’ public art projects have received national recognition and have won many awards. She observes the small things that, like DNA, reveal all that is important to know about a place. She uses surprise and sometimes humor to energize public places and communities. Her early projects Asaroton and Glove Cycle have become icons of the Boston area. Mags frequently designs her work with landscape materials and responds to environmental issues. She has an increasing interest in water and city scale elements of infrastructure, pathways and connections. Many of her temporary projects involve community participation and social action, including: Winding Down the Charles, Speed of Light, and One Legged Table.

Mags teaches courses on sculpture, installation, and public art at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. She is also a member of the Boston Sculptors Gallery. She has exhibited her work in numerous solo shows at national and international institutions.