In 2013 and again in 2016, I was one of a number of local artists to paint a piano for Celebrity Series of Boston’s “Play Me, I’m Yours” Street Piano Festival, for which we had decorated, fully-functioning pianos placed throughout Boston in public spaces — mostly outdoors.
Street Pianos Boston is a really great thing, in part because a piano is such a fascinating and challenging 3D “canvas” – and how often do you get a chance to work on a large-scale piece like that? I’ve done two of them, and I just think it’s great – because you’ve got both the process of creating the work, and then the presentation of a playable piano in a public setting, where folks get to sit down and interact with it. Just such a cool project all around.
Yes, I take commissions. Yes, I would love to help you design your new restaurant, bar, music venue, home, office, business. Yes, you should call me.
Ben Kauffman: Artist 