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Updated 2/28/2024

David Fichter

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    MA

Institution/Business Type: Artist / Creative (Individual)

David Fichter is a visual artist who has created community murals and mosaics around the country for over 30 years in schools, libraries, health centers, universities, and other public spaces. The murals are colorful, figurative, and lively, often exploring themes of local history, multiculturalism, and natural environments. He is also a teaching artist who has worked in over 200 public and private schools as an artist in resident. During these residencies, students of all ages have learned to design and paint permanent murals that relate to their school culture, history or curriculum. In many cases, the entire school community participates in creating the mural. A highly visible example of the work with students is the Mystic River Mural Project in Somerville, MA, which was begun in 1996. This ongoing mural project combines art and science learning, since high school students explore the flora, fauna, and history of the watershed every summer and then bring it to life on the walls of their commu

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David Fichter
Job Title: Public mural and mosaic artist
Phone: 857-928-1880
Address:
20 Worcester St.
Cambridge, MA 02139

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About

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1985

Overview

Institution/Business Type:

Artist / Creative (Individual)

Legal Status:

Commercial / For profit - Sole proprietorship

Year Founded:

1985

Disciplines

Primary Discipline:

Visual/Crafts - Painting

Additional Disciplines:

  • Visual/Crafts - Painting

Activities and Services

Activities and Services:

  • Arts for Social Change / Creative Activism
  • Arts and Health
  • Public Art Projects (In Free, Public Spaces)
  • Residency - Community
  • Residency - In School

Communities

Populations Engaged:

  • Adults
  • Families
  • Immigrant Populations
  • People with Disabilities
  • School Groups
  • Teens
  • Youth-At-Risk
  • Elders

Languages Available:

  • English

Geographic Reach:

  • State
  • Multi-State Region
  • National
  • International

Media Gallery

I Have Worked With

Somerville Arts Council

State: MADate: 7/2010Activity: Creation of a work of art (including commissions)Email: GJenkins@somervillema.govPhone: 617-625-6600

Affiliations and Accomplishments

Awards

Awards:

  • American Rivers Award in Education (Mystic River Mural Project) 1997Grants: MCC, NEFA, Cambridge Arts Council

Awards

Awards:

  • American Rivers Award in Education (Mystic River Mural Project) 1997Grants: MCC, NEFA, Cambridge Arts Council

Artist Info

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering

Fee range:

$375 - $450

Teaching Artist

Ages Served:

  • Elementary School-age
  • Middle School-age
  • High School-age
  • College-age
  • Adults

Subject Areas:

  • Arts Integration - History and Social Science
  • Arts Integration - Science / Technology / Engineering

Fee range:

$375 - $450