A Community Painting from the Immersive Drawing Experience

Created at Art For All Concord, Minuteman in Wonderland is a 4×7' collaborative painting that blends Concord’s revolutionary past with whimsical, contemporary imagery. Led by artists Zannah Noe, Mike Sprague, and Margot Kimball, the piece emerged from a daylong Immersive Drawing Experience—an art and mindfulness workshop led by Noe. Participants traced and painted a projected image while immersed in ambient sound designed to support focus and flow.

This public art-making session invited community members to engage in a layered, meditative process—tracing, detailing, and coloring together to produce a unified vision. The practice promotes deep concentration and creative connection.

Lead Artists: Mike Sprague, Zannah Noe, Margot Kimball

Art For All Artists: Marybeth Lee O'Brien, Susan LaChance, Laura Veligor, Laurie Engdahl, Kimber Lynn Drake, Alyssa Drake, Dawne Osborne, Linda Carmel, and Anne Marie Rossi.

Community Artists and Contributors: Lauren Owenmark, Prow Sarns, Lisa Moses, Polly Meyers, Jennifer Johnson, Richard Wells, Debra Whitestone, and Veronica Moy.

The painting will be auctioned in June to benefit Art For All’s free and low-cost community arts programming.

Open Table commissioned Art for All to paint a mural on the side of their distribution center at 40 Beharrell Street in West Concord. Andy Smith designed and painted the mural with the assistance of students from Concord-Carlisle High School.

In collaboration with the Fowler Library at 1322 Main Street in West Concord, Art for All made this 12 by 8 foot mural for the Library's exterior wall. Half a dozen artists collaborated on the design, and about 100 people of all artistic abilities contributed.

Our Local Farms, Past and Present was initiated by the West Concord Junction Cultural District Committee. It was designed and executed by Art for All in celebration of our local farms, past and present, with contributions from 127 people of all abilities. It now hangs on the side of Saltbox Kitchen at 84 Commonwealth Ave.

The Pandemic Memorial Heart project is a collaborative artwork with over 50 contributors to remember those we’ve lost during the pandemic.

Music in the Village, was the first mural made by Art for All, completed in May of 2019 with contributions from over 180 individuals, businesses and cultural organizations. A full scale reproduction hangs on the side of Reasons to be Cheerful at 110 Commonwealth Ave. in West Concord.

Debra Stark commissioned Margot Kimball, the founder of Art for All, to paint the two murals on the front of Debra’s Next Door.