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Michele O’Brien Art
@micheleobrienart.bsky.social
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Collage artist working out of my home studio in Somerville, MA, US.
Everything is terrible but love wins.
www.micheleobrienart.com
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Just for the hell of it, made a couple of small copper wire bowls. They're about grapefruit sized. (Hard to photograph properly, apologies). Fun to do, but hard on the hands!

#somervilleartist #bostonartist #bosarts #art
#artsy #originalart #bskyart #blueskyart #contemporaryart #artist #artwork
Image of two small copper wire bowls, handmade using many loops of wire. Each bowl is about the size of a grapefruit.
February 3, 2026 at 10:52 PM
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Feeling blue? There are about a million reasons to feel down these days. I can't fix much, but I can offer you an art card. DM me your address and you'll get something colorful in the mail. No strings. Thanks for connecting!!

#postcardart #mailart #snailmailart #snailmail #postcards #bosarts #art
Array of 15 brightly colored postcards in a grid. Postcards are original handmade collaged cards.
January 29, 2026 at 2:35 PM
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When Schumer is at the one-yard line he says “OK guys we’ve made our point, let’s let the other team have the ball now”
murshedz.bsky.social Murshed Zaheed @murshedz.bsky.social · 20d
Majority of the country now wants to abolish and/or dismantle ICE and yet Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y. told the caucus the message had to be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”

Once again it looks like Schumer is about to choke after getting a massive opportunity.

So pathetic and weak.
Senate Democrats plot strategy as DHS standoff deepens heading into shutdown week
Two sources who were on a Democratic caucus strategy call Sunday said Minority Leader Chuck Schumer told the group the message must be to “restrain, reform and restrict ICE.”
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January 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
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There's No Such Thing As The "Last Straw" • The BLM movement teaches us that there will never be an execution so unjust that it converts supporters of state violence into abolitionists. Change requires fighting, not waiting.
There's No Such Thing As The "Last Straw"
The BLM movement teaches us that there will never be an execution so unjust that it converts supporters of state violence into abolitionists. Change requires fighting, not waiting.
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January 24, 2026 at 10:32 PM
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*taps the sign*
angryblacklady.blacksky.app Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · Oct 8
"Black people are tired. Not metaphorically tired—actually tired. The kind of tired that turns every group chat into a mix of gallows humor and emotional triage."

I write about white ignorance and how exhausting it is to hear white ppl insist "this isn't who we are, when it's ALWAYS who we've been.
White People’s Performative Ignorance Is Exhausting—Opinion
Disbelief over authoritarianism in America isn’t a cutesy personality trait. It’s a confession: You haven’t been paying attention.
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January 23, 2026 at 2:31 PM
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Who wants FUN mail? New hand-collaged postcards! Connections feel more important now than ever before. DM me your address and I'll send you one. No obligation. Just community.

#postcardart #mailart #snailmailart #snailmail #postcards #somervilleartist #bostonartist #bosarts #artist #artwork #art
A photo of 19 brightly colored collaged postcards laid out in a grid.
January 20, 2026 at 9:19 PM
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Old sketchbook! Searching for inspiration, I found this. These are messy but what is a sketchbook for, if not to mess around?

#somervilleartist #bostonartist #bosarts #art
#visualart #bskyart #blueskyart #abstractart #contemporaryart #artist #artwork #abstract #collage #collageart #sketchbook
An art sketchbook opened to show two pages of brightly colored collage work.
January 15, 2026 at 7:17 PM
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"I Won't Back Down" (1989) - Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers 🎶🎧 #coffeebreak

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3efK...
I Won't Back Down
YouTube video by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers - Topic
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January 13, 2026 at 8:59 PM
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Grace Gillespie, contemporary printmaker #Womensart
January 12, 2026 at 3:59 PM
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Experiments in collage! I keep things I make, even when they don't work out - they may become parts of future collages...

#somervilleartist #bostonartist #bosarts #art #visualart #artsy #originalart #bskyart #blueskyart #abstractart #contemporaryart #artist #abstract #abstractcollage #collage
An array of many different, small and brightly colored collages laying flat on a desk.
January 8, 2026 at 4:29 PM
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My collage "Subtle!" has been included in the 2026 Members Prize Show at the Cambridge Art Association. Please come to the reception Jan 8 & say hello!

#art #bskyart #collage #bosarts #bostonartist #somervilleartist #affordableart #artforsale #originalartforsale #abstractart #contemporaryart #show
Poster for the 2026 Members Prize Show at the Cambridge Art Association in Cambridge, MA., U.S. Abstract collage entitled "Subtle!". The collage has a lot of white background with distressed printed imagery in various colors, and some bold text in blue, black and orange.
January 5, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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Random post: it was a cookie box. Then I unfolded it and collaged onto it. Thanks for looking!

#somervilleartist #bostonartist #bosarts #art #visualart #artsy #bskyart #blueskyart #abstractart #contemporaryart #artist #artwork #artoftheday #abstract #abstractcollage #collage #collageart #random
A small unfolded cardboard cookie box that is colored magenta, and has been collaged with colorful papers and graphic type.
January 5, 2026 at 1:22 AM
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over absence // handcut paper collage with graphite on recycled paperboard, december 2025

#collage #abstract #queerart
textured abstract vintage paper collage with bits of text, floral elements, a large pink area
December 31, 2025 at 2:00 AM
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Holiday heart. This started out as an experimental collage and ended up looking like an abstract heart. I want to thank folks for following & engaging with me here this year. Wishing you very happy holidays and the best for 2026!

#somervilleartist #bostonartist #bosarts #bskyart #blueskyart #art
A multi-colored abstract collage in the shape of a heart.
December 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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December! I've begun mailing my holiday cards - I create different collaged cards for each person. Here are some more examples. Thanks for looking!

#bostonartist #art #artsy #bskyart #blueskyart #collagesky
#collage #collageart #mailart #snailmailart #notecards #abstract #abstractart #bosarts
Four collaged notecards with abstract designs. Design backgrounds look like space or galaxy images, with round & crescent planet-like shapes overlaying them. Colors include bright blue, orange, pink and purple.
December 3, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Home Depot wanted holiday cheer, got a whole-ass choir calling out their partnership with ICE instead…
November 29, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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It's late November! Still finishing holiday cards. My friends and family get abstract ones; here are some examples of my hand-collaged cards. Thanks for looking!

#bostonartist #art #artsy #bskyart #blueskyart #collagesky
#collage #collageart #mailart #snailmailart #notecards #abstract #abstractart
Four hand-collaged notecards with green and blue, black and white abstract designs.
November 25, 2025 at 6:33 PM
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It's November! Time to prep for the holidays. As always, my recipients get weird abstract stuff: posting more examples of hand-collaged cards. Thx for looking!

#bostonartist #art #artsy #bskyart #blueskyart #collagesky
#collage #collageart #mailart #snailmailart #notecards #abstract #abstractart
Four hand-collaged notecards with abstract pink and red designs.
November 17, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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It's November - know what that means? Time to prep for the holidays! My recipients get weird abstract stuff. I make hand-collaged cards - here are some examples. Thx for looking!

#bostonartist #art #artsy #bskyart #blueskyart #collagesky
#collage #collageart #mailart #snailmailart #notecards
four brightly colored collaged notecards, with cobalt blue, orange, black and white.
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
micheleobrienart.bsky.social
It's November - know what that means? Time to prep for the holidays! My recipients get weird abstract stuff. I make hand-collaged cards & I'll post some examples here. Thx for looking!

#bostonartist #art #artsy #bskyart #blueskyart #collagesky
#collage #collageart #mailart #snailmailart #notecards
Four colorful, abstract, collaged notecards. Colors include teal green/blue and yellow with pops of orange and red.
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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In the NYC area? Run don't walk to see the Ruth Asawa exhibit at MOMA! It's truly incredible, the quality and breadth of her art. You'll love it. Her work is genius and the show is motivational. 
@moma.bsky.social  #nyc #museums #RuthAsawa #Moma #visualart #artsy #contemporaryart #art #motivational
Two abstract wire sculptures hanging from the ceiling, with orb and cone shapes. Watercolor painting of red cherries in a clear bowl. Sketchbook black and white drawing of a sunflower. Close up of two abstract hanging wire sculptures that look a little bit like seaweed or sea creatures.
October 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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telephonegame.art/artists/mich...

The Telephone game for artists went live today! Please check it out. It's one of the coolest artist/collaborations ever. 1400 artists across the globe making work responding to others' work. Poems invoking songs invoking paintings... Magic!

#artistcollaborations
Michele O'Brien - TELEPHONE
View Michele O'Brien's artwork in the TELEPHONE exhibition. I am a collage and mixed media artist working out of my home studio in Somerville, MA, U.S.Creating with my hands is a satisfying and medita...
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October 10, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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Ireland has approved plans to permanently implement a basic income program that will support up to 2,200 artists.

A cost-benefit analysis found that for every €1 invested, society receives €1.39 back.

Officials from other countries are now expressing interest in the program.
October 9, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Nick Cave! Go see his work in person if possible.
This piece at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago is part of the show "City in a Garden: Queer Art and Activism in Chicago" - running thru May 2026.
visit.mcachicago.org/exhibitions/...
@nickcaveart.bsky.social #nickcaveart #art #contemporaryart
A mannequin shaped sculpture with colorful flower decoration on the legs and fabulous metal florals swirling around the head and torso.
October 1, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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UNTIL IT'S DONE, Ep. 2

When the Brownsville Clinic opened in 1916, it was the first birth control center in America. Its very existence felt impossible. For young women, it was a lifeline.

109 years later, the Clinic is long closed—but Brownsville mothers are still struggling.
September 26, 2025 at 2:30 PM