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WATCH: Needham Channel highlights Brighter Ignited

The Needham Channel News spotlights Tova’s public art, specifically the recent winter tour of Brighter Ignited.

WATCH: Needham Channel highlights Brighter Ignited

The Needham Channel News spotlights Tova’s public art, specifically the recent winter tour of Brighter Ignited.

READ: Needham artist creates traveling light display

The Hometown Weekly highlights Tova’s Brighter Ignited interactive art display.

WATCH: Create & Connect - a promo for a therapeutic art workshop for parents in Needham

The Needham Channel News spotlights Tova’s upcoming Create & Connect Workshop partnering with Needham Youth & Family Services and funded by the Needham Council for Arts and Culture.

READ: "We bring the light": how two local artists unite their community every winter

Emerson College student journalist Isa Luzarraga came to see Brighter Revealed and was inspired to write an article about it for her blog.

WATCH: JLive with Tova Speter and Emily Bhargava

Laura Mandel of JLive, interviews artists Emily Bhargava and Tova Speter to share their latest project, Brighter Revealed, which is a part of the JArts Hanukkah 2021 celebration.

READ: Jewish Arts Collaborative announces ‘Brighter Revealed’

The Newton Tab highlights Tova’s public art installation commissioned by the Jewish Arts Collaborative.

READ: "Chains of art offer connection and care”

My first real published article! The Journal of Applied Arts and Health highlighted my Translations project as part of their issue featuring Art-Based Research in Health and Well-Being During the Pandemic. Note - article requires purchase.

READ: This Hanukkah, Jewish Arts Collaborative’s ‘Brighter Revealed’ celebrates the miracle of inner strength

The Boston Globe features Tova’s 2021 collaborative public art installation inspired by the theme of inner strength.

READ: Public Art Installation “Brighter Revealed” Features Community Hanukkah Lantern

JewishBoston.com highlights Tova’s giant, traveling public art installation.

WATCH: The healing power of art

CJP spotlights Tova’s facilitation of therapeutic art workshops for caregivers.

READ: Tova Speter and her chain of empathy

Doug Holder from The Somerville Times interviews Tova about her current project and Somerville roots.

READ: Local artists create art from outdoor restaurant barriers

The Needham Times shares a front page story about public art Tova helped facilitate to brighten the community.

WATCH: Painted Barriers Project on the Local News

The Needham Channel highlights a local painting initiative Tova helped facilitate.

READ: Boston-area artists illuminate Hanukkah in new ways

The Jewish Journal spotlights the artists of the Brighter Connected project.

READ: Collective Luminescence - Students spreading light help our community glow

JewishBoston.com shares a blog post about Tova’s recent blacklight installation.

READ: Chains of Art Offer Peace During the Pandemic

JewishBoston.com reports on Tova’s community art project that connected over 75 artists during the Covid-19 pandemic.

READ: CJP Feel Good News Spotlight

Combined Jewish Philanthropies highlights an outdoor school mural project Tova led at Schechter.

WATCH: Translations on the Local News

The Needham Channel features Tova's exhibit in a local news segment.

READ: Local Artists Showcase New Exhibit at Gorse Mill Gallery

The Needham Times reports on Tova’s new Translations exhibit.

READ: A Community Celebration Spreads the Light of Hanukkah

JewishBoston highlights "Brighter Together," Tova's large scale art installation at the Museum of Fine Arts.

READ: Local community artist leads collaborative mural in Israel

The Newton Tab writes a Spotlight article on Tova's community mural project in Israel.

READ: Reimagining Jewish Values Through Art

An article on JewishBoston.com highlighting one of the student mural projects Tova consulted on and helped facilitate.

READ: Four Questions with Tova Speter, Muralist

JewishBoston.com interviews Tova about her work.

WATCH: Growing Inclusion Mural Video

Video documenting the mural dedication for the Binah School Mural in Sharon, MA.

READ: The Art of Social Justice

The Covenant Foundation shares Tova's mural work with The Binah School in Sharon.

READ: An Inclusive Tu Bshvat Seder

Zeh Lezeh blog highlights the engagement of people of all abilities into The Binah School's community mural project.

READ: Sharon Community Mural to Go Up at Lakefront

The Sharon Advocate acknowledges the town's approval of Tova's community mural.

READ: 2013 AHN Awardee

The Arts & Healing Network awards Tova with the honor of being one of three recipients in the country celebrated as a future leader in the field of art and healing.

READ & WATCH: a compilation of videos and posts

Street Pianos Boston official website's direct link to photos and videos of Tova's painted piano.

WATCH: Play Me!

This documentary by Eliza Earle, with help from Ian MacLellan follows artist and art therapist, Tova Speter, and the piano she was chosen to design for the Boston installment of "Play Me, I'm Yours." (runtime: 7m 13s)

WATCH: Tova Speter, Play Me, I'm Yours

Eliza Earle and Ian McLellan created a short video featuring Tova's piano as part of the Street Pianos Boston Festival in 2013. The footage is from their upcoming documentary in which they follow Tova's piano to the streets of Boston.

READ: 2013 Kishroniyah Mural!

Camp Ramah Blog highlights Tova's recent mural at Camp Ramah.

READ: Parents at the Center Community Mural in Haifa

Jewish Boston Blog posts about Tova’s partnership with CJP on the Parents at the Center Community Mural in Haifa, Israel.

WATCH: Horim Bamercaz Video

5 minute video documenting the Parents at the Center Community Mural in Haifa, Israel.

WATCH: Milford TV: Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

VIDEO! Milford TV highlights the community mural at Milford Regional Medical Center.

READ: Mural has lofty goal: ‘Take the Stairs’

The Worcester Telegram and Gazette reports on Tova's new mural at Milford Regional Medical Center.

READ: Defaced depot mural raises question: How art-friendly is Arlington?

YourArlington.com looks into the disappointing defacement of one of Tova's murals

READ: We mourn the Arlington Heights Bus Depot mural

Arlington Public Art Blog entry about the unfortunate destruction of a mural Tova facilitated.

READ: Convenience store coming to Arlington Heights MBTA bus depot

Arlington Advocate reports on the recent destruction of one of Tova's murals

READ: New Art Panels by Vernon Street Artists

The Somerville News reports on a mural project directed by Tova at Vernon Street Studios.

READ: CJP's Young Leadership Division and Jewish Community Housing for the Elderly explore art together

JewishBoston.com reports on an intergenerational community tile mural project led by Tova.

READ: Community mural dedicated at Malden's Route 60 T stop

The Malden Observer reports on the dedication of Malden's first public mural project, led by Tova.

READ: Community invited to help paint mural in Malden Center this Sunday

The Malden Observer invites people to a Community Painting Day for the mural project.

READ: Planned Mural Celebrates Malden's Past and Future

The Malden Patch reports on the history of the Malden Mural Project.

READ: Featured Artist: Tova Speter

The Wilderness House Literary Review highlights Tova as their featured artist in the spring issue of their magazine.

READ: Malden mural project still on hold, needs funding

The Malden Observer helps publicize the stalled mural project.

READ: The Hand-Painted Garden

A parent volunteer blogs about her experience with Tova leading a community mural at an elementary school in her blog Martha Thinks.

READ: A "vacation mural" brightens up a Panama town and bridges the community

The Somerville News reports on Tova's international mural projects, with a focus on the most recent mural in Panama.

READ: Murals of Boquete

The Boquete Gourmet blog highlights the community mural in Panama.

READ: Mural project promotes art for all

The Malden Observer reports on the planning phase of a community mural project at the Malden Center MBTA.

READ: History lesson at the depot

The Arlington Advocate reports on the first public community mural in the town of Arlington.