
About

Crystal Bi Wegner (she/they) is a multimedia artist working in the public realm. Her participatory art projects explore themes of radical imagination, storytelling, and belonging.
As a public artist, former Boston Public School art teacher and Creative Civic Design Lead with Design Studio for Social Intervention, Crystal works with communities to design creative interventions that imagine alternative futures. Her local and national work with Design Studio for Social Intervention focused on designing tools for co-creating a more equitable, beautiful, and welcoming public. As part of her work with ds4si, Crystal worked on the Core Imagination Team - the organizational and curatorial team - for inPUBLIC Festival + Summer Series at Downtown Crossing in 2021 and 2022.
Photo by Tarik Bartel.
Crystal is a member of the 2022 Olmsted Now Parks Equity and Spatial Justice cohort for the project Wilderness in collaboration with Dzidzor Azaglo. She was a member of the Creative City cohort through New England Foundation for the Arts, Transformative Public Art Program through the Mayor's Office of Arts and Culture, and Live Arts Boston through The Boston Foundation for her work on the community archiving project Chinatown Story Cart. Crystal earned her MFA from the Dynamic Media Institute at Massachusetts College of Art and Design.
Get in touch: crystal.bi.wegner@gmail.com
Grants & Residencies
Emerald Necklace Conservancy - Olmsted Now Parks Equity and Spatial Justice Grant, 2022
The Boston Foundation - Live Arts Boston Grant, 2020-2021
New England Foundation for the Arts - Creative City Grant, 2020-2021
Mayor’s Office of Arts + Culture - Transformative Public Art Program Grant, 2020
Residence Lab with Pao Arts Center and AsianCDC - Artist in Residence, 2019
Selected Exhibitions & Performances
Boston City Hall - Exhibiting Muralist, 2022
Office of Arts and Culture, Boston
inPUBLIC Festival - Curatorial Team Member & Exhibiting Artist, 2022 + 2021
Design Studio for Social Intervention, Boston
Hudson Street Stoop - Exhibiting Artist, 2021
Asian Community Development Corporation, Chinatown
Area Code Art Fair - Exhibiting Muralist, 2020
Citywide Public Art Event, Boston
Experience Chinatown Festival - Exhibiting Muralist, 2020
Pao Arts Center, Boston
Residence Lab Opening - Exhibiting Artist, 2019
Pao Arts Center & Asian Community Development Corporation, Chinatown
Culture Club with Space Us, Exhibiting Artist, 2018
Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston
Dreamscape 16, Performing Artist, 2018
Boston Hassle, Boston
Selected Press
Boston Globe: Chinatown Festival Expands to 3 Weeks this Fall
Boston Globe: Who is Public Art Even For? New Works Suggest a Transformation
Sampan: Youth to collect Covid-19 stories for ‘Chinatown Story Cart’
Sampan: Artists Engage Boston's Public Spaces
Color Magazine: Artist Engage Boston's Public Spaces
NEFA Announces Creative City Finalists
WHRB: Boston Art Book Fair Highlights
Boston Art Book Fair: Our Favorite Local Publications
Residence Lab Artist Profile: Crystal Bi, Moon Eaters Cofounder
Interview with Hood Grown Aesthetic Podcast
Scout: Our favorite stories of 2018
The Gaysian Podcast: "No Dating Until Marriage" ft Crystal Bi
Boston Hassle: The Top Local Zines of 2018
Moon Eaters Creates Platform for APIA, Femme Voices