She is Her(e)

She is Her(e) is a public mural mounted on the fence of the Lynn Museum in downtown Lynn, created by WAMX (Womxn Art Muralists), a paid public arts team of young women and gender-expansive high school students at Raw Art Works. The artwork depicts a tree rising out of the cityscape, built from painted wood cutouts, and it can be seen by anyone walking past or lingering in the museum courtyards.

The mural explores bodily autonomy, freedom, belonging, self-expression and the link between community and self. Pomegranates stand for life, hope and the seeds of potential, and each artist contributed a key bearing a word she values. The keys represent safe access to public space for women and gender-expansive people and a voice in the city. Organizers gave the students free rein, and the finished piece comes entirely from the youth artists.

What to Know

• The mural was installed in 2022.
• Funding came from the Essex National Heritage Commission’s Essex Heritage Partnership Grant Program and MassDevelopment’s TDI Creative Catalyst Grant Program.
• Raw Art Works offers free art programming for youth in grades 4 through 12.
• The work is part of a larger project called Lynn Forward/Adelante Lynn.