While wandering the Mission Hill area, I have discovered many sites that a person may not find on a map. Interesting nooks and crannies of the Hill, these sites are unique for their architecture, for their view, for their nature or their materiality. Whatever their particular traits may be, these sites juxtaposed to the rest of the community make them special. Perhaps you are a resident of Mission Hill; perhaps not. Perhaps you have been to these locations before; perhaps you will find a new treasure. My mission is to help those who are interested discover these spots, and for the time you take to appreciate Mission Hill, I will give you a token of my appreciation. At each location listed on the map will be ten “Tokens” of my appreciation for you to find. They are small, wooden, coin-like pieces, printed with original works of art depicting the site they will be discovered at. And they are for you to keep, if you choose. What will you get from this experience? I can’t say. Perhaps you will frequent these sites often as a place of contemplation, a simple way to escape the chaos of the city; perhaps you will never visit these spots again. Either way, I hope you enjoy your wanderings. (My name is Kaleigh O’Keefe Heinhold, and I am a Sculpture/Art History major at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. This is my first public art project, created with the help of Kevin Banker. Please feel free to post responses to the project, or ask me any questions you may have. Thank you all for participating.)Tumblr (3.0; @tokensofappreciation)http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/Download Map here: For some reason I can’t put an image of the map large enough to actually...http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/5010395052http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/5010395052Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:55:06 -0400Field Practice: This is the website of Field Practice, the public art group I’m involved with....http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/5010288438http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/5010288438Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:46:00 -0400Thank you so much!  You have no idea how exciting it is for me that these tokens meant something to...http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/5010253568http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/5010253568Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:43:02 -0400We went for a walk Sunday night at 11:30. We found the tokens on the Parker Hill benches overlooking...http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4969261555http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4969261555Tue, 26 Apr 2011 23:37:30 -0400Here we go.  Better quality photos of all of the tokens.http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4969243544http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4969243544Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:36:52 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka9ixG0rV1qjt7l0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Architecture on Wait St<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka9ixG0rV1qjt7l0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> "Ben's Tower"<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka9ixG0rV1qjt7l0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> Benches on Parker Hill Ave<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka9ixG0rV1qjt7l0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> S Whitney and Torpie Street<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka9ixG0rV1qjt7l0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> Gibbons Playground<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka9ixG0rV1qjt7l0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> Kevin W. Fitzgerald Park<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka9ixG0rV1qjt7l0o8_500.jpg"/><br/> Pro Black Mural<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka9ixG0rV1qjt7l0o9_500.jpg"/><br/> View from Iroquois Street<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka9ixG0rV1qjt7l0o10_500.jpg"/><br/> Path on Iroquois Street<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lka9ixG0rV1qjt7l0o11_500.jpg"/><br/> Mission Hill Public Gardens<br/><br/> http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4969208411http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4969208411Tue, 26 Apr 2011 19:35:21 -0400Those aren&#8217;t the greatest quality pictures.  I&#8217;ll have better ones up soon.http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4932579435http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4932579435Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:44:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk81bwdWfB1qjt7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> Token for "Ben's Tower"<br/><br/> <img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk81bwdWfB1qjt7l0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> Token for the view from Iroquios St<br/><br/> <img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk81bwdWfB1qjt7l0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> Token for cliffs at S Witney & Torpie St<br/><br/> http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4932549219http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4932549219Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:43:08 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk80tu1twI1qjt7l0o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Side one of the map, designed by Kevin Banker.  This morning I dropped some maps off at the Boston Public Library by the Copley T stop, the Parker Hill Library Branch, and Mike’s Donuts on Tremont St.  And that’s all of them!  I think I’m going to print some more out this afternoon and see if Yes Oui Si will take some of them.</p>http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4932292949http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4932292949Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:32:19 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk80sgh2ar1qjt7l0o1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Side two of the map, designed by Kevin Banker.  Hopefully it’s legible, I had to decrease the quality in order to get it on the internet.</p>http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4932272969http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4932272969Mon, 25 Apr 2011 14:31:28 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk7nmu4coD1qjt7l0o1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk7nmu4coD1qjt7l0o2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk7nmu4coD1qjt7l0o3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk7nmu4coD1qjt7l0o4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk7nmu4coD1qjt7l0o5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk7nmu4coD1qjt7l0o6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lk7nmu4coD1qjt7l0o7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Some photos I took to document the process of making the coins.  I used a block of soft linoleum to carve out what basically act as stamps, ink the linoleum, and printed them to small wooden disks.  I put my initials, the print number, and this web address onto the back in pen, and sprayed both sides with an acrylic coating to make sure the elements wouldn’t ruin the ink while the tokens are outside.  </p>http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4926403823http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4926403823Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:47:11 -0400The tokens were distributed last night, and the maps are going out today.  You&#8217;ll be able to...http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4926234142http://tokensofappreciation.tumblr.com/post/4926234142Mon, 25 Apr 2011 09:37:31 -0400