Moshup is a Wampanoag folklore hero. This is Moshup in his whale form. Painted with blues and greens in artist Andromeda Lisle’s colorful style, this mural of Moshup aims to highlight the importance of preserving the cultural significance of animals in the Americas as well as the Indigenous stories that surround them.
Moshup was on display at the Harvard Ed Portal April 2022-23. View it in the Peabody Museum Education Classroom April-May ‘23.
Andromeda Lisle is a multi-medium artist from Cambridge, MA. Brought up by her mother with their rich mixed-heritage of Black, Native, and Irish, Andromeda grew up with a great love of story and the natural world. She received her BS in Fine Art from Skidmore College, and most of her’s art focused on animals in myth and legend, mainly those from her Indigenous heritage. Now her drive & passion is the preservation and education of the cultural significance of animals in the Americas.
Visit Andromeda’s Website: https://www.theandromedagallery.net
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