Photo by Mel Taing, courtesy of The Boston Public Art Triennial

Better Angels is a free, participatory public artwork, popped up at Waterfront Park Aug 21-22.

It's a large scale, inflatable sculpture of clouds and the golden gates of heaven, activated by performers playing Pete, head of security and supporting angels.

Better Angels responds to the country’s semi-quincentennial by reflecting on our failures as a nation as we were approaching our first centennnial. At the country's 250th birthday, Better Angels uses the notion of 'getting into heaven' from American pop-culture to imagine giving ourselves and each other grace as we work towards being our best selves individually and as a nation.

See Boston Public Art Triennial website for all dates, times and locations: https://www.thetriennial.org/heather-kapplow

June 2026 schedule is: Friday, June 26: 12—7 PM; Saturday, June 27: 12—7 PM; Sunday, June 28: 10 AM—4 PM at Atlantic Wharf, 290 Congress Street Boston, MA, 02210.