About Kit
Kit Collins (she/her) is a public artist, muralist and illustrator based in Medford, MA. She moved to the greater Boston area in 2011 and has been a full-time freelancer since 2018. In that time, Kit has worked with illustration clients such as the Brookline Chamber of Commerce, the Conservation Law Foundation and the Charles River Regional Chamber; and she has created public art for many communities in the greater Northeast, including Brookline, MA; Lowell, MA; Pawtucket, RI; Hampton, NH; and Troy, NY.
Kit prioritizes opportunities to create vibrant, site-specific, public-facing works that celebrate, spotlight, and honor the social, natural, and creative environments in which they are implemented. She strives to create works that will not only add liveliness, color and texture to the everyday visual environment, but will also meaningfully resonate with the communities that host them. She loves ladders and lifts, sunny and dry weather, and making colorful things happen on unusual surfaces.
Right now Kit is eager to hear about walls (preferably big ones) in need of some love, and to connect with communities that are interested in starting their own dance diagram mural programs. ​
Kit was elected to Medford's City Council in 2022 and currently serves as its Vice President. She is ready to talk your ear off anywhere, anytime, about public art, public service and the confluence of the two.
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In her free time, Kit enjoys running, biking, reading, designing irreverent bumper stickers, and throwing dinner parties.
Client Testimonials
"Kit is an amazing and professional artist. She communicates clearly, provides everything that is contracted, and creates delightful art. I would recommend her to anyone, without hesitation. The experience of having a mural created by Kit has been only positive." –Amanda R., mural client
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"Kit is an incredible artist who went above and beyond to bring our vision to life. Kit did a mural in our nursery that we get to share and teach our baby girl about. The way she incorporated both mom & dad's details speaks volumes to her creativity. We love showing off our custom mural to all of our new parent friends!" –Tina J., mural client
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"From start to finish Kit was responsive, professional and creative. I chose her from 7 other artists and I made the right decision. First we worked together on concept. We went back and forth on design. Kit was able to both bring in the concepts that I wanted as well as make suggestions that I could not begin to contemplate... Kit stayed to schedule (working outside is not easy) and in the end I had a product that EXCEEDED expectations. My mural, a city of Boston scene is colorful, detailed and stunningly beautiful... I hope to hire her again." –Dave M., mural client​
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"She is impeccably thorough and handled my overly-detailed tweaks very professionally; I can tell she is a perfectionist... Kit was truly a pleasure to work with and I will certainly recommend her to anyone who needs graphic design/illustration work." –Patrick B., custom illustration client