Max Pro was born and raised in Chelsea, and even though at points life took him to other places - he knew that he belonged here. His family has strong roots in Chelsea, with his grandparents migrating here from Cuba. To Max, family is everything and he spends all of his time with his siblings, wife and daughters.

His love for comic books and time travel fuel his creativity, which feeds into everything he does. He owns a custom clothing design business called All Planets that represents suicide awareness and mental health.

He is avidly involved in his community and often finds himself wishing there was more time in the day but always remains thankful for everyone's support, kind words, and good energy - without it he wouldn't be anywhere near where he is today. 

Check out his work: all-planets.site and @all_planets on Instragram

“Whatever I do, art shows up in the mix.” Marianne has lived, worked, and volunteered in Chelsea since 1983. With many college credits, but no degree, Marianne is a self-taught artist best known for her micro-mosaic collages, shell-o-visions, and Pandemic Postcards. Her work has been seen at local galleries.

Originally from Boston, Amber Torres is an Illustrator who is passionate about increasing access to the arts for socio-economically disadvantaged communities. Amber is a mover and a shaker who pulls from both her grassroots and institutional connections to curate, host, and facilitate arts programming for colleges, high schools and community centers in the Greater Boston Area. Amber is currently the Youth Programs Coordinator at the Eliot School of Fine and Applied Arts in Jamaica Plain.

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Follow her work at on her website: ambersafro.com and on Instagram: Art Account @dudleystreetbaby, Personal brand @Amber Torres

Aliyah Saldana-Oswald, a Chelsea native, is our youngest participating artist. Art provides her an emotional outlet and form of expression; it is very therapeutic for her. Aliyah’s medium is ink and markers, but she continues to expand.

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Oscar Figueroa Sierra, a junior at Mass Art in illustration, does art for the sole purpose of becoming the best comic artist of my generation. Why does he want to become a comic book artist? “I want to be remembered and understood through my visual works- through the stories, the expressions, the panels, themes, and the world building that I'll tackle within my comics. All of which will give everyone access to my mind, my world, as well as my emotions.”

Nelson Saldana is an artist based in Chelsea, MA. Self-taught, Nelson mostly works in oil paint. Since he was a child, he sketched uncontrollably all the time. Nelson was born in the Bronx, NY, and moved to Chelsea when he was 12 years old. Enormous murals on building sides in N.Y. and the graffiti-filled walls all around him inspired Nelson growing up. Todd Mcfarlane who created Venom in Spider-Man, and later Spawn Comics also had a huge impact on him. Later in life his inspiration came from studying the old oil paint masters from the Renaissance era. Check out more of his art on Instagram.

Melissa Gallego is a 15 year old student at Malden Catholic and Chelsea resident. Her whole life she has drawn and painted with inspiration from her father. She finds painting relaxing, but drawing with pencil is her favorite way of making art.

Sinai Galicia is a sophomore at Chelsea High School. His major career focus is to be an architect and a interior designer. As a community member of Chelsea, Sinai has participated in art events throughout the city and looks forward to continuing community art work.