The public art efforts engaged by Mural Arts to keep alive our history, culture, and movement as a city are vast and varied in their size, scope, and technique. We endeavor to pilot inventive projects to address the shifting interests of our communities, impact Philadelphia's neighborhoods on a broad and sustainable level, and promote Philadelphia's visibility as a cultural destination. Below are several of our exciting recent undertakings.
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Completion Date: June 2011
Artist: Ernel Martinez, Damon Reaves, Shira Walinsky
While housing is globally recognized as a human right, for many Philadelphia residents it remains a dream. While housing is globally recognized as a human right, for many Philadelphia residents it’s just a dream. More than 1,000 Philadelphia children and youth will sleep in a shelter tonight
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Completion Date: October 2012
Artist: Michelle Angela Ortiz, David Flores, Juan Carlos Reyes, Oscar Gallegos, Antonio Leal
The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program partners on Aqui y Alla, a transnational public art project, created and directed by local artist Michelle Angela Ortiz. The project explores the impact of immigration in the lives of Mexican immigrant youth in South Philadelphia in connection with
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Expected Completion Date: December 2013
Artist: Various Artists (see below)
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Completion Date: June 2012
Artist: Thoughtbarn
ESCAPED INFRASTRUCTURE, a collaboration between the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, the Manayunk Special Services District, and design firm Thoughtbarn, is a site-specific temporary installation that brings
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Completion Date: June 2012
Artist: James Burns
The rate of suicide attempts among public high school students in Philadelphia is almost twice the national average – 12.9 percent versus 6.9 percent, respectively. Particularly troubling is the rate of suicide attempts among African American youth (12.1 percent)
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At Mural Arts, we are always in need of concrete supplies to support the operations of our office, the installation of our murals, and our award-winning programming for youth, community members, and individuals involved in the criminal justice system. At the moment, we are currently in need of:
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Completion Date: June 2012
Artist: Parris Stancell, Felix St. Forte, and Ernel Martinez
Following the tragic 2010 earthquake in Haiti that left millions of people homeless and in desperate need of medical care, eighteen survivors were relocated to temporary housing in Germantown by Partners in Health.
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Completion Date: October 2011
Artist: The Miss Rockaway Armada (Members: Aly, Anna, Brian, Ellery, Greg, Ian, Jill, John, Nick, Noah, Robyn, Siena, Tracy)
The mural project paired 13 artists from nationally recognized art collective Miss Rockaway Armada with roughly 31 Mural Arts art education students...
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Expected Completion Date: October 2013
Artist: Cesar Viveros
Imagining Frankford is a collaborative project between the Frankford community and the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program that will consist of a collection of murals along Frankford Avenue corridor
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Completion Date: April 2011
Artist: RA Friedman, Amanda Miller & Tobin Rothlein, Michelle Angela Ortiz & Tony Rocco, Frank Sherlock & Erik Ruin
Mural Arts goes “off the wall” with Journeys South, an interactive arts experience that examines evolving immigrant histories of South Philadelphia through four unique community-based public art projects.
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