February 24, 2011
The Mural Arts Program, in partnership with the African American Museum, is launching the Albert M. Greenfield African American Iconic Images Collection, which highlights 47 murals that uniquely capture the rich African American experience in Philadelphia — including murals of icons like Patti LaBelle, the Tuskegee Airmen, Malcolm X and many more. The hub of [...]
Read more»February 2, 2011
The Rosenbach Museum and Library has welcomed the only surviving mural painted by Maurice Sendak, famed author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are and over 100 other books. Completed in 1961, The Chertoff Mural depicts a processional of children and animals that become familiar characters in Sendak’s later works. He originally painted the [...]
Read more»October 6, 2010
With over 3,000 murals and growing, Philadelphia is rightly known as the “City of Murals.” Throughout October, the Mural Arts Program is celebrating the city’s amazing works of public art during Mural Arts Month, with more than 25 mural dedications, exhibitions, paint days, film screenings, and special mural tours. The month-long celebration begins today with [...]
Read more»June 28, 2010
Sure, you’ve seen some of the murals scattered throughout the city – with more than 3,000 gracing the walls of Philadelphia it would be impossible not to! But do you have any idea why these murals were painted, the inspiration behind each one, or how they were created? Now’s your chance to find out… all [...]
Read more»February 1, 2010
Well, it’s February. Time to start thinking about Valentine’s Day. Instead of chocolates, flowers, and other cliche V’Day gifts, why not try our a Mural Arts tour? Specifically, a tour of Stephen Powers’ Love Letter project. There are two tours running the weekend of Valentine’s Day. Saturday, February 13th, is the standard Love Letter public [...]
Read more»December 2, 2009
While you might have missed your chance to take the Love Letter tour with a Mural Arts Program tour guide, that shouldn’t discourage you from experiencing it on your own. Update: Mural Arts is actually continuing their Love Letter tours indefinitely. Awesome! Videoblogger Lindsay Tabas, who recently returned to Philadelphia (welcome back!) after a long [...]
Read more»October 7, 2009
Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program has a new tour, and this one is particularly exciting. The “Meals & Murals” tour joins you and a local celebrity for a two-hour trip through Philadelphia’s hand-painted murals. The four tours explore South Philadelphia, Center City, North Philadelphia, and West Philly respectively, and conclude with a lunch at a uniquely [...]
Read more»October 2, 2009
Welcome to a new post series on uwishunu called “With Love Letters,” in which our With Love Philadelphia campaign interviews noteworthy Philadelphians in order to learn more about their relationship with the city and why they love it here. Today we’re talking with Jane Golden, Executive Director of Philadelphia’s Mural Arts Program. Note: links were [...]
Read more»July 7, 2009
It’s hard not to notice The Magic Gardens on South Street, the stunning structure covered in colored glass, mirrors, and found objects. Isaiah Zagar’s beautiful mosaics are known world wide, and continue to reach a larger audience thanks the recent documentary, In A Dream. Recently, the Magic Gardens have begun offering mural tours, taking visitors [...]
Read more»June 12, 2009
Have you ever realized how many murals there are in Philadelphia? You know you’ve passed some before – South Street, 3rd Street in Old City – they are all over. But do you know just how many there really are? 3000. 3000! This Sunday, the 3000th mural in the Mural Arts Program is being unveiled [...]
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