Ongoing/Upcoming Projects
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.
A Place to Call Home
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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Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha
Expected Completion Date: August 2012
Artist: Betsy Casanas
Through weekly art workshops and community engagement events held at Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha (APM) Mural Arts and APM are working to create a mural that reflects voices of clients, staff, and community members about community health and wellness.
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Common Threads
Artist: Meg Saligman
Standing tall throughout the years, Common Threads remains one of our most popular murals.
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Family Interrupted
Expected Completion Date: June 2012
Artist: Eric Okdeh
One in every 28 U.S. children—or 2.7 million—has a parent behind bars and 23% of students with incarcerated parents are expelled from school, compared to 4% for the general population.
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Finding the Light Within
Expected 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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General Operating Support
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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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Haiti Mural Project
Expected 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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How Philly Moves
Completion Date: July 2011
Artist: Jacques-Jean Tiziou
How Philly Moves is an innovative public art project located at Philadelphia International Airport and visible to traffic on I-95. The mural's design...
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How to Turn Anything into Something Else
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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How We Fish
Expected Completion Date: October 2012
Artist: Social Impact Studios & Eric Okdeh
Citizens Bank had a dream – they wanted to partner on a project with stakeholders and government leaders from across the city to put a face on a critical issue facing today’s world. They wanted to engage citizens everywhere in...
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