Limpia Limpia

Limpia Limpia by artist Dennis McNett was created with help from Mural Arts’ Art Education students as part of the Spring Arts District, a rotating outdoor gallery in collaboration with Arts + Crafts Holdings in the post-industrial Callowhill neighborhood. McNett worked with middle school students at Richard Allen Preparatory Charter School and Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Southeast by Southeast hub, teaching technique while collaborating on the mural’s themes.

The mural features a mandala-like shape composed of abstracted, geometrically patterned eyes, owls and other natural forms in black and white. To each side of the central form are black-and-white patterned birds of prey. The black-and-white figures are surrounded by flowers and set against a patterned background of red and gold.

Since 2016, Spring Arts is an annual installation of temporary and permanent artworks in collaboration with Arts + Crafts Holdings. Artists are invited annually to experiment, create, and innovate old building walls between 10th and 11th, Spring Garden and Hamilton Streets to rebrand the neighborhood. Artworks are exhibited on a revolving basis, providing a diverse range of artists with the opportunity to create engaging public art.

Location Note: Murals are on view in the West Side Parking Lot of the building at 1016 Buttonwood Street.