Five Murals in Your Neighborhood: Fairmount/Francisville

This bright, intricate mural may be named for Mexican painter Diego Rivera, but it also features his wife, famed artist Frida Kahlo (heard of her?). Rivera was a muralist himself, painting five during his lifetime.

Healing Power of Music was created in partnership with WXPN, beloved Philly public radio station. The mural is a visual representation of WXPN’s Musicians on Call Program, a nonprofit bringing local musicians to patients’ bedsides. This vibrant, patterned mural will definitely make you feel better.

Honoring African American painter Henry Ossawa Tanner, this mural recreates his famous painting The Banjo Lesson, demonstrating the power of passing art from mentor to student. The mural contains writing from students at Saint Gabriel’s hall, a residential treatment center for adjudicated youth, about what Tanner’s life and work means to them.

Not far from The Healing Power of Music, this mural uses primary colors to represent the African American poet’s journey across three settings: a house in Africa, a jazz scene, and a present-day poetry reading.

This Porch Light mural grapples with the effects of violence and trauma, particularly among youth. In partnership with the City’s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, artist Josh Sarantitis and workshop facilitators guided discussions on dialogue, understanding, and healing—these conversations helped to develop the final mural design, which recognizes trauma while illuminating resilience.