Heart of Kensington Creates: Artist Engagement & Design Review Session

Join Heart of Kensington Creates artists for a series of meetings where participants will be able to meet the artists, assist in the development of mural themes and imagery, and review designs for 12 upcoming murals and installations along the L to be installed in late-Summer 2026. Snacks and refreshments provided.

About the Project

Heart of Kensington Creates is a cross-sector, community-centered arts initiative focused on collective impact—lifting each neighborhood to celebrate its identity while building on its shared Kensington pride. The initiative, in collaboration with Councilperson Quetcy Lozada’s Office and Impact Services, aims to create a series of murals, art installations, and activations along Kensington Avenue between the Huntingdon Street Station and the Tioga Street Station, culminating in August 2026.

The public art component of the project will include six large-scale murals, six smaller-scale murals/art installations, three local gallery activations, a community wide paint activity to be displayed on the Septa L line (the Gusset Plate Project), and the inclusion of the Afromation Avenue series, a collection of curated positive affirmation street signs personalized by predominantly Black/African American communities throughout Philadelphia.

About Impact Services

Since 1974, Impact Services has been working in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia to help people re-enter the workforce, find stable housing, and help build community. Over the last two decades they have built a continuum of housing services in an effort to end homelessness.

With an action orientation to creating connected, resilient, thriving communities Impact employs a multidimensional approach to systems change investing in both people and place over time. Impact’s work is grounded in the creation of environmental, emotional, and interpersonal safety with the consideration of significant adversity in individual, family, and community histories.

More information here: https://www.impactservices.org/.