Philadelphia Mural Arts

A new mural on the “Wheelhouse” brings together history, representation and envisioning a resilient future despite the climate crisis. The plot of land on 1800 N American Street was previously used as a railyard, then an antifreeze and motor oil...

Pop-ups over the next few weeks take visitors from bus stations to parks Want to explore parks this summer in style? Mural Arts and SEPTA have collaborated on a bus shelter poster campaign, “Getting to Green,” which encourages public transit...

Exhibit is a culmination of Artist  Rebecca Schultz’ residency at the Tacony LAB Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Tacony LAB Community Art Center and Riverfront North Partnership unveiled the Take Us to the River at Lardner’s Point Park, a project to raise...

The Mural Arts Institute is hosting a virtual and free week-long symposium looking at the transformative work happening at the intersection of community-based cultural practice and environmental justice. The Arts + Environmental Justice Symposium, virtual for the first time, invites artists, activists,...

Black-run nonprofits are allocated fewer resources than White-led ones, according to a 2016 report commissioned by the Philadelphia African American Leadership Forum. Because of this disparity, black nonprofits are heavily dependent on grants for funding—leaving them vulnerable when unexpected events...

Close your eyes (after you read the next sentence.) Now, picture someone holding a reusable bag. What stereotypes come to mind? There’s a good chance that you’re picturing a white, middle class, ‘green’ consumer. Trash Academy, a project of Mural...

The third annual Philly Free Streets is coming up to shake up your summer — this time on North Broad Street. On Saturday, Aug. 11 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., traffic will be shut down from City Hall to...

When I visited muralist Eurhi Jones at her temporary studio in Fairmount Park’s Sweetbriar Mansion, she stopped on her way up the front steps to gasp: there was a moth on the porch, its stark white wings covered with black...

Want to ride bikes in (more) style? Ten Indego bikes (aka the Philadelphia Bike Share bikes) designed & styled by local youth are hitting the streets today, due to a partnership between the Mural Arts Program, the Mayor’s Office of...