by Cari Bender | Jun 20, 2020 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
The CBS national morning show, CBS This Morning, featured the creative work of Mural Arts Philadelphia. pivoting during the pandemic to introduce Space Pads and other creative measures highlighting beauty and public health together. Mural Arts paid artists to create...
by Cari Bender | Jun 7, 2020 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
Mural Arts Philadelphia removed the divisive Frank Rizzo mural in South Philadelphia in the wake of the Black Lives Matter protests in Philadelphia and across the country. The Philadelphia Inquirer covered the story.
by Cari Bender | Nov 21, 2019 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
Artist James “Yaya” Hough poses for photographs during a news conference in Philadelphia, Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019. Hough, who was sent to prison for life as a 17-year-old, has been chosen for a Mural Arts Philadelphia residency and will design a public...
by Cari Bender | Nov 4, 2019 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
CBS3 featured Malcolm Jenkins Mural Dedication in their daily news. Mural Arts Philadelphia and the Malcolm Jenkins Foundation dedicate a mural inspired by Drexel’s Young Dragon Summer Camp. Campers and Jenkins helped paint beautiful mural at Mantua playground...
by Cari Bender | Oct 2, 2019 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
Artists run through their building-sized nighttime video projections titled “Moon Viewing Platform (First Quarter Moon),” in The Cut, between 17 and 18th Streets, north of Callowhill Street October 1, 2019, one of the installation performances in advance of the...
by Cari Bender | Jun 11, 2019 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
MICHAEL BRYANT / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER / PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER Alvin Tull, a lead teaching artist at Mural Arts, paints a rose on the parachute cloth that will be transferred to a wall at Suburban Station as part of the Same Day Work program. Mural Arts Philadelphia has...
Once Upon A Nation Future Storyteller All Grown UpJuly 21, 2025WHYY highlights Zoe Levenstien, who spent several summers as a young student writing stories and presenting them during the Once Upon A Nation Future Storytellers Celebration. This summer, she's employed by Historic Philadelphia, Inc. to tell stories all week long at the Once Upon A Nation Storytelling Benches. […]
Fairmount Park Conservancy Completes First Phase of FDR Park RenovationJuly 11, 2025Billy Penn featured a terrific story on the opening of the Gateway Plaza at FDR Park, a project from Fairmount Park Conservancy that completes the first phase of the overall Park Plan. […]
Prevention Point featured on National Public RadioMarch 15, 2025Prevention Point Philadelphia was featured on national NPR in a story about the drop in overdose deaths in the U.S. […]