by Cari Bender | Jul 24, 2016 | Mural Arts Program
Mural Arts gets the spotlight on the huge national show, CBS Sunday Morning. Reporter Anthony Mason and Producer Sari Aviv spent multiple days over six weeks shooting the story and meeting people who work with this renowned public art program.
by Cari Bender | Jul 19, 2016 | Mural Arts Program
The pop-up park on the Parkway, The Oval, returns for summer 2016 created by the Fairmount Park Conservancy and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation with help from the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. CBS3’s Jan Carabeo previewed the project on opening...
by Cari Bender | Oct 22, 2015 | Mural Arts Program
The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program created a project called “Open Source” which brought together 14 artists from around the world to create public art. The month-long outdoor exhibition and celebration was covered by Max Kutner for Newsweek. The street artist...
by Cari Bender | Sep 28, 2015 | Mural Arts Program
The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program created a beautiful new mural, “The Sacred Now,” in honor of the September visit of Pope Francis to Philadelphia. Artist Cesar Viveros and some children presented Pope Francis with the final panel and he signed it, “Francis”...
by Cari Bender | Jun 21, 2015 | Mural Arts Program
Artists from the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program worked with inmates at Graterford Prison and their children to create a mural that depicts the bond between father and child. 6abc featured the project on Father’s Day for their 6abc Loves the Arts segment.
by Cari Bender | Nov 20, 2014 | Mural Arts Program
Check out this drop-dead gorgeous photograph of Mural Arts Program artist Ben Volta by Catherine Karnow and great short piece by Lauren McCutcheon in the upcoming issue of National Geographic Traveler. I love that Ben’s work integrating art into a math and science...