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...
by Cari Bender | Dec 19, 2017 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
A mural on the B Street bridge in Kensington by Mural Arts Philadelphia. Photo by Steve Weinik for Mural Arts.Mural Arts Philadelphia is immersed in the Kensington neighborhood of Philadelphia tackling issues around addiction through a storefront model using art to...
by Cari Bender | Oct 9, 2017 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
PBS NewsHour’s Jeff Brown visited Philadelphia to discuss monuments for Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Monument Lab project. Meet the Executive Director of Mural Arts and several artists here.
by Cari Bender | May 2, 2017 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
Legendary television journalist Ed Bradley will receive a mural depicting his ground-breaking talent, in the neighborhood in West Philadelphia where he grew up. Mural Arts Philadelphia announced the project with Bradley’s wife on May 2, 2017.
Fairmount Park Conservancy’s restoration of Skew Arch Bridge featured in national Preservation MagazineNovember 1, 2025The very cool restoration of the Skew Arch Bridge along the historic Trolley Trail was undertaken by Fairmount Park Conservancy and featured in the national Preservation Magazine. […]
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. […]