by admin | Oct 31, 2020 | Mural Arts Philadelphia
Russell Craig (left) made a portrait of his artistic mentor James ‘Yaya’ Hough (right). The portrait hangs outside the African American Museum Philadelphia behind them, where the work of both artists appears in a new exhibit, Rendering Justice. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)...
by admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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 admin | 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...
Exhibition featuring artists impacted by criminal justice system featured on WHYYOctober 31, 2020WHYY's Peter Crimmins covered the Mural Arts Philadelphia opening of the Rendering Justice exhibition at the African American Museum in Philadelphia. […]
PBS NewsHour features Mural Arts Artist in Residency at District Attorney’s OfficeSeptember 30, 2020Mural Arts Philadelphia and Fair and Just Prosecution created a groundbreaking Artist-in-Residence program at the Philadelphia District Attorney’s Office (DAO) featuring the creations of artist James “Yaya” Hough. PBS NewsHour ran a story in September 2020, nine months after they originally filmed it. […]
TIME Magazine Highlights Important Work of Prevention Point PhiladelphiaAugust 19, 2020Prevention Point Philadelphia's Syringe Services are highlighted in an important piece in TIME Magazine. […]