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Mural Arts Philadelphia

Mural Arts Philadelphia is the nation’s largest public art program, dedicated to the belief that art ignites change. For over 35 years, Mural Arts has united artists and communities through a collaborative process, rooted in the traditions of mural-making, to create art that transforms public spaces and individual lives. Mural Arts engages communities in 50-100 public art projects each year, and maintains its growing collection through a restoration initiative. Our core program areas – Art Education, Community Murals, Environmental Justice, Porch Light, and Restorative Justice – yield unique, project-based learning opportunities for thousands of youth and adults.

Each year, 15,000 residents and visitors tour Mural Arts’ outdoor art gallery, which has become part of the city’s civic landscape and a source of pride and inspiration, earning Philadelphia international recognition as the “Mural Capital of the World.”

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A public mural facing a street shows Black men and women standing in bright clothing against a background of a brightly colored floral pattern with words capturing resilience integrated into the pattern. Above them are the words

City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Michelle Jones & Deborah Willis

Point of Triangulation: Intersection of Identity ©
2021
21st Street & JFK Boulevard Photo by Steve Weinik
A public mural facing a street shows Black men and women standing in pale clothes against a background of floral shapes in gray, with a triangle of transparent red layered over it, and words capturing stigma. Above them are the words

City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Michelle Jones & Deborah Willis

Point of Triangulation: Intersection of Identity ©
2021
21st Street & JFK Boulevard Photo by Steve Weinik
A public mural depicts activist Sudan Green, a Black man, holding a microphone, with smiling local people involved with activism and yoga on either side of him, against a background showing the names of people recently killed by police brutality.

City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Russell Craig

Crown ©
2020
Municipal Services Building, 1401 JFK Boulevard Photo by Steve Weinik
A public mural depicts Black women activists standing in a line of strength appear against a background showing the names of people recently killed by police brutality.

City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Russell Craig

Crown ©
2020
Municipal Services Building, 1401 JFK Boulevard Photo by Steve Weinik
A public mural with portraits of people who have experienced incarceration, whose faces display expressions of dignity and strength, against backgrounds that look like brick walls.

City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Russell Craig & Jesse Krimes

Portraits of Justice ©
2018
Municipal Services Building, 1401 JFK Boulevard Photo by Steve Weinik