Mural Arts Month 2012 Flip Book

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MURAL ARTS MONTH 2012 | CALENDAR OF EVENTS

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OCTOBER IS MURAL ARTS MONTH Flip through this book to learn about Mural Arts Month events, including mural dedications, tours and community activities occurring throughout Philadelphia. Each page has a new way to experience and participate in this exciting month of activities—so start flipping!

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index 04 About Mural Arts 05 Bank of America Free Mural Tours 06 Get Social 07 M ural Dedication: The Color of Your Voice 08 A uthor Reading & Book Party: If These Walls Could Talk 09 M ural Dedication: Our Vision, Our Testament 10 Exhibition: Aqui y Alla 11 C elebrity Mural Tour: Maureen O’Connell 12 Mural Dedication: It Has to Be from Here, Forgotten but Unshaken...

13 Special Event: Art and Urban Change: A Conversation with Candy Chang 14 Mural Dedication: Written in Wood 15 Block Party: Bloktoberfest 16 Tour: Philly Painting Walking Tour & Artist Talk 17 FEATURED PROJECT: Philly Painting

18 Walking Tour: Southeast

by Southeast 19 FEATURED PROJECT: Southeast by Southeast 20 Shake Shack Young Friends Event 21 City Hall Presents: An Evening with Sonia Sanchez & Friends 22 FEATURED PROJECT: Peace is a Haiku Song 23 Mural Dedication: Aqui y Alla 24 Mural Rededication: Richard Haas Mural Restoration 25 Mural Dedication and Walking Tour: Personal Melody & Midtown Village Murals 26 Mural Dedication: Peace is a Haiku Song 27 Mural Tour: Albert M.

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Iconic Images Collection 28 Whole Foods Community Event 29 Mural Celebration: The Roots Mural Project 30 FEATURED PROJECT: The Roots Mural Project

about mural arts

For 28 years, the Mural Arts Program 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. At the heart of our work are the 50 to 100 mural and other public art projects we lead each year. These projects range in scale and purpose, but all include a diversity of stakeholders in the creation of the artwork, and we work with partners to align our projects to existing strategies. This deeply collaborative approach to creating public art builds social capital, inspires a sense of communal ownership over public space, and empowers people to continue to work for positive change in their communities. Our murals also create unique project-based learning opportunities for thousands of marginalized youth and adults in our Art Education for Youth, Restorative Justice, and Behavioral Health programs.

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MURAL TOURS

Experience the “City of Murals� on an Official Guided Mural Arts Tour Mural Mile Walking Tour (Center City) Wednesday through Sunday at 11:30 am Love Letter Tour (via elevated train) Saturday at 10 am and Sunday at 1 pm Trolley Tours (various Philadelphia neighborhoods) Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday at 10 am $20 for Mural Mile and Love Letter Tours ($30 for Trolley Tours) All tours depart from Mural Arts at The Gallery, Level 2, 9th and Market Streets. Purchase tickets online at muralarts.org/tours or The Gallery, 215.925.3633

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Get social with mural arts

Connect with the Mural Arts Program throughout Mural Arts Month through all of our social media channels!

Learn about events, participate in contests, Tweet live from dedications and tours, and share your favorite mural photos on Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, and more.

Celebrate our work and messages by sharing information with your social networks and participate in Mural Arts’ Works of Progress!

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Mural Dedication

The Color of Your Voice Wednesday, October 3 12:30 - 2 pm 2417 Ridge Avenue Funded by City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Independence Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, The Patricia Kind Family Foundation

Celebrate the creativity and effort of artists Ernel Martinez, Keir Johnston, and Nina “Lyrispect” Ball, and the Porch Light program participants at Project H.O.M.E. and the Hank Gathers Recreation Center. The mural is a part of the Mural Arts Program’s Porch Light Initiative, which strives to improve the health of individuals and communities through human connection and art.

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Author Reading & Book Party

If These Walls Could Talk

Thursday, October 4 6 - 8 pm Ethical Humanist Society of Philadelphia 1906 S. Rittenhouse Square Join author Maureen O’Connell for a special reading and intimate reception to celebrate her new book, If These Walls Could Talk, which explores the theological and social significance of the mural arts movement. O’Connell illustrates the ways that arts help us think about and work through the seemingly inescapable problems of urban poverty and arrive at responses that are both creative and effective.

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Mural Dedication

Our Vision, Our Testament Friday, October 5 12:30 - 2 pm 2534 N. Broad Street Funded by City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Independence Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, The Patricia Kind Family Foundation

Honor and celebrate the creativity and effort of artist James Burns and Porch Light program participants at S.T.O.P. (Sobriety Through OutPatient, Inc.). The mural is a part of the Mural Arts Program’s Porch Light Initiative, which strives to improve the health of individuals and communities through human connection and art.

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EXHIBITION

Aqui y Alla Opening Reception Friday, October 5 5:30 pm View through October 31

Lincoln Financial Mural Arts Center 1727-29 Mt. Vernon Street

Funded by City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Philadelphia Academies, United States Consulate in Juarez, the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC), the Leeway Foundation, Hispanics in Philanthropy, individual donors

Aqui y Alla is a transnational public art project directed by visual artist Michelle Angela Ortiz. The project explores the impact of immigration in the lives of Mexican youth in South Philadelphia in connection with youth in Chihuahua, Mexico. Four Mexican artists traveled to Philadelphia to conduct writing, street art and mural workshops with immigrant youth. This exhibit provides the opportunity to learn more about the impact of immigration on youth on both sides of the border.

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celebrity mural tour

Maureen o’connell

Saturday, October 6 10 am – 1 pm Tour departs from Mural Arts at The Gallery 9th and Market Streets, Level 2 Join author Maureen O’Connell for a trolley tour and discussion of the faith-based murals that inspired her new book, If These Walls Could Talk, which explores the theological and social significance of the mural arts movement. $30 per person; reservations required 215.925.3633 or muralarts.org/tour

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Mural Dedication

It has to be from here, forgotten but unshaken...

Wednesday, October 10 12:30 - 2 pm 4301 Rising Sun Avenue Funded by City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, The Thomas Scattergood Behavioral Health Foundation, William Penn Foundation, Independence Foundation, The Philadelphia Foundation, The Patricia Kind Family Foundation

Celebrate the creativity and effort of artist Betsy Casañas and Porch Light program participants at the Asociación Puertorriqueños en Marcha / Association of Puerto Ricans on the March (APM). The mural is a part of the Mural Arts Program’s Porch Light Initiative, which strives to improve the health of individuals and communities through human connection and art.

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Special event

Art and Urban Change: A conversation with Candy Chang muraLAB/City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Next American City muraLAB funded by Ford Foundation

In partnership with

Thursday, October 11 6 - 8 pm Asian Arts Initiative 1219 Vine Street From Parking Day to pop-up gardens to street art, “tactical urbanism� is taking root in Philly.

Can these projects be a means for catalyzing long-term urban change? Join us for a conversation with Candy Chang and James A. Reeves, principals of Civic Center and leaders in the movement to combine art, design, planning and activism.

Admission is FREE but registration is required. Call 215.684.0753.

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mural dedication

written in wood Friday, October 12 5:30 - 6:30 pm The Center for Art in Wood 141 N. 3rd Street Funded by Hummingbird Foundation, Philadelphia Prison System

In partnership with

An innovative collaboration between The Center for Art in Wood and the Mural Arts Program, this mural by artist Benjamin Volta highlights objects on view in the Center’s permanent collection, which includes objects from around the world, ranging from traditional functional everyday objects to contemporary sculpture. Participants in the Mural Arts Program’s Guild reentry program assisted in the creation of the work.

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Block Party

bloktoberfest Mural Arts Celebration Saturday, October 13 (rain date October 20) 11 am - 3 pm World Communications Charter School BrOAd & South Streets Mural Arts hosts a children’s event space with painting and arts and crafts, along with entertainment and fun, at the future site of The Roots mural behind World Communications Charter School.

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Funded by John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce, North Central Empowerment Zone, Bank of America, City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Goldman Properties, Glenmede Foundation, PTS Foundation In partnership with: City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce, Philadelphia Planning Commission, Interface Studio, The Village of Arts and Humanities, NET Neighborhood Enrichment and Transformation CDC

In partnership with

tour

philly painting walking tour & artist talk Saturday, October 13 1-3 pm Philly Painting StorefronT 2600 Germantown Avenue The spirit of transformation is at the heart of world-famous Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn’s work and of Mural Arts’ collaboration with a range of funding and civic partners to revitalize and reenergize one of the oldest commercial corridors in North Philadelphia, where Germantown Avenue intersects with Lehigh Avenue. Join us for a guided walking tour and artists’ talk and experience the powerful transformation of the Philly Painting project. Admission is FREE but registration is required. Call 215.685.0753.

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Featured project

philly painting Funded by The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation of the Philadelphia Foundation, City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce, North Central Empowerment Zone, Bank of America, City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development, Goldman Properties, Glenmede Foundation, PTS Foundation In partnership with: City of Philadelphia Department of Commerce, Philadelphia Planning Commission, Interface Studio, The Village of Arts and Humanities, NET Neighborhood Enrichment and Transformation CDC

Artists:

Jeroen Koolhaas & Dre urhahn, aka haas & hahn

Location:

2500-2800 Germantown Ave.

Mural Arts is collaborating with world-famous Dutch artists Jeroen Koolhaas and Dre Urhahn, known as Haas & Hahn, to revitalize one of Philadelphia’s oldest commercial corridors at Germantown and Lehigh avenues. During an 18-month residency, Haas & Hahn are being challenged to consider design for an entire commercial corridor. The artists have captured important images of the neighborhood and developed a color palette based on patterns of recurring hues that reflect the neighborhood’s rich and complex character.

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walking tour

southeast by southeast Sunday, October 14 1 - 3 pm 1927 S. 7th Street Project funded by Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, Hummingbird Foundation, Philadelphia Refugee Mental Health Collaborative

In partnership with

Celebrate South Philadelphia’s diverse and creative immigrant populations through the Mural Arts Program’s Southeast by Southeast project. Sample Nepali cuisine, enjoy a Nepali dance performance, watch a demonstration of Burmese weaving, and help paint a mural with Miriam Singer and Shira Walinsky. Afterward, take a guided walking tour of the neighborhood to visit a Cambodian Temple, Philadelphia’s only Nepali grocery store, and our new public art projects.

Admission is FREE but registration is required. Call 215.685.0753.

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Featured project

southeast by southeast Artists:

Miriam Singer & Shira Walinsky

Location: 1927 S. 7th Street Funded by Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, Hummingbird Foundation, Philadelphia Refugee Mental Health Collaborative

A partnership between Mural Arts, the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, and the Philadelphia Refugee Mental Health Collaborative, Southeast

by Southeast celebrates the diversity and resilience of new immigrants from all over the world, focusing on South Philadelphia’s growing Bhutanese and Burmese populations.

Through the creation of public art and a fivemonth series of workshops, the community has been engaged in activities and discussions that address the impact of resettlement and ways the community can support our newest Philadelphians.

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SHAKE IT UP

Mural Arts Young Friends Happy Hour at Shake Shack Monday, October 15 5 - 7 pm 2000 Sansom Street Visit Shake Shack, sample the Center City Pretzel Concrete frozen custard dessert (a portion of the proceeds benefit the Mural Arts Program), and learn more about how to get involved with Mural Arts!

Call 215.685.0753 to reserve your space.

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CITY HALL PRESENTS

An Evening with Sonia Sanchez & Friends Event funded by City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, City Hall Presents/ City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy Project funded by City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, National Endowment for the Arts, Hummingbird Foundation, Forrest and Frances Lattner Foundation

Wednesday, October 17 5:30 – 6:30 pm City Hall Courtyard Philadelphia’s Poet Laureate Sonia Sanchez leads a celebration of Peace is a Haiku Song, a mural project that engages the Philadelphia community and beyond in an exploration of the haiku as a vehicle for peace and urban transformation.

Famous Philadelphians, singers, musicians, and special literary guests will perform for and with Sanchez in honor of her significant contributions to the cultural landscape and her commitment to unifying humanity through art.

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Featured project

peace is a haiku song Artists:

josh sarantitis & parris stancell

Location: 1425 Christian street Funded by City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, National Endowment for the Arts, Hummingbird Foundation, Forrest and Frances Lattner Foundation

Mural Arts is honored to work with one of the nation’s cultural treasures: poet, activist, and educator Sonia Sanchez. This new mural engages the Philadelphia community and beyond in an exploration of the haiku as a vehicle for peace and urban transformation.

Inspired by Sanchez’s belief that the haiku form is inherently non-violent in its intent and structure and engenders beauty, serenity, and brief reflection, the project has included a citywide collaborative poem made of individual haiku. Residents, visitors, and citizens from around the world have contributed haiku to the project online. Visit peace.muralarts.org.

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Mural Dedication

Aqui y Alla exhibition Thursday, October 18 5:30 pm 1515 S. 6th Street Funded by United States Consulate in Juarez, the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures (NALAC), the Leeway Foundation, Hispanics in Philanthropy, City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Philadelphia Academies, individual donors

Celebrate this transnational initiative, created and directed by local artist Michelle Angela Ortiz. The project explores the impact of immigration in the lives of Mexican immigrant youth in South Philadelphia in connection with youth in Chihuahua, Mexico. Aqui y Alla, which translates to “here and there,� refers to the youth in both Philadelphia and Mexico whose lives are impacted by immigration through their family dynamic, sense of identity, socioeconomic status, and violence against their communities. This project works simultaneously on both sides of the border to join the two cultural worlds through the vision of young people.

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Mural re-Dedication

richard haas mural restoration Friday, October 19 2 pm 2300 Chestnut Street Funded by 2300 Chestnut Associates, L.P.

The Mural Arts Program and 2300 Chestnut Associates have embarked on an ambitious project to restore one of Philadelphia’s oldest modern murals, Chestnut Place by Richard Haas.

The mural depicts William Penn painted to scale as a homage to the sculpture atop City Hall, set around a labyrinth of arched openings. The mural was originally designed and painted in 1983 by world-renowned muralist Richard Haas and recently restored by muralist Jon Laidacker.

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Mural Dedication & Walking Tour

Personal Melody & Midtown Village Murals Saturday, October 20 1 - 3 pm 13th & Sansom Streets Funded by City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, Goldman Properties

Join twin brothers and graffiti artists HOW and NOSM to dedicate the new Midtown Village mural Personal Melody and hear about nearby murals Philly Chunk Pack by Kenny Sharf and All Very Amazing Fingers by avaf (with Christophe Hamaide-Pierson), all created in partnership with Goldman Properties. After the tour, enjoy a meetand-greet with HOW and NOSM. Admission is FREE but registration is required. Call 215.685.0753.

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Mural Celebration

peace is a haiku song Sunday, October 21 3 pm 1425 Christian Street Funded by City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, National Endowment for the Arts, Hummingbird Foundation, Forrest and Frances Lattner Foundation

Residents, visitors, and citizens from around the world have contributed haiku to a mural project that honors the literary contributions, legacy, and life of Sonia Sanchez, Philadelphia’s first Poet Laureate.

Selected haiku are featured in mini-murals in unexpected locations around Philadelphia and serve as places to stop and reflect on the city and the theme of peace. The final mural by Josh Sarantitis and Parris Stancell honors Sanchez and reflects many of the individual haiku contributed to this project.

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Mural tour

Selections from the African American Iconic Images Collection SATURday, October 27 10 am – 1pm 512 S. Broad Street Join us for a tour of select murals from the Albert M. Greenfield African American Iconic Images Collection, culminating at a celebration at the site of the future The Roots mural project. $30 per person; reservations required: 215.925.3633 or muralarts.org/tour

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event

whole foods community event Saturday, October 27 visit muralarts.org for times Mural Arts is teaming up with Whole Foods Market Callowhill to ring in the fall with a celebration of the season’s favorite treat: APPLES! The event will feature tastings of local apples and apple products and fun activities for all ages, including a live mural painting station.

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Mural celebration

The roots mural project Saturday, October 27 1 - 3 pm World Communications Charter School 512 S. Broad Street Funded by City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), Philly360°, F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation, Heineken

Artists, musicians, and citizens will enjoy an afternoon of painting, live music, giveaways, and fun with Ahmir “?uestlove” Thompson and Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, in celebration of the new mural that honors The Roots, at the future home of this project.

Programming Partners: Little Giant Media, two.one.five magazine

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Featured project

The roots mural project Artists:

Amber Art and Design (Charles Barbin, Willis “Nomo” Humphrey, Keir Johnston, Ernel Martinez,) featuring Tatyana Fazlalizadeh

Location:

World Communications Charter School, 512 South Broad Street

Funded by City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services, The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Greater Philadelphia Tourism Marketing Corporation (GPTMC), Philly360°, F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation, Heineken Programming Partners: Little Giant Media, two.one.five magazine

Mural Arts’ latest contemporary project honors homegrown hip-hop trailblazers, cultural icons, and GRAMMY® Award winners, The Roots. As we continue to explore muralism in the 21st century, this mural project has proven to be one of our most ambitious. Panel discussions, art exhibitions, workshops, city-wide engagement through paint days, a pop-up studio, a strong curriculum for a youth arts component called “Roots 101,” and much more have played a role in this project.

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Mural arts month is made possible thanks to the following sponsors Presenting sponsor

lead sponsors

Supporting sponsors

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Special thanks to our artists: Brad Carney, Mariam Konate, Cary Quiros

Verdi Contracting, Inc.