Ideas We Should Steal

Arts Everywhere

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is embedding the arts in myriad city agencies with a bold, economy-boosting goal that Philly should emulate: supporting art in every neighborhood in the city

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Young at Art

Throughout the week of April 26, enjoy free daily online mini concerts borne out of a collaboration between three iconic local arts groups: Play On Philly, Astral Artists and Mural Arts Philadelphia

By Jessica Blatt Press
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Stitching Our Futures

Mural Arts’ participatory quilting project invites all of us to imagine—and create—a city budget that reflects who we want to be

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020

How Art Can Change the World

Join The Citizen in December to hear from Jane Golden, Shepherd Fairey, Tariq “Black Thought” Trotter, Hank Willis Thomas, and many more

By Christine Speer Lejeune
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Art for Social Justice

“Points of Connection”—a collection of 10 portraits by the DA’s first-ever artist-in-residence—offers a moving look at the people impacted by, and impacting, our justice system

By Christine Speer Lejeune
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Mural Arts’ Wall Ball

The city’s public art organization sets the stage for Monument Lab, a citywide look at our stories, both historic and contemporary

By Annie McDonough

A Porch Light in Kensington

A city/Mural Arts initiative seeks to change Kensington with programming for a forgotten group: families of those addicted to drugs

By Quinn O'Callaghan
Your City Defined

The Atlas of Tomorrow Mural

Here's the story behind artist Candy Chang's massive mural on South Street — the one featuring a giant lion head, power drill and a curious turn dial

By Josh Middleton