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  • We Here Community Forum: Clay Heals Minds

    Taller Puertorriqueno, Inc 2600 North 5th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Forum and block party to celebrate three We Here installations in Kensington.We Here Community Forum: Clay Heals MindsSaturday, October 1912-2 p.m.: Forum program and lunch (registration required)2-4 p.m.: Family-friendly clay activities, food and musicFree and open to the publicJoin us to celebrate the artists and community members behind We Here, a Mural Arts public art project in Kensington with a focus on youth, creativity and pottery. Featuring lead artist Roberto Lugo in conversation with Tony Award-winning playwright and poet Lemon Andersen, followed by a roundtable on the arts, behavioral health and community wellbeing with speakers including Brenda Mosley, Executive Director,

  • We Here Walk and Talk #2

    3208 Kensington Ave 3208 Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Visit We Here vessels on a tour led by Kensington residents.Join Kensington residents and We Here Community Advisory Committee members on a walk to visit two of Roberto Lugo’s vessel installations and other sites in the Kensington neighborhood. This 90-minute Walk and Talk will start at the Kensington Storefront (3208 Kensington Ave) and feature the Kensington Corridor Trust Garden (3236 Kensington Ave.) and the Free Church of St. John (3076 Emerald Street), as well as other local Kensington spots along the way. Please wear comfortable, close-toed walking shoes.

  • We Here Walk and Talk #3

    3208 Kensington Ave 3208 Kensington Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Visit the We Here vessels on a tour led by Kensington residents.Join Kensington residents and We Here Community Advisory Committee members on a walk to visit two of Roberto Lugo’s vessel installations and other sites in the Kensington neighborhood. This 90-minute Walk and Talk will start at the Kensington Storefront (3208 Kensington Ave) and feature the Kensington Corridor Trust Garden (3236 Kensington Ave.) and the Free Church of St. John (3076 Emerald Street), as well as other local Kensington spots along the way. Please wear comfortable, close-toed walking shoes.

  • Embracing the Light Community Paint Days

    St. Christopher's Hospital for Children 160 East Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    A new mural is coming to St Christopher's Hospital for Children! Join artist James Burns and Mural Arts for a community paint day.A new mural is coming to St Christopher's Hospital for Children! Join artist James Burns and Mural Arts Philadelphia for a community paint day. This free and easy activity is great for all ages, and is a chance to help make a public artwork.This mural is part of Embracing the Light, a two-year project focused on suicide awareness. The design drew from engagement that included mindful writing workshops, a collaborative performance with First Person Arts, and a steering

  • Embracing the Light Community Paint Days

    St. Christopher's Hospital for Children 160 East Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    A new mural is coming to St Christopher's Hospital for Children! Join artist James Burns and Mural Arts for a community paint day.A new mural is coming to St Christopher's Hospital for Children! Join artist James Burns and Mural Arts Philadelphia for a community paint day. This free and easy activity is great for all ages, and is a chance to help make a public artwork.This mural is part of Embracing the Light, a two-year project focused on suicide awareness. The design drew from engagement that included mindful writing workshops, a collaborative performance with First Person Arts, and a steering

  • Embracing the Light Community Paint Days

    St. Christopher's Hospital for Children 160 East Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    A new mural is coming to St Christopher's Hospital for Children! Join artist James Burns and Mural Arts for a community paint day.A new mural is coming to St Christopher's Hospital for Children! Join artist James Burns and Mural Arts Philadelphia for a community paint day. This free and easy activity is great for all ages, and is a chance to help make a public artwork.This mural is part of Embracing the Light, a two-year project focused on suicide awareness. The design drew from engagement that included mindful writing workshops, a collaborative performance with First Person Arts, and a steering

  • Embracing the Light Community Paint Days

    St. Christopher's Hospital for Children 160 East Erie Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    A new mural is coming to St Christopher's Hospital for Children! Join artist James Burns and Mural Arts for a community paint day.A new mural is coming to St Christopher's Hospital for Children! Join artist James Burns and Mural Arts Philadelphia for a community paint day. This free and easy activity is great for all ages, and is a chance to help make a public artwork.This mural is part of Embracing the Light, a two-year project focused on suicide awareness. The design drew from engagement that included mindful writing workshops, a collaborative performance with First Person Arts, and a steering

  • Films Shaped by a City Mural Dedication

    Philadelphia Film Society Center 1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Film Society Center | 1415 Sansom Street, Philadelphia Marian Bailey’s vibrant new mural, Films Shaped by a City, celebrates some of the key films and film-related organizations that have impacted filmmaking, film presentation, and film-related training in Philadelphia. The mural, which adorns the Sansom Street side of the Film Society Center, is the result of a multi-year project by Mural Arts Philadelphia, BlackStar Projects, and the Philadelphia Film Society, alongside an advisory panel of representatives from PhillyCAM, Scribe Video Center, Philadelphia Asian American Film Foundation, Sotomayor Productions, cinéSPEAK, and others.

  • Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s The Beautyful Ones Mural Dedication

    5547 Chester Avenue 5547 Chester Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Saturday, October 4 | 12–4 pm | 5547 Chester Ave, Philadelphia Join us for a massive afternoon block party, celebrating Njideka Akunyili Crosby’s new mural in the heart of the city’s Africatown neighborhood. Mural Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art have collaborated to bring the internationally renowned artist to Philadelphia to recreate her artwork, The Beautyful Ones Series #1c, as her first permanent public art installation. In her methodically layered compositions, Crosby combines painted depictions of people, places, and subjects from her life with photographic transfers derived from her personal image archive, Nigerian magazines, and other mass media sources.

  • Paint Me a Road Out of Here Film Screening & Discussion

    Fitler Club 24 South 24th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

    Wednesday, October 8 | 6–9 pm | The Fitler Club, level 2 boardroom | 24 S. 24th St, Philadelphia Join us for a special screening of Paint Me a Road Out of Here, a feature documentary that explores the movement to end mass incarceration of Black women by means of liberating Faith Ringgold’s 1971 painting For the Women’s House from Rikers Island and the art of Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter. Paint Me a Road out of Here traces the journeys of the painting and of two artists who challenged the same oppressive institutions with their artwork, voices, and shared pursuits.