Public Art • Placemaking • City Design
How can the arts and culture community make sure it’s on the policy radar of candidates campaigning to be Philadelphia’s next mayor? The answer, from arts leaders at a forum at Moore College, is simple: Don’t ask the mayor how … Continued
Raleigh’s public art program was created more than a decade ago, with a traditional percent for art model. Since then, the program has received consistent and clear support, and key city plans have recommended that the program position itself to … Continued
Lady Bird Lake is often referred to as the heart of the City of Austin, Texas, providing thousands of residents and tourists alike with a variety of opportunities to get involved with activities on the lake and with the surrounding … Continued
Congratulations to the City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, recipient of an Our Town grant this year from the National Endowment for the Arts. As public art consultant to the city, I worked with city staff and ArtsNow, a local arts and culture … Continued
This spring I am leading a mural project that will look at exploring the intersection of art, science and the connection between uCitysquare, Philadelhpia’s research and innovation district, and the surrounding West Philadelphia community. Two murals will highlight stories about … Continued
How can a sprawling suburban county retrofit itself with a new downtown? And how can a public art and placemaking strategy parallel a development process that is likely to take many years? Largo is in Prince Georges County, Maryland, just … Continued
Hollister, Calif., a small city inland from Monterey Bay, is best-known to the world as the inspiration for a surfer-themed brand of clothing and accessories. In actuality, Hollister is a crossroads of California – an hour from Silicon Valley and … Continued
Future Valley, an artist-designed plaza with sculptures and murals in Brewerytown, is being dedicated Monday, October 21. The artwork is inspired by the interplay of architecture and landscape in nearby Fairmount Park, particularly the ruins of a nearby waterworks. The … Continued
In Philly Friday night? Join us for a muraLAB discussion about the role public art plays in our newest urban parks the with curators of the Rose Kennedy Greenway and the Atlanta Belt Line. How are curators working with artists … Continued
Mural Arts’ third major public art festival — Site/Sound: Revealing the Rail Park — opens this weekend at three sites in Center City Philadelphia. The festival presents collaborative projects between visual artists and sound artists, who were charged with creating … Continued