Inside a Printmaking Workshop
Our Printmaking by the People workshops are in full swing this spring and summer. Read this Mural Arts blog post for a peek inside how they work.
In Memoriam, Allan Jacobs, 1928-2025
It was my great good fortune to have been mentored in my urban design career by Allan Jacobs, who passed away earlier this month. Jake was my professor and advisor at U.C. Berkeley, and I was fortunate to collaborate with … Continued
Philadelphia Holocaust Memorial Plaza Mural
Proud to announce a major milestone in the project I am working on with Philadelphia Holocaust Remembrance Foundation and Mural Arts Philadelphia. Many thanks to our team — Eszter, Sophie, Lindsey and Jane — and the advisory group who helped … Continued
Among These Are: Printmaking Popup
The citywide printmaking project I am leading for Mural Arts Philadelphia took a big leap last weekend with our first public pop-up workshop at Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll street festival. The project, Printmaking by the People, is marking the 250 … Continued
Around and Around Rochester for the Arts and Culture Plan
I am just back from a whirlwind trip to Rochester, N.Y., where I am part of a team working on anarts and culture plan for the city and the surrounding county. My mission this week was to visitinner ring suburbs … Continued
A Symphony of Movement and Voice: HOXXOH at The Noble
Mural Arts’ most dynamic new mural this season stretches more than 300 feet along a wall thatencloses a new public space at the Noble, a recently-completed mixed-use building at 200Spring Garden Street. Miami-based artist Hoxxoh has brought his unique painting … Continued
Printmaking by the People: Philadelphia Voices on 2026
Mural Arts has launched its flagship project to mark the nation’s semi-quincentennial, Printmaking by thePeople. I’m proud to have conceived and guided this project in collaboration with co-project managerLindsey Rosenberg. Printmaking by the People – organized as a reflection on … Continued
Tempo on the Trail
The first public artworks created under the Butler Trail’s Arts and Culture Plan are now on view!Through a collaboration between the Trail Conservancy and the City of Austin’s Art in PublicPlaces Program, eight artists were commissioned to create temporary artworks … Continued
Butler Trail Arts and Culture Plan Launched
Austin’s City Council approved a ground-breaking arts and culture plan for the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-Bike Trail, a ten-mile loop around Lady Bird Lake in the center of the city. Bressi led a team of planners and artists who … Continued
Ask Not: New Visions for Cultural Policy in Philadelphia
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