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Acting Health Commissioner Dr. Cheryl Bettigole paints as Mayor Jim Kenney speaks with artist, Felix St. Fort, and Mural Arts executive director Jane Golden. (Kenny Cooper / WHYY)
Mural Arts Philadelphia dipped its toe or rather, its brushes into the “Vax Up Philly” vaccination effort Saturday, teaming with the city’s Department of Public Health in inviting the public to help paint a 33,000-square-foot ground mural called “Welcome Back, Philly” at Eakins Oval on Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
“What better way for Mural Arts to welcome people back than to give people a brush and some color and say, ‘Please be part of this masterpiece mural that will be right here in front of the Art Museum for all to see and experience,’” said Jane Golden, Mural Arts’ executive director.
There are thousands of colorful murals scattered across the city, which were commissioned by Mural Arts Philadelphia, an organization founded originally as an anti-graffiti campaign in 1984 to empower professional artists by showcasing their talents to the city.
Since its founding, there have been more than 3,600 public murals created in Philadelphia, most of which are still visible today.
While there is seemingly an infinite pool of art in the city to find, here are some of the latest murals to be added to the city s collection:
Photo by Steve Weinik/Mural Arts
“We Did That” by Symone Salib and Letisha Bindu Golafaie can be found at 13th and Arch Street.
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