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The most important public art program in the United States
More than twenty years ago, a New Jersey artist started a project
for the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network that encouraged young
people to paint murals on a few buildings around the city. Jane
Golden could not have known that the Mural Arts Program (MAP) would
become the nation's largest public art program and a model for
programs throughout the country. With more than 2600 murals
throughout Philadelphia, the program has brightened the lives of
countless residents and tourists while providing a creative outlet
for an astounding array of artists. MAP now works with more than
3000 students around the city, engaging them in a curriculum that
teaches not only artistic skills but civic engagement and personal
responsibility. In this sequel to the bestselling Philadelphia
Murals and the Stories They Tell, published in 2002, More
Philadelphia Murals and the Stories They Tell shares with the
earlier work its beautiful color photography, along with profiles
of the artists. between boys who live in a residential facility, a
community in the Kensington section of Philadelphia, and men who
are incarcerated in a maximum-security state correctional facility.
The 1/8 of a mile long mural they created, about balanced and
restorative justice, was intended to help the young men give
something back to a community they had harmed and help the
community wrestle with issues around crime and violence. In the
process of creating the mural, it became a life-changing experience
for all involved. By recounting this story and the many others
behind the works of art, More Philadelphia Murals and the Stories
They Tell is as inspirational as it is beautiful.
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