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Mural Arts Tour of Philadelphia
Join PRA, PRF and PAPRS on a trolley tour of the Mural Arts proejcts of Philadelphia. Mural Arts was first established in 1984 as part of the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network’s effort to eradicate the city’s graffiti crisis. Artist Jane Golden was hired to reach out to graffiti writers and redirect their energies to constructive public art projects. In addition to addressing the problem of graffiti, Mural Arts’ collective mural-making processes proved to be a powerful tool for generating dialogue, building relationships, empowering communities, and sparking economic revitalization. In 1996, the Anti-Graffiti Network was reorganized and the Mural Arts Program became its own entity. Soon after, the nonprofit Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates was established to raise additional funds for the program, making Mural Arts a unique public/private partnership.
Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates targets every neighborhood in Philadelphia, each year enrolling 2,000 individuals in its three programmatic initiatives and directly engaging an additional 8,000 in its projects. The programmatic initiatives include Art Education for youth; Restorative Justice for inmates, those re-entering society, and victims of violence; and Porch Light for those struggling with mental illness, trauma, and addiction. Each of these initiatives generates projects with themes and processes relevant to their target constituencies. Mural Arts also has a Community Murals department, which focuses on creating projects in collaboration with community groups and organizations; and a Special Projects department that produces large-scale artworks meant to push the boundaries of public art. For more information on the City of Philidelphia Mural Arts Program visit the program website.
PRA, PRF and PAPRS are offering a trolley tour on Monday, June 1, 2015 at 2:00pm
The tour will begin and end at the Philadelphia Marriott Downtown at 1201 Market Street.
Tickets can be purchased with your 2015 Recovery Workforce Summit registration for $25. Space is limited.
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Veronica Carey, chair of the Academy of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Recovery, shares with us a sneak peak of the recovery oriented and rehabilitation focused Mural Arts Tour in Philadelphia, PA.
The Offical Tour of the Mural Capital of the World
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