upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Mural Arts is seeking a director to lead the work of its nationally recognized Restorative Justice Program. Deadline June 7 [learn more]
Mural Arts Philadelphia invites artists to apply for the Tacony LAB 2018 Fall Residency, with an application deadline of June 25. [learn more]
Misty Sol (LTA '16, ACG '16, '11, '07, '06) unveiled an afrofuturistic impression of two Philadelphia legends, astronaut Guion Bluford and music great Kenny Gamble, in the atrium of Universal Charter School, Bluford Elementary, at 58th and Master Street in West Philadelphia as a part of their musical garden program. [learn more]
Mural Arts Philadelphia invites photographers and sound artists to apply for the Tacony Learning and Arts Building (LAB) 2017 Autumn Artist Residencies. Two residencies are available: one for photographers and one for sound artists. Deadline: July 10. [learn more]
Mural Arts Philadelphia accepts applications for the Tacony Library and Arts Building (LAB) 2017 Spring-Summer Artist Residency, open to visual artists based in the Philadelphia area with experience in public art and/or community engagement. The Tacony LAB also seeks teaching artists to lead evening art workshops for adults, which will be held every other Wednesday from 7pm-9pm in the LAB’s studio space. Deadline: March 6. [learn more]
The Artist Catalyst Residency is currently seeking artists for an ongoing art and horticulture-based initiative. The 10-month residency uses community-engaged practices to engage Southwest Philadelphia residents in the future of their neighborhood. Deadline: January 13. [learn more]
Mural Arts' A2O: Art and Artists Outdoors is a youth-focused artist residency based in Philadelphia recreation centers that celebrates the natural environment of Philadelphia. A2O Artists-in-Residence lead two 2-hour art workshops for youth per week for 10 weeks in fall 2016 and 10 weeks in spring 2017. Deadline: August 19 [learn more]
Yolanda Wisher, Mat Tomeszko and Mural Arts on collaboration, public art and Broad Street. [learn more]
Michelle Angela Ortiz (ACG '13, ACG '12, LTA '08, ACG '05) creates new mural on immigration, deportation and detention for Open Source. [learn more]
City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program is hosting a workshop for Philadelphia LGBTQ artists on April 23 at the Anderson Apartments. [learn more]
Jennie Shanker (ACG '12, WOO '99) and Michelle Angela Ortiz (ACG '13, ACG '12, LTA '08, ACG '05) have been selected for Mural Arts' Open Source: Engaging Audiences in Public Space. [learn more]
City of Philadelphia Mural Arts is hosting a discussion on the "kids for cash" scandal at the Art Alliance on February 25. [learn more]
The Neighborhood Time Exchange: West Philadelphia Artist Residency (Time Exchange)—an initiative that will explore how embedded artistic practice can be a platform for social change—is seeking artists for its inaugural round of residencies that will take place between January and October, 2015. [learn more]
Betsy Casañas and Ursula Rucker will participate in MuraLab: Live on October 14 at the WHYY Studios. [learn more]
The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and The Village of Arts and Humanities will host an unprecedented conversation about legacy, preservation, and sustainability with Mural Arts founder and Executive Director Jane Golden and Village founder Lily Yeh (LAA '99), guided by journalist and producer Elisabeth Perez Luna. [learn more]
The Mural Arts Program and Philadelphia Parks & Recreation are seeking artists to unite communities and artists through collaborative transformation of public space. Deadline: Monday, September 1. [learn more]
Join Ursula Rucker (LTA '08, ACG '08) for the dedication of You Go Girl, a provocative new mural in the Francesville section of North Philadelphia on Friday, May 30 from 5:00pm-6:30pm (1531 Ridge Avenue.) [learn more]
As a follow up to the 2007 and 2012 Arts and Criminal Justice symposiums, and as the capstone to an ongoing art and community conversation project, the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program’s Restorative Justice Department is planning a new symposium for Spring 2014. Moving Beyond the Wall: A Symposium on Mass Incarceration will take place on April 15 at the Fox Rothschild Center for Law and Society Community College of Philadelphia. [learn more]