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Dear Friends,
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Year after year, I am incredibly moved by the stories of individuals and
communities our work inspires—stories of hope and renewal, redemption
and sacrifice, heritage and pride. It is from these stories that the idea for our
first ever Annual Report—A Mural is Worth a Thousand Words—was born.
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A Window of Stories: Project Profile
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Community Murals Program
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Common Ground: Project Profile
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Art Education Program
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Forgiveness: Project Profile
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Restorative Justice Program
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The Heart of Baltimore Avenue: Project Profile
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Public Engagement Program
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Our Supporters
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Financial Statements
The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program is a unique public/private venture of the
City of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates, a nonprofit 501(c)3
corporation organized to raise funds and provide other support.
As a way of talking about our unique accomplishments this year, we decided
to share with you a few of these incredible stories—the pulse that beats just
beneath the colorful surface of the murals. We hope these murals will resonate
with you through these words, and that you will begin to see the city’s collection
of murals as I have had the honor of seeing it—as a living, breathing picture
book of the city’s history, struggles, triumphs and hopes for the future.
Each mural is indeed worth a thousand words, and we are proud to help
translate a few of them into the poetry of humanity and community they
collectively represent.
All my best,
Jane Golden
Executive Director
Photo by Shea Roggio courtesy of Philadelphia Magazine
While the murals themselves are beautiful landmarks, it is the stories behind
them, the words and values that represent the diverse individuals who design
and create them, that truly bring them to life and represent our mission—to unite
communities and artists in a collaborative process, rooted in the traditions of
mural-making, to create art that transforms public spaces and individual lives.
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TITLE:
A Window of Stories
LOCATION:
47th Street and Kingsessing Avenue at
Park Pleasant Nursing Home
COMPLETION DATE: 2007
Upon first glance, A Window of Stories is a simply
beautiful, evocative tableau. However, a closer look
reveals a mural ripe with symbolism and reflecting
complementary themes—interior and exterior,
permanence and change, teacher and student.
At a time when many of the nursing home residents find
themselves leading more solitary, interior lives, this project
served as a way to reintroduce and reunite them to the
community where they were born and had raised their
own families. The window symbolizes both the traditional
architecture of the area and the play on “interior” and
“exterior”—of lives lived both privately, and as part of a
larger community. The diamond pattern of the wallpaper,
mirroring the Victorian patterns still found in many homes
its residents means that each project can incorporate
hundreds of local participants as painters, design
collaborators, and volunteers. In the process, people
find themselves actively engaged in a process to
create an image that is a true reflection of their
shared community, experiences, and memories.
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For Phillip Adams, his first experience as a lead
muralist for the Mural Arts Program brought him full circle.
While pursuing his MFA at the University of Pennsylvania
(UPenn) in the fall of 2004, Adams took a class on
public art and community murals with Jane Golden
and Don Gensler. He then painted under Gensler on a
number of Mural Arts Program murals. Four years later,
with his first opportunity to drive a large-scale project, the
student had become the teacher when A Window of Stories
became the case study for the UPenn class’s semester.
The Mural Arts Program’s projects always have a
community partner, and this time it was the Park
Pleasant Nursing Home. With the collaboration of
the seniors, along with many other residents of the
Cedar Park neighborhood, Adams led a community
brainstorming session about the theme and look of
the mural. From that gathering it became clear that the
neighbors cherished the local Victorian architecture
and wanted to honor the multi-generational feel of the
well-established community. Together, Adams and the
UPenn students developed the visual elements of the
mural, which include the shadows of a tree, referencing
the ongoing life of the community, and a church, honoring
an important local landmark. Mosaic-and-paint flowers
refer to a local park and signify regeneration.
“ This project has been extremely meaningful to the
residents and staff of Park Pleasant because of their
high level of creative input and their involvement with
the broader community. In fact, the process continues
to be empowering, expanding opportunities for our
residents through ongoing weekly workshops, art
exhibits and exchanges with neighbors.”
Nancy Kleinberg, co-owner and administrator
Park Pleasant Nursing Home
here, consists of verbal “gems” from the 50 participating
seniors, taken from their interviews with the UPenn
students. The project also included a community paint
day, which attracted 200 local residents.
A Window of Stories is a strong example of the Mural
Arts Program’s approach to community mural-making.
An in-depth, long-term relationship with an area and
LEAD MURALIST:
Phillip Adams
ASSISTANT MURALISTS:
Jonathan Berkshire and Gabe Tiberino
MOSAIC ARTISTS:
Johnny Bus and Mike Smash
TEACHING ARTISTS:
Jane Golden and Don Gensler
FUNDERS:
City of Philadelphia, City of Philadelphia
Department of Human Services, Neighborhood
Transformation Initiative, Pennsylvania
Horticultural Society’s Philadelphia Green
Program
COLLABORATORS:
ArtWorks! students, Park Pleasant Nursing
Home residents, University of Pennsylvania
Big Picture Class
METHOD:
Photo © JackRamsdale.com
A Community Murals Project
Grid and mosaic
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The Mural Arts Program works with more than 100
communities each year to create murals that reflect
the culture of Philadelphia’s neighborhoods. Mural
projects often include stabilization of abandoned lots
and revitalization of open spaces. We strive to coordinate
mural projects with existing strategies for community
development, thereby leveraging grassroots social
capital to build positive momentum and stronger results.
How Murals are Created
When you see a finished mural, you are looking at the
result of a very long process. There are many steps
between the moment a mural is conceived and the day it is
dedicated. Depending on where the mural is located, these
steps can vary, but most are created through the same
sequence which usually takes from three to six months.
From the moment residents request a mural and a wall
is authorized, an intricate collaboration begins, informed
by a dialogue between the Mural Arts Program and
neighborhood residents. The Mural Arts Program strives
to include the community in every step of the muralmaking process, and begins by flyering in communities
to inform residents of the project. Then a series of
community meetings are held to discuss themes for the
mural, select an artist, and review the mural’s design.
After the design is selected the mural painting begins,
and the Mural Arts Program hosts paint days open to
community participation. The project finally culminates
in a mural dedication in which the community comes
together to celebrate the mural’s creation.
Throughout this process, Mural Arts Program murals
become a living part of the neighborhood, a relationship
that continues long after the project is completed. Often,
the community meetings we facilitate to discuss mural
themes also serve as a safe and constructive outlet for
residents to express concerns and tensions related to
subjects that go beyond mural making. When opportunities
arise, the Mural Arts Program staff works with community
organizations to address residents’ concerns and direct
them to social service organizations that can assist them.
We strive to have our mural projects represent
collaboration. The mural-making process builds lasting
community relationships, bringing together people whose
paths might otherwise never have crossed. When diverse
individuals join together to promote their community, the
finished mural celebrates their collective creative force.
Community Partners
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In our work, the Mural Arts Program collaborates with a
diverse group of constituents, including block captains,
neighborhood associations, public schools, community
development corporations, local nonprofits and city
agencies. The Mural Arts Program has an advisory board
comprised of concerned citizens who live in various parts
of the city and have had experience in the mural-making
process. With their help, we are engaged in an ongoing
discussion about how we can better our outreach and
community process. The Community Advisory Board
meets six times per year and advocates for the Mural
Arts Program in a variety of forums when needed.
2007–2008 COMMUNITY MURALS STATISTICS
928 $20,000
133
2,050 16,400 492
2,727
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71,750 400
120
$2,064,363 99%
murals completed
community meetings
meeting attendees
brushes
gallons of paint
Special Projects
iconic murals restored
The Special Projects department evolved out of
increasing requests for complex, multi-faceted public
art projects that go beyond the Mural Arts Program’s
existing program areas. In addition to managing
large-scale, multi-year mural projects, the Special
Projects department also oversees exhibitions and
publications related to their work, as well as the
muralist training program.
sq. ft. of murals produced
approx.
paint days
lots cleaned and reclaimed
paid to muralists and teaching artists
average cost of a mural
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paint day participants
muralists employed
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TITLE:
Common Ground:
The Global Heritage Project
LOCATION:
Olney High School
100 West Duncannon Street
COMPLETION DATE: 2008
An Art Education Project
Working with the theme of heritage—and how heritage
begins to be created in the present—Big Picture and
Dolphin students collaborated via e-mail, blogs, and
MySpace, sharing thoughts and design concepts. The
Dolphin students sent sketches that represented their
inherited circumstances, including images of the Flats
and old sneakers draped over telephone lines (also a
common sight in Philadelphia), along with balloons, which
represented their aspirations to rise above their current
circumstances. The Mural Arts Program’s Big Picture
students also added their symbolic representations, and
lead muralist James Burns incorporated each of the
elements into his design for the 180-feet wide by 30-feet
tall mural, which would be installed on the side of Olney
High School, one of the Big Picture program sites.
Common Ground represents the type of high-impact,
complex public art projects for which the Mural Arts
Program has become known. In a short time, this
mural aided in the transformation of both a physical
space—a public high school—and a mental space—
the horizons of nearly 100 youth who were awakened
to the possibility of a life greater than the one they had
seen in their immediate environment.
Common Ground truly is a mural without borders,
as it was planned and executed over two years in
two countries.
The Big Picture students were so excited about this
project and the opportunity for foreign exchange that
they raised money to sponsor their travel to Ireland.
In June 2008, their Dolphin Arts Group peers hosted
six Big Picture students in Dublin. While there, the
students created art focused on the idea of power;
using reclaimed street signs, they painted images
that represented the concept. The signs were then
photographed and hung throughout Dublin.
James Burns
ASSISTANT MURALIST:
Brad Carney
TEACHING ARTIST:
Charles Barbin
FUNDERS:
City of Philadelphia Department
of Human Services, Gifts made in memory
of Joseph Bernstein, Greater Philadelphia
Tourism Marketing Corporation, Surdna
Foundation
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The two groups had the chance to meet and work
together in the spring and summer of 2007 during
two cultural exchanges. They continued to share
ideas while they received one-on-one instruction from
the lead and assistant muralists, painted sections of the
mural on parachute cloth, created a map illustrating their
various countries of origin, and painted on old sneakers,
thereby transforming them from symbols of constraint into
symbols of creative freedom.
While in Philadelphia, the
Irish students visited Olney
High School and Big Picture
classrooms, acting as
ambassadors. The mural
was dedicated in October
2007, as part of Mural Arts Month. Over 200 attendees
celebrated with live music and a balloon release.
Photo by Steve
The inspiring story of the Common Ground mural began
in 2002, when Jane Golden visited Dublin and Belfast,
Ireland, as an Eisenhower Fellow. Always with an eye
toward collaboration, she toured the Flats, a public
housing project where the Dolphin Arts Group was
holding art education classes similar to the Mural Arts
Program’s. In 2006, while Jane and her staff were
co-hosting the International Conference on Mural Art
in Mexico City, they encountered Fiona Whelan, Dolphin’s
visiting artist, and began to develop the Common Ground
mural project and exchange.
LEAD MURALIST:
COLLABORATORS:
Big Picture students,
Dolphin Arts Group students
METHOD:
Parachute cloth
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The Mural Arts Program is diligent in our efforts to change
the lives of young people by using art and mural-making
as catalysts for both youth development and community
betterment. The impact of healthy relationships with adult
role models—both in the arts and in the community—gives
young people great pride in their own capabilities as
artists and as activists. In the 2007–2008 fiscal year, the
Mural Arts Program’s award-winning, free art education
programs served nearly 2,000 at-risk youth at 53 sites
throughout the city, using mural-making as a dynamic
means to engage youth and teach transferable life
and job skills, such as leadership and teamwork.
The rigorous, sequential curriculum, which meets
both state and national best practices for art education,
allows youth to participate in programs for several years.
Since 1999, the Mural Arts Program has seen its art
education programs grow exponentially, challenging
more and more vulnerable youth to engage in the
wonders of mural-making. Each of the programs is
offered at no fee, ensuring accessibility for all participants.
Big Picture
ARTscape
• Offered at 15 sites throughout Philadelphia for youth
• Offered at three sites during the 2007–2008 fiscal
ages 10 to 18 during the 2007–2008 fiscal year
• Provides a year-long, sequential course of study in
the visual arts that allows students to explore a variety
of media and techniques in art- and mural-making
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llows for individual and collaborative hands-on
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experiences in art- and mural-making, including
work on small-scale student murals and projects
with professional muralists
Mural Corps
• Offered at eight sites throughout Philadelphia for
youth ages 14 to 21 during the 2007–2008 fiscal year
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dvances knowledge of sophisticated artistic techniques
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and emphasizes the creation both of portfolio pieces
and community showpieces through work alongside
professional artists
Increases educational opportunities and facilitates
access to scholarships and additional programming
at schools and arts and cultural institutions throughout
Philadelphia
ural Corps’ E3 (Education, Employment,
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Empowerment) program, held at E3 Power Centers,
offers out-of-school youth an opportunity to pursue
long-term goals in education, occupational and life
skills, and employment
year to court-adjudicated youth ages 13 to 18 who
have committed minor offenses and wish to
complete their mandated community service
• Improves both critical, creative thinking and
communication skills and inspires self expression
and self esteem
• Provides new pathways to develop life goals
and roles in community
• Note: Program closed due to funding cuts in 2008
ArtWorks! and Cops & Kids
• Offered at 26 sites during the 2007–2008 fiscal year
to youth ages 10 to 18 who have been referred by the
City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services
• Provides the opportunity to complete mandated
community service hours through participation in art
education and mural-making workshops and work with
professional muralists on major new works of public art
• The Cops & Kids program brings together Philadelphia
police officers and young people to participate in dialogue
workshops aimed at dispelling stereotypes, improving
communications and collaborating on the creation of
community-based public art
2007–2008 ART EDUCATION STATISTICS
1,943 53
38
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20
youth served
program sites
murals completed
4,664 140
85
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classes
student exhibitions
students going on to higher education or trade schools
teaching artists
students sold work at exhibitions
field trips and cultural events
youth employed by the Mural Arts Program
artistic media employed by students:
acrylic paint, bookmaking, ceramics, illustration/comic book design, collage, digital photography,
fabric dyeing, fashion design, mosaic, pencil, photoshop®, printmaking, silkscreen, sculpture,
stained glass, watercolor, poetry, spoken word, writing, blogging
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TITLE:
Forgiveness
LOCATION:
1238 West Erie Avenue
COMPLETION DATE: 2007
LEAD MURALIST:
Eric Okdeh
Forgiveness is the culmination of a four-year journey to
healing for a family whose lives were irrevocably changed
by an act of violence. In June 2003, 19-year-old Kevin
Johnson was shot in Southwest Philadelphia. Kevin’s
injuries had left him quadriplegic, requiring around-theclock care from his mother, Janice Jackson-Burke.
Along with the perpetrator was a group of four other young
men, including Michael Whittington, who was charged
as an adult and sentenced to five years at the House
of Correction. Given the increasing rate of gun violence
in Philadelphia, their story may not seem so unique.
What makes this story extraordinary is that Kevin and
Janice moved past their victimhood with passion and
forgiveness, thereby inspiring countless individuals and
communities throughout the city with a gesture of peace.
Kevin succumbed to his injuries in 2006 at the age of 21.
Michael is now an assistant muralist with the Mural Arts
Program and went on to participate in the Forgiveness
mural project.
While serving time at the House of Correction for his
involvement, Michael Whittington began participating
in one of the Mural Arts Program’s Restorative Justice
programs for incarcerated youth and adults. Once
released, the Mural Arts Program helped to orchestrate a
meeting between Michael, Kevin and Janice. Kevin came
to forgive Michael and the others involved in the shooting.
After some time and much soul searching, Ms. JacksonBurke was able to do the same. This experience turned
both Kevin and Janice into advocates for non-violence
and forgiveness, and they began to speak at churches
and schools throughout Philadelphia. Unfortunately,
This project required the collaboration of several different
groups that contributed both thematic content and artistic
talent, and Janice’s participation was integral to each step.
The mural itself was painted onto sections of parachute
cloth by a group of dedicated men incarcerated at the
maximum-security State Correctional Institution (SCI)
at Graterford who are part of the Mural Arts Program’s
decade-long work-study program. It was they who
suggested the inclusion of the prison wall and tower to
the mural, representing the concept of forgiveness “from
the inside,” or self-forgiveness. A group of young men
from St. Gabriel’s Hall, a residential home for delinquent
Forgiveness is filled with symbols, both universal
and specific to the forever-intertwined life stories of
Kevin, Janice and Michael. Muralist Eric Okdeh’s
overall inspiration came from the biblical story of the
Prodigal Son and the parable’s visual representation
by Renaissance painter Rembrandt. Additionally,
the dice on Kevin’s jacket represent greed, and the
doves, created in glass mosaic, signify both releasing
one’s burden of anger and grief as well as the birds
released at Kevin’s funeral.
boys, met with the SCI–Graterford men weekly to help
paint and to participate in a poetry workshop with the
themes of redemption and forgiveness. And the women
who reside at Erie House, a drug rehab for homeless
women, whose 40-foot by 80-foot side wall was used for
the mural, also helped to paint and to create the mosaic
birds. Throughout it all, Ms. Jackson-Burke came into the
prison, met with the youth in detention, sat with the women
in Erie House and helped solidify community support
for the mural. Her hand is evident in every aspect of the
mural’s creation.
Forgiveness is one example of the ways in which the
Mural Arts Program brings the arts to otherwise isolated
individuals, such as youth in detention and incarcerated
adults, and helps these individuals connect with and
ease their transition back into their communities, while
addressing head-on the complicated cycle of despair,
poverty and crime in Philadelphia.
ASSISTANT MURALIST:
Angela Crafton, David Gray,
Antoine Johnson, Terrell McLamb
FUNDER:
City of Philadelphia
COLLABORATORS:
Erie House residents, Inmates at
the State Correctional Institution at
Graterford, Youth from St. Gabriel’s Hall
METHOD:
Parachute cloth and mosaic
Photo © JackRamsdale.com
A Restorative Justice Project
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2007–2008 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE STATISTICS
The Mural Arts Program’s work within the criminal justice
system is designed to be restorative. Our programs
incorporate social and basic educational skills for inmates,
provide a forum for discussing the impact of crime on the
community, and host community meetings and workshops
that seek to reconcile the harm they have caused their
victims and communities, as well as their families and
themselves. In addition, the Mural Arts Program sponsors
a yearly prison art show at the Lincoln Financial Mural Arts
Center, featuring work by adult and juvenile inmate-artists.
State Correctional Institution
at Graterford
• Developed over seven years into a highly acclaimed
mural-making program model
Philadelphia Prison System
Youth Offenders Program
• In 2007–2008 programs were offered at every
• In the 2007–2008 fiscal year, programs were
Philadelphia correctional facility, including Riverside
Correctional Facility for women, Curran-Fromhold
Correctional Facility, the House of Correction, and
the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center
• At each site, art instruction classes were held
weekly, along with several special workshops annually
• A new study is underway to assess the impact
of mural art programs on inmates
Re-entry Work Program
• Recently released inmates and parolees who
are interested in pursuing community art as a
career path are encouraged to participate in this
employment program
• An officially recognized work program, with participants
receiving a stipend to create murals for schools and
communities throughout Philadelphia
•
Art instruction and mural-making classes held daily
•
articipants are paid a living wage—$10 to $15 per hour,
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and are provided with six-month renewable contracts
offered at four facilities, including: the City of
Philadelphia Detention Center for Youth (Youth
Study Center); the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional
Center, for youth serving adult sentences; St. Gabriel’s
Hall, a residential home for delinquent boys; and
VisionQuest, for juveniles in home detention
• Youth participated in weekly art instruction,
as well as small- and large-scale mural creation
approx.
600
inmates & juvenile offenders served
1,448
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classroom hours per year
prison murals created
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TITLE:
The Heart of Baltimore Avenue
LOCATION:
4722 Baltimore Avenue
COMPLETION DATE: 2008
LEAD MURALIST:
The resulting image is dynamic and democratic, as
community members elected which residents to feature.
A diverse array of residents portrayed in action include the
late Amare Solomon, “Mayor” of Baltimore Avenue, owner
of Dahlak Ethiopian Restaurant, and proponent of area
revitalization, and Barbara Hirshkowitz, a community
activist who played an influential role in Philadelphia’s
Books Through Bars program. Overall, the mural is a
celebration of local life and a snapshot of an everevolving community.
David Guinn
In addition to the painted images, Guinn and local artist
and community resident Aleks Martray recorded the oral
histories of over 50 neighborhood residents. With help
from the Prometheus Radio Project, a West Philadelphiabased community radio advocacy group, the Mural Arts
Program has installed a radio transmitter at the mural site
to broadcast the recordings 24 hours a day. Passersby
can tune into 91.3 FM to hear the colorful stories of
Baltimore Avenue as told by its residents.
Like many Mural Arts Program projects, The Heart of
Baltimore Avenue engenders so much love, enthusiasm,
and pride of place that it has become a very popular stop
on the Mural Arts Program’s led and self-guided tours. In
fact, the neighbors themselves often act as informal hosts,
walking up to anyone stopped in front of the mural to
introduce themselves and talk about the creation process
and—more times than not—point out themselves and their
friends and neighbors on the wall.
ASSISTANT MURALIST:
Beth Clevenstein
FUNDERS:
City of Philadelphia, Golden Rule Foundation,
Pennsylvania Horticultural Society,
Philadelphia Museum of Art, and the
University City District
COLLABORATORS:
The Amare Solomon Mural Project Group,
A-Space, Cedar Park Neighbors, Prometheus
Radio Project, and the University City District
METHOD:
Grid
Photo © JackRamsdale.com
The Heart of Baltimore Avenue is truly, uniquely
Philadelphian, created with a blend of four distinct
groups—the A-Space anarchist community center and
art gallery; the University City District; the Amare Solomon
Mural Project Group; and the Cedar Park Neighbors—
each with a unique vision for Baltimore Avenue. Lead
muralist David Guinn worked as an artist-in-residence
along the avenue, spending hours leading meetings,
building consensus and getting to know the residents.
Out of their combined efforts came a 2,400 square-foot
mural painted on two walls that captures several
neighborhood landmarks as well as portraits of 85
community members and heroes.
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The thousands of murals that adorn the city’s landscape
give voice to the stories of communities, but also inspire
further questions for our city’s many visitors and residents.
By hosting mural tours and special events, promoting
the program to the public and media, offering lectures
and exhibits, and publishing a bi-annual “Off-the Wall”
newsletter and monthly e-newsletters, the Mural Arts
Program strives to provide fascinating details not only
about the murals, but also about the transformative
impact that our community murals, art education, and
restorative justice programs have had on youth and
communities in Philadelphia.
Tours
Mural Tours are led by experienced tour guides and
provide patrons with a behind-the-scenes look at how
murals are made. The guides share anecdotes about
each mural’s unique story while showcasing Philadelphia’s
culture-rich neighborhoods. The Mural Arts Program offers
public, private group, biking, and walking tours, as well
as our monthly Murals and Meals tours. The Mural Arts
Program hosted nearly 8,000 visitors on Mural Tours
during the 2007–2008 and has earned Philadelphia
international praise, as the “City of Murals.”
Special Events
The Mural Arts Program hosts a variety of unique
events to engage the public and celebrate our work.
Every October, the Mural Arts Program hosts a monthlong celebration of all-things-mural, offering specialty
tours once a week, community mural dedications,
exhibit openings, and special events. Each spring the
Mural Arts Program also hosts Wall Ball, an annual
gala fundraiser, where supporters of our program
gather to celebrate the past year’s success.
Press and Website
The Mural Arts Program is proud to receive wide
recognition for its activities in local and national press.
This year, the Mural Arts Program was featured in
TIME magazine, The Washington Post, The Philadelphia
Inquirer, the Philadelphia Daily News, and Philadelphia
magazine, among many others. In addition to enormous
press interest, our website, www.muralarts.org, receives
thousands of national and international visits each year.
National and International
Interest
Cities across the country and around the world contact
us each week, interested in replicating our model.
The requests come for many reasons including: using
murals as a way to combat graffiti and blight; transforming
public spaces and revitalizing neighborhoods; learning
our unique community engagement process; and using
murals and public art as economic drivers for commercial
and residential corridors.
2007–2008 PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT STATISTICS
244
40
22,419
36
116
10
38,431 125
400
198,842
114,354,916
event, tour and
program attendence
tour patron
countries of origin
public and private tours
mural dedications
over attendees at Wall Ball
tour patron
states of origin
exhibitions
over
website visits from
and territories outside the United States
total website visits
countries
total press impressions
cities that inquired about our program model:
National: CA: Fresno, Oakland, Stockton CT: Hartford DC: Washington MI: Monroe MO: Kansas City NC: Asheville, Burlington,
Durham NY: New York OR: Portland PA: Coatesville, Quakertown, Scranton TN: Memphis
International: Paris, France Bukit Panjang, Singapore Dubai, UAE Caracas, Venezuela Hanoi, Vietnam
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Gifts made between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2008
Our Supporters
Individual Donors
Apprentice ($1–$99)
Louisa Abney-Babcock
Donald Ackerman and Gail Chapman
Lois Adams
George Ahern
C. G. Akers
Lydia L. Amabile
Edna Ambrose
Dr. Carolyn H. Asbury
Sebastiano Augello
Carol Baldridge
Mary Banks
Rick and Patty Barker
Dr. Alan Barnett
Peter Barstow
Herbert and Rochelle Bass
Sylvia R. Beck
Jerry Belew
Louisa A. Bennett
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Beresin
Debbie Berger
Dr. and Mrs. Robert B. Berkow
Mitchell Bernstein
Joe and Selma Blatt
Dr. and Mrs. Baruch Blumberg
Geoffrey R. and Nora Boardman
Mr. and Mrs. Hans Bombeck
Stephanie Bosworth
Richard A. Boyd
Tom Brach
Martin and Marsha Brait
Donna Bridy
Jorge Brito
Barbara Bronstein
Alvin Brothers
Leslie Brown
Elvira Brown
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Judith Burry
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Jack Butler
Phillippa Campbell
Gary and Gail Cantor
Lucy J. Carroll
John Carson
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Larry Ceisler
Arthur Cherry
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Donna Cleland
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Esther R. Cohen
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Nancy Coleman
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Louise D’Alessandro
Joan Davis
Sherrill Davis
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Alice Decker
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Kathy Dickson
Michelle G. Doll
Patricia D. Dougherty
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John and Edith Dunn
Craig Eaton
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Phyllis Halpern
Sandy Halpern
William Harries
Linda Higgins
Dr. Susan Hoch
Anndee Hochman
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Michelle L. Homler
Burton and Joan Horn
Ellis and Margot Horwitz
Richard W. Houston
Gail Howard
Susan Howard
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Huber
Christie A. Huddleston MD
Tom Hudson
Diana Hulboy
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Barbara J. Hurd
Frank Innes
Frances Irgang
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Roz Jay
Elanor M. Jaynes
Karen Jogan
Andria Johnson
Betty Johnston
Fran Johnston
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Karen Kay
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Nancy Megley
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Rita Merkin
Jean B. Meyers
Lee Miller
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Linda E. Mills
Andrea Missias
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Leona Mogavero
Marilee Mohr
Gaetano Molieri
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Linda Moonblatt
Alice Moore
James Moore
Lawrence Moore
Alexandra Morigi
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Judith A. Nagle
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Noel Perloff
Susan Perloff
John Pfail
Marie Phillips
Diane Pieri
Rona Pietrzak
Andrea N. and Mr. William Pilling
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Lynn Porter
Eleanore M. Potter Jr.
Bonnie Randall
Beth Reaves
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Deb Reis
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Barry Rinker
Clyde E. Robbins
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JoAnn Simon
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Barry Sirkin
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James M. Smith
Carol Smith
Lisa Snow
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Joe Speight
Janet Spiegelman
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Stephen Stamm
Martin and Mary E. Stein
Lee Steinberg
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Dena Sukol
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Victoria Watson
M. Karen Weaver
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Hilarie Weiss
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Judith Wentz
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John Wilcox
Earl Williams
Jeanne Willis
Justine Winslow
Linda Witt
Susan Wombough
Anne Wood
Cherie L. Wright
Lillian Youman
Oliver and Mary Young
Suzanne R. Yusem
Thelma Zager
Michael Zuckerman
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Bennett and Carol Aaron
Richard B. And Christine Adler
Peggy Amsterdam
John and Lynn Apfelbaum
Naomi Atkins
Liesel Baker
Irma Barness
Jordan Barowitz
John Bartlett
Harry R. Belinger
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Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Bisquert
Blaine Bonham
Neil Bookman
Jeffrey L. Braff and Hope Comisky
Lawrence H. Brent
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Joyce Burd
James T. Carson
Judith Cassel
Gary Charlestein
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Mary E. Cloues
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Katherine Conner
Kate Connolly
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Diana Davis
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Robert and Diana Dougherty
Will Dowling
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Barbara D. Grabias
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Therese Guadagno
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Deb Hodies
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Howard and Mary Hurtig
Jay K. Jacobs
Diane Javian
Chris and Leslie Jones
Gary Jonhson-McNutt
Debra Kahn
Dorothy D. Kaplan
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Margaret Kasschau
Lynne Kauffman
Ary L. and Nancy J. Kaufmann
Gloria Kearney-King
Gwen and David Keiser
Nancy Kendrick
Ann M. Kirk
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Jane Krumrine
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Marilyn and Eric Lager
Roger LaMay
Rick Landell
James and Eleanor Lee
Dorothea Leicher and Howard G. Peer
Robert and Suzanne Levin
Sam R. Little
Walter and Beverly Lomax
Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Lomax Sr.
Jane I. Lowe and Edward J. Speedling
Marcello Luzi
Joan Mackie
Charlotte MacLean
Rick Mainwaring
Constance Martin
Neda Massar
Keith Maston
Matt Mckenna
Steven Meisel
Philippus Miller Jr. and Sally
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Michelle Molano
Page S. Morahan
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Dr. Jerry Murphy
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Charles N. Persing
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Eileen Smithe
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Linda Stempel
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Robin Switzenbaum
Anna B. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Thornton
Peter and Betty Tilley
Charlotte Turner
Steve Udicious
Henry H. and Carol D. Ulrich
Ruth Uselton
Isabel Vazquez
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Vincent
David Volk
David and Judy Wachs
Laurence Ward
Nancy L. Watterson
Laura Weinbaum
Raymond Welsh
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Dixie G. Wigton
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James Winans
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Donald F. and Marian Dixon
W. and Loretta Duckworth
Rick Eisenstaedt and Nancy Berube
Lenny Feinberg
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Robert and Penny Fox
John and Elaine Frank
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Robert and Randie Harmelin
Dave Hartig
Jane Hastings
Ms. Katherine H. Hovde and
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Suzanne Walker
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Alan and Gayle Lindsay
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The City of Philadelphia Mural
Arts Program is a public/private
partnership between the City of
Philadelphia and the Philadelphia
Mural Arts Advocates. The Mural Arts
Program receives substantial support,
financial and otherwise, from the City
of Philadelphia and its Department
of Human Services and values this
extraordinary partnership which
makes so many of its programs
and projects possible.
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financial report
Fiscal year 2007–08 marked a watershed in the financial
stability of the Mural Arts Program and in its ability to build
the integrated staffing and technology systems needed
for a growing organization. While revenues continued to
climb, the renovations to the Lincoln Financial Mural Arts
Center, begun in FY07, were completed. This major
capital project created a formal gallery, conference
room, media lab, two painting studios and six office
spaces (to accommodate a total of 50 staff members).
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL POSITION
ASSETS
programs. In addition, expenses for public engagement
amounted to $703, 210. Administrative expenses
amounted to $729,812, roughly 12% of the expense
budget, while fundraising costs totaled $295,353,
only 5% of the expense total.
• The Mural Arts Program net assets increased from
$3,791,795 in FY07 to $3,996,527 in FY08, roughly 5%.
• The Mural Arts Program’s expenses increased by 23%
in FY08, yet the organization completed the year with
an operating surplus of $204,732.
on mural-making and special projects, and a comparable
amount was devoted to providing art education
Total Assets
$4,854,180
$4,405,618
2008
2007
$
11,217
$1,010,188
• Growth in budget between FY07 and FY08 reflecting
$ 310,786
$ 153,691
$ 38,746
$
600
$ 110,000
Total Liabilities
$ 857,653
$ 613,823
Net assets:
Unrestricted
Temporarily Restricted
$1,353,965
$2,642,562
$1,484,617
$2,307,178
Total Net Assets
$3,996,527
$3,791,795
Total Liabilities and Net Assets
$4,854,180
$4,405,618
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITY
REVENUE AND SUPPORT:
UNRESTRICTED TEMPORARILY Grant Income:
RESTRICTED
Raised Revenue $167,556
Administrative $790,349
Community Murals $1,720,934
Fundraising $295,353
Contributions $988,234
$1,827,816
$ 482,438
$ 250,260
$ 83,495
$ 33,960
$
7,500
City/Government $3,140,097
Corporate, Foundation,
and Organization Grants
$1,555,143
$2,133,859
$ 77,642
$
2,191
$
8,878
$1,458,090
Note payable
Accounts payable and accrued expense
Accrued payroll
Deferred revenue
Grant advances
income $6,105,226
Other $258,196
$1,556,397
LIABILITIES & NET ASSETS
Liabilities:
program and staff expansion: While the amounts
expended on staff salaries and benefits grew dramatically
between FY07 and FY08, the percentages of salary
and benefit costs were consistent with that growth.
• Use of funds: Slightly more than $2 million was spent
2007
$1,173,520
• With the completion of renovations in FY08, and the
implementation of a formal schedule of depreciation,
the Mural Arts Program fixed assets were valued at
$1,458,090 at the end of the fiscal year.
Financial Benchmarks
2008
Cash and cash equivalents
Grants and program receivables,
net allowances of $150,000 and $0
for fiscal years 2008 and 2007, respectively
Inventory
Prepaid insurance
Advances
Property and equipment, net
Public Engagement $703,210
TOTAL
Corporate
Foundation
Organization
$
$
$
5,000
98,720
61,348
$ 98,362
$ 397,444
$ 890,270
$ 103,362
$ 496,164
$ 951,618
Total
$ 165,068
$1,386,076
$1,551,144
Program services and revenues
Contributions
Investment income
$ 341,771
$ 689,171
$ 21,360
$3,202,717
$ 299,063
—
$3,544,488
$ 988,234
$ 21,360
Total
$1,217,370
$4,887,856
$6,105,226
Net assets released from restrictions
$4,552,472
($4,552,472)
—
Total Revenue and Support
$5,769,842
$ 335,384
$6,105,226
Expenses:
Restorative Justice $302,298
Art Education $2,088,350
expenses $ 5,900,494
Program expenses
Support services
$4,111,584
$1,788,910
—
—
$4,111,584
$1,788,910
Total Expenses
Increase (decrease) in net assets
Net assets, beginning of year
Net assets, end of year
$5,900,494
($ 130,652)
$1,484,617
$1,353,965
—
$ 335,384
$2,307,178
$2,642,562
$5,900,494
$ 204,732
$3,791,795
$3,996,527
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