Art & Environment Initiative
Weaving Culture Dedication with Basurama at the Southwark School in South Philadelphia.
Arts-and Intersections:
EnvironmentCollaborators:
This work would not be possible without the strategy and program design support we receive in collaboration with Alexis Frasz and Helicon Collaborative.Location:
Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaRegion:
Genre/Discipline:
Visual artPopulation Density:
UrbanLarge Intended Impact Area:
Multi-State RegionFoundations:
OVERVIEW
Mural Arts aims to support other communities interested in using collaborative, participatory arts-based processes to address local environmental issues. Beginning in 2018 with partners in three cities, Akron, Ohio, Detroit, Michigan, and Memphis, Tennessee, the Mural Arts Institute began sharing the Mural Arts model nationally to support cities’ own public art initiatives with the “Art & Environment Capacity Building Initiative.” This application-based program focuses on working with organizations in cities to help them create a sustaining model of their own, one that will allow artists and communities to work together and create well-beyond our involvement.
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Our approach is highly collaborative: we seek to share our own knowledge, experiences, and resources while also enabling internal self-discovery for each city and exchange among the cohort as a whole.
After a successful pilot of this initiative, we are excited to announce three new United States cities for the second round of the program, another two-year initiative (2020-2022). Each city will have its own unique set of conditions and assets with which to work, and we hope to be able to inform work we support elsewhere through documenting the diverse set of approaches that emerge from this initiative.