When the pandemic first hit, a collective of artists partnered with Mural Arts Philadelphia to rapidly respond to the world’s changes. One specific space-pad project was designed to uplift spirits while tending the pandemic dangers. It encouraged people to stay 6 feet away from others to reduce the probability of spreading coronavirus.
My first conscious encounter of Nina Simone’s musical genius was a happenstance introduction—I wandered into a boutique in West Philly on a birthday stroll in my late teens and another woman in the boutique told me that she was getting […]
Philly Rising is a virtual mural project in collaboration with Mural Arts Philadelphia and the Wawa Welcome America Festival; designed to connect and represent people across Philadelphia. It’s a collaborative artwork that encourages Philadelphians to send in their images of […]
Center City District Philadelphia has curated a creative group of local, all women identifying artists, to design a set of banners recently installed in the downtown area to greet Philadelphia’s slight reopening. Many of the beautiful, visual renderings are filled […]
Public sinks marked by murals have been installed to reduce the spread of COVID-19 around Philadelphia, PA, USA. This initiative to install hand washing stations and large artworks was led by Nicole Renae McDonald from The Broad Street Ministry, Ginger […]
Philadelphia’s Sisterly Love Project is a commemorative collaboration that celebrates the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote. It’s a play on words that inverts the city’s domestic moniker, “The City of Brotherly Love,” […]
The title of this mural is ‘Black Bottom’. As a third generation Philadelphian, my art is directly informed by my relationship to the city. I approached this project with a tremendous sense of pride and responsibility to the people who […]
Community groups, neighborhood civics, local residents and Eagles fans alike are invited to help paint during the summer of 2019. The new mural by artists Nile Livingston and Gabe Tiberino will envelop the entire playground with bold colors. The theme […]
Leadership Philadelphia in partnership with Mural Arts sent me a series of thought-provoking questions and asked me to create artworks that could help people notice the prompts. The project’s greatest achievement (or promise if you prefer that) is that it […]
