The Citywide Mural is up and can be seen up close in the North Waiting Room of 30th St Station.
Kien and I set everything up for the Stagehands Union to hang, all in all the process took 3-4 hours. Peter Crimmins of WHYY was on hand to interview us for a segment that will air Friday morning. Ill post the audio when I get it.
Mural Dedication: This We Believe City-wide Mural Project
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 · 2:00 - 3:00 PM 30TH STREET STATION NORTH WAITING ROOM
Celebrate the Mural Arts Program's first Philadelphia-wide mural project, a cornerstone initiative of the 25th Anniversary Celebration! This We Believe was created by artists Eric Okdeh, Michelle Ortiz and Kien Nguyen through eight months of community forums, a public vote, and community paint days to create a collective work that expresses the beliefs of the city. This project was made possible by the support of: The Sunoco Founation, WHYY, LEADERSHIP Philadelphia, Penn Project for Civic Engagement, Philadelphia Daily News, 6abc, Philly.com, IATSE, Amtrak at 30th Street Station, PREIT and the Gallery at Market East.
Call 215.888.9166 or e-mail events@muralarts.org for more information.
The Citywide Mural titled Living in the Presence of History was completed in studio earlier this week, following an intense 6 weeks of painting and tying together all of the work from the 7 paint workshops and the men from my SCI Graterford Mural class. We've had well over 300 volunteers take part in the murals painting and it was up to my teammates Kien, Michelle and I to bring the work together and make it seamless.
We took a photo of our progress every 15 minutes and I created this video out of the shots.
The final remaining paint days open to the public took place over 3 days
North Philadelphia Saturday, July 11 · 10:00 am - 1:00 pm The ARC/PDDC, 2350 West Westmoreland Street
South Philadelphia Saturday, July 18 · 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Columbus Square, 12th and Wharton
Southwest Philadelphia Saturday, July 25 · 10:00 am - 1:00 pm Myers Recreation Center, 5800 Chester Avenue
The following thumbnails were from those dates. Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time and spent an afternoon with us painting this massive mural. Click any Thumbnail to begin the slideshow
