Equitable practices to build next generation of BIPOC public artists

Mural Arts Philadelphia

Russell Craig and Jesse Krimes, Portraits of Justice, 2018, Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Steve Weinik, courtesy of Mural Arts Philadelphia. — Russell Craig and Jesse Krimes, *Portraits of Justice*, 2018, Municipal Services Building, Philadelphia, PA. Photo by Steve Weinik, courtesy of Mural Arts Philadelphia.

Recipient

Grant Year 2021

Grant Amount $438,000

Status Active

Updated May 30, 2023

Mural Arts will cultivate strategies for recruiting and sustaining long-term relationships with BIPOC artists. The country’s largest public art program will work with consultants, staff, artists, curators, and community members to advance diversity and antiracist frameworks in participatory public works. It will also hire a new full-time artist relations director to ensure implementation of new policies and practices and focus on developing opportunities for artists.

The total grant amount represents project funding plus an additional 20% in unrestricted general operating support.

Recipient

Mural Arts Philadelphia

Mural Arts Philadelphia (formerly Philadelphia Mural Arts Program) is the largest public art program in the US. Mural Arts engages communities in 50–100 public art projects each year and maintains its growing collection through a restoration initiative. Its core program areas—including art education, community murals, and environmental justice—yield unique, project-based learning opportunities for thousands of youth and adults.

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