The Wall Remixed: The North Philadelphia Small Business Advertising Campaign is a multi-media collaboration among renowned artists Carl Pope, Mari Hulick and Homer Jackson, the Mural Arts Program and Philagrafika 2010. Using images created by students in the Mural Arts Program's ArtWorks! education program and input from local business owners, the artists designed 25 billboards and posters that visually celebrate North Philadelphia's small businesses and community organizations. The project is designed to increase awareness of resources and have a positive economic impact on businesses in this culturally mixed neighborhood. The billboards will be displayed through March, thanks to a partnership with Clear Channel Outdoor.
Visit http://tinyurl.com/ykreg6y for a map of the billboard, business and organization locations.
Please join us for an opening reception celebrating this innovative project and an accompanying reception. The reception will be followed by a panel discussion that addresses the connection between commerce, art and social transformation.
Exhibition runs March 18th through April 23rd 2010.
This project was organized as a part of Philagrafika 2010: The Graphic Unconscious. Support for the project was provided by the City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services and Clear Channel.
For more information, please contact Emily Squires, ArtWorks! Assistant Program Manager, at 215-685-0752 or ems@muralarts.org.
Thursday, March 25, 2010 · 5:30 - 7:30 PM
LINCOLN FINANCIAL MURAL ARTS CENTER AT
THE THOMAS EAKINS HOUSE
1727-29 MT. VERNON STREET
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