public art

Kaleidoscopic Mural Unveiled

Philly muralists bring a dazzling new canvas to a 240-foot blank warehouse wall in a faded industrial stretch of New Haven primed for revival.

Sunflower Sous Vide Stalks Cookout Scene

Fernando Melo picked the petals off a sunflower head and held its face flesh against the grill. Was I at a cookout, I wondered, or had NOMA come to Philly?

What’s In A Name? San Enrique Makes Art For All

Painted on a cinderblock enclosure for Two Star’s Dumpsters, it caught my eye with its somber yet gentle rendering of a pair of cupped hands with a diamond floating above them against a stark black background, framed by the words ​“Dimond District” and ​“Oakland.”

A Glimpse into the Future of Oakland

“The Future of Oakland” Artist: Matley Hurd @MatleyHurd 1014 Fruitvale Ave Fruitvale District, Oakland