Street Art

June 18, 2026

How Mural Arts Philadelphia Turned the City Into an Open-Air Museum

Walk through almost any Philadelphia neighborhood, and you’ll notice something unusual: the walls are alive. Towering portraits, sweeping landscapes, and community stories stretch across building facades from Kensington to South Philly, transforming the city into one of the world’s largest outdoor art galleries. Behind this citywide canvas is Mural Arts Philadelphia, the nation’s largest public art program, which grew from an anti-graffiti initiative launched in 1984 into an internationally recognized model for community-based art.

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April 16, 2026

Monumental Eye Murals Transform Ordinary Buildings With Bursts of Vibrant Color

Across walls in public spaces throughout New England, Jared Goulette (aka The Color Wizard) transforms concrete surfaces into luminous, hyperreal portals of connection. His murals are not simply painted images. They become immersive encounters where passersby often feel the gaze return. The effect is deliberate, emotional, and deeply human. At the center of Goulette’s practice is the eye itself. He magnifies it, reflects it, and renders across brick buildings.

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February 23, 2026

SpraySeeMO: A Mural Festival Bringing Sprawling Street Art to Kansas City [Interview]

Kansas City, Missouri, is known as the City of Fountains, but it’s also become a city of murals. You just have to know where to look. Throughout its downtown, particularly in the Crossroads Arts District, large-scale street art graces the sides of buildings, bringing vibrant colors, casts of characters, and graffiti-inspired designs to the urban landscape. Facilitating these pieces is SpraySeeMO (a play on KCMO, the nickname for Kansas City)

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January 22, 2026

Artist Explores Themes of Empathy and Empowerment Through Powerful Public Art [Interview]

For most Americans, a cooler represents a place to store drinks for an outing with loved ones on a sunny day. But for others, it’s a symbol of work and survival, allowing many immigrant families to make a living by selling treats on the streets. Artist Victor Quiñonez, best known as Marka27, has devoted his career to sharing these points of view. Born in Mexico and raised in the U.S.

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