Blog 7. Touring One Of The World's Largest Outdoor Art Gallery

    On Saturday, our last day of class, we will be going to Philadelphia again to tour some of the world's largest outdoor art galleries. The tour is a part of the Mural Arts Program, visiting popular sites of famous artists works all located outside for the public viewing. The tour does cost and even though you can go visit the sites on your own, going on the tour should provide a lot more information on the sites, how they were created, and information about the artists. There are self guided tours that still cost, but you are only paying for the audio information about each mural site.
    I am very excited to go on this tour. I can not wait to learn about more local artists in the area and how they came up with their creations, and the messages they wished to convey.
    Before going on the trip, I wanted to find out a little more information on the Mural Arts Program. The Mural Arts Program was begun in 1984 as a movement towards the non-graffiti movements. A woman muralist by the name of Jane Golden was directed as the head of this movement for the Mural Arts Program by the major in 1984, so redirect graffiti artist from their destructive graffitiing and redirect it to mural paintings that would inspire. Since this program began over 3,600 murals have been created all over Philadelphia. New art education programs have been created to give new and upcoming artists all the resources they will need to build more spectacular murals that will make the city a more beautiful place to live.
    All of this information is so overwhelming and I hope that I can see what this Mural Arts Program has done, to create better lives for the people of Philadelphia, by the simple placement of a mural or painting on its beautiful city walls.

A picture of a trolley bus, which is one option of transportation for the tour. 

The mural seen in the picture portrays the artists love for his country, and the opportunities he/she is so happy to have. 

Bibliography Sources

http://muralarts.org/tour