MURAL ARTS PROGRAM
PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION
www.muralarts.org
www.gophila.com/murals
215/685-0750

Established in 1984 (initially as an anti-graffiti initiative), the Mural Arts Program has created more than 2,000 painted walls. This extraordinary, nationally recognized program emphasizes collaboration between the artist and the community—resulting in bold, colorful compositions that have altered the architectural landscape of the city and fostered civic pride. In the words of director Jane Golden, the murals "serve to provoke thought, to inspire dreams, to bear witness, and to remind people that they are part of a larger world." In 1996, the program became part of the Philadelphia Department of Recreation. Mural locations near Tour Stop 7include:

530 West Dauphin Street (at 5th Street)
THE BROOK
Artist: Ana Uribe
2001
In The Brook, Ana Uribe has created a stream that appears to be flowing into the real garden planted on this site, and the tree in the mural is scaled to an actual tree on the right side. Landscaping was done by Philadelphia Green, a program of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, which sponsored the mural. www.pennsylvaniahorticulturalsociety.org

1920 North 5th Street (at Berks Street)
TROPICAL LANDSCAPE: THE RAIN FOREST
Artist: Ana Uribe
1999
This half-real, half-imagined rain forest recalls tropical scenery that is familiar to many Latinos. Ana Uribe drew her inspiration from photographs (including a waterfall in Germany!), memories of her homeland, trees in this Philadelphia neighborhood, and even a plant grown by her mother in Colombia. Sponsor: Sovereign Bank.

Mural artist Ana Uribe.

The Brook. Mural by Ana Uribe.

1921 North 5th Street (at Berks Street)
THE PALM
Artist: Ana Uribe
2000
The Palm is a thematic continuation of the Tropical Landscape: The Rain Forest mural across the street, although the vision is more of a garden, based on one in Medillin, the second largest city of Colombia, where Ana Uribe was born. This mural overlooks a community garden, which received a prize from the Philadelphia Green program. Sponsors: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Association of Puerto Ricans on the March, The Independence Foundation.

1931 North 6th Street (on back wall of supermarket)
FRATERNITY AND UTOPIA
Artist: Roldan West
1998
Roldan West grew up in Nicaragua, where he participated in the Latin American tradition of mural painting, which reflects the trials and hopes of the people. He describes his technique as "abstract,and futuristic based on themes that are familiar to a broad public." Besides Philadelphia, locations for his public murals include Iztapalapa, Mexico; Manaua, Nicaragua; and Miami, Florida.
Sponsor: Association of Puerto Ricans on the March.

429 Berks Street (at 5th Street)
CARIBBEAN SUNRISE
Artist: Ana Uribe
2001
This mural is based on a painting the artist made while in the Caribbean, and is part of a trilogy with Tropical Landscape: The Rain Forest and The Palm.
Sponsor: Association of Puerto Ricans on the March.

2239 Germantown Avenue (between Susquehanna Avenue & Dauphin Street)
GARDEN OF HOPE
Artists: Heather Senton, Josh Serantitis, Tina Davidson, Eurhi Jones
2002
Garden of Hope is in a garden on the property of Hogar Esperanza. It incorporates sculptured concrete, wood, cut tiles, and cut glass.
Sponsors: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, Association of Puerto Ricans on the March, Hogar Esperanza, The Independence Foundation.

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