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Overview"In June 1984, Jane Golden, a young muralist from Margate, New Jersey, headed up a project that was originally planned as a six-week youth program in the fledgling Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network. This small exercise in fighting graffiti grew into the most vibrant public art project in the United States. Led by Golden and dozens of artists, neighborhood residents, and volunteers, the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program has adorned the city with over two thousand murals. In the process, this vibrant art, painted mostly on city walls, helped to change the look of the city, creating an enduring legacy in all of the neighborhoods in which the murals were added. In this lavishly illustrated chronicle of the Mural Arts Program, you will see the murals in all of their beauty and learn about their inspiring legacies in neighborhoods throughout the city. Go behind the scenes to find out how murals are made and why the process is as much an art of diplomacy and consensus building as paint and perspective.Discover through pictures and text how murals give communities a new way to define themselves, not in terms of the streets and intersections that border them, but in terms of the people who came together to create something of dramatic beauty. Author note: Jane Goldenis Executive Director of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, the largest program of its kind in the United States. She graduated from Stanford University and holds an MFA from the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers, State University of New Jersey. This is her first book. She lives in Philadelphia. Robin Rice is the senior art critic for the Philadelphia City Paper. She writes for a number of national and international magazines, including American Ceramics, Woman's Art Journal, and ARTnews. She is an adjunct Assistant Professor in the graduate programs in criticism and humanities at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. The recipient of writing fellowships from the Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts. She lives in Philadelphia. Monica Yant Kinneyis a metropolitan columnist at The Philadelphia Inquirer, where she has worked since 1996.She was formerly the television critic at the St. Petersburg (Fla.) Times. She grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana; graduated from the University of Notre Dame; and is married to David Kinney, a political reporter for the Newark Star-Ledger. This is her first book. David Graham is a freelance photographer whose work has appeared in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, and The New York Times Magazine, among other publications. He has published four previous books, including Taking Liberties (2001). He is Associate Professor of photography at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. Jack Ramsdale has been involved with the Mural Arts Program since 1998. In November 2001, his mural design titled ""ONE WORLD"" in remembrance of the victims of 9/11 was painted across 15th Street from City Hall. He attended Cranbrook Academy of Art, receiving an MFA with a photography concentration. He has had a commercial photography business for the last fifteen years and continues to create art in Philadelphia, where he now resides." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jane Golden , Monica Yant Kinney , Robin Rice , et alPublisher: Temple University Press,U.S. Imprint: Temple University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 25.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.40cm Weight: 1.075kg ISBN: 9781566399517ISBN 10: 1566399513 Pages: 160 Publication Date: 15 November 2002 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of Contents"ForewordPreface: What Is a Mural's Value?AcknowledgmentsHow Are Murals Made?1. ""Cool Jane""Artist's Profile: Tish IngersollArtist's Profile: Ras Malik2. The Peace WallArtist's Profile: Paul Santoleri3. Norris Square: Where Art and Nature FlourishArtist's Profile: Ana Uribe4. The Mural Arts Program Comes of AgeArtist's Profile: David GuinnArtist's Profile: Parris Craig Stancell5. A Shift in Consciousness, South Philly StyleArtist's Profile: Sarah McEneaney6. Meg Saligman Thinks BigArtist's Profile: David McShane7. A Wall of Neighborhood HeroesArtist's Profile: Quimin LiuArtist's Profile: Cliff Eubanks Jr.Mural MapIndexPhotography Credits"ReviewsAuthor Information"JANE GOLDEN is executive director of the Philadelphia department of recreation's Mural Arts Program. ROBIN RICE is an independent artist and writer in Philadelphia. MONICA YANT KINNEY is the ""Metro"" columnist for The Philadelphia Inquirer." Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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