MURAL ARTS MONTH, WEEK 2: Dancing, community painting and Phabergé eggs

How Philly Moves Dedication / Dance Party | Love Letter Subway Tour | Finding the Light Within Paint Day | Phabergé Egg Hunt & Mural Walking Tour

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MURAL ARTS MONTH, WEEK 2: Dancing, community painting and Phabergé eggs

POSTED: Monday, October 10, 2011, 12:00 PM

Filed Under: Arts | Arts Events Street Art

Cassie Owens covers Mural Arts Month in this space every Monday in October. Here are a few things you can delve into this week.

How Philly Moves Dedication ➤ As we reported last week, How Philly Moves ranks as the second largest mural in the world, welcoming passengers to Philadelphia from the airport. The official unveiling will take off in style at a rooftop jamboree. HPM features Philadelphians dancing. You’re invited to the dedication, as long as you’re ready to dance, too. Wed., Oct. 12, 5-7 p.m., free, Philadelphia International Airport, Level 6 of Parking Garage F, RSVP at howphillymoves@muralarts.org.

Love Letter Subway Tour ➤ Love Letter is a series of 50 mural valentines in West Philadelphia, many written by neighborhood residents themselves. The project draws its inspiration from 1967’s “Cornbread Loves Cynthia,” messages that graffiti progenitor Darryl “Cornbread” McCray left along the bus route of his special someone. Love Letter was completed in 2009 as a grand gesture of love to West Philly. Each mural is viewable from the El, covering rooftops from 45th to 63rd along Market Street. Mural Arts teams up with SEPTA every weekend for the love train. Bank of America is covering the fare, so no tokens necessary. Do the O’Jays know about this? Sat., Oct. 15, 10 a.m-noon, free, Bank of America, 3925 Walnut St.

Finding the Light Within Paint Day ➤ Mural Arts teamed up with the Department of Behavioral Health, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and Intellectual disAbility Services to reach out to those affected by suicide. The stories collected culminated in Finding the Light Within, a response to Philadelphia’s teenage suicide rate, which nearly doubles the national average. The public is invited to help paint this mural, with provided materials and equipment. Check out Mural Arts’ workspace as part of Philadelphia Open Studio Tours. Sat., Oct. 15, 11 a.m.-2 p.m., free, Mural Arts at The Gallery, Ninth and Market streets.

Phabergé Egg Hunt & Mural Walking Tour ➤ Sixteen local artists are taking a note from Imperial Russia in Phabergé, a collection of hand-painted papier-mâché eggs. This year, they’re not just painting the Kremlin, each egg will correspond with one of the city’s murals. Dozens will be scattered along the Mural Mile. Find eggs along the tour or on a scavenger hunt of your own design. Take the egg back to Mural Arts, and you’ll feel like a modern-day Tsarina. OK, maybe not a Tsarina, but you’ll definitely win a surprise gift. Sun., Oct. 16, 10 a.m.-noon, free, Mural Arts at The Gallery, Ninth and Market streets.

Tickets for all Mural Arts Month events can be purchased at muralarts.tix.com.

(cassie.owens@citypaper.net) (@cassieowens)

Photo 1 by Adam Wallacavage for the Mural Arts Program, mural by Steve Powers

Photo 2 courtesy of the Mural Arts Program

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