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MURALS: Community art program on display at City Hall

POSTED: Thursday, December 16, 2010, 6:00 PM

Filed Under: Critical Mass | Arts Events Arts News

Ryan Carey

On Tuesday, I attended the opening of the winter season of Mural Corps' display at City Hall. Mural Corps is a philanthropic art program that offers free art classes to Philadelphia kids age 14-21. With a combination of private and public funding, Mural Corps, in conjunction with the Mural Arts Program (currently undertaking the second largest mural in the world — "How Philly Moves" — at PHL) aims to inspire local youth to express themselves productively with a focus on creativity and virtuosity. There was a big turn-out and some great pieces. Check out more photos after the jump ...

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