2015 Annual Report

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We create great art that ignites transformation.

We celebrate our impact and the many ways we change people, places, and practice.

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Art ignites change.

This simple phrase captures our core belief. Like any powerful tagline, each word was selected with great care and intention. In this report, we are excited to take the opportunity to parse this phrase—to explain what each word means to us and how this big idea played out in our practice last year. By the time you have finished reading, you will have a better sense of what we mean the next time you hear us say, “art ignites change.”

This report also is an opportunity to acknowledge and thank the incredible range of people and organizations that make our work possible, and to share our statement of financial position. As you will see, Mural Arts is going through a growth spurt. We have increased capacity to launch projects of significant scale, like last fall’s Open Source exhibition, as well as initiatives that consider artistic possibilities for an entire neighborhood. When we move off the wall, our medium might change, but our commitment to democratic expression remains the same.

We are pleased to present you with this report on our evolving portfolio of work. As always, we are grateful that you have joined us in expanding our practice and our impact.

David Pudlin Board Chair Philadelphia Mural Arts Advocates

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Jane Golden Executive Director Philadelphia Mural Arts Program

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MURALAB We organize events and exhibitions in this think tank for advancing muralism in the 21st century. Artists, curators, social scientists, and urban leaders offer fresh perspectives, broader contexts, and new urgency.

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SPECIAL PROJECTS

We provide project-based jobs and work readiness training to formerly incarcerated individuals, probationary youth, and current inmates, allowing participants to make healing contributions to Philadelphia’s communities.

We explore the experimental dimensions of public art.

Special projects grow from the social and civic foundations of the mural tradition, while responding to innovative ideas that propel muralism into the future.

COMMUNITY MURALS We collaborate with community members to lead projects that build social capital, inspire a sense of communal ownership over space, and empower people to become change agents.

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Our work is created in service of a larger movement that values equity, fairness, and progress across all of society. Through beautiful collaborative art, we provide people with the inspiration and tools to seize their own future.

We provide quality art education to underserved youth, who emerge with expectations and senses of direction that help them find success in higher education and within the work world.

RESTORATIVE JUSTICE

We offer public and private tours of the world’s largest outdoor art gallery, where people explore the murals, artistic processes, and community histories that inspire our work.

PORCH LIGHT We partner with the Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, as well as health and social service agencies, to situate art at the heart of recovery, resilience, and healing.

We believe… art ignites change. We create art with others to transform places, individuals, communities, and institutions. Through this work, we establish new standards of excellence in the practice of public and contemporary art. Our process empowers artists to be change agents, stimulates dialogue about critical issues, and builds bridges of connection and understanding.

Our work is created in service of a larger movement that values equity, fairness, and progress across all of society. We listen with empathetic ears to understand the aspirations of our partners and participants. And through beautiful collaborative art, we provide people with the inspiration and tools to seize their own future.

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For Mural Arts, quality art says something important about who we are as people, neighbors, and as a city.

It’s art that means something to those who see it every day, who feel that the work captures their experiences.

It’s art that leads to a change in perception, belief, or place—art that pushes boundaries and inspires meaningful conversation.

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In the midst of a heat wave, Jessie Unterhalter, Katey Truhn, and 20 assistant artists turned the Oval— a highly trafficked part of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway— into Summer Kaleidoscope, a bright urban oasis.

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On the Strawberry Mansion Bridge, Joe Boruchow installed Uptown Locomotion, a playful series of black-and-white scenes illustrating the cultural history of the neighborhood.

Artists Paul Santoleri and Beth Clevenstine created Water Under the Bridge, a verdant mosaic-and-mural extension of the river that touches Manayunk’s Fountain Street Steps.

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“Mural Arts’ ability to bring communities together to make art accessible to all distinguishes it from any other arts organization.

As an educator, I love helping my students build their passion for the arts while applying their talents to creating public art.”

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The idea was simple: Artists received a space, a stipend, and materials, and in exchange, they offered up their time to nearby neighbors, who enlisted the artists’ help and expertise for communitydriven projects.

ur incredible works of art are inextricably linked with the process by which they are brought to life. As our palette of methods expands, moments of connection and interaction are fueled by the thoughtful, in-depth work of our artists, our staff, and our collaborators.

More than 40 projects, all requested by local residents, came out of Neighborhood Time Exchange. The results included a new sensory room at a school for students with behavioral disorders, bright new signage for community gardens and events, and stenciled tulips on the 34th Street Bridge that promote messages of peace.

In a storefront studio in West Philly, we partnered with the People’s Emergency Center, Broken City Lab, and Creative Philadelphia – City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy for Neighborhood Time Exchange, a civicminded twist on the artist residency model.

200 Community members and 15 artists participated in Neighborhood Time Exchange

Vivid signage, a product of Neighborhood Time Exchange, brightens a community garden in West Philadelphia.

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Three extraordinary thoroughfares received a Mural Arts makeover in 2015: Manayunk’s Fountain Street Steps, the Strawberry Mansion Bridge, and Eakins Oval, at the end of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. By beautifying these popular pathways with compelling imagery, we

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Sometimes our canvases defy traditional expectations. Last spring, 30 billboards and posters popped up across Philadelphia, featuring larger-than-life portraits of LGBTQ youth and seniors. This was the result of Showing Face, a project that fostered intergenerational conversations about identity, and produced an outpouring of positivity and confidence from all of the participants.

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pay tribute to the spaces and places we travel every day and unite neighbors with a deeply shared sense of pride.

rt enlivens our city, flowing over every surface imaginable: walls, bikes, cars, trash cans, and more. We completed 63 public art projects during the 2015 fiscal year, worked on another 100 ongoing projects, and connected with more than 100,000 people.

Lining bus stops and subway stations, the portraits of Showing Face reveal the confidence and vulnerability of each participant.

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THE CURATOR’S VOICE

“Working with Mural Arts has, I feel, given back to me many times more than I was able to give to it, and I tried to give as much as I possibly could. I feel so fed by it, and my life has changed in really profound ways.”

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fresh perspective can open up a rich space of learning and collaboration.

Our work with outside curators has improved our ability to interpret our process within the broader fields of artistic and social practice, and has allowed us to amplify the impact of individual projects.

Open Source embraced the city as an open platform—one where artists, creative thinkers, and neighbors contributed their ideas and watched new possibilities emerge. Fourteen artists produced public artworks around themes that spanned our core areas of work, diving into subject matter such as immigration, education, incarceration, and trauma, and exploring how art connects, reveals, and inspires.

The idea for Mural Arts’ largest project to date arose from one of these extraordinary curatorial partnerships. Open Source, our exploration of the intersection of art and social justice in Philadelphia, was a showstopping citywide exhibition of new public art, created in conjunction with curator Pedro Alonzo.

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Surrounded by a packed house at the Institute of Contemporary Art, SWOON recounts the powerful narratives that informed her Open Source project, Five Stories.

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Geometry and art mingle in MOMO’s stunning mural on Frankford and Berks in Fishtown, painted in collaboration with Art Education students.

Elements of clutter and chaos in the Italian Market take shape in Heeseop Yoon's Still-life with Flower.

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For us, it’s all about process—the catalyst that sparks a chain reaction, often leading to inspiring and unexpected outcomes. Ignition requires great intention. We listen well to every story, understand the context, and respond with a rigorous and customized approach. In this section, we share a few methods that we’ve enhanced in the past year, which have improved our ability to ignite.

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Southeast Philadelphia neighbors participating in Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge found common ground through playful exploration with Theatre of the Oppressed.

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Artist-community collaborations fueled the nine-month Neighborhood Time Exchange, filling a West Philadelphia neighborhood with laughter and lots of art.

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MINING THE DATA “Community empowerment anchored in imagination and play is an interesting and important approach to social change and, for some people, an optimal way to get engaged. [...] This pivot from project-driven, site-specific research to a more general, open-ended approach to understanding a neighborhood has immense value.”

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Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge, a collaboration with urbanist and activist cooperative Cohabitation Strategies, sought to connect residents of seven South Philadelphia neighborhoods.

We invited residents to join us in playful activities such as neighborhood cookoffs and dance demonstrations, and we facilitated group conversations that bridged cultural and economic divisions.

Neighbors brought their civic concerns about housing, gentrification, and litter to the table, and collectively brainstormed solutions. This holistic community thinking laid the groundwork for a new neighborhood unity, establishing fresh, actionable ideas for future initiatives.

ny socially engaged public art project naturally results in profound and fascinating data. By engaging people in creative practice, we give them a chance to share their concerns and aspirations, for themselves and their communities.

This past year, we built data collection into our projects in an intentional way— from Neighborhood Time Exchange’s community request forms, to the “useful knowledge” of Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge, to Monument Lab, which asked people to share their individual perspectives on Philadelphia’s history and culture. The valuable information and insights captured during these projects could not be gleaned from traditional planning processes alone.

The findings have the potential to enhance our own practice, and to inform the decisions of other community leaders, organizations, and city agencies.

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Representatives from organization and city entities attended the final Playgrounds convening and over 1,000 people attended Playgrounds events

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We also strengthened Artrepreneurs, our entrepreneurship track for middle and high school students. In addition to receiving guidance from Mural Arts teachers, students also learned real-world business concepts firsthand from representatives of participating business partners. Through initiatives like this and our college-readiness program, we commit to helping Mural Arts students build useful leadership and creative skills, and teaching them how to showcase their talents for post-secondary options like employment and college.

n order to inspire change consistently, we aspire to connect our participants to the resources they need to thrive.

We nurture the next generation of civically engaged, creative Philadelphians by incorporating mentorship and collaboration into Mural Arts’ core program areas.

This year, we extended the support network of the Guild, a Restorative Justice initiative that focuses on work readiness. A new track focuses on pairing people who have successfully navigated re-entry with those who are just emerging from the Guild, forming a partnership that gives each participant someone to turn to when things get rough—someone who can relate to his or her struggles and give advice rooted in experience.

92% of graduating high school seniors in our Art Education program go on to college

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A SUPPORTIVE NETWORK

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Art Education students and Guild member Russel Craig (pictured) worked with artist Ben Volta on Frequencies, a radiant and bold mural inspired by studies of the brain through the lens of STEAM (STEM plus art) education.

“I went from being a number and an inmate to being covered in paint, doing something that I love to do, and giving back in a positive way.”

AMIRA MOHAMED, GUILD PARTICIPANT AND SUBJECT OF SHEPARD FAIREY’S OPEN SOURCE PROJECT

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Isaac Lin’s gem-like mural, Start From Here, uses colors drawn from national flags to convey America’s diverse cultural identity.

Street artist Ben Eine brought a pop of color to South Philadelphia with stylized letters spraypainted on previously empty storefront shutters.

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THE POWER OF PUBLIC PROGRAMS “If I’m painting, it gives me self-control over who I am.

Everybody has their downfall, but right now everyone around this table has the courage and motivation to heal.”

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In October, 700 people crowded into the Great Stair Hall at the Philadelphia Museum of Art to hear Shepard Fairey speak about Jasper Johns.

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ural Arts strives to lead the conversation.

When we extend the reach of our projects through creative and substantive public programs, we acknowledge and invite the diverse voices of the community, sparking vibrant dialogue about the process, the art, and a range of stimulating topics. Recent public programs, attached to signature projects and core programs, have featured videos, lectures, panels, and creative artmaking sessions.

These special events connect our vast Mural Arts ecology of artists, staff, participants, partners, devoted followers, and new fans. We have been overwhelmed with the positive response to this expanding facet of public engagement. During Open Source, more than 700 people flocked to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to hear Shepard Fairey lecture on his work and influences, while more than 1,600 art lovers and interested passersby stopped by our Center City hub space in October to learn more about the exhibition.

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It’s not enough to simply say that art leads to change. We want to know that it does. Evaluation is an increasingly important part of our practice and our artistic interventions create windows of opportunity for fresh insight. We strive to study our successes and transfer new knowledge to future projects.

We also seek out ways to grow and to achieve better outcomes.

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“In the environment I was in before, you basically have no voice, you have no value, everything is pretty much stripped away from you.

This is the complete opposite of that. Now I’m in a position where I have a voice and can be expressive, and I have a community of people who care about me and support me.”

graduation rate of Guild graduates for high school do not reoffend seniors in our Art within one year Education program

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partnerships with private and public entities Our young Artrepreneurs popped up at Indy Hall, a Philadelphia co-working space, to showcase and sell their artistic wares.

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Art is a powerful tool for people of all backgrounds. Through Mural Arts’ extensive programming, we have seen how art can help people develop into dynamic, creative, entrepreneurial thinkers and doers who are excited about their futures.

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We're all smiles as we celebrate the restoration of of Lily Yeh's iconic Ile-Ife Guardian mural— a globally recognized work that symbolizes the power of art to transform a community.

TAKING A DEEPER DIVE “The power of Neighborhood Time Exchange lies in its viability as a replicative model...not in its specific structural capacities, but in its existence. It could become a stream of possibility in the delta of community transformation.”

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s we continue to expand the scope of our work, there is a corresponding level of thought, purpose, and rigor in the way we evaluate our programs and processes. We involve our participants in this analysis through surveys that measure feedback, and we also seek outside academic input.

that when Mural Arts finishes a project in a neighborhood, there is a window of opportunity, a moment where the community is primed and ready for further action. Knowing that our work creates that opening inspires us to go deeper, seeking out new ways in which we can capitalize on the moment of collective hope and opportunity.

Researchers from Yale University assessed our Porch Light program, examining our practices through an evaluative lens over a multi-year period. The study found

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“Now, Philadelphia’s helping London, Rome, Dublin, Madrid, Sydney, Auckland, Toronto, Montreal, and even cities in Israel start identical programs, which is quite a legacy.

[The numbers are] unheard of, and that’s why everybody in the world wants to do it.”

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“That nonprofits, nongovernmental organizations and city officials from more than 20 cities have reached out to Mural Arts for collaborations, or advice on starting similar initiatives, means the program stands out in the global mural phenomenon. That’s probably because in addition to putting up good art, Mural Arts focuses on community engagement and social justice.”

MAX KUTNER IN NEWSWEEK

240M 44M press impressions in FY15 (August 2014 to July 2015)

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Statement of Financial Position ASSETS

Statement of Activity and Changes in Net Assets 2015 2014

Cash & Cash Equivalents

2,650,022

1,656,113

Grants, Program & Contribution Receivables

4,076,047

3,642,203

REVENUES & SUPPORT Institutional Support

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2014

6,102,565

3,866,676

Contracted Services:

(net of allowances - $46,763 & $15,513 for 2015 & 2014 respectively)

– Government

3,773,239

4,731,673

99,286

– Other

295,909

317,935

Prepaid Expenses

176,562

75,996

Contributions - Individuals

965,070

691,499

Other Assets

34,460

40,387

Investment Income

1,215,318

1,303,414

$8,265,767

$6,817,399

Property & Equipment - Net Total Assets

LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS

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113,358

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Inventory

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Total Revenue & Support

$11,136,783

Accrued Payroll & Related Expenses Deferred Revenue Total Liabilities

197,816

1,026,726

214,800

284,357

4,798

34,828

417,414

1,345,911

Programs

7,075,748

7,909,524

1,684,170

1,619,083

$8,759,918

$9,528,607

Change in Net Assets

2,376,865

79,176

Net Assets Beginning of Year

5,471,488

5,392,312

$7,848,353

$5,471,488

Total Expenses

Net Assets End of Year

Net Assets: Undesignated

2,638,020

2,485,765

156,247

139,330

Temporarily Restricted

5,054,086

2,846,393

Total Net Assets

7,848,353

5,471,488

$8,265,767

$6,817,399

Board-Designated Operating Reserve

Total Liabilities & Net Assets

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$9,607,783

EXPENSES

Liabilities: Support Services Accounts Payable & Accrued Expenses

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Gifts include cumulative giving between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE VISIONARIES ($5,000 & OVER)

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE LEADERS ($2,500-$4,999) Ellen Baxter & Robert Kavash Jamie B. Bischoff & Daniel Gibbon Lindsay Breedlove Steven & Susan Dubow Bill & Carol Fisher Zeke & Nigeria James Barney & Louise Johnston Lynn & Joe Manko Graham & Susan McDonald Dr. M. Moshe Porat & Dr. Rachel Porat Hee Jun Rho Meg & Peter Saligman Anthony Troy Joseph & Renee Zuritsky

Bob & Marta Adelson Daniel & Helena Astolfi Leslie Baker Zvi Barzilay Alon Barzilay Brian H. Benjet Ellen & Robert Bildersee Linda Bloomer Betty Bott Mark Cohen Warren & Sylvie Cohen David Cohen & Ellen Goodman Catherine del Tito Caroline Estey King & Adrian King Michele & Jonathan Fenkel Phyllis & Howard Fischer Nedra Fischer Jean Flood Susan & Richard Gettlin Jon Goldblum Joanne & Jonathan Golden Jane Greenspan Harry & Rhoda Haber Alexander Hankin Richard & Ruth Horowitz Brian Jacobson Janet Kelley Susan & Leonard Klehr Nadia Kunz Clive Landa Margaret Leonard Jami Wintz McKeon Joanna McNeil Lewis Faye & Barry Mertz Andrea Missias Michelle Molano John M. Paz & Rachel Moore Brian D. Pedrow Nancy Peterson Aaron Polak Jay & Gretchen Riley Elizabeth Ryland Debbie & Ron Schiller Mr. Douglas Evan Schoenberg Amy Scott Amiel Segal Lesley Seitchik Richard Snowden Dana Spain Sandra Spitzer McKelvey & Edward McKelvey Marilyn L. Steinbright Joan K. Stemmler Janet Reis Stern & Matthew Stern

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MURAL ARTS SUPPORTERS ($250-$499)

Robert Vogel Sally Walker & Tom Gilmore John Westrum Thomas C. Woodward

MURAL ARTS SUSTAINERS ($500-$999) John K. Binswanger Richard & Cheryl Binswanger Ira Brind & Stacey Spector Josephine W. Burri Eli Caplan Barbara Capozzi Susan W. Catherwood Isaac H. Clothier IV Elizabeth Gemmill Robert A. Goldenberg Pedro Gomes Eden Graber Ann N. Greene Julie Haas Witold Henisz Natalie Huguet Dr. Howard & Mrs. Mary Hurtig Osagie & Losenge Imasogie Justin Jeffers Nancy & Shahir Kassam-Adams Jamie Klein Joseph Kluger & Susan Lewis Mark Kreider Gabriele Lee Esther Marshall Zoe Pappas Leslie Pearlman Bob & Susan Peck Gerald Rorer Seymore Rubin Joseph J. Shapiro Richard & Betsy Sheerr Jamie Sheller Ralph & Cookie Smith Cathi Snyder Julie & Bob Spahr Lawrence Spitz & Carole Klein Joanne Sundheim Richard Vague Archie & Helene van Beuren Kathleen Vetrano Velma Whitlock Richard Woosnam & Diane Dalto Woosnam Ana Maria V. Zaugg

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Nick & Dee Adams Kevin & Joselyn Basden John C. Bogle & Eve S. Bogle Linda DeJure Julia & David Fleischner Joseph & Jane Goldblum Mr. Steven C. Graham Dr. & Mrs. G.S. Peter Gross Margaret Harris & Phil Straus Frederic & Linda Kremer Susanna Lachs Adler & Dean Adler Alan Lindy & Carolyn Hirsch Margelle & Sheldon Liss Mrs. J. Maxwell Moran Helen & David Pudlin Frank & Ann Reed Brian L. Roberts Pam & Tony Schneider Ellen Sherk Howard Silverman Bryan S. Weingarten Howard E.N. Wilson

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S CIRCLE ($1,000-$2,499)

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Individuals

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Anonymous Cosmo Baker Virginia Baltzell Naomi Basickes Frances & Michael Baylson Catherine Beath Karen Bell Robert & Marie Benz Robertson Bertrand L. Blynn Todd Bressi Stuart Brown Michelle Burnett-Green Caitlin Butler Ronald Cantor Caryl Carpenter Lee A. Casper Patty Chaney Rabbi & Mrs. Gary Charlestein Steven Cohen Jeff & Anne Dalke David Dannenberg Michelle Dean Trish Deeney Joseph & April Denny Vikram Dewan Brian Effron Edward Fagan Shannon & Ted Farmer Cari Feiler Bender & Rodd Bender Alexander Feldman Amy Fox Alan Gardner & Kate Connolly Elaine & Everett Gillison Edward Glickman & Diana Keat Joel & Linda Griska Nancy S. Hays Patricia Higgins Katherine Hovde & Kenneth Kulak Paul Jargowsky Monica Jindia Joy & Bennett Keiser Ken Kesslin Roger LaMay Theresa Landell David Levin Meryl Levitz Caryn Liss Jenn Marquardt Jean A. McCray Drew Milstein Anselene Morris Michael Norris Vanessa Northington Gamble

Heather Osborne Jessica Otto Michael Paul Kathleen Quigley Thomas D. Rees & Josephine Madej Claire Reichlin & Walter Cohen Michele Reimer Beth Rezet & Gregg Fromell Jennifer Robayo Cordelia W. Robinson & Grant Horrow Abelardo Rodrigues Val Rossman Harriet Rubenstein & Marty Brigham Julia & Jack Rudden Lindsey Scannapieco Suzanne Schiller Stanley & Cindy Schwartz Robert & Mary Ellen Scott Lesley Seitchick Antoinette F. Seymour Jenna Shanis Melanie Sheerr Larry Spector Ed & Lyn Tettemer Bill & BJ Turner Judy Wicks Alexis Zakroff Deborah & Philip Zuchman Maximo Zylberdrut

Organizations 10-10-10 Project Foundation of Temple University 25th Century Foundation ACE Group Advantage Engineers of PA LLC African Methodist Episcopal Church The Agnes Irwin School AIS Girls’ Grant Making Club Agora Institute Allied Barton Security Services Ametek Foundation, Inc. Amoroso’s Baking Company Amtrak Railroad Passenger Corp.

Andiamo Advisors, Inc. ArborHSA, LLC Ardmore Toyota Scion Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation AT&T Auction Management LLC Ballard Spahr Andrew & Ingersoll, LLP Bank of America The Barra Foundation

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Berkowitz Family Foundation Big Car Media Inc. Blank Rome, LLP Brandywine Realty Trust The Brickman Group LTD Brinker Capital Brownstein Group The Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church The Buck Family Fund Business One Consulting, Inc. Callahan & Ward Properties, LLC Cannuscio Rader Family Foundation The Carol & George Weinbaum Family Foundation Catering By Miles Celebrity Showcase Cherry Scaffolding Children’s Crisis Treatment Center The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia The Christian R. and Mary F. Lindback Foundation The Christopher Ludwick Foundation Citizens Bank Citizens for the Arts in Pennsylvania City Fitness City of Philadelphia City of Philadelphia Department of Behavioral Health & Intellectual disAbility Services City of Philadelphia Department of Human Services City of Philadelphia Department of Parks & Recreation City of Philadelphia Streets Department CLAWS Foundation Cold Brook Fund Comcast Corporation Comcast Foundation The Communications Network, Inc. Congreso de Latinos Unidos, Inc. Connelly Foundation Coventry First LLC Cozen O’Connor CTDI, Inc. Davis Charitable Foundation Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation The Dow Chemical Company Eagles Youth Partnership East Passyunk Crossing Civic Association & Town Watch EB Realty ECBM Insurance Brokers and Consultants ecoATM, Inc.

Kerry T. Pacifico Family Foundation Keystone Property Group Kieran Timberlake KMRD Partners, Inc. Kresge Foundation The Lenfest Foundation Liberty Property Limited Partnership Lincoln Financial Foundation, Inc. LLR Partners Lomax Family Foundation Lutheran Children and Family Service of Eastern PA The M & T Charitable Foundation Malfer Foundation Manayunk Development Corporation Mary B. & Alvin P. Gutman Fund Mayor’s Fund for Philadelphia McGladrey LLP National Endowment for the Arts Naxion The Needles Family Foundation Otto Haas Charitable Trust Parkway Corporation Parx Casino Patricia Kind Family Foundation The Paul & Emily Singer Family Foundation PECO Pen Del Management Company PennEngineering Pennoni Associates Pennsylvania Council on the Arts People’s Emergency Center The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage The Pew Charitable Trusts Philadelphia 76ers, LP Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society (PAWS) Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau Philadelphia Eagles Philadelphia Federal Credit Union The Philadelphia Foundation Fund for Children Philadelphia Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge #5 Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation Philadelphia Mental Health Care Corporation Philadelphia Prison System Philadelphia Water Department Philadelphia Young Playwrights Phillies Phillies Charities, Inc. Pilot Freight Services The PNC Financial Services Group

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PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Protiviti, Inc. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Foundation PTS Foundation RLS Shared Services Robert Saligman Charitable Foundation Trust Robert Wood Johnson Foundation The Rocket Science Group The Ross Family Fund Sagal Realty Group LLC School District of Philadelphia Seed the Dream Foundation Sewell C. Biggs Trust Shake Shack Enterprises, LLC Shechtman Marks Devor PC Sheller Family Foundation Sherwin Williams Shoprite / Colligas Family Markets Short Hills Garden Club Smukler-Lasch Family Trust Snug Harbor Foundation Specter Foundation Stradley Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP Straus-Harris Foundation Surdna Foundation Temple University Campus Safety Services The Thomas Scattergood Foundation for Behavioral Health Total Risk Management Tuttleman Family Foundation UBS Financial Services University City Housing Company University City Swim Club Valley Green Bank van Amerigen Foundation Verde Capital Corp The Victory Foundation Viking Yacht Company Wawa, Inc. Wells Fargo Foundation White and Williams LLP William Penn Foundation Wilmington Renaissance Corporation Wistar Institute Women’s Way Zipcar, Inc. *If we have miswritten or inadvertently left your name off this list, please contact us and accept our advance apologies.

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Econsult Solutions, Inc. EisnerAmper LLP The Elizabeth B. & Arthur E. Roswell Foundation Empire Coverings Enterprise Holdings Epstein Canarick, Corp.

Erie Art Museum F.A.O. Schwarz Family Foundation The Fierce Advocacy Fund First American Title Insurance Company Flyers Charities Fondation d’entreprise Hermès Ford Foundation The Forrest & Frances Lattner Foundation Franklin Mortgage Franklin Square Capital Partners Fretz Corporation Friends of Cione Playground G-II Equity and Investors G-II Family Partnership Gateway Enclaves, Inc. Gateway Towers, Inc. The George School GlaxoSmithKline Community Partnerships The Glenmede Corporation The Goldenberg Group Goldman Properties Goodman Properties Grayboyes Commerical Window Company Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance Hangley Aronchick Segal Pudlin & Schiller The Heart of Neiman Marcus Hess Foundation, Inc. Hispanic Association of Contractors & Enterprises, Inc. The Honickman Foundation The Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation Hummingbird Foundation IBM Ignarri-Lummis Architects Independence Blue Cross Independence Foundation Interstate Aerials, LLC J2 Design Partnership Jeffrey M. Brown & Associates LLC John S. and James L. Knight Foundation JPMorgan Chase The Julian A. and Lois Brodsky Foundation The Kennedy Center

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Advisory Council

Dan Fitzpatrick Julia Fleischner Ayesha Fraser Rick Gillespie Elaine Gillison Ed Glickman Richard Goldberg Josh Goldblum Steve Graham Greta Greenberger Michelle Hong Mary Hurtig Tish Ingersoll Monica Jindia Jazelle Jones Caryn Kunkle Pamela Lawler Meryl Levitz Paul Levy B.A. MacLean Robin Miller Marsha Moss Lisa Nutter Debbie O’Brien Sylvia Purnell-Muldrow Blondell Reynolds Brown

Nel Roch Jawad Salah Joe Sanutti Julia Shaw Melanie Sheerr Susan Sherman Richard Snowden Dr. Joseph F. Sobanko Liz Solms Bill Tierney Brian Tierney Jr. Ken Weinstein John Westrum Kellan White David Wilkes Renée Zuritsky Joe Zuritsky

Board of Directors

Steve Dubow Dr. Arthur Evans Bill Fisher Everett Gillison Jane Goldblum Joseph Goldblum Peter Gross Helen Haynes Erik Hirsch George “Zeke” James The Honorable Jim Kenney Susanna E. Lachs Roger LaMay Margelle Liss Lynn K. Manko Brett T. Mapp Bruce Marks Desiree Peterkin Bell Nancy Peterson Frank Reed Marilia Rodrigues

Meg Saligman Tony Schneider Dana Spain Tiffany Tavarez Ed Tettemer Wayne Trotman Tariq Trotter Anthony Troy Max Tuttleman Howard E.N. Wilson

Rachel Luber Cevera, Co-Chair Teresa Nino, Co-Chair Michael Adler Sean Agnew Cosmo Baker Berny Brownstein Gabe Canuso Nicole Cashman Jason Cevera James Claiborne Elise Conway Marita Crawford Rina Cutler Diane Dalto Woosnam David DeVito Lauren Dewitsky Liz Dow David Dunphy Alex Feldman Michele S. Fenkel Bill Fisher

David Pudlin, Chair Linda DeJure, Vice Chair Jamie B. Bischoff, Secretary Joan Reilly, President & Chief Operating Officer Karl Malkin, Treasurer & Chief Financial Officer Kimberly Allen Daniel Astolfi Kevin Basden Cindy Bass Richard Binswanger Marc Brownstein The Honorable Darrell L. Clarke James Colligas Hope Comisky Clayton DeHaan

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CREDITS p2: Philos Adelphos © 2015 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Saner. 440 Poplar Street. p7: Summer Kaleidoscope © 2015 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Jessie Unterhalter & Katey Truhn (Jessie & Katey). Eakins Oval, Benjamin Franklin Parkway. p8: Uptown Locomotion © 2015 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Joe Boruchow.

1333-1463 North 33rd Street.

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p9: Water Under the Bridge © 2015 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Beth Clevenstine & Paul Santoleri. Fountain and Umbria Streets. p10: Neighborhood Time Exchange © 2015 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. Installing signs of respect in Belmont. p13: Showing Face © 2015 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Ashley Kolodner.

Citywide. Pictured: Broad Street subway at Walnut Street. p16: untitled © 2015 MOMO. 1831 Frankford Avenue. p17: Still-life with Flower © 2015 Heeseop Yoon. 906 League Street.

In JR’ s black-and-white Migrants, Ibrahim, Mingora-Philadelphia, Ibrahim, a Pakistani immigrant and food cart employee working in Center City, soars 20 stories high.

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p19/20: Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge © 2015 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Cohabitation Strategies (CohStra).

632 Jackson Street. p23: Frequencies © 2015 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Benjamin Volta.

3812 Old York Road. p24: Start From Here © 2015 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Isaac Tin Wei Lin. 1315 Race Street. p25: Philly From A to Z © 2015 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Ben Eine. Citywide.

Pictured: Broad and Allegheny Avenue. p42: Migrants, Ibrahim, Mingora-Philadelphia © 2015 JR. The Graham Building at Dilworth Park, 30 South 15th Street.

Photography by Steve Weinik.

Additional photography by Albert Yee (p10) and Kathy Stull (p32).

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