Mural Arts Philadelphia

As of 2024, the organization runs 50 to 100 public art projects each year, including new murals in neighborhoods such as Kensington, Northern Liberties, and the Gayborhood.

[citation needed] The program also hires more than 100 prosecuted graffiti writers every year and involves them in the creation of murals around Philadelphia.

In 1984, artist Jane Golden approached Tim Spencer, who was head of the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network (PAGN), about adding a program named "Umbrella".

[14] Since 2001 the Mural Arts Program has been headquartered in the former home and studio of the painter Thomas Eakins at 1727-29 Mount Vernon Street in the Spring Garden section of Philadelphia.

[16] In February 2006, the city of Watertown, New York, asked Jane Golden to speak in hopes of creating a similar program in their community.

[17] In 2007, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla visited the Donald Gensler[18] mural Reading: A Journey, at 40th and Penns Grove Streets.

[21][22] In 2024, Mural Arts celebrated its 40th anniversary, when including the foundational days of PAGN, exploring the theme "Roots & Reimagination.