Public Art • Placemaking • City Design
The citywide printmaking project I am leading for Mural Arts Philadelphia took a big leap last weekend with our first public pop-up workshop at Baltimore Avenue Dollar Stroll street festival. The project, Printmaking by the People, is marking the 250 … Continued
Mural Arts’ most dynamic new mural this season stretches more than 300 feet along a wall thatencloses a new public space at the Noble, a recently-completed mixed-use building at 200Spring Garden Street. Miami-based artist Hoxxoh has brought his unique painting … Continued
Mural Arts has launched its flagship project to mark the nation’s semi-quincentennial, Printmaking by thePeople. I’m proud to have conceived and guided this project in collaboration with co-project managerLindsey Rosenberg. Printmaking by the People – organized as a reflection on … Continued
The first public artworks created under the Butler Trail’s Arts and Culture Plan are now on view!Through a collaboration between the Trail Conservancy and the City of Austin’s Art in PublicPlaces Program, eight artists were commissioned to create temporary artworks … Continued
Austin’s City Council approved a ground-breaking arts and culture plan for the Ann and Roy Butler Hike-Bike Trail, a ten-mile loop around Lady Bird Lake in the center of the city. Bressi led a team of planners and artists who … Continued
How can the arts and culture community make sure it’s on the policy radar of candidates campaigning to be Philadelphia’s next mayor? The answer, from arts leaders at a forum at Moore College, is simple: Don’t ask the mayor how … Continued
Over the summer and fall, commuters along Philadelphia’s Vine Street Expressway have been treated to the spectacle of a ten-story tall mural rising on the side of the Crane Building, the mixed-used building that includes much-needed affordable housing and community … Continued
Raleigh’s public art program was created more than a decade ago, with a traditional percent for art model. Since then, the program has received consistent and clear support, and key city plans have recommended that the program position itself to … Continued
Lady Bird Lake is often referred to as the heart of the City of Austin, Texas, providing thousands of residents and tourists alike with a variety of opportunities to get involved with activities on the lake and with the surrounding … Continued
Congratulations to the City of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, recipient of an Our Town grant this year from the National Endowment for the Arts. As public art consultant to the city, I worked with city staff and ArtsNow, a local arts and culture … Continued