The National Art Education Association will host a live webinar on creating community murals this January. (Incidentally, that’s something we mentioned in our recent article on inspiration for the semiquincentennial!)
Date: Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Time: 7 – 8 p.m. ET
Location: Online
Price: Free for NAEA members, $49 for non-members
From NAEA:
Join a discussion with leaders from community-based mural organizations from around the country and discover how the art of mural making can transform public spaces and individual lives. Hear from:
Mural Arts Philadelphia — a group that engages communities in 50–100 public art projects each year, creating project-based learning opportunities for thousands of youths and adults.
Mending Walls — a Richmond, Virginia–based collaborative, community-engaged mural program that aims to advance social justice by connecting community members from different backgrounds in conversation to foster empathy, understanding, and healing.
Muralist Alexa Chumpitaz, discussing community-engaged murals and leading art workshops targeted to underserved communities in North Carolina.
