How To Turn Everything Into Something Else: "The Miss Rockaway Armada"
Sometimes I'm driving around and I'll stumble upon a mural at a location that I've driven by thousands of times in the past. One morning in February 2012, I was driving south on Broad Street, and was stopped at an intersection at Broad and Race. I happened to look to the left and saw a mural that I'd never seen before. (I later found it was done in October 2011.) It was bright and colorful and had a great "childlike" quality to it. I came back the next day and took a few pictures of the mural titled "How To Turn Everything Into Something Else." When I came home and had the chance to read about it, I learned that it was done by a group of artists from an art collective called "Miss Rockaway Armada", who along with a group of kids (ages 10-15 years old) from the Mural Arts art education program, created this mural. You can read more about it here.
-Rob
Murals Shown Below:
- How To Turn Everything Into Something Else: "The Miss Rockaway Armada". 207 N. Broad St.
- Secret Book: Josh Sarantitis. 312 N. 19th Street
- Reach High And You Will Go Far: Josh Sarantitis. 1926 Arch Street
- Lifelong Learning: Donald Gensler. 18th & Callowhill Streets
- Breaking Through: Meg Saligman. 125 N. 8th Street
- Commemorating Women In The Visual Arts: 25 N. 23rd St. Michelle Angela Ortiz
- History of Immigration: Simon Huelsbeck. 404 N. 2nd Street
- Independence Starts Here: Donald Gensler. Broad & Race Streets
- Gateway To Chinatown: Josh Sarantitis. 12th & Vine Streets
- History of Chinatown-125th Anniversary Committee: Arturo Ho, Giz, N. Phung, H. Tran
- A Thousand Children Playing: Jane Locke & Tomie Arai. 1034 Spring Street
- How We Fish: Social Impact Studios & Eric Okdeh. 125 N. 8th Street
- Unifying the Cultures of Neighoborhood in Philadelphia: Joseph and Gabriele Tiberino. 15th Street between JFK Blvd and Arch Street (along the Muncipal Services Building.)
- The Stamp of Incarceration—James Anderson: Shepard Fairey. 1131 Callowhill Street
- The Stamp of Incarceration— Amira Mohamed: Shepard Fairey. Race Street (at 15th Street)
- Growth of a Metropolis: Richard Haas & Jon Laidacker. 251 N. 3rd Street.
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Unifying the Cultures of Neighoborhood in Phila.: Joseph & Gabriele Tiberino. 15th St between JFK Blvd and Arch St.
Unifying the Cultures of Neighoborhood in Phila.: Joseph & Gabriele Tiberino. 15th St between JFK Blvd and Arch St.
Unifying the Cultures of Neighoborhood in Phila.: Joseph & Gabriele Tiberino. 15th St between JFK Blvd and Arch St.
Unifying the Cultures of Neighoborhood in Phila.: Joseph & Gabriele Tiberino. 15th St between JFK Blvd and Arch St.
