Mural Arts Training Program Exhibition Photos

Thank you to everyone who came to the Mural Training Program Exhibition opening in Philly last Wednesday! Show will remain up through June 29th, so if you're in the area, stop by the Thomas Eakins House (1727-29 Mt Vernon St). Shoutout to our instructor Dave McShane and all the mural students who participated: Reut Asimini, Brian Baker, Julia Cocuzza, Marcine Franckowiak, Domenic Frunzi, Jean-Jacques Gabriel, Erica Harney, Erik Reinertsen, Lauren Rinaldi, David Staller, Polina Volfovich, and Emily White.

Visit the mural arts program blog for more info. And if you can't make it there in person, here are a few quick snapshots of the show..

cherish the day

(robert glasper)

i must say, DAMN it feels good to simply paint something beautiful in a beautiful way. no conceptual intent, no layered meaning or media, no graduate art school pretension. just some really pretty flowers, really big. whew. alas, my 5x5 foot detail for the mural arts exhibition in june. still a little more to touch up, but it's just about resolved..






a couple illustrations i produced earlier this month as a Griot Apparel collaboration with the RFK Foundation. the collaboration didn't quite materialize, but this work will be the jump-off for a future RFK design we may release independently..





and, while i'm at it, another quick first glance..

Mural Arts Training Program - Phase 1 complete!

every wednesday for the past 6 weeks i have commuted from Brooklyn to Philadelphia (back & forth, same day) for the official training program of the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. though it's been grueling to say the very least (greyhound express in my face twice a day shouting "you get what you pay for stupid!"), i've learned a TON! my teacher David McShane was fantastic and my classmates were all very cool. it was well worth all the time and discomfort in transit, as i am one significant step closer to my goal of being a muralist and professional public artist. now that the weekly night class portion is over, soon i'll be volunteering as an assistant, painting and installing some murals in Philly later this spring and summer. in addition, i'll finish my mural design and 5x5 foot detail painting for a group exhibition at the Mural Arts Program's Thomas Eakins House Gallery in mid June (details to come).

i'll post more after the opening in June, but here's a few random pics from the Thomas Eakins House's neighborhood (MAP headquarters) and MAP's studio space at Market East & 9th street:





my proposed site and mural idea: Chaconia (national flower, aka "Pride of Trindad and Tobago") at Nostrand Ave & Herkimer (Brooklyn):





mural detail painting in progress (and a bomb chik-fil-a sandwich):