Visual Restoration

Exhibit Opening:
FRIDAY, APRIL 17, 5:30 - 7:30 P.M.

COMMONWEALTH GALLERY
LINCOLN FINANCIAL MURAL ARTS CENTER AT THE THOMAS EAKINS HOUSE
1727-29 MT. VERNON STREET
Philadelphia, PA

Visual Restoration showcases the two murals, Restoration and From Behind the Mask, created as part of the Greenfield program under the leadership of the Mural Arts Program and lead muralist Eric Okdeh, using and documentary photographs by Howard Zehr and Harvey Finkle, audio interviews, poetry, painted canvases and small clay works created by the students through a partnership with The Clay Studio.

As a companion to the April 17th exhibition opening, Mural Arts is releasing the publication Visual Restoration by Phoebe Zinman, a teaching artist from the first year of the project. This book recounts the story of the Greenfield Restorative Justice Program and reveals its beginnings, aspirations, implementation and impact through the words, images, and thoughts of those who designed and participated in it. The book will be on sale that evening as well as on our website, www.muralarts.org.

Several mask-making workshops will be led by Katharine Clark Gray, including one at the Thomas Eakins House on Wednesday, April 29th from 6-8PM, which will be open to the public. The masks created during these workshops will be incorporated into the exhibition and can be collected at the close of the exhibition. For more information, please contact Robyn Buseman, the Mural Arts Restorative Justice Program Director at 215.685.0756 or robyn[dot]buseman[at]muralarts.org.


Mural Arts Program