A new mural at 21st and Market Streets is made up of more than 6,000 photographs that were all printed at makerspace NextFab.
The mural, called “Mapping Freire,” was a project between the city’s Mural Arts Program, Freire Charter School and artist and NextFab member Marcus Balum. Balum worked with Freire teachers to design photography projects for students, based on what they were studying at the time.
The photographs in the mural, which are meant to depict how students and Philadelphians navigate the city, were taken by Freire students, students in a Mural Arts after-school program, Balum and the public, through the hashtag #mappingfreire.
The mural was dedicated late last week.
Freire Charter School students at NextFab. (Photo by Steve Weinik)
Read more on NextFab’s blog, and see the Mapping Freire Tumblr here.
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