Beautifying the city one wall at a time

May 15, 2017 11:13 AM

MuralsDC is a project funded by the DC Department of Public Works, in cooperation with the DC Commission on the Arts and the Humanities, and is designed to provide permanent graffiti abatement to those properties that have experienced or are at risk of this type of vandalism. Since its pilot in 2007, MuralsDC has painted more than 50 murals in every ward of the city.

You can view all the murals here, and find them on a map here.

posted by numaner (3 comments total)

Cool, I have seen a few of these. One of my favorite artists working in DC is Aniekan Ufodia.
posted by exogenous at 11:28 AM on May 15, 2017

Had no clue this was an organized thing. One just went up in my neighborhood --- it's got a dinosaur in it!
posted by schmod at 12:36 PM on May 15, 2017 [1 favorite]

Montreal has been doing this for awhile. I don't think that lowering the risk of vandalism was a main goal but it definitely seems to have had that effect.

http://www.mumtl.org/en/
posted by mephisjo at 4:42 PM on May 15, 2017