OPEN CALL FOR ARTISTS: Mural Arts Philadelphia, CookNSolo's Lilah Events and Goldie Falafel, and curator Conrad Benner are looking for four up-and-coming muralists to create a temporary mural for Front Street Walls 2023!

In the Spring/Summer of 2016, a fast-casual Philly-based food chain, Honeygrow, moved into their then new headquarters along Front Street between Oxford Street and Columbia Avenue in Fishtown. This location was a former warehouse that when renovated left a series of walls perfect for an ongoing mural project. At that time, Honeygrow decided to celebrate artists by creating Front Street Walls and inviting artists to create on the walls, rotating the murals with new artwork when possible. And over the course of roughly two years they worked with 11 different artists. But in 2018 the project came to an end.  

We want to bring this space back to life with regularly rotating murals by local artists, rotated annually. That's our goal! Whose goal? The new owners of the building — CookNSolo's Lilah Events and Goldie Falafel — along with curator Conrad Benner and support by Mural Arts Philadelphia!

"These walls are perfect for up-and-coming muralists! They're in that ideal Goldie, I mean, goldilocks zone of being big enough to be a creative challenge for a new artists while being small enough to still be possible to create for your first mural. We want to use these walls to center the work of up-and-coming Philly artists. I can't wait to get started!" -Conrad Benner, project curator 

So, in the spirit of the original concept for Front Street Walls, we'll be rotating four of these mural walls annually with new artworks from Philly artists. Starting this June with Front Street Walls 2023. If you're an artists who's interested in applying, please see below: 

Criteria for potential artists:
1. Must currently reside in Philadelphia, PA
2. Must be available and interested in designing and painting a mural with support from Mural Arts Philadelphia from now through June 2023 (timeline: working on three rounds of design sketches/approvals from now through the end of May 2023; painting your mural with support from Mural Arts staff the first week of June 2023)

3. You will not be creating your mural alone, so don't be afraid to apply if you've never painted on a wall before 

4. Together we can discuss possible themes for your mural, but we'd like it to be reflective of your work first and foremost

5. This application will close on Tuesday, March 28th, 2023

This is a paid opportunity. If you're interested and match the criteria above, please fill out the below. Selected artists will be emailed with more info on the offer.