Legacy
The Mural Arts Program is responsible for the largest mural painted in Philadelphia at 600 feet (180 m) in length. Titled History of Immigration, the mural displays settlers of different ethnicities who have settled in Philadelphia over time. The average mural painted by the program is approximately the height of a three-story row house and 35 feet (11 m) wide. The average cost of each mural is $10,000–$15,000, which includes artist commission and supplies.
The program is currently one of Philadelphia's largest employers of artists, employing over 300 artists a year. The Mural Arts Program also hires prosecuted graffiti vandals at a rate of over 100 per year and involves them with the creation of murals around Philadelphia. Currently, the program employs 36 former graffiti artists as staff members on permanent payroll and serves more than 300 children a year with arts programs. During the 2001–2004 Neighborhood Transformation Initiative, the Mural Arts Program had painted over 600 murals around Philadelphia. In February 2006, the city of Watertown, New York asked Jane Golden to speak in hopes of creating a similar program in their community.
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