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The\u00a0Mural Arts\u00a0Program<\/em><\/a>, the anti-graffitti mural program\u00a0that\u00a0gave\u00a0Philadelphia international recognition as the “City of Murals”, began working for the first time with art curators with the assistance of The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage<\/em>‘s curator-in-residence program<\/a> in 2013. The following year\u00a0guest\u00a0curator-in-residence Lucia Sanroman invited Cohabitation Strategies to work with Mural Arts for the Restore Spaces<\/em><\/a> initiative\u00a0on a community-based long term project.\u00a0Playgrounds for Useful Knowledge<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>was initiated\u00a0in November 2014 \u00a0supported\u00a0by\u00a0the\u00a0The Pew Center for the Arts & Heritage.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The Mural Arts\u00a0Program<\/em>\u00a0is the largest public art program in the United States. It unites artist and communitites through a collaborative process, using the tradition of mural-making, to create art that transforms public speces and peoples lives. This nationally-recognized program\u00a0has produced over 3,000 murals and educated over 20,000 underserved and at-risk youth in neighborhoods throughout Philadelphia. Educational programs use an intensive curriculum that involves the production of murals\u00a0as a dynamic means to engage youth and to teach transferable life and job skills such as taking personal responsibility, teamwork, and creative problem-solving. The\u00a0Mural Arts Program<\/em>\u00a0also serves adult offenders in local prisons and rehabilitation centers, using the restorative power of art to break the cycle of crime and violence in our communities.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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The\u00a0Restored Spaces<\/em>\u00a0initiative integrates the activities of city agencies, community organizations, and residents while\u00a0collectively transforming schools, recreation centers, and commercial corridors into models for sustainable revitalization. To date Restored Spaces<\/em> has directly engaged more than 1,600 people at six sites in collaboration with a growing list of stakeholders.<\/p>\n

Cohabitation Strategies’ members will take up residence in Philadelphia during the term of the project and, following a period of action-research, mapping and analysis of different neighborhoods, will\u00a0set up a public neighborhood hub to co-produce \u00a0\u2014with community members,\u00a0guest curator-in-residence Lucia Sanroman and Restore<\/em> Spaces<\/em>‘ leaders\u2014 strategic\u00a0actions, artistic platforms and frameworks to build the localized leadership and capacity required for future transformative urban interventions of\u00a0the Restore Spaces<\/em> initiative. \u00a0The project will conclude with a daylong symposium\u00a0and a publication. For more information follow the project’s website.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

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