Murals Saved

Common Threads, Meg Saligman, Philadelphia, 1998, 75' x 100' (est.) (Photo by Carole Abercauph)

In January 2009, Rescue Public Murals assessed Common Threads by Meg Saligman, a much beloved eight-story mural of the successful Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. The mural is seen at the corner of Broad and Spring Garden Streets by more than 5,800 people on a typical weekday. Although it was painted in 1998, the mural has experienced extreme fading. Thanks to fund-raising efforts by the Murals Arts Program, Common Threads is now half restored and the project will continue in the spring and summer of 2011. Read more...

Homage to Seurat, Eva Cockcroft, New York City, 1986, restored 2009, 2 sections, each 30' x 30' (est.) (Photo by Camille Perrottet)

In September 2007, Rescue Public Murals assessed Homage to Seurat: La Grande Jatte in Harlem. This is the only remaining New York City mural by the late Eva Cockcroft, an artist that was instrumental in the national community murals movement. A restoration plan was proposed by conservator Harriet Irgang of Rustin Levenson Art Conservation Associates, New York, and muralist Janet Braun-Reinitz. Thanks to the support of Friends of Heritage Preservation, the mural was restored in fall 2009. Read more....

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