Artists Working on Public Art Project
Edgewood Mural to be Unveiled Aug. 22
by Kelley Dupuis

A platoon of young artists and students, under the guidance of professionals from around the United States, is hard at work this summer on a large-scale public art project near the Safeway store at 12th Street and Rhode Island Avenue NE.

The Edgewood Mural project, sponsored by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, has 45 students from around the area painting a mural 300 feet long and 20 feet...

Public Art Creates Community

(Washington, DC, August 5, 2009) - You are invited to come out and watch the District's largest public mural take shape. The Edgewood mural project team has started painting the 275-foot long wall that's two-stories high. Over the next 10 days, artists and DC youth will cover a wall space that is larger than a football field with a public art piece called "From Edgewood to the Edge of the World." The project and the resulting art seeks to reflect its home communi...