![Moving toward the announcement of the top pick for the International Award for Public Art in November 2024, The IPA is highlighting projects from this round's shortlist. <br /><br />The International Award for Public Art acknowledges specific public art projects of the highest achievement with a focus on art-led urbanism, place-making, community building and social practice.<br /><br />Title of Work: Mombasa Murals<br /><br />Artist: Graffiti Girls<br /><br />Region: Eurasia<br /><br />Location: City Centre, Mombasa, Kenya<br /><br />Year: 2021<br /><br />Researcher: Peterson Waweru<br /><br />The Mombasa Mural, initiated and executed in June 2021, was directed by the Graffiti Girls Kenya, providing a platform for women to address social issues through graffiti murals and painting. Female participants within the Mombasa community actively contributed to this mural, emphasizing the agency, knowledge, and skills present within the host community. The leadership, passion, and skill demonstrated by the Graffiti Girls Kenya members were exemplary. The mural's subject, theme, and colors transformed it into a captivating source of knowledge, highlighting the continued influential role played by women in shaping and nurturing the community's positive identity.<br /><br />The Graffiti Girls Kenya group is dedicated to empowering women, allowing them to express themselves and address the issues affecting them and their communities through the medium of graffiti mural art. <br /><br />Mombasa's creative sector primarily caters to the tourism market, and until recently, limited platforms existed to facilitate programs and opportunities for art's role in critical discourse. <br /><br />Full information on this work, and other pieces of public art, including all nominees for the IAPA 2024 award at the Institute for Public Art website: https://bit.ly/IAPA24Noms [Link also in bio]<br /><br />#placemaking #publicspace #remakingplace #placeremaking #socialpractice #urbandevelopment<br />#spatialart <br /><br />@elisa.yon<br />@dasicfernadez<br />@juancarloslopez<br />@rrael<br />kerrydoyle2010<br />@wuero.de.rancho<br />@suzanne.lacy<br />@o_m_b_l_i_g_o<br />@nleworks](/img/aHR0cHM6Ly9zY29udGVudC5jZG5pbnN0YWdyYW0uY29tL3YvdDM5LjMwODA4LTYvNDQyNDE3NTA4XzI5NjA0NTkzMDIyODM3NF8zNjM3NjA3ODg4NDQ5MTUwMjRfbi5qcGc/c3RwPWRzdC1qcGdfZTM1X3MxMDgweDEwODBfc2gwLjA4Jl9uY19odD1zY29udGVudC5jZG5pbnN0YWdyYW0uY29tJl9uY19jYXQ9MTEwJl9uY19vaGM9ZjNsUzRydUIxazBRN2tOdmdHcDUyZ1gmZWRtPUFQczE3Q1VBQUFBQSZjY2I9Ny01Jm9oPTAwX0FZQVlRR2NYTlpKRFc5THJCXzNWM0ZSVTJmS1dqWVRRcjFrQ2c1V0V1X2thSncmb2U9NjY1OTc1MUEmX25jX3NpZD0xMGQxM2I=.jpg)
Moving toward the announcement of the top pick for the International Award for Public Art in November 2024, The IPA is highlighting projects from this round's shortlist.
The International Award for Public Art acknowledges specific public art projects of the highest achievement with a focus on art-led urbanism, place-making, community building and social practice.
Title of Work: Mombasa Murals
Artist: Graffiti Girls
Region: Eurasia
Location: City Centre, Mombasa, Kenya
Year: 2021
Researcher: Peterson Waweru
The Mombasa Mural, initiated and executed in June 2021, was directed by the Graffiti Girls Kenya, providing a platform for women to address social issues through graffiti murals and painting. Female participants within the Mombasa community actively contributed to this mural, emphasizing the agency, knowledge, and skills present within the host community. The leadership, passion, and skill demonstrated by the Graffiti Girls Kenya members were exemplary. The mural's subject, theme, and colors transformed it into a captivating source of knowledge, highlighting the continued influential role played by women in shaping and nurturing the community's positive identity.
The Graffiti Girls Kenya group is dedicated to empowering women, allowing them to express themselves and address the issues affecting them and their communities through the medium of graffiti mural art.
Mombasa's creative sector primarily caters to the tourism market, and until recently, limited platforms existed to facilitate programs and opportunities for art's role in critical discourse.
Full information on this work, and other pieces of public art, including all nominees for the IAPA 2024 award at the Institute for Public Art website: https://bit.ly/IAPA24Noms [Link also in bio]
#placemaking #publicspace #remakingplace #placeremaking #socialpractice #urbandevelopment
#spatialart
@elisa.yon
@dasicfernadez
@juancarloslopez
@rrael
kerrydoyle2010
@wuero.de.rancho
@suzanne.lacy
@o_m_b_l_i_g_o
@nleworks