Streets Dept's 2nd Saturday Street Art Tours are a new kind of guided walking tour that explore the art in Philadelphia's public spaces one neighborhood at a time. Each month we walk a different neighborhood in search of street art, murals – and more! Each tour hosted and led by StreetsDept.com's founder Conrad Benner.
For this, the fifth tour of our 2018 Season, we'll be checking out the street art and murals of Philadelphia's Fishtown neighborhood (and part of Northern Liberties too!) From the rotating murals on Honeygrow's Front Street Walls to the work of V.U.R.T. Creative, Glossblack, and Evan Lovett, over the last 5 years Fishtown has become one best neighborhoods for checking out murals in Philadelphia. And the new work from the Rubicon1-led project, #KtownLab, in Northern Liberties are some of my favorite new murals in the city, so we'll be ending our tour in that neighborhood!
I'm your host for this and every 2nd Saturday Street Art Tour. My name's Conrad Benner, and I'm a Fishtown-born and raised photographer, curator, and the founder of StreetsDept.com, an award winning photo-blog that's been discovering art on streets of Philadelphia since 2011. Over the years, I have been named Philly's ‘Best Art Curator’ by Philadelphia Magazine, and my blog named one of the ‘Best Blogs for Travellers’ by The Guardian. I have a passion for art in the public space and the role it plays in our hearts and minds; in fact, you can read my blog's full purpose statement here!
A few quick notes before you get your ticket(s): 1) This month’s tour will start at the NE corner of Front and Oxford streets. 2) Tours include roughly two hours of walking, which may not be suitable for all. Please feel free to email me at StreetsDept [at] gmail [dot] com, if you have any questions. 3) Tours are rain or shine, so be sure to dress accordingly. 4) Lastly, tours are ticketed and tickets/names will be checked at the start of each tour; you can bring a digital or printed copy of your ticket, or just check-in with the ticket purchaser's name!
See y'all soon! #StreetsDept2ndSat
Mural in the featured photo by Ryan Psota. The 2018 Season of Streets Dept's 2nd Saturday Street Art Tour will run monthly offering a new tour exploring the street art, murals – and more! – of a different Philly neighborhood on the 2nd Saturday of each month from April through November 2018. Purchase a ticket or join our newsletter for first-word email notifications when each month's neighborhood is announced and tickets become available.