Painting Our Common Threads by muralarts published on 2020-08-20T20:15:31Z In today's episode, Mural Art's Chief Operating Officer, Magda Martinez, hosts artists Meg Saligman and Cesar Viveros Herrera to tell the story of what is arguably Philadelphia's most popular mural, "Common Threads". From its unexpected origin to its uncertain future, we get a behind the scenes look at the making of Philly public art history! Comment by pegwreen Extremely interesting conversation. Learned a great deal about the origins of this mural (which has fascinated ever since I saw it), about the artist's, Meg Saligman's, process, and how many disparate factors (serendipity, imaginative thinking, geography, real estate, sheer will power, hard labor, empathetic organizations, and youthful exuberance) created a masterpiece. and a certain amount of come together to create 2020-11-16T19:42:28Z