We’re buzzing from the success of MuralsDC’s 2019 season after completing six projects last fall in wards 1, 2, 4, 5 and 7 and snagging more than 20 media hits in news outlets across the country.
MuralsDC kicked off with a welcome breakfast for 2019 artists Kaliq Crosby, Federico Frum, Joe Pagac, Eric B. Ricks, Cita Sadeli and Aniekan Udofia at Busboys & Poets in Shaw. Since most of the program’s artists work individually on their projects, they rarely have an opportunity to connect. The breakfast gave those who were able to attend a chance to meet new muralists and/or reconnect with those they already knew.
Pagac’s mural, “The Wailin’ Mailman” at the intersection of 14th & U was the first mural project to be complete and served as the anchor for its kick-off event. Standing more than 70 feet tall, the mural depicts DC area jazz great Roger Wendell “Buck” Hill and is the tallest portrait mural in the nation’s capital. The historic 14th & U Street corridor, known as “Black Broadway” in the 1940s and ‘50s, was a major venue for many jazz greats of the day, including Duke Ellington and Hill, who passed away in 2017.
MuralsDC unveiled the historic mural during a August 28th press event, which was covered by every local television station. Pagac, the only 2019 MuralsDC artist not from the Washington, DC area, also had his work featured on the front page of the Arizona Daily Star, the largest newspaper serving his hometown of Tucson, AZ.
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