Philadelphia Street Art

Apparently, Philadelphia is overflowing with street art. I was recently reading a Philly blog that was talking about specific ongoing projects and one of those is called STIKMAN. I was very interested in finding a STIKMAN after reading about the project but didn't really think I would ever find one. To my great surprise, I found one our very own Manayunk. They range in size from quite small to large as a person and they are made from a variety different materials. You can read more about the STIKMAN project here. http://www.woostercollective.com/2005/09/25-week/

Check out the one I found.



Philadelphia also has another street art project going on right now. I noticed it while I was running the other day in Manayunk. I happened to see a little soldier that children play with that was painted pink and glued to fence along the path. I didn't think anything of it until I stumbled on a website where people had been posting pictures of pink men they found in Philadelphia. It looks like they’re part of something called the Phantom Soldier Meditation Project. Apparently there are 3,764+ of them scattered throughout the Philadelphia. And, I assume it’s not a coincidence that the number of American war dead was at that number just a few months ago, when the campaign started. It is really an incredible reminder of the cost of this war.

We have found around 8 Pink Soldiers so far and are keeping our eyes our for more. Here are the pictures I took of them.



Here is a picture of the sign explaining the art project.

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1377/1367548639_0c519f1538.jpg?v=0

If you are interested in learning more about street art around the country and world, check out this website. They have some really fascinating projects all over the world and very creative and artistic.

http://www.woostercollective.com/