{"id":3449,"date":"2020-09-25T14:02:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-25T14:02:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dbhids.org\/dev\/?post_type=news&#038;p=3449"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:03:29","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:03:29","slug":"mural-arts-programs-turns-200-columns-in-septa-concourse-into-socially-distant-canvases","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/dbhids.org\/dev\/news\/mural-arts-programs-turns-200-columns-in-septa-concourse-into-socially-distant-canvases\/","title":{"rendered":"Mural Arts programs turns 200 columns in SEPTA concourse into socially distant canvases"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Inquirer.com&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;September 25, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For years, SEPTA\u2019s South Broad Street Concourse was where Thomas Barrios, 47, slept. Now, it\u2019s his workplace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Involved in Mural Arts Philadelphia\u2019s \u201cColor Me Back\u201d project, a program paying participants to turn about 200 columns in the concourse into bold, colorful displays, Barrios said that he enjoys showing his family the photos of art he\u2019s helping to create in Center City\u2019s underbelly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latest project, announced Tuesday by Mural Arts Philadelphia and Philadelphia\u2019s Department of Behavioral Health and Intellectual disAbility Services, aims to give those \u201cexperiencing economic insecurity an opportunity to earn wages,\u201d according to Mural Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI feel extremely good knowing that I can beautify some place that I used to live at,\u201d said Barrios, who now lives in transitional housing in West Philadelphia. \u201cIt gives me motivation to come down here every morning, to come down here, feel like I\u2019m doing something positive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Click to read entire article at Inquirer.com:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/transportation\/septa-broad-street-concourse-mural-arts-color-me-back-20200922.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Mural Arts program turns 200 columns in SEPTA concourse into socially distant canvases<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Inquirer.com&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;September 25, 2020 For years, SEPTA\u2019s South Broad Street Concourse was where Thomas Barrios, 47, slept. 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