What’s a mural?

• A mural is an art piece that is available to the public. Usually it is hung or painted on a wall outside.

• Murals can be educational, historical, political, religious, or decorative.

• Artists/community members can be involved during the planning of the theme, the sketching, or the painting.

Questions to ask while looking at the murals

• Who do you think made the mural?• Who is seeing it?• What are the main messages that come out

of the mural?• What images work? Painting styles?• What is the medium (paint, spraypaint,

glass)? Why do you think the artist(s) chose it?

• What work is the mural doing?

A Mural in California, USA

A Mural in Malaysia

A mural in Ghana

A Mural in Thailand (children pledged to take care of the environment by making a handprint on the mural)

A mural in New York

Luang Prabang glass mural

Thai buddhist mural

Tibetan Buddhist mural

A mural in California, USA

A mural in Chile

A Mine Risk Education mural in Afghanistan

Afghani calligraphy

artist

Afghanistan

Cambodia

A mural in California, USA

A mural in California, USA

Art from Yemen

Mural from New Mexico, USA