1. Introduction
Over the last four years, Mural Arts and Phoebe Bachman have worked together to produce the People’s Budget Office, a public art project about the city budget. These projects aimed to increase public awareness through popular education on the city’s budget process and offer a platform for residents to share what the city should fund. Artistic outcomes included Quilts handmade by residents across the city showing priorities for the budget, postcards to city council members, a People's Budget Festival, a series of People's Budget posters wheat-pasted across the city, a People’s Budget Office installation at LOVE Park, and a People’s Budget Roundtable Performance. The goals of these projects is to advocate, negotiate, collaborate, and dream of a city budget that is more just, equitable, and sustainable.
Read more about previous projects!