Graham Coreil-Allen, Public Artist

Damascus Placemaking Festival

Damascus Placemaking Festival
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/damascus

Spray chalk, lumber, paint, hay bales, concrete, industrial drums, concrete, u-channel posts, printed vinyl banners, pennant banners, street games
700’ x 120’, ~71,000 square feet
October 19 - 20, 2024

9840 Main St, Damascus, MD 20872

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural. Throughout the weekend event over 1,000 residents and visitors interacted with an array of local vendors, restaurants, and performers along the pedestrianized Main Street while sharing comments on and ideas for the future of Damascus.

Project partners: Montgomery County Planning Department, Design Collective

Graham Projects production team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Melvin Jadulang, Liam Arbeiter, Zoe Roane-Hopkins, Mar Braxton, Maurice McCrimmon, Claire Pomykala

Design Collective production team: PJ Benenati, Dayanara Padilla, Tiara Rachman

Damascus Placemaking Festival, aerial view central Heart of Damascus sculpture and Amphitheater

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural.
Damascus Placemaking Festival, community build day, people constructing benches

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural.
Damascus Placemaking Festival, community build day, local youth painting mural board

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural.
Damascus Placemaking Festival, aerial view of pedestrianized Main Street

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural.
Damascus Placemaking Festival, aerial view of wayfinding pavement art, Heat of Damascus and Amphitheater

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural.
Damascus Placemaking Festival, gateway entrance installation, birds-eye view

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural.
Damascus Placemaking Festival, Heat of Damascus sculpture with benches and pavement art lines, birds-eye view

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural.
Damascus Placemaking Festival, Amphitheater of hay bales, pavement art and mural board, birds-eye view

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural.
Damascus Placemaking Festival, Amphitheater participatory dance performance with residents dancing

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural.
Damascus Placemaking Festival, birds-eye view facing west of recreation area

For the Damascus Placemaking Festival Graham Projects collaborated with the Montgomery County Planning Department and Design Collective on engaging residents of the rural town of Damascus to envision and experience firsthand ways of transforming their four-lane wide, car-centric Main Street to be more walkable, inclusive and uniquely identifiable as The Heart of Damascus. Graham Projects designed and with the help of 71 volunteers built numerous placemaking features; including a 550’ long interactive wayfinding pavement mural, a 150’ long protected bike lane, two freestanding pennant banner canopies, four 10’ tall gateway signs, ten outdoor benches, three 8’ tall schedule chalk boards, an 82’ diameter hay-bale amphitheater, a 16’ tall centerpiece heart sculpture, and a 32’ long participatory civic mural.

Annapolis Eastport

As part of the Eastport Choice Neighborhood Initiative Graham Project collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis (HACA) to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautify at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.

Graham Projects worked with Toole Design Group to develop traffic calming engineering plans in coordination with the Annapolis Departments of Planning & Zoning and Public Works. The project enhances pedestrian safety at President and Madison Streets by creating pavement-art-filled curb extensions, or “bump outs”, at President and Madison Street that visually narrow the street and highlight where pedestrians have the right of way.

Local residents provided public art ideas and placemaking priorities through in person drawing activities and an online survey. Taking inspiration from the public input, Graham Projects developed design proposals that were publicly shared by the City of Annapolis and voted on by the community.

Designed in collaboration with artist JaVon Townsend, the Compass Crossing pavement art mural features an immersive central compass framed by colorful traffic calming bump outs at President and Madison Streets. An abstract orange sun and wavy bands of blue and aqua evoke the shore, earth, and sky of Eastport, an historic waterfront community. Inspired by the radiant geometries of residents’ drawings, Compass Crossing inscribes this gateway intersection as a centerpoint of the neighborhood. The compass’ eight points aim at purple letters spelling out “EASTPORT”, with the “E” aligned due east.

Legacy community members and local youth helped to finish the traffic calming artwork at Presidents and Madison Streets during a community paint day held on Saturday, June 29, 2024.

Graham Projects enhanced the two bus stops at President and Madison Streets with the Eastport Wave bus benches and compass themed transit signs. The bus stop benches feature a colorful backrest sculpted to abstractly represent Eastport. A recording of the neighborhood name “Eastport” was transformed into a “waveform”, or a graphical representation of the audio signal. The shape of the bench back is based on this unique shape. Baltimore-based fabrication studio LANNINGSMITH fabricated and installed the benches.

A block away the Eastport ShineWave sidewalk art at President and Monroe Street elevates the experience of transit riders and creates a vibrant entryway to the adjacent Eastport community center. A large sun is centered on a recently installed bus shelter with bright orange and yellow rays extending in all directions across a series of groovy blue, teal, and turquoise waves.

Project partners: City of Annapolis, Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis, Toole Design Group, LANNINGSMITH

Production team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Melvin Jadulang, Barbara Mosier, Murat Jenid, JaVon Townsend, Eric Leshinsky, Mar Braxton, Zoe Roane-Hopkins, Liam Arbeiter, Maurice McCrimmon, Rosy Sunshine Galván, Kirsten Pamfilis, Kasey Ott, Catherine Mapp

Annapolis Eastport
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/annapolis-eastport
StreetBond 120 pavement coating, MMA, thermoplastic striping, pressure treated lumber, bench hardware, exterior paint, signs
President & Madison Streets: 131’ x 134’, ~2,600 square feet
President & Monroe Streets: 88’ x 30’, ~1,200 square feet
June 29, 2024
President St & Madison St, Annapolis, MD 21403
1014 President St, Annapolis, MD 21403

Project partners: City of Annapolis, Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis, Toole Design Group, LANNINGSMITH

Annapolis Eastport, Compass Crossing, aerial view

For Annapolis Eastport Graham Projects collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautification at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.
Annapolis Eastport, Compass Crossing, community paint day paint station

For Annapolis Eastport Graham Projects collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautification at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.
Annapolis Eastport, Compass Crossing, community paint day youth painting

For Annapolis Eastport Graham Projects collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautification at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.
Annapolis Eastport, Compass Crossing, community paint day planner & resident painting

For Annapolis Eastport Graham Projects collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautification at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.
Annapolis Eastport, Compass Crossing, birds-eye view of sun corner

For Annapolis Eastport Graham Projects collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautification at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.
Annapolis Eastport, Compass Crossing, birds-eye view

For Annapolis Eastport Graham Projects collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautification at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.
Annapolis Eastport, Eastport Wave bench, perspective view

For Annapolis Eastport Graham Projects collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautification at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.
Annapolis Eastport, Eastport Wave Bench with resident sitting

For Annapolis Eastport Graham Projects collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautification at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.
Annapolis Eastport, Eastport ShineWave bus stop sidewalk mural, birds-eye view

For Annapolis Eastport Graham Projects collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautification at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.
Annapolis Eastport, Eastport ShineWave bus stop sidewalk mural, perspective view

For Annapolis Eastport Graham Projects collaborated with the City of Annapolis and the Housing Authority of the City of Annapolis to improve pedestrian safety, transit access, and beautification at the intersections of President and Madison Streets and President and Monroe Street in the historic Eastport neighborhood using traffic calming pavement art, creative bus benches and thematic transit art and signs.

2024 Placemaking Projects

Rays of Peace
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/rays-of-peace

StreetBond 120 pavement coating, airless striping, flex-posts
214’ x 116’, ~4,200 square feet
August 13, 2024
Nicholson St & 31st Ave, Hyattsville, MD 20782
Nicholson St & 30th Ave, Hyattsville, MD 20782

The Rays of Peace pavement traffic calming pavement art project is a testament to the peaceful connections shared among members of the greater Hyattsville community and a celebration of the positive energy radiating from Heurich Park. Inspired by residents’ drawings created during the Hyattsville's 138th Anniversary Celebration, Rays of Peace features a large peace sign anchoring the mural and concentric bands of teal, pink, red, and purple reverberating into the community.

Project partners: City of Hyattsville, NZI Construction Corp

Patterson Plumage
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/patterson-plumage

StreetBond 150 pavement coating, thermoplastic striping, flex-posts
135’ x 100’, ~1,900 square feet
June 20, 2024
E Baltimore St & S Linwood Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224

Designed in collaboration with Sol Raya Public Space and inspired by community input, Patterson Plumage is a vibrant, bird themed work of traffic calming pavement art that increases pedestrian visibility and access to Baltimore’s Patterson Park.

Project partners: Patterson Park Neighborhood Association, Southeast CDC, Sol Raya Public Space

Glen Flows
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/glen-flows

StreetBond 150 pavement coating
6-10’x240’’, ~1,650 square feet
April 24, 2024
6310 Reisterstown Rd, Baltimore, MD 21215 at Kenshaw Avenue

The Glen Flows pavement art project finds inspiration in the adjacent neighborhood’s name itself. Colored bands create a sense of steep terrain, islands, and moving water. The vivid design enhances safety by drawing the attention of drivers to pedestrians’ right-of-way in the crosswalk while leading walkers to the adjacent Reisterstown Road Branch Library.

Project partners: Glen Neighborhood Improvement Association, CHAI: Comprehensive Housing Assistance, Inc., Enoch Pratt Free Library, Baltimore City DOT

Glen Flows, birds-eye view of sidewalk pavement art

The Glen Flows pavement art project finds inspiration in the adjacent neighborhood’s name itself. Colored bands create a sense of steep terrain, islands, and moving water. The vivid design enhances safety by drawing the attention of drivers to pedestrians’ right-of-way in the crosswalk while leading walkers to the adjacent Reisterstown Road Branch Library.
Glen Flows, birds-eye view of crosswalk art

The Glen Flows pavement art project finds inspiration in the adjacent neighborhood’s name itself. Colored bands create a sense of steep terrain, islands, and moving water. The vivid design enhances safety by drawing the attention of drivers to pedestrians’ right-of-way in the crosswalk while leading walkers to the adjacent Reisterstown Road Branch Library.
Glen Flows, birds-eye view of sidewalk pavement art

The Glen Flows pavement art project finds inspiration in the adjacent neighborhood’s name itself. Colored bands create a sense of steep terrain, islands, and moving water. The vivid design enhances safety by drawing the attention of drivers to pedestrians’ right-of-way in the crosswalk while leading walkers to the adjacent Reisterstown Road Branch Library.
Patterson Plumage, aerial view of traffic calming pavement art

Designed in collaboration with Sol Raya Public Space and inspired by community input, Patterson Plumage is a vibrant, bird themed work of traffic calming pavement art that increases pedestrian visibility and access to Baltimore’s Patterson Park.
Patterson Plumage, birds-eye view of traffic calming pavement art

Designed in collaboration with Sol Raya Public Space and inspired by community input, Patterson Plumage is a vibrant, bird themed work of traffic calming pavement art that increases pedestrian visibility and access to Baltimore’s Patterson Park.
Patterson Plumage, perspective view of traffic calming pavement art

Designed in collaboration with Sol Raya Public Space and inspired by community input, Patterson Plumage is a vibrant, bird themed work of traffic calming pavement art that increases pedestrian visibility and access to Baltimore’s Patterson Park.
Rays of Peace, birds eye view of traffic calming pavement art peace sign and crosswalk

The Rays of Peace pavement traffic calming pavement art project is a testament to the peaceful connections shared among members of the greater Hyattsville community and a celebration of the positive energy radiating from Heurich Park. Inspired by residents’ drawings created during the Hyattsville's 138th Anniversary Celebration, Rays of Peace features a large peace sign anchoring the mural and concentric bands of teal, pink, red, and purple reverberating into the community.
Rays of Peace, perspective view of pavement art peace sign

The Rays of Peace pavement traffic calming pavement art project is a testament to the peaceful connections shared among members of the greater Hyattsville community and a celebration of the positive energy radiating from Heurich Park. Inspired by residents’ drawings created during the Hyattsville's 138th Anniversary Celebration, Rays of Peace features a large peace sign anchoring the mural and concentric bands of teal, pink, red, and purple reverberating into the community.
Rays of Peace, perspective view of intersection traffic calming pavement art

The Rays of Peace pavement traffic calming pavement art project is a testament to the peaceful connections shared among members of the greater Hyattsville community and a celebration of the positive energy radiating from Heurich Park. Inspired by residents’ drawings created during the Hyattsville's 138th Anniversary Celebration, Rays of Peace features a large peace sign anchoring the mural and concentric bands of teal, pink, red, and purple reverberating into the community.

2023 Placemaking Projects

Motor House Sun Pool
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/sunpool
Project partners: Central Baltimore Partnership, Motor House, The Empanada Lady
120 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201
Production team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Mar Braxton, Kylee McDaniel, Mike Smith
March 2023

Sun Pool beautifies and activates the sidewalk in front of Motor House art center on Baltimore’s North Avenue via sidewalk art and outdoor seating. Concentric bands of tropical sunset colors serve as a placemat welcoming people to enjoy food from the Showroom bar and restaurant.

Maxwell BiblioFlow
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/biblioflow
Project partners: Downtown Frederick Partnership, City of Frederick (MD), Frederick County Public Libraries
Maxwell Avenue & Carroll Creek Way, Frederick, MD 21701
March 31, 2023

The Maxwell BiblioFlow art crosswalk enhances pedestrian safety while connecting residents and visitors with and celebrating Downtown Frederick’s public library. Inspired by the adjacent library, the work evokes playful eyes reading colorful book pages.

Oliver Allover Eyes
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/allover-eyes
Project partners: Oliver Action Team, Oliver Community Association, ReBUILD Metro, Baltimore City DOT
N Bond St & E Biddle St, Baltimore, MD 21213
Production team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Mar Braxton, JaVon Townsend, Ky Rashaan, Nicole Buchholz, Melvin Jadulang, Isabelle Conover, Zoe Roane-Hopkins
April 2023

Inspired by a young resident’s drawing of an eye crying a rainbow, the Allover Eyes traffic calming art mural embeds a youthful eye emitting bands of joyful colors in all directions at a historically dangerous intersection the community has long worked to improve.

The Psychedelic Beaver Lodge
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/sweet27
Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, Sweet 27 restaurant
W 27th Street & N Howard Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
Production Team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Melvin Jadulang, JaVon Townsend, Maurice McCrimmon, Lexie Mountain
July 20, 2023

Designed in collaboration with local artist Alicia Puglionesi, The Psychedelic Beaver Lodge Sweet 27 parklet pavement mural is inspired by the interwoven branches of beaver lodges that could once be found in the nearby Jones Falls. The artwork highlights the pedestrian path protected by the traffic calming bump out at the corner of 27th and Howard Streets in Remington, Baltimore.

Hyattsville Quilted Crossing
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/quilted-crossing
Project partners: City of Hyattsville, Toole Design
40th Ave & Jefferson St, Hyattsville, MD 20781
Production Team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Melvin Jadulang, Mar Braxton, Kirsten Pamfilis, Q Batts, Kylee McDaniel, Zoe Roane-Hopkins
July 22, 2023

Hyattsville’s Quilted Crossing traffic calming art installation takes inspiration from the classic “log cabin” quilt pattern, as suggested by a nextdoor neighbor and voted on by the community. This design features bold rectangular blocks that weave around the center of the intersection filled with a vibrant spectrum of colors that symbolically represent Hyattsville’s celebrated diversity.

FES Rooted in Our Values
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/fes-rooted
Project partners: Frederick Elementary School, Baltimore Curriculum Project, Baltimore City Public School System
Frederick Elementary School, 2501 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, MD 21223
Production Team: Graham Coreil-Allen, JaVon Townsend, Melvin Jadulang, Mar Braxton, Maurice McCrimmon, Lydia Milano, Principal Tetra Jackson, and FES teachers and students
August 26, 2023

Frederick Elementary School, 2501 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, MD 21223
Designed in collaboration with artist JaVon Townsend, the Rooted in Our Values pavement art project for Frederick Elementary School plant-roots-inspired pathways adorned with Adinkra symbols representing the values of wisdom, leadership, community, and creativity.

Highlandtown Park Shine
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/park-shine
Project partners: Highlandtown Community Association, Baltimore City DOT, Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, Maryland State Arts Council
S Ellwood Ave & Eastern Ave, Baltimore, MD 21224
Production Team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Melvin Jadulang, Mar Braxton, Kylee McDaniel, Zoe Roane-Hopkins, JaVon Townsend, Maurice McCrimmon, Nicole Buchholz, Lidia Milano, Katherine Klosek (HCA), Brian Sweeney (HCA), and Highlandtown residents
September 2, 2023

Through traffic calming bump outs and a vivid spectrum of abstract sun rays, the Park Shine pavement art crosswalks improve pedestrian safety, represent the diversity of Highlandtown residents, and capture the warm energy radiating from Patterson Park into the surrounding blocks.

North Ave Bolt
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/north-ave-bolt
Project partners: Central Baltimore Partnership
4-30 W North Ave, Baltimore, MD 21201
Production Team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Melvin Jadulang, Mar Braxton, and Nicole Buchholz
September 18-24, 2023

The North Ave Bolt temporary wayfinding art project energized the sidewalk in front of the North Avenue Market building with a 650’ overlapping set of spray chalked lightning-bolt-like orange, pink, and yellow lines, plus four large “NORTH AVENUE”. The project was commissioned by the Central Baltimore Partnership to help lead visitors to various pop-up shops and galleries along the block during Baltimore's annual Artscape festival.

Hyattsville Bean There Sun That
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/bean-there-sun-that
Project partners: City of Hyattsville, Toole Design
Church Pl & Gallatin St, Hyattsville, MD 20781
Production team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Zoe Roane-Hopkins, Melvin Jadulang, Mar Braxton, Lydia Milano, Kylee McDaniel
September 30, 2023

The Bean There Sun That traffic calming street mural celebrates the dynamic activity and positive energy of Hyattsville with a bold, triangular pattern of bright colors along Church Place, and a matching vista of clouds and sun rays along Gallatin Street. Zoe Roane-Hopkins and Graham Coreil-Allen designed the pavement art based on drawings shared by residents during the 2023 Hyattsville City Anniversary Celebration and online

We Love Towanda: Game Day Traffic Calming & Wayfinding
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/we-love-towanda
Project partners: Towanda Neighborhood Association, Grind Hard Football League, Baltimore City DOT
4100 Towanda Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215
Production Team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Melvin Jadulang, Mar Braxton, Lydia Milano, Zoe Roane-Hopkins, Lidia Milano, Joi Dabney (TNA Secretary), and Towanda residents
October 6, 2023

The We Love Towanda public project art features traffic calming and wayfinding along the football field at the Towanda Recreation Center in West Baltimore. The pick up / drop off zone, prideful street mural, upcycled planters, and parking wayfinding signs beautifies the neighborhood, celebrates the values of the community and football league, and improves parking management and pedestrian access for residents.

Motor House Sun Pool

Sun Pool beautifies and activates the sidewalk in front of Motor House art center on Baltimore’s North Avenue via sidewalk art and outdoor seating. Concentric bands of tropical sunset colors serve as a placemat welcoming people to enjoy food from the Showroom bar and restaurant.
Maxwell BiblioFlow

The Maxwell BiblioFlow art crosswalk enhances pedestrian safety while connecting residents and visitors with and celebrating Downtown Frederick’s public library. Inspired by the adjacent library, the work evokes playful eyes reading colorful book pages.
Oliver Allover Eyes

Inspired by a young resident’s drawing of an eye crying a rainbow, the Allover Eyes traffic calming art mural embeds a youthful eye emitting bands of joyful colors in all directions at a historically dangerous intersection the community has long worked to improve.
The Psychedelic Beaver Lodge

Designed in collaboration with local artist Alicia Puglionesi, The Psychedelic Beaver Lodge Sweet 27 parklet pavement mural is inspired by the interwoven branches of beaver lodges that could once be found in the nearby Jones Falls. The artwork highlights the pedestrian path protected by the traffic calming bump out at the corner of 27th and Howard Streets in Remington, Baltimore.
Hyattsville Quilted Crossing

Hyattsville’s Quilted Crossing traffic calming art installation takes inspiration from the classic “log cabin” quilt pattern, as suggested by a nextdoor neighbor and voted on by the community. This design features bold rectangular blocks that weave around the center of the intersection filled with a vibrant spectrum of colors that symbolically represent Hyattsville’s celebrated diversity.
FES Rooted in Our Values

Frederick Elementary School, 2501 Frederick Ave, Baltimore, MD 21223
Designed in collaboration with artist JaVon Townsend, the Rooted in Our Values pavement art project for Frederick Elementary School plant-roots-inspired pathways adorned with Adinkra symbols representing the values of wisdom, leadership, community, and creativity.
Highlandtown Park Shine

Through traffic calming bump outs and a vivid spectrum of abstract sun rays, the Park Shine pavement art crosswalks improve pedestrian safety, represent the diversity of Highlandtown residents, and capture the warm energy radiating from Patterson Park into the surrounding blocks.
North Ave Bolt

The North Ave Bolt temporary wayfinding art project energized the sidewalk in front of the North Avenue Market building with a 650’ overlapping set of spray chalked lightning-bolt-like orange, pink, and yellow lines, plus four large “NORTH AVENUE”. The project was commissioned by the Central Baltimore Partnership to help lead visitors to various pop-up shops and galleries along the block during Baltimore's annual Artscape festival.
Hyattsville Bean There Sun That

The Bean There Sun That traffic calming street mural celebrates the dynamic activity and positive energy of Hyattsville with a bold, triangular pattern of bright colors along Church Place, and a matching vista of clouds and sun rays along Gallatin Street. Zoe Roane-Hopkins and Graham Coreil-Allen designed the pavement art based on drawings shared by residents during the 2023 Hyattsville City Anniversary Celebration and online.
We Love Towanda: Game Day Traffic Calming & Wayfinding

The We Love Towanda public project art features traffic calming and wayfinding along the football field at the Towanda Recreation Center in West Baltimore. The pick up / drop off zone, prideful street mural, upcycled planters, and parking wayfinding signs beautifies the neighborhood, celebrates the values of the community and football league, and improves parking management and pedestrian access for residents.

Remingtopo

Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. After seven years of advocacy the Greater Remington Improvement Association (GRIA) succeeded in convincing the Baltimore City Department of Transportation to install traffic calming bump outs and high visibility crosswalks at the formerly unregulated five way intersection at 27th Street and Remington Avenue. In recent years the block has been a site of reinvestment, including a large mixed use building with apartments and shops and small businesses like the B. Willow plant shop. With the increased residents and foot traffic, GRIA sought more community space, safer pedestrian crossings, and an investment in public art. The artwork design is based on community input and takes inspiration from the adjacent plant shop and the historical natural landscape.

The Remingtopo design takes inspiration from the historical landscape and vintage topographical maps of Baltimore. Before the blocks of Remington were constructed the landscape featured tributaries to the Jones Falls, including Sumwalt Run which now flows underground through nearby storm drains. This hidden watercourse is the inspiration for local artist Bruce Willen’s Ghost Rivers project. The Remingtopo design builds on Willen’s narrative of uncovering the lost landscape while highlighting the anticipated flow of pedestrian movement through the space. Curvilinear “rivers” lead walkers and wheelchair riders from curb through bump out to crosswalk; tracing possible “desire lines” through the pedestrianized public space. The pavement art abstractly creates a large “R”, similar to the adjacent large steel “R” sculpture by Dominic Terlizzi. Reverberating from these pedestrian creeks rise topographical lines evoking a hillier terrain of the past.

Production team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Melvin Jadulang, Q Batts, Mar Braxton, Maurice McCrimmon, and Kirsten Pamfilis.

Remingtopo
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/remingtopo
StreetBond 150 pavement coating
150’ x 140’, ~2,900 square feet
August 2022
27th Street and Remington Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211
Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, B. Willow

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Remingtopo https://grahamprojects.com/projects/remingtopo StreetBond 150 pavement coating 150’ x 140’, ~2,900 square feet August 2022 27th Street and Remington Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211 Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, B. Willow
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Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, B. Willow
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Remingtopo https://grahamprojects.com/projects/remingtopo StreetBond 150 pavement coating 150’ x 140’, ~2,900 square feet August 2022 27th Street and Remington Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211 Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, B. Willow
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Remingtopo https://grahamprojects.com/projects/remingtopo StreetBond 150 pavement coating 150’ x 140’, ~2,900 square feet August 2022 27th Street and Remington Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211 Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, B. Willow
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Remingtopo https://grahamprojects.com/projects/remingtopo StreetBond 150 pavement coating 150’ x 140’, ~2,900 square feet August 2022 27th Street and Remington Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211 Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, B. Willow
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Remingtopo https://grahamprojects.com/projects/remingtopo StreetBond 150 pavement coating 150’ x 140’, ~2,900 square feet August 2022 27th Street and Remington Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211 Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, B. Willow
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Remingtopo https://grahamprojects.com/projects/remingtopo StreetBond 150 pavement coating 150’ x 140’, ~2,900 square feet August 2022 27th Street and Remington Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211 Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, B. Willow
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Remingtopo https://grahamprojects.com/projects/remingtopo StreetBond 150 pavement coating 150’ x 140’, ~2,900 square feet August 2022 27th Street and Remington Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211 Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, B. Willow
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Remingtopo https://grahamprojects.com/projects/remingtopo StreetBond 150 pavement coating 150’ x 140’, ~2,900 square feet August 2022 27th Street and Remington Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21211 Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland. Project partners: Greater Remington Improvement Association, B. Willow

Design for Distancing Curbside Commons

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.

Design for Distancing Curbside Commons
StreetBond 150 pavement coating, thermoplastic crosswalks and bump outs, flex-posts, water-filled barriers, shade sails, outdoor seating, umbrellas, custom benches, bike racks
15,400sf, dimensions vary
June - November 2020
4300, 4700, & 4800 blocks of Harford Rd, Baltimore, MD 21214
Project partners: Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street, Baltimore Development Corporation, Neighborhood Design Center, Baltimore City DOT, Equus Striping

Design for Distancing Curbside Commons birdseye view of midblock crosswalk

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons aerial view midblock crosswalk

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons merchant in pedestrian space

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons First Fridays merchant community event

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons Annie Howe stencils detail

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons physical distancing bench

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons outdoor seating

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons 4800 Harford Rd outdoor event space

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons birdseye view 4800 Harford Rd

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.
Design for Distancing Curbside Commons perspective view with ADA curb ramp

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Curbside Commons Design for Distancing project converted a parking lane into public space for safe, physically distanced community gathering, shopping, services, and culinary encounters along Hamilton-Lauraville’s main street, Harford Road. Led by Graham Projects, the design-build team included Property Consulting, Inc., LANNINGSMITH, and Annie Howe Paper Cuts. The team collaborated with the Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street and adjacent small businesses to create public spaces that meet their needs to stay open while maintaining COVID-19 precautions, including outdoor seating, distancing markers, event space, pedestrian and wheelchair accessibility, public art, signage, bicycle parking, and artful wayfinding.

Art Crosswalks for Pedestrian Safety

Public artist Graham Coreil-Allen collaborates with neighbors to improve public space through placemaking projects for pedestrian safety and play. Designed with communtiy input and created with volunteer assistance, these iconic, bright crosswalk artworks enhance safety by creating more protected pedestrian space and drawing the attention of passing motorists to the pedestrians’ safety needs and right-of-way.

Seasonal Turn

https://grahamprojects.com/projects/seasonal-turn
Project partners: Reservoir Hill Improvement Council, Maryland Institute College of Art, Maryland Department of Transportation
Whitelock Street & Brookfield Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217
Installation team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Q Batts, Vilde Ulset, Stephanie Baker, Iandry Randriamandroso, Ellie Burg, community volunteers
April 2021

Seasonal Turn is a traffic calming intervention and street art installation enhancing pedestrian safety and representing the seasonal changes and diversity of Baltimore’s Reservoir Hill neighborhood. The artwork created three missing crosswalks within four curb extensions, or “bump outs” that slow down cars to improve pedestrian safety. Inspired by community input and selected through a public design process, its array of colors and angled lines conjure branches and roots, evoking the plant life of the adjacent Whitelock Farm and the ever growing strength of community life in Reservoir Hill.

Lake 2 Lake: Rayobello

https://grahamprojects.com/projects/lake2lake-rayobello
Project partners: National Association of City Transportation Officials, Baltimore City Department of Transportation, Bikemore, Black People Ride Bikes, Baltimore City Mayor & Council
33rd Street & Hillen Street, Baltimore, MD 21218
November 2021

The Lake 2 Lake: Rayobello traffic calming pavement art features bright streaks of yellow, orange, purple, and teals that enhance pedestrian safety within the bump outs, crosswalks, and sidewalks located at the entrance to Lake Montebello at 33rd Street and Hillen Road. Local residents inspired the design by sharing their cherished experiences witnessing colorful sunrises and sunsets as seen from the lake.

Unity Tracks
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/unity-tracks
Project partners: Baltimore Development Corporation, York Road Partnership, Loyola University, Baltimore City DOT
York Rd & Beaumont Ave, Baltimore, MD 21212
Installation team: Graham Coreil-Allen, Q Batts, Stephanie Baker, Mar Braxton, Equus Striping, community volunteers

May 2021

The “Unity Tracks” art crosswalks and traffic calming bump outs improve safety for street crossing pedestrians while beautifying the corridor, celebrating local culture, and strengthening community connection to the adjacent Govans Farmers Market.

Reverberations Crosswalks
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/reverberations-crosswalk-calvert/
Friends of Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle School
26th St. & St Paul St. + 26th St. & Calvert St., Baltimore, MD
June - September 2019

The Reverberations Crosswalks are pavement murals that enhance pedestrian safety for children and residents walking to and from Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle School while celebrating the school’s art education focus. Located in central Baltimore along 26th Street and St. Paul Street, and 26th Street and Calvert Street, the artistic crosswalk features large scale icons in white representing the arts, love, and beauty, surrounded by reverberating outlines on top of a base layer of angled shapes in eye-catching colors, including turquoise, orange, lime green, and salmon red. The symbols and colors that make up the design are inspired by drawings created by students during a workshop held the school in June 2018 and installed with the help of local volunteers. The icons include a crayon, music note, book, paint brush, microphone, heart, and flower.

Hopscotch Crosswalk Colossus
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/hopscotch-crosswalk-colossus/
Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
Eutaw and Lombard Streets, Baltimore, MD
December 2013

The Monumental City is played by giants among many – the business person, the bird, the worker and you. Hopscotch Crosswalk Colossus is an intersection of four oversized hopscotch-court-crosswalks, each featuring a quintessential Baltimore path-print. Featuring the shoe, the bird track, the boot and the footprint, the project is a monument to the people who populate the Bromo Tower Arts & Entertainment District and make Baltimore The Greatest City in America.

Whitelock Seasonal Turn

Seasonal Turn is a traffic calming intervention and street art installation enhancing pedestrian safety and representing the seasonal changes and diversity of Baltimore’s Reservoir Hill neighborhood. The artwork created three missing crosswalks within four curb extensions, or “bump outs” that slow down cars to improve pedestrian safety. Inspired by community input and selected through a public design process, its array of colors and angled lines conjure branches and roots, evoking the plant life of the adjacent Whitelock Farm and the ever growing strength of community life in Reservoir Hill.
Whitelock Seasonal Turn

Seasonal Turn is a traffic calming intervention and street art installation enhancing pedestrian safety and representing the seasonal changes and diversity of Baltimore’s Reservoir Hill neighborhood. The artwork created three missing crosswalks within four curb extensions, or “bump outs” that slow down cars to improve pedestrian safety. Inspired by community input and selected through a public design process, its array of colors and angled lines conjure branches and roots, evoking the plant life of the adjacent Whitelock Farm and the ever growing strength of community life in Reservoir Hill.
Lake2Lake Rayobello

The Lake 2 Lake: Rayobello traffic calming pavement art features bright streaks of yellow, orange, purple, and teals that enhance pedestrian safety within the bump outs, crosswalks, and sidewalks located at the entrance to Lake Montebello at 33rd Street and Hillen Road. Local residents inspired the design by sharing their cherished experiences witnessing colorful sunrises and sunsets as seen from the lake.
Lake2Lake Rayobello

The Lake 2 Lake: Rayobello traffic calming pavement art features bright streaks of yellow, orange, purple, and teals that enhance pedestrian safety within the bump outs, crosswalks, and sidewalks located at the entrance to Lake Montebello at 33rd Street and Hillen Road. Local residents inspired the design by sharing their cherished experiences witnessing colorful sunrises and sunsets as seen from the lake.
York Rd Unity Tracks

The “Unity Tracks” art crosswalks and traffic calming bump outs improve safety for street crossing pedestrians while beautifying the corridor, celebrating local culture, and strengthening community connection to the adjacent Govans Farmers Market.
York Rd Unity Tracks

The “Unity Tracks” art crosswalks and traffic calming bump outs improve safety for street crossing pedestrians while beautifying the corridor, celebrating local culture, and strengthening community connection to the adjacent Govans Farmers Market.
Remingtopo

Remingtopo is a topographically-inspired traffic calming pavement art project enhancing pedestrian safety and creating outdoor space for community gatherings and small business events in the Remington Neighborhood of Baltimore, Maryland.
Reverberations Crosswalk 26th Calvert - students crossing

The Reverberations Crosswalks are an intersection mural that enhances pedestrian safety for children and residents walking to and from Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle School while celebrating the school’s art education focus. September 2019, Federally-specified traffic paint, crosswalk, concrete bumpouts, 26th St. & Calvert St., Baltimore, MD, Friends of Margaret Brent, Live Baltimore, Margaret Brent Elementary/Middle School, the Harwood Community Association, the Charles Village Civic Association, and Baltimore City Department of Transportation.
Hopscotch Crosswalks Colossus

The Monumental City is played by giants among many – the business person, the bird, the worker and you. Hopscotch Crosswalk Colossus is an intersection of four oversized hopscotch-court-crosswalks, each featuring a quintessential Baltimore path-print. Featuring the shoe, the bird track, the boot and the footprint, the project is a monument to the people who populate the Bromo Tower Arts & Entertainment District and make Baltimore The Greatest City in America.
Hopscotch Crosswalk Colossus - business man jumping shoe prints

Participatory Mapping

Manifesting Civic Dreams: Baltimore
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/manifesting-civic-dreams-baltimore
Printed vinyl banner, laser cut cardboard, spray paint, markers, Play Doh
12’ x 15’’ x 1’
February 8, 2024
Project partner: Johns Hopkins University SNF Agora Institute

Reginald F. Lewis Museum, 830 E Pratt St, Baltimore, MD 21202
For the Johns Hopkins University SNF Agora Institute’s annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival, artists Graham Coreil-Allen and Rosy Sunshine Galván created Manifesting Civic Dreams: Baltimore, a large, interactive floor map for participants to reflect on their personal and collective challenges, neighborhood treasures, and visionary possibilities of Baltimore City. The installation featured a colorful, 12’ x 15’ printed floor map to which residents added their own stories, neighborhood assets, challenges, and ideas by writing and drawing on custom laser cut pop-up cardboard signs and then placing them on the map.

Crafting the Corridor
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/crafting-the-corridor/

October 6, 2018
El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX
Color vinyl banner, laser cut pop-up signs, play doh, tape, markers
10’x20’
Project partners: Planning & Inspections Department of the City of El Paso, Offices of El Paso City Council Representatives Peter Svarzbein and Cissy Lizarraga

Through the Crafting the Corridor community tour and interactive mapping workshop, El Paso residents, business owners, planners, and elected officials shared personal perspectives and identified local assets, challenges, and ideas for strengthening their neighborhoods along the city’s new streetcar routes. Locals participated in an interactive hop-on/hop-off bus tour that took them along the North and South streetcar loops. At each stop speakers shared points of interest and perspectives on current issues, local history, and opportunities for preservation and growth. Participants returned to the El Paso Museum of Art for a facilitated discussion and creative mapping session led by public artist Graham Coreil-Allen and El Paso 1st District council representative and artist Peter Svarzbein. Residents used laser cut cardboard signs, colorful tape, and play doh to write, illustrate, and sculpt their neighborhood assets, challenges, and new ideas for building on the city’s streetcar revival. They placed their handmade signs and sculptures on corresponding locations within an immersive, colorful 10’ x 20’ vinyl floor map. El Paso city planners documented participants’ numerous contributions as input for the El Paso Streetcar Corridor Plan.

BMA Visioning Home Mapping Workshop
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/bma-visioning-home-mapping/
September 23, 2017
Baltimore Museum of Art
10 Art Museum Drive, Baltimore, MD 21218
gaff tape, laser cut cardboard, spray paint, play doh, markers
24' x 24' x 12”
Project partner: Baltimore Museum of Art

Visioning Home was a day-long workshop at the Baltimore Museum of Art that invited participants to challenge the entrenched narratives about Baltimore neighborhoods and envision possible futures. As part of the Imagining Home exhibit series, forty residents from across the city gathered for this meaningful day to learn about civically engaged art, find inspiration in the museum’s collection, and take part in a series of facilitated conversations and artmaking activities designed to spark creative thinking about changes and opportunities in Baltimore. El Paso artist and city councilperson Peter Svarzbein presented on how his fictitious advertising campaign to revive a defunct trolley raised $97 million in funding to re-establish strong cultural and economic bonds between El Paso, Texas and Juarez, Mexico communities. Group discussions were captured throughout the day by visualizations drawn onto the studio's walls by graphic recorder Lucinda Levine. The day of engagement culminated in an interactive mapping installation and activity created and led by public artist Graham Coreil-Allen. Participants used laser cut cardboard signs to write and illustrate their neighborhood assets, challenges, and new ideas. They placed these signs on corresponding locations within an immersive, 22’ x 24’ floor map made of brightly colored tape. Residents highlighted and sensitively discussed a range of issues such as the school-to-prison pipeline, food deserts, and industrial pollution; and proposed new ideas such as job-creating urban farms, universal tuition, and completing Baltimore’s mass transit rail network.

FutureSite Mapping Baltimore
http://grahamprojects.com/projects/futuresite-baltimore/
The Necessity of Tomorrow(s): Mark Bradford—Making a Path
Saturday, November 11, 2017, 12pm-3:30pm
Presented by the Baltimore Museum of Art at Union Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD
Partners: The Baltimore Museum of Art, Union Baptist Church

How do you make a path to power where none exists? How do you assess a community's needs and create access for a community to self-determine?

Presented by the Baltimore Museum of Art at Union Baptist Church, FutureSite Baltimore invited participants to challenge the entrenched narratives about our city and envision possible futures by sharing their neighborhood assets, concerns, and ideas. This interactive mapping activity was presented as part of the The Necessity of Tomorrow(s) lecture series featuring luminary artist Mark Bradford in conversation with BMA Director Christopher Bedford. Bradford’s talk explored how the artist grapples with “making a path,” and other key questions in his artistic practice and community-based work. Afterwards, attendees were invited to contribute to the FutureSite Baltimore map by writing on laser cut signs and creating play doh sculptures representing their inspired visions for the future of Baltimore City. Contributions to the map were collected by the museum to inform forthcoming programming.

Manifesting Civic Dreams: Baltimore

For the Johns Hopkins University SNF Agora Institute’s annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival, artists Graham Coreil-Allen and Rosy Sunshine Galván created Manifesting Civic Dreams: Baltimore, a large, interactive floor map for participants to reflect on their personal and collective challenges, neighborhood treasures, and visionary possibilities of Baltimore City. The installation featured a colorful, 12’ x 15’ printed floor map to which residents added their own stories, neighborhood assets, challenges, and ideas by writing and drawing on custom laser cut pop-up cardboard signs and then placing them on the map.
Manifesting Civic Dreams: Baltimore

For the Johns Hopkins University SNF Agora Institute’s annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival, artists Graham Coreil-Allen and Rosy Sunshine Galván created Manifesting Civic Dreams: Baltimore, a large, interactive floor map for participants to reflect on their personal and collective challenges, neighborhood treasures, and visionary possibilities of Baltimore City. The installation featured a colorful, 12’ x 15’ printed floor map to which residents added their own stories, neighborhood assets, challenges, and ideas by writing and drawing on custom laser cut pop-up cardboard signs and then placing them on the map.
Manifesting Civic Dreams: Baltimore

For the Johns Hopkins University SNF Agora Institute’s annual Elijah E. Cummings Democracy and Freedom Festival, artists Graham Coreil-Allen and Rosy Sunshine Galván created Manifesting Civic Dreams: Baltimore, a large, interactive floor map for participants to reflect on their personal and collective challenges, neighborhood treasures, and visionary possibilities of Baltimore City. The installation featured a colorful, 12’ x 15’ printed floor map to which residents added their own stories, neighborhood assets, challenges, and ideas by writing and drawing on custom laser cut pop-up cardboard signs and then placing them on the map.
El Paso Crafting the Corridor participation

Through the Crafting the Corridor community tour and interactive mapping workshop, El Paso residents, business owners, planners, and elected officials shared personal perspectives and identified local assets, challenges, and ideas for strengthening their neighborhoods along the city’s new streetcar routes. City planners documented participants’ numerous contributions as input for the El Paso Streetcar Corridor Plan. Crafting the Corridor October 6, 2018 El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX Color vinyl banner, laser cut pop-up signs, play doh, tape, markers 10’x20’ Project partners: Planning & Inspections Department of the City of El Paso, Offices of El Paso City Council Representatives Peter Svarzbein and Cissy Lizarraga
El Paso Crafting the Corridor gathering

Through the Crafting the Corridor community tour and interactive mapping workshop, El Paso residents, business owners, planners, and elected officials shared personal perspectives and identified local assets, challenges, and ideas for strengthening their neighborhoods along the city’s new streetcar routes. City planners documented participants’ numerous contributions as input for the El Paso Streetcar Corridor Plan. Crafting the Corridor October 6, 2018 El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX Color vinyl banner, laser cut pop-up signs, play doh, tape, markers 10’x20’ Project partners: Planning & Inspections Department of the City of El Paso, Offices of El Paso City Council Representatives Peter Svarzbein and Cissy Lizarraga
El Paso Crafting the Corridor signs

Through the Crafting the Corridor community tour and interactive mapping workshop, El Paso residents, business owners, planners, and elected officials shared personal perspectives and identified local assets, challenges, and ideas for strengthening their neighborhoods along the city’s new streetcar routes. City planners documented participants’ numerous contributions as input for the El Paso Streetcar Corridor Plan. Crafting the Corridor October 6, 2018 El Paso Museum of Art, El Paso, TX Color vinyl banner, laser cut pop-up signs, play doh, tape, markers 10’x20’ Project partners: Planning & Inspections Department of the City of El Paso, Offices of El Paso City Council Representatives Peter Svarzbein and Cissy Lizarraga
Visioning Home Mapping - after

Visioning Home was a day-long workshop at the Baltimore Museum of Art that invited participants to challenge the entrenched narratives about Baltimore neighborhoods and envision possible futures. As part of the Imagining Home exhibit series, forty residents from across the city gathered for this meaningful day to learn about civically engaged art, find inspiration in the museum’s collection, and take part in a series of facilitated conversations and artmaking activities designed to spark creative thinking about changes and opportunities in Baltimore. The day of engagement culminated in an interactive mapping installation and activity created and led by public artist Graham Coreil-Allen. Participants used laser cut cardboard signs to write and illustrate their neighborhood assets, challenges, and new ideas. They placed these signs on corresponding locations within an immersive, 22’ x 24’ floor map made of brightly colored tape. Residents highlighted and sensitively discussed a range of issues such as the school-to-prison pipeline, food deserts, and industrial pollution; and proposed new ideas such as job-creating urban farms, universal tuition, and completing Baltimore’s mass transit rail network.
Visioning Home Mapping - participants laying tape

Visioning Home was a day-long workshop at the Baltimore Museum of Art that invited participants to challenge the entrenched narratives about Baltimore neighborhoods and envision possible futures. As part of the Imagining Home exhibit series, forty residents from across the city gathered for this meaningful day to learn about civically engaged art, find inspiration in the museum’s collection, and take part in a series of facilitated conversations and artmaking activities designed to spark creative thinking about changes and opportunities in Baltimore. The day of engagement culminated in an interactive mapping installation and activity created and led by public artist Graham Coreil-Allen. Participants used laser cut cardboard signs to write and illustrate their neighborhood assets, challenges, and new ideas. They placed these signs on corresponding locations within an immersive, 22’ x 24’ floor map made of brightly colored tape. Residents highlighted and sensitively discussed a range of issues such as the school-to-prison pipeline, food deserts, and industrial pollution; and proposed new ideas such as job-creating urban farms, universal tuition, and completing Baltimore’s mass transit rail network.
FutureSite Baltimore - youth adding sign

Presented by the Baltimore Museum of Art at Union Baptist Church, FutureSite Baltimore invited participants to challenge the entrenched narratives about our city and envision possible futures by sharing their neighborhood assets, concerns, and ideas. This interactive mapping activity was presented as part of the The Necessity of Tomorrow(s) lecture series featuring luminary artist Mark Bradford in conversation with BMA Director Christopher Bedford. Bradford’s talk explored how the artist grapples with “making a path,” and other key questions in his artistic practice and community-based work. Afterwards, attendees were invited to contribute to the FutureSite Baltimore map by writing on laser cut signs and creating play doh sculptures representing their inspired visions for the future of Baltimore City. Contributions to the map were collected by the museum to inform forthcoming programming. FutureSite Mapping Baltimore at the The Necessity of Tomorrow(s): Mark Bradford—Making a Path Saturday, November 11, 2017, 12pm-3:30pm Presented by the Baltimore Museum of Art at Union Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD Partners: The Baltimore Museum of Art, Union Baptist Church
FutureSite Baltimore - Map with signs

Presented by the Baltimore Museum of Art at Union Baptist Church, FutureSite Baltimore invited participants to challenge the entrenched narratives about our city and envision possible futures by sharing their neighborhood assets, concerns, and ideas. This interactive mapping activity was presented as part of the The Necessity of Tomorrow(s) lecture series featuring luminary artist Mark Bradford in conversation with BMA Director Christopher Bedford. Bradford’s talk explored how the artist grapples with “making a path,” and other key questions in his artistic practice and community-based work. Afterwards, attendees were invited to contribute to the FutureSite Baltimore map by writing on laser cut signs and creating play doh sculptures representing their inspired visions for the future of Baltimore City. Contributions to the map were collected by the museum to inform forthcoming programming. FutureSite Mapping Baltimore at the The Necessity of Tomorrow(s): Mark Bradford—Making a Path Saturday, November 11, 2017, 12pm-3:30pm Presented by the Baltimore Museum of Art at Union Baptist Church, Baltimore, MD Partners: The Baltimore Museum of Art, Union Baptist Church

Creative Wayfinding & Alley Activations

Sew to Harvest Trail
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/sew-to-harvest-trail
A collaboration of Graham Coreil-Allen and Iandry Randriamandroso
Project partners: Bible Center Church, The Oasis Project, Studio Volcy, Siplast
717 North Homewood Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15208
April 2021

The Sew to Harvest Trail plaza mural features agriculture and cultural symbols embedded along a green “agility trail” weaving through a colorful field of fabric-like pattern representing the unity, history, diversity and culture of the adjacent community center, The Oasis. The artwork was a collaboration between Iandry Randriamandroso and Graham Coreil-Allen.

Bromo Painted Path
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/bromo-painted-path
300 & 400 blocks of Tyson Street, Baltimore, MD 21201
October 2022

The Bromo Painted Path is a street mural connecting art and cultural venues along Tyson Alley between Franklin and Saratoga Streets; featuring splashes of teal, purple and pink evoking oversized leaves, flowers, and seedpods of wild plants that grow along the alley’s canyon-like brick walls.
Project partners: Bromo Arts District, Baltimore National Heritage Area, Current Space, Maryland Art Place

Bromo Wayfinding
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/bromo-wayfinding
Project partners: Bromo Arts District, Baltimore National Heritage Area
Bromo Arts District, Baltimore, MD 21201
September 2021

The Bromo Wayfinding project connects pedestrians with the Bromo Arts District’s cultural spaces and historic sites via colorful thermoplastic sidewalk markers. Designed with input from local stakeholders, the over one-mile long walking path includes eighteen pennant-like markers celebrating local sites and Bromo Arts District logo markers connected by smaller diamond shaped “bread crumb” pieces.

Towanda LaneScape Grantley Ave
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/towanda-lanescape-grantley
Project partners: Towanda Neighborhood Association, Baltimore City Department of Planning, Baltimore City Department of Transportation, Healthy Neighborhoods, Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm
E Wabash Ave & Grantley Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215
October 2021

The Towanda LaneScape project connects Towanda residents with a community green space and the Cold Spring Station Metro Subway via pedestrian-safety-enhancing and beautifying public art. With inspiration and installation help from local legacy residents Graham Projects and the Towanda Neighborhood Association co-created a curving wayfinding “Purple Path”, up-cycled tire planters, and murals of local medicinal plants.

Pimlico Wayfinding
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/pimlico-wayfinding
A collaboration of Graham Coreil-Allen and Whitney Frazier
Project partners: Baltimore City Department of Planning, Pimlico Elementary Middle School, Cylburn Arboretum, Park Heights Renaissance, Cylburn Community Association, Baltimore City Department of Recreation and Parks
Oakley Avenue corridor, Baltimore, MD 21215
January 2021

The Pimlico Wayfinding art path connects Pimlico Elementary Middle School students and residents of the surrounding Park Heights neighborhood with CC Jackson Recreation Center to the west and Cylburn Arboretum to the east via colorful sidewalk butterfly stencils, thermoplastic flower markers, and prismatic butterfly street signs. The artwork was created in collaboration with community artist Whitney Frazier and is based on input from neighborhood residents and inspired by local flora and pollinators.

Arches & Access Light Art and Community Parade
https://tapdruidhill.org/2019/11/20/arches-and-access/
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/arches-access
Multicolor LED spotlights, parade, block party
Druid Hill Park Gate, Druid Hill Park, Rawlings Conservatory
November 3, 2019
Reservoir Hill Improvement Council, TAP Druid Hill, Rawling Conservatory, Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Beth Am IFO

Showcasing the cherished connections between Druid Hill Park and surrounding neighborhoods, the Arches & Access project illuminated and activated the historic Druid Hill Park Gate at Madison Avenue, Druid Hill Park, and the Rawlings Conservatory with colorful lights, a community parade, and a public party. On the evening of November 3rd, 2019, over three hundred residents, artists, and performers transformed Madison Avenue at Druid Park Lake Drive into a spectacular, roving block party. Neighbors collectively created a place to march, dance, and perform in celebration of our West Baltimore communities united in green space and creating safe streets for people.

Arches & Access was a Neighborhood Lights Project presented as part of the Brilliant Baltimore / Light City festival of light and literature. The event was led by Reservoir Hill artist Jessy DeSantis, Reservoir Hill advocate Courtney Bettle, and Auchentoroly Terrace public artist Graham Coreil-Allen with major support from the Reservoir Hill Improvement Council, a grant from Baltimore Heritage, and volunteers from Beth Am Synagogue’s IFO organization. The Reservoir Hill mothers Bettle and DeSantis took inspiration from DeSantis’ colorful painting of the Arches when they came up with the idea of creating a light art project in early 2019. Later the two reached out to Coreil-Allen of Graham Projects to help realize the light art. Collectively they expanded the vision to include solar powered lights leading into the park, activated by a joyful community parade showing what life could be like without highways hindering pedestrian access to Druid Hill Park.

Sew to Harvest Trail

The Sew to Harvest Trail plaza mural features agriculture and cultural symbols embedded along a green “agility trail” weaving through a colorful field of fabric-like pattern representing the unity, history, diversity and culture of the adjacent community center, The Oasis. The artwork was a collaboration between Iandry Randriamandroso and Graham Coreil-Allen.
Sew to Harvest Trail

The Sew to Harvest Trail plaza mural features agriculture and cultural symbols embedded along a green “agility trail” weaving through a colorful field of fabric-like pattern representing the unity, history, diversity and culture of the adjacent community center, The Oasis. The artwork was a collaboration between Iandry Randriamandroso and Graham Coreil-Allen.
221015 Bromo Painted Path 01.jpg

Bromo Painted Path https://grahamprojects.com/projects/bromo-painted-path Plastiroute MMA & StreetBond 150 pavement coatings 690’ x 12’, ~8,280 square feet October 2022 300 & 400 blocks of Tyson Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 The Bromo Painted Path is a street mural connecting art and cultural venues along Tyson Alley between Franklin and Saratoga Streets; featuring splashes of teal, purple and pink evoking oversized leaves, flowers, and seedpods of wild plants that grow along the alley’s canyon-like brick walls. Project partners: Bromo Arts District, Baltimore National Heritage Area, Current Space, Maryland Art Place
Bromo Wayfinding

The Bromo Wayfinding project connects pedestrians with the Bromo Arts District’s cultural spaces and historic sites via colorful thermoplastic sidewalk markers. Designed with input from local stakeholders, the over one-mile long walking path includes eighteen pennant-like markers celebrating local sites and Bromo Arts District logo markers connected by smaller diamond shaped “bread crumb” pieces.
Towanda LaneScape Grantley Ave

The Towanda LaneScape project connects Towanda residents with a community green space and the Cold Spring Station Metro Subway via pedestrian-safety-enhancing and beautifying public art. With inspiration and installation help from local legacy residents Graham Projects and the Towanda Neighborhood Association co-created a curving wayfinding “Purple Path”, up-cycled tire planters, and murals of local medicinal plants.
Towanda LaneScape Grantley Ave

The Towanda LaneScape project connects Towanda residents with a community green space and the Cold Spring Station Metro Subway via pedestrian-safety-enhancing and beautifying public art. With inspiration and installation help from local legacy residents Graham Projects and the Towanda Neighborhood Association co-created a curving wayfinding “Purple Path”, up-cycled tire planters, and murals of local medicinal plants.
Pimlico Wayfinding Park Heights Pathways

The Pimlico Wayfinding art path connects Pimlico Elementary Middle School students and residents of the surrounding Park Heights neighborhood with CC Jackson Recreation Center to the west and Cylburn Arboretum to the east via colorful sidewalk butterfly stencils, thermoplastic flower markers, and prismatic butterfly street signs. The artwork was created in collaboration with community artist Whitney Frazier and is based on input from neighborhood residents and inspired by local flora and pollinators.
Arches & Access - Twilighters Marching Band performing on Druid Park Lake Drive

Showcasing the cherished connections between Druid Hill Park and surrounding neighborhoods, the Arches & Access project illuminated and activated the historic Druid Hill Park Gate at Madison Avenue, Druid Hill Park, and the Rawlings Conservatory with colorful lights, a community parade, and a public party on November 3, 2019.
Arches & Access - Druid Hill Park Gate light art

Showcasing the cherished connections between Druid Hill Park and surrounding neighborhoods, the Arches & Access project illuminated and activated the historic Druid Hill Park Gate at Madison Avenue, Druid Hill Park, and the Rawlings Conservatory with colorful lights, a community parade, and a public party on November 3, 2019.
Arches & Access - performers at Rawlings Conservatory illuminated with light art

Showcasing the cherished connections between Druid Hill Park and surrounding neighborhoods, the Arches & Access project illuminated and activated the historic Druid Hill Park Gate at Madison Avenue, Druid Hill Park, and the Rawlings Conservatory with colorful lights, a community parade, and a public party on November 3, 2019.

Festival Projects: SunStomp, Dancing Forest, & Choose Your Own Adventure

Sun Stomp
http://grahamprojects.com/projects/sunstomp
April 14-21, 2018
Light City Baltimore, McKeldin Square, 101 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD
Scaffolding, bleachers, solar panels, solar hardware, projection screen, projector, LED neon, contact microphones, video processor
34’x24’x75’
Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts

Premiering at the 2018 Light City Baltimore festival, Sun Stomp was a solar powered light and interactive audio-visual environment that for eight nights activated McKeldin Square. The monumental scaffolding sculpture featured an interactive projection on one side and an array of sixteen 290 watt solar panels on the other. Electrical energy collected during the day and was stored as chemical energy in a battery bank which provided electricity to a colorful array of LED neon lights illuminating the structure after dark. Participants were invited to stomp on the bleacher footboards to trigger sun-inspired visuals and amplified sounds of the Sun sourced from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory. Passersby were also invited to peer into the custom built “Power Shed” to learn about the solar technology and AV controls energizing the project. Foot-stomping powers combined, participants visually and experientially conjured the awesome and beautiful power of the sun.

Solar and Storage Statistics

Sun Stomp featured 527 feet of LED lighting.
All 16 solar panels provided 4,640 Watts per sun hour or 23,200 Watts per day in April.
The average home in Baltimore uses 7,546 kilowatts per year; the same amount of electricity produced by these 16 solar panels and stored by the battery bank.
The 16 solar panels installed on a home would save $1,052 annually in electricity charges.During Light City the Sun Stomp solar panels will prevented 200 pounds of CO2 emissions from local electricity generation.

About the Sun Stomp Collective
The Baltimore-based Sun Stomp Collective brings expertise in solar energy, interactive media, and participatory environments. Matthew Weaver has over a decade of experience in renewable energy engineering, including hydrogen and solar; and grassroots organizing around social justice and sustainability. Mark Brown is a video artist, DJ, curator, and AV expert at the Peabody Conservatory. His video work embraces the Internet as both gallery and medium, creating new works from the cracks, glitches, and fall-out of digital realities. Graham Coreil-Allen is a public artist and organizer making cities more inclusive and livable through public art, radical walking tours, and civic engagement.

Dancing Forest
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/dancingforest/
July 21-23, 2017
Artscape
Charles Street Bridge, Baltimore, MD
Submersion printed nylon, blowers, felt, LED lights, grass, website
20’ x 45’ x 200’
Project partners: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Station North Tool Library

Anchoring the 2017 Artscape Charles Street Trail July 21-23, Dancing Forest was a kinetic environment of inflatable trees emblazoned with trail markers identifying Baltimore’s many classic places, features, and customs. Participants were encouraged to walk among and explore the the animated trees as they undulated in the sky. Up close, one found an array of urban trail symbols, such as benches, snowballs, bikers, and buildings. Internal LED illumination of the sculptures allowed nighttime exploration. Combining spectacular movement with urban wayfinding symbols, Dancing Forest created an exciting, playful environment inspiring participants to continue exploring Baltimore’s many intriguing places.

Choose Your Own Adventure
https://grahamprojects.com/projects/adventure-artscape/
A collaboration Graham Coreil-Allen and Becky Borlan
July 20-22, 2018
Charles Street Bridge at Penn Station, Artscape, Baltimore, MD
Beach balls, line striping paint, tent structure, LED lights, poetry
12’x40’x100’
Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts

Choose your own Adventure transformed Baltimore’s Charles Street Bridge into a colorful playscape of pedestrian pathways and hanging beach balls. The project was commissioned by Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts for the free 2018 Artscape festival. Spray chalk lines marked a site-based map converging under a forest of beach balls hanging from an open air structure. The streetscape-enhancing project was a collaboration between Baltimore-based public artists Becky Borlan and Graham Coreil-Allen.

Choose your own Adventure took inspiration from the natural paths taken by street-crossing pedestrians, the Jones Falls and train tracks below, and the joyful experiences of summer-inspired toys. Hundreds of thousands of festival goers interacted with the kinetic environment of over four hundred colorful, translucent beach balls and a line striping street mural covering over three thousand square feet. Numerous beach balls featured hand-painted instructions offering choices for adventures beyond. Adventures included “Write a Poem in the Dirt”, “Change your name for the summer,” and “Take the first train to the end of the line.” Through tactical urbanism and creative design, the installation previewed possibilities for completely transforming the Charles Street Bridge into a playful, poetic, and pedestrian environment.

Beach ball text hand-painted by Greg Gannon of Signs of Intelligent Life.

Sun Stomp Light City 2018

Sun Stomp was a solar powered light and interactive audio-visual environment that featured an interactive projection on one side and an array of sixteen 290 watt solar panels on the other. Participants were invited to stomp on the bleachers to trigger sun
Sun Stomp

Sun Stomp was a solar powered light and interactive audio-visual environment that featured an interactive projection on one side and an array of sixteen 290 watt solar panels on the other. Participants were invited to stomp on the bleachers to trigger sun-inspired visuals and amplified sounds of the Sun. Sun Stomp April 14-21, 2018 Light City Baltimore, McKeldin Square, 101 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD Scaffolding, bleachers, solar panels, solar hardware, projection screen, projector, LED neon, contact microphones, video processor 34’x24’x75’ Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
Sun Stomp - bleacher interaction

Sun Stomp was a solar powered light and interactive audio-visual environment that featured an interactive projection on one side and an array of sixteen 290 watt solar panels on the other. Participants were invited to stomp on the bleachers to trigger sun-inspired visuals and amplified sounds of the Sun. Sun Stomp April 14-21, 2018 Light City Baltimore, McKeldin Square, 101 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD Scaffolding, bleachers, solar panels, solar hardware, projection screen, projector, LED neon, contact microphones, video processor 34’x24’x75’ Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
Sun Stomp - LED neon matrix

Sun Stomp was a solar powered light and interactive audio-visual environment that featured an interactive projection on one side and an array of sixteen 290 watt solar panels on the other. Participants were invited to stomp on the bleachers to trigger sun-inspired visuals and amplified sounds of the Sun. Sun Stomp April 14-21, 2018 Light City Baltimore, McKeldin Square, 101 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore, MD Scaffolding, bleachers, solar panels, solar hardware, projection screen, projector, LED neon, contact microphones, video processor 34’x24’x75’ Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
Dancing Forest

Anchoring the 2017 Artscape Charles Street Trail July 21-23, Dancing Forest was a kinetic environment of inflatable trees emblazoned with trail markers identifying Baltimore’s many classic places, features, and customs. Participants were encouraged to walk among and explore the the animated trees as they undulated in the sky. Up close, one found an array of urban trail symbols, such as benches, snowballs, bikers, and buildings. Internal LED illumination of the sculptures allowed nighttime exploration. Combining spectacular movement with urban wayfinding symbols, Dancing Forest created an exciting, playful environment inspiring participants to continue exploring Baltimore’s many intriguing places. Dancing Forest July 21-23, 2017 Artscape Charles Street Bridge, Baltimore, MD Submersion printed nylon, blowers, felt, LED lights, grass, website 20’ x 45’ x 200’ Project partners: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Station North Tool Library
Dancing Forest

Anchoring the 2017 Artscape Charles Street Trail July 21-23, Dancing Forest was a kinetic environment of inflatable trees emblazoned with trail markers identifying Baltimore’s many classic places, features, and customs. Participants were encouraged to walk among and explore the the animated trees as they undulated in the sky. Up close, one found an array of urban trail symbols, such as benches, snowballs, bikers, and buildings. Internal LED illumination of the sculptures allowed nighttime exploration. Combining spectacular movement with urban wayfinding symbols, Dancing Forest created an exciting, playful environment inspiring participants to continue exploring Baltimore’s many intriguing places. Dancing Forest July 21-23, 2017 Artscape Charles Street Bridge, Baltimore, MD Submersion printed nylon, blowers, felt, LED lights, grass, website 20’ x 45’ x 200’ Project partners: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Station North Tool Library
Dancing Forest - detail

Anchoring the 2017 Artscape Charles Street Trail July 21-23, Dancing Forest was a kinetic environment of inflatable trees emblazoned with trail markers identifying Baltimore’s many classic places, features, and customs. Participants were encouraged to walk among and explore the the animated trees as they undulated in the sky. Up close, one found an array of urban trail symbols, such as benches, snowballs, bikers, and buildings. Internal LED illumination of the sculptures allowed nighttime exploration. Combining spectacular movement with urban wayfinding symbols, Dancing Forest created an exciting, playful environment inspiring participants to continue exploring Baltimore’s many intriguing places. Dancing Forest July 21-23, 2017 Artscape Charles Street Bridge, Baltimore, MD Submersion printed nylon, blowers, felt, LED lights, grass, website 20’ x 45’ x 200’ Project partners: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts, Station North Tool Library
Choose Your Own Adventure

Made in collaboration with Becky Borlan, Choose your own Adventure transformed Baltimore’s Charles Street Bridge into a colorful playscape of pedestrian pathways and hanging beach balls. The project was commissioned by Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts for the free 2018 Artscape festival. Spray chalk lines marked a site-based map converging under a forest of beach balls hanging from an open air structure. Choose Your Own Adventure July 20-22, 2018 Charles Street Bridge at Penn Station, Artscape, Baltimore, MD Beach balls, line striping paint, tent structure, LED lights, poetry 12’x40’x100’ Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts
Choose Your Own Adventure

Made in collaboration with Becky Borlan, Choose your own Adventure transformed Baltimore’s Charles Street Bridge into a colorful playscape of pedestrian pathways and hanging beach balls. The project was commissioned by Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts for the free 2018 Artscape festival. Spray chalk lines marked a site-based map converging under a forest of beach balls hanging from an open air structure. Choose Your Own Adventure July 20-22, 2018 Charles Street Bridge at Penn Station, Artscape, Baltimore, MD Beach balls, line striping paint, tent structure, LED lights, poetry 12’x40’x100’ Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts Photo by Baltimore Aerials https://www.baltimoreaerialproductions.com/
Choose Your Own Adventure

Made in collaboration with Becky Borlan, Choose your own Adventure transformed Baltimore’s Charles Street Bridge into a colorful playscape of pedestrian pathways and hanging beach balls. The project was commissioned by Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts for the free 2018 Artscape festival. Spray chalk lines marked a site-based map converging under a forest of beach balls hanging from an open air structure. Choose Your Own Adventure July 20-22, 2018 Charles Street Bridge at Penn Station, Artscape, Baltimore, MD Beach balls, line striping paint, tent structure, LED lights, poetry 12’x40’x100’ Project partner: Baltimore Office of Promotion and the Arts