Come and meet Arthur Haywood, young mural artist from Philadelphia and fluent French speaker !

Arthur Haywood, a young artist from Philadelphia, will showcase his training and career sharing imagination through murals and illustrations. He will also share his experience of working in Paris, the process, the people, the language and the cultural differences.

Stars of Philadelphia - Arthur Haywood (Cobbs Creek Golf Course, 2025)

Arthur has completed murals for Mural Arts Philadelphia, Elkins Park School and also a mural for the Global Philadelphia Association at St. Joseph's University a few years ago.

He will present some of his recent and ongoing work in Philadelphia, including ‘Stars of Philadelphia’, a mural of Philadelphia celebrities for the Tiger Woods Learning Lab at Cobbs Creek Golf Course, and he is also starting a mural about creative ways of learning for Blaine Elementary School in the spring.

In this presentation, he will focus on ‘Freedom Across Civilizations” a mural which will be unveiled on March 12 at Penn Museum.
This mural project and community-led artwork illustrates the question " What does freedom means to me ?"
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Arthur Haywood’s paintings highlight human potential through a fantastical lens. From defeating evil dragons to limitless pursuits into space, his art is a metaphor for courageous aspirations. His paintings are seen on murals internationally, on the cover and interior of books including his book "The Great Library" and Space and Time Magazine. He exhibits his paintings internationally and completes commissions. Creating imaginative murals and illustrations to inspire others and engage youth in reading is his passion. He earned a B.F.A in Illustration from The Maryland Institute College of Art, before furthering his study of classical drawing and painting at Cambridge Street Studios in Philadelphia and Grand Central Atelier in New York. He received the 2020-2021 Harriet Hale Woolley Scholarship at the Fondation des États-Unis in Paris. He developed murals to inspire a love of learning and cultural appreciation. He worked with students at Lycée Paul Lapie, Ecollectif and André Malraux Elementary school to create murals depicting students of diverse origins reading and the stories that have engaged them. He is a recipient of the 2022 - 2023 Tulsa Artist Fellowship and 2024 Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition Community Artist Partnership grant to continue his series of paintings for schools to inspire reading. He is a winner in the 2024 L. Ron Hubbard Illustrators of the Future Contest. He currently resides in the Philadelphia area creating illustrations, paintings and mural commissions.

Instagram @arthurhaywood

Event Information

Date: Friday, March 13th

Time: 6:00pm

Duration: 1 hour

Location: at the Alliance Française de Philadelphie

Language: English, French

Cost : Free