Take a tour of murals created by prominent DC mural and mosaic artist G. Byron Peck and his associated non-profit, City Arts. Get an eyeful of the landmark mural of Duke Ellington, the Dupont Circle Mural, and the Mayan Mural, all within blocks of each other. Presented by City Arts.
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G. Byron Peck lives in Washington D.C. and has created over 80 murals throughout the United States and abroad. He has created paintings for shows in New York and Washington D.C., taught classes at the Corcoran School of Art, the Smithsonian Museum, George Washington University and George Mason University. He has won four grant awards from the D.C. Arts and Humanities Commission (1987,’95, ’97,’99, two Fellowships for Painting from the Virginia Museum of Fine Art 1977,’79 and was given the Mayor's Art Award, for Excellence in Artistic Discipline in 2000. Mural commissions have included; the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the American Embassy in Santiago, Chile and the U.S. Nuclear Energy Commission Headquarters.
Since 1986 he has focused on large multi-story exterior mural projects. These community artworks are conceived with the notion that quality murals can reflect multi-cultural, historic and architectural themes, while at the same time serve as sources of neighborhood pride and become the vehicle for training youth at risk in job skills and responsible behavior. Some projects, such as the Duke Ellington Mural at 13th and U Street in Shaw or the Frederic Douglass Mural on Mass. Ave become educational tools to teach students about their community’s past. Others, such as the Dupont Circle Mural, promote issues of neighborhood landmarks and aesthetic textures.
For the last nine years the development of the arts organization City Arts has been his main concern. Mural programs with the Department Recreation and the D.C. Arts and Humanities have resulted in community murals in Adams Morgan and Mt. Pleasant a ...More...
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