The history-making mural dedication will include:

• An opportunity to meet the Muralist & their Team
• The festival’s Colored Troop Re-enactors
• African drum performances
• An interactive MURAL art station
• SOUL FOOD Martinis & Cupcakes by Tiny Cakes Bakery
• Capital One Caf´e Swag!
• & More!

You’ll have the opportunity to hear directly from the artist, ask questions and GET INSPIRED!

This new Mural marking ‘Freedom Day,’ the first of its kind in Philadelphia, will be unveiled and dedicated at The Germantown ArtHaus during Philadelphia’s Juneteenth Festival on Saturday, June 17 at 2 p.m.

• The region’s first official Juneteenth mural is honored to be a part of the 17th Annual Philadelphia Juneteenth Festival which takes place in Germantown on Saturday, June 17th.
• Designed by Custom Arts Studio’s Creative Director Keisha Whatley, the 1,100 sq. ft. Absolute Equality- Juneteenth Mural will be installed at the Germantown ArtHaus located at 6228 Germantown Avenue, which she founded.

The mural will be installed on the west side wall -facing the Johnson House, a historic stop on the Underground Railroad. “Being next to the Johnson House, and all of the other historical landmarks in Germantown made it a real ‘no brainer’ to install the mural on the ArtHaus wall. The mural, its content, symbolism and inspiration has been created to serve the community and the city at large. It tells the whole story.,” said Whatley.

She points out that the Germantown ArtHaus building was constructed in the 1860s; a time when it was legal for a human being to own another human being. “I look at the beams that form the structure of the building and remember (I am often shaken by the thought) that these planks of wood could possibly be from trees that enslaved people ran through to get to freedom.”