Meg Saligman
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Meg Saligman is a mural
Mural
A mural is any piece of artwork painted or applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other large permanent surface. A particularly distinguishing characteristic of mural painting is that the architectural elements of the given space are harmoniously incorporated into the picture.-History:Murals of...

 artist. Saligman has painted more than fifty murals all over the world including Philadelphia PA, Shreveport, LA, Mexico City
Mexico City
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, and many other places. Meg has a way of mixing the classical and contemporary aspects of painting together.

Saligman's most famous mural is "Common Threads" in Philadelphia. It is painted on the west wall of the Stevens Administrative Center at the corner of Broad and Spring Garden Streets. Other major works include “Philadelphia Muses” on 13th and Locust Streets, a multimedia “Theatre of Life” on Broad and Lombard Streets, "Passing Through" over the Schuykill Expressway, and the paint and LED light installation at Broad and Vine Streets, "Evolving Face of Nursing". <http://megsaligman.com/index.php/about_meg> Meg's work can be viewed nationally in Shreveport, Louisiana with "Once in a Millenium Moon," and in Omaha, Nebraska with "Fertile Ground."

Beginnings

Saligman grew up in the small town of Olean
Olean
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NY. In high school she helped to paint one of the murals in Olean. Meg's first independent mural was painted on the front of a sweater factory that no longer exists, owned by a man that is now her husband.

In 2009 Meg Saligman completed one of the largest murals in the country, Fertile Ground, in Omaha Nebraska. It is a 32,500 sq. ft. figurative landscape centered in downtown Omaha.

Meg currently lives in Philadelphia with her husband Peter, and four kids.

External Links

  • http://www.megsaligman.com/
  • http://www.omahamuralproject.org/index.html
  • http://murallocator.org/theater-of-life/1826
  • http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM1KTV_Once_in_a_Millennium_Moon_Shreveport_Louisiana
  • http://www.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1649278_1421155,00.html
  • http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Meg+Saligman's+%22Common+Threads%22+-+A+Review-a01073741902

    References

  • http://muralarts.org/explore/projects/philadelphia-muses
  • http://www.crenellations.com/livearts/
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