Streets Dept Magazine, Issue #4 (2025)

Founded as a photo-blog in January 2011, Streets Dept has grown into an award-winning, multi-platform showcase of Philadelphia public art and public space.

Our annual Streets Dept magazines offer curated time capsules of Philly's street/public art world–in print! For this 4th edition, we’ve written three new articles and three new artist interviews.

About the Articles:
-"A Word From Streets Dept," about how a really bad case of mono might have led to the creation of Streets Dept
-"Greed, Grit, and Green Space: Is The Future of Graffiti Pier Secure?"
-"WTF 2024: Where Do We Go From Here?," insights for this moment from four Philly arts leaders: Jane Golden (Founder & Executive Director of Mural Arts Philadelphia), Patricia Wilson Aden (President & CEO of the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance), Tu Huynh (Curator of Exhibitions and Programs for the City of Philadelphia), and Dr. Matthew Kenyatta (Director of Exhibitions and Public Programming at Temple Contemporary)

About the Artist Interviews:
-Roberto Lugo talks about putting things together that nobody would ever see coming together
-Kyle Confer explores a love for unpredictability
-Serena Saunders looks at the beauty of the struggle

The Streets Dept Magazine, Issue #4 is written and created by Conrad Benner, Siena Christopherson, and Eric Dale. It is 30 pages in total–with absolutely zero (real) ads.

We love creating this magazine and sincerely thank you for your purchase. Your support of this magazine supports all the work we do here at Streets Dept!