Mural Project

Mugna Gallery brings together local artists in a community effort of creating murals on the walls surrounding its exterior space. The murals serve as the gallery’s locational landmark and is representative of the artists’ vision on what it means to “create”– the translation of “mugna”. Through regular discussions with each other and with the gallery team, the artists formed their concepts and sought ways on how to combine their individual styles and ideologies into harmonious paintings. This undertaking is the first time for the selected group of eight artists to work together, and as the murals took shape, they developed each of their contributions to the piece with mutual respect, approaching their work to complement a cohesive whole, considering their relationships and learning experiences just as important as the tangible art unfolding on the walls. As artists often work alone, the opportunity for synergy with others allowed for growth of each one’s practice. Thus with the authentic spirit of Bayanihan—the Filipino value of mutual help and support in attaining the common good—Mugna’s public art project was born.