A very special addition to the pantheon of TL street art, the TL Children's Playground mural incorporates the voices of the playground's children in its design, which portrays a young, confident girl just beginning to spread her wings and aims to bring a feeling of inspiration and encouragement to the kids who hang out and play in this vital urban sanctuary.

The project was organized and actualized by muralist Deirdre Weinberg, who connected with community partners at the Tenderloin Children's Playground and Up on Top program during a residency at the Tenderloin Museum. As such, the TL Children's Playground mural project is a coda of sorts to Hear Me Out, Weinberg's showcase that surveyed her prolific portraiture in the TL and spotlighted the social encounters and subsequent dialogues borne from the artist’s intimate, in-situ portrait practice. Come celebrate this bright and beautiful collaboration with the many hands that helped paint it!

Funding for this project is thanks to a grant from the California Grants for the Arts.