New Cat Mural Welcomes You to Fishtown, Fishes Beware

LOVE this!

A new mural from V.U.R.T. in Fishtown winks at all the other fish-centric address signs and murals in the neighborhood… “Well, if I were a cat, I know I’d want to hang around a neighborhood called ‘Fishtown,'” replied V.U.R.T.’s co-founder and resident artist, Evan Lovett (pictured below), in response to being asked why there would be cats all over a Fishtown welcome sign.

What is V.U.R.T., you might ask? They’re a relatively new, local mural painting nonprofit (a registered 501c3.) More from their website: “Our mission is to inspire, unify, and renew urban communities through the power of public art and revitalization. We at V.U.R.T. are dedicated to reclaiming the visual landscape of our urban areas with dynamic and vibrant public art. By utilizing reusable and recycled materials, we will give back to the community through green practices. With our professional design and mural painting experience we believe the work we do can enrich and inspire the masses. In an effort to collaborate with the community, together we will strive to bring color to the dreary and attention to the overlooked and forgotten. With nothing more than a little paint, we can make a huge difference in how a community can look, feel, and thrive.”

In the first of what they’re calling their “Welcome To…” series, V.U.R.T. painted this “Welcome to Fishtown” mural just over the weekend. You can find it on Frankford avenue between Delaware and Girard avenues. (1120 Frankford avenue, to be exact.)

The mural was created and designed by V.U.R.T.’s Evan Lovett in collaboration with Glossblack. It features both Evan’s signature sharpie style and Glossblack’s lettering.

Of course, anyone who follows this blog regularly will recognize that this is not the first time that Evan Lovett and Glossblack have collaborated on a mural in the Fishtown area. In fact, two of their pervious collaborations are a couple of the most clicked on/viewed posts in this blog’s six year history! Those include the Pigeon Mural and the American Bald Eagle Mural.

Evan Lovett, alone with V.U.R.T., created this past May’s immediately beloved Squirrel with Token Mural! Another very popular mural on this blog.

Can’t wait to see what’t next!