Photos by Streets Dept’s Conrad Benner and Eric Dale.

Art Outside is a new podcast from Streets Dept’s Conrad Benner, created with WHYY. And for our second episode we talk with El Toro!

El Toro is a muralist and one of the founders of Philadelphia’s hand-drawn character sticker scene. We’ll learn what it was like moving from the Philippines to the U.S. as a kid, why he recently came out of anonymity, and hear the origin story of his namesake character.

Listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, including Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and NPR One! And while you do, here’s a few photos to take you back:

LINKS:

1. El Toro’s participation in the Concrete Chameleon mural in Kensington (2023)
2. El Toro’s Front Street Walls mural in Fishtown (2023)
3. Philly Street Art Interviews: An Animated Conversation with El Toro, One of Philly’s First Sticker Artists (2020)