Siempre Aprendiendo
Flamingo Swirl Mural
Madison Flower Flash, 2021
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Mural Rendering. Photo courtesy of the artist and Madison Public Art Project
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Join Us for this Mural Opening May 31st, 2025!
2200 Pennsylvania Ave. Madison WI 53704​​​
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Siempre Aprendiendo means “always learning” in Spanish. This installation showcases how education can nourish us all. While the hummingbird flies from flower to flower in search of nectar, the bird is fed by the knowledge found in the flowers. The Madison Public Art Project commissioned Richie Morales to create this painted floating mural. The artist presents beautiful flowers, hummingbirds, honeybees, an armadillo, and a figurative human head in this brightly colored and multi layered installation. The hummingbird serves as a metaphor of self and the flowers are the source of knowledge referencing an artistic source from which the human is nourished. This expressive public art project integrates visual art, music, and nature together to offer a multi-sensory experience for the viewer in a newly planted green space garden.
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Thank you Sponsors!
This project is commissioned by the Madison Public Art Project, Inc. with major funding from Ascendium Education. Thank you to our Platinum Sponsors: American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate & Social Impact, and the Pleasant T. Rowland Foundation.
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Art & Music
The artist enjoys listening to music when he is painting in his studio. Listen to the curated music playlist here that inspired the creation of this impressive mural!
Artist studio visit
Courtesy of the artist and Madison Public Art Project
Photo credit: Cut The Deck Creative
About the Artist @richiemoralesarte​
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This Public Art Mural features the work of painter, Richie Morales who is living and working in Madison. Originally from Guatemala, Morales is self-taught and is always investigating the role of social justice in his work. His practice uses “legacies of personal and community resilience” and he plays with themes of memory and time.
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Richie Morales Artist Statement
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"Painting is my first language.
I am a self-taught painter that does not hesitate in his stroke, I explore the accident as a form of communion with the unknown and regularly reflect about the role of art in social justice.
Since childhood in Guatemala, I have experimented with textures and materials while working in trades of carpentry and construction work that today I integrate into my painting. My life is marked by signs of socio-economic violence as well as with legacies of personal and community resilience.
Art is for me the only space where light and darkness, the grotesque and beautiful, love and fear can integrate with each other to birth a fuller whole. And because of this, I keep painting .
In my path I had the opportunity to participate in multiple artistic collaborations across our continent of America, and I currently live in Madison, Wisconsin."
Native Planting & Gardening Workshop
Register a ticket to join our Community Gardening Workshop here!
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities!
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Help support the final phase of this project and sign up at this link.
There are many 2-hour shifts available to help with painting days, general project support, and garden plantings. No art experience is required. All supplies and materials are provided. Registration is required.
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These are fun days open to the community where you can support the project, meet the artist, and help paint and hang this mural installation!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0948AEAE23A6FCC70-55342798-volunteer#/
FREE Coloring Book Pages
Download the coloring book pages, created for this project and some designed by the artist.
Paint own pollinators, and color your own bookmarks inspired by the gorgeous mural art!
Link will go LIVE at 10am on 5/31
Mocktail Drink Recipe!
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Download the recipe card for the artist's favorite drink here. Join us for the mural unveiling where we will be serving light refreshments of this delicious beverage. Recipe cards will be available to all who attend the opening mural celebration!
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All Photos â“’ Madison Public Art Project