Jersey City embraced its creative side with its first-ever Jersey City Mural Festival in collaboration with Mana Public Arts. Jersey City worked with 50 artists to activate 30 walls and entrusted Colossal with painting Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya’s massive piece – Stand With Us. Colossal proudly donated painting hours and resources to bring Phingbodhipakkiya’s vision to an excess of four thousand square feet of wall space. 

“Art has the ability to soothe grief, amplify joy, and rally people to action,” Phingbodhipakkiya remarked. “Stand With Us is meant to be a love letter to the Asian American and Pacific Islander community in Jersey City. You are seen, you are heard, and you have allies beside you.” – Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

Read the full story of the Jersey City Mural Fest in our Field Notes.