TRFE CURATES THE ROOTS PICNIC 2022.
Project Summary
Live Nation Urban wanted to create artistic photographic moments across the Roots Picnic footprint in the form of murals paying homage to the band and Philadelphia.
Responsibilities
Source/hire/brief muralists
Work with union teams to build free standing walls
Administrative (artist contracts/stipends, timelines, production schedule)
Liaise between Live Nation Urban, muralists and on site staff
Challenges
One week lead time to complete the project.
Key Successes
Festival goers waited in lines for up to 1 hour to get a photo with these murals as the backdrop.
Artists received a personal shout out from Questlove via IG stories.
Every major television news outlet did their Roots Picnic coverage in front of murals