Siempre Aprendiendo
Flamingo Swirl Mural
Madison Flower Flash, 2021
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Mural Installation View. Photo courtesy of the artist and Madison Public Art Project
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On view from May 31st, 2025
Installation will remain on view
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 Dreams Foundation, 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!
Project Video
Courtesy of Madison Public Art Project
Video By: 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 time and memory.
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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
Thank you to all who joined our Community Gardening Workshop!
Upcoming Volunteer Opportunities!
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Stay tuned for upcoming volunteer slots for our next mural opening. No art experience is required. We appreciate all our volunteers! These are fun days open to the community where you can support the project, meet the artist, and assist with the next project or event! We would love to have you.
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FREE Coloring Book Pages, Bookmarks,& More!
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Download the coloring book pages, created for this project and some that are even designed by the artist, Richie Morales.
You can paint own pollinators, and color your own bookmarks inspired by the gorgeous mural art!
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Delicious Drink Recipe!
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Download the recipe card for the artist's favorite drink here. We served this delicious drink at the mural unveiling and provided recipe cards at the opening mural celebration!
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Recent Press Features
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Watch the WKOW 27 News feature!
May 31st, 2025
Northside Mural Unveiled By Madison Public Art Project
Read the Madison365 feature!
May 27th, 2025
Siempre Aprendiendo New Nature Inspired Public Art Mural By Richie Morales To Be Unveiled Saturday In East Madison.
Artist studio visit
Courtesy of the artist and Madison Public Art Project
Photo credit: Cut The Deck Creative
All Photos â“’ Madison Public Art Project