Note: On April 6, 2022, we received a request from one of the three artists who was featured below to remove her name and artwork from the blog post. We have done so. That mural is located on the corner of 3rd Street and Chillum Place NE.

Be sure to check out three cool new storm drain murals here in Riggs Park. These murals are designed to educate people about the Anacostia River and inspire us all to keep trash off the street and out of the river. Guest contributor David Kosub previously wrote about the selected designs here.

At South Dakota & Galloway Street NE is “Jahlil Wormley” by artist Elizabeth Sampson.

“Anacostia River View” by artist Lovancy Ingram is near 219 Riggs Road NE (near Food & Friends).

This was a really fun activity funded through DC’s Department of Energy and Environment’s Community Stormwater Solutions Grant and sponsored by the Anacostia Watershed Society and the environment committee of the Lamond-Riggs Citizens Association. The weather was perfect for painting. Volunteers from Anacostia Watershed Society joined each artist. My kid neighbor Isabel spent all day painting. Neighbors stopped by to say hi.

This activity followed last weekend’s cleanup of Hellbender Hill. Be sure to sign up for this weekend’s Riggs Park neighborhood-wide cleanup on April 13. All of these activities are planned by the super awesome environment committee of LRCA, chaired by Olga Naidenko and Lauren Boyd. Check out pics from the mural painting below.