Washington, D.C. is about to get a little more colorful. According to a Current Newspaper report, city officials are commemorating the 10th anniversary of D.C.’s mural program, MuralsDC, by doubling the project’s yearly budget and commissioning 11 murals across six wards. 

Many of these murals are at different stages in the completion process, but a few are already finished. Earlier this month, social justice activists Rose Jaffe and Kate DeCiccio created the program's first three-dimensional mural located right outside Right Proper Brewing Company in Shaw. The mural features wooden portraits of prominent D.C. jazz musicians Duke Ellington, Ron Holloway, Mahalia Jackson, Billy Taylor, Shirley Horn, Meshell Ndegeocello, and Davey Yarborough.

In addition, Arizona artist Joe Pagac recently completed a mural at Ketchum Elementary School in Anacostia. This mural commemorates D.C.’s history and features an illustration of Frederick Douglass’s house, which residents can still visit today. The mural also includes a backdrop of the Washington Monument and D.C.’s signature cherry blossoms. The top of the mural’s frame reads “Planting roots now to grow strong later.” The bottom of the frame features Fredrick Douglass’s famous quote, “Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.”

According to the Current, all 11 murals are slated to wrap up by the end of the month.