Today is World Press Freedom Day, and we're honoring the fundamental principles enshrined in the First Amendment of freedom of the press and the importance of independent media. Today, we also honor journalists who lost their lives.

Today's mural, In the Garden of Possibilities by Paula Borsetti, envisions serene environments in a world that seems to be spiraling out of control. For Borsetti, her artwork is something she can control. Her work is intuitive, guided by the surface and materials.

Today's mural by Christine Palamidessi celebrates women runners. In 1967, Katherine Switzer hid her gender in order to enter the Boston Marathon. Along the way, race managers assaulted her and tried to rip off her 261 bib number because women were not allowed to participate. Switzer finished the race in 4 hours and 20 minutes. The path paved by Switzer accommodated eight women who officially ran the Boston Marathon in 1972. Later on, women were permitted to run the marathon in the 1984 Olympics.

Today's mural, Holding on to Humanity by Laura Buscemi, is a digital illustration that highlights maintaining human connection. In a digital world, people sometimes lose touch with reality. Through her art, Buscemi enjoys incorporating qualities of human touch with her mark-making and subject matter.

Today's mural, Frog's Eye by Tara Bilotta, gets up close and personal with nature. "This piece serves as a reminder of the great things we can learn from other beings and how special it is to be face-to-face with them," Bilotta says.

Today's mural, Swans in Emerald by Adèle Patnaude, approaches nature from a place of feeling rather than documentation. Two swans float closely together across green-blue water, their mirrored shapes suggesting balance, devotion, and ease. The surrounding emerald tones hint at dense foliage, creating a feeling of privacy, as though the moment is unfolding unseen. The swans are rendered with soft, layered brushstrokes, emerging naturally from the water rather than standing apart from it.

Today’s mural features a tomato painting by Donna Calleja. Through observing light and shadow, her inspiration comes from viewing plants in her home garden or walking in her neighborhood. She composes natural forms together for their shape, color, and texture from direct observation and her imagination.

Today's mural features a drawing by Katherine Desy. Her work is rooted in the practice of automatic drawing, starting without a plan and letting the piece evolve intuitively. Desy is also a drummer and feels beats and rhythms in her body. That sense of motion finds its way into her drawings: the flow between forms, the tension between order and chaos, and the pulse that moves the eye without moving the page.

Today's mural, Blue in Green by Diane Novetsky, draws viewers into an imagined celestial realm filled with luminous color and rhythmic movement. Through biomorphic forms, chromatic modulation, and concentric rays of light, Novetsky evokes the ancient philosophical idea that the movement of heavenly bodies creates a universal harmony known as the “music of the spheres.”

Today's mural, Monsoon Season by Sterling Mulbry, explores the interplay of color with shapes and patterns. Mulbry begins by constructing and carving a structure with paint. She then experiments with the push and pull of pattern, foreground, and background. The result is somewhere between dream and reality, sometimes suggesting a narrative or theatre set.