Community Development & Placemaking
Public Art Project Management
Placemaking
Workshops & Facilitation
Visual Note-Taking
Mural Arts Philadelphia
Lili Razi has been a Project Manager at Mural Arts Philadelphia since 2025, where she collaborates with artists, community organizations, and institutional partners to bring community stories into public art. Her work focuses on using creative processes to raise awareness, foster dialogue, and support social justice initiatives through collaborative public art projects.
Project Manager at Mural Arts Philadelphia
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Lili at the press event for Bells Across PA - What better way to celebrate the Semiquincentennial than by letting freedom ring? On view throughout 2026
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The statewide art exhibition in partnership with America250PA and Mural Arts Philadelphia — will showcase festively painted Liberty Bell replicas across the state, with a whopping 24 bells set for display right here in Philly.
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Voyage of Becoming © 2026 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Andre Chaney, Girard College High School, 2101 South College Avenue. Photo by Steve Weinik.
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Built for What's Next ©2026 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Brianna Dawkins, School District of Philadelphia, 440 North Broad Street (interior). Photo by Steve Weinik.
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Philadelphia as Lived Experience © 2026 City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program / Gina Kim, Bus Station at 10th and Filbert St. Photo by Lili Razi.
Lili Razi has been a collaborator with PlacemakingUS since 2024. Her contributions have included helping organize Placemaking Weekends in Philadelphia, creating visual notes for sessions such as Women and Place and Seniors and Place, and hosting workshops including Authentic Community Engagement and Drawn to Places and a week visit in Duluth, Minnesota. Through her work as an urban designer, facilitator, and community development practitioner, she brings art, creativity, curiosity, and a strong commitment to meaningful community engagement.
Creative Placemaking Collaborator
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Placemaking Weekend in Philly, June 2024
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Duluth Placemaking Week, April 2026
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Drawn to Place Online Workshop, May 2026
Workshops & Facilitation
When she identifies gaps in connection or engagement, she often responds by designing participatory workshops that bring people together through storytelling, dialogue, and artmaking.
Brotherly Love or Filthadelphia?
The People’s Budget Office is a public art and civic engagement project installed at LOVE Park. In 2023, led by artist Phoebe Bachman in collaboration with Blanche Brown, Sam Rise, Erik Ruin, Arshayla Robinson, Maria Möller, Josh Graupera, Pamela Chuang, and Oscar Gresh. As part of the project, Lili organized a public workshop at JFK Plaza in May 2024 that invited residents to transform concerns about city cleanliness into creative, community-driven solutions. Using discarded materials, participants created a collective artwork that communicated their experiences, frustrations, and ideas directly to budget decision-makers, demonstrating how public art can foster civic dialogue and community engagement.
Paws and Friends
Paws & Friends at Park(ing) Day was a Parklet installation created in Manayunk for Park(ing) Day 2025 that celebrated the role pets play in our lives while engaging residents in conversations about making Philadelphia more pet-friendly. Through interactive activities and community dialogue, participants shared ideas including increased access to poop bag stations and water sources, additional pet parks and green spaces, more pet-friendly businesses and events, dedicated spaces for cats, and improved animal care services. The project was made possible through support from @manayunkdotcom, collaboration with @cityofpawspc, pet portraits by Canine Caricatures, and the ongoing leadership of @parkingdayphila.
Creative Communities Gathering
Pennsylvania Creative Communities & Creative Economy Convening brought together grantees from across Pennsylvania to exchange ideas, build relationships, and explore collaborative solutions to common challenges. In October 2024, Lili facilitated the gathering, designing and leading engagement activities focused on topics such as funding, community engagement, DEIB, partnerships, storytelling, and working with artists. Through guided discussions, small-group collaboration, and graphic recording, participants reflected on barriers, shared lessons learned, and identified opportunities for future collaboration and growth.Visual Note-Taking
Lili creates visual summaries of conversations, seminars, and public discussions, translating complex ideas into accessible and engaging visual narratives.
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Genovo Solutions Toronto, Candada, July 2024
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People's Budget Office, Spring 2023
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Secondline Parade at Sunday Girl, Summer 2025
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Senior and Place, Placemaking US, Fall 2025
11th Annual Mother Wit Convening in-person graphic recording, NYC
This major health and community event was hosted by the ARIAH Foundation in October 2025. A sacred space uniting health professionals, birth workers, activists, and community members to discuss maternal health, reproductive justice, and birth equity for Black, Brown, and immigrant communities.