Mary DeWitt Painting
MURALS
The Paulette Carrington Mural will be installed this season in the Pardon Garden.
Portrait of Cyd Berger, High-Fired, Hand-Made and Painted 6"x6" Tile, 2022-23
located on our property
Portrait of Avis Lee, Hand-Painted, Low-Fired 6"x6" Tile, 2017
soon to be installed in the Pardon Garden.
Cyd Berger Mural, Hand-Painted, Low-Fired Majolica 6"x6" Tile, 2000
Narrative on Mural:
Cyd Charisse Berger has been in prison in Pennsylvania since 1980. She is sentenced to life without parole although she did not commit the murder. Previously, she tried to escape from him but he beat her until she returned. Just before he kileed the victime, he practiced on Cyd Berger. She helped her abuser flee and reported him to the police. Cyd Berger is asking the govrernor to pardon her sentence and needs support. Her abuser was the murderer. For information about the details of her case, contact the National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women. 215 351 0010.
located in Philadelphia in Northern Liberties at 3rd and Poplar on Kaplan's Bakery
In March of 2024, I visited the mural with my granddaughter. Never would I have anticipated that, twenty four years later, Cyd Berger would still be trapped in prison.
Rose Dinkins Mural, Hand-Made, Hand-Painted Tile, 2003
located at 44th and Locust St. in West Philadelphia
Tenor Hall, SCI Muncy Activities Basement, Replica of an Egyptian Temple, 1992