Murals by Sam Maitin '51, adorn the Great Room and Meditation Room. Sam is a talented mixed media artist who found a welcoming home at the Christian Association when he arrived on Penn's campus in 1946. He remained committed to the CA for nearly 60 years.
Make a donation to the Christian Association and receive poster sets or note card sets of Sam Maitin’s mural designs.
Article on the Meditation Room Murals
Sam Maitin FA’51, whose death in late December shocked the art world in Philadelphia and beyond, was an astonishing conduit of color and form, wielding it like a delighted child who happened to be a serious craftsman. [read more]
Article on the Great Room Mural
Jane Biberman, University of Pennsylvania Gazette, May 2001
“As a Jew, I love the CA because it has always frowned on quotas and protected minorities,” says Sam Maitin FA’51. ‘‘I hung out there as a student and as a teacher because I was attracted to its ecumenicalism and its agenda of social activism. They have always been, and still are, in the forefront of the kind of community action that I think is important.” [read more]
