Art is a powerful tool for social change and community building.

Werckmeister discovered this early in her career while working as an intern for the Social and Public Art Resource Center in 1993. It was reinforced working on paid projects with the Chicago Public Art Group, in 1995.

In 2007 Werckmeister and two other artist collaborators founded the Mural Itinerary of Vitoria-Gasteiz (2007-2019). 19 large-scale collaborative murals were created, effectively changing the appearance and energy of the city center, and becoming an important example of the transversal success that socially engaged art can bring to a city.

The projects below were made with and for the communities they belong to. Each one began with a process of listening — to the neighbourhood, the people, the history of the place. The result is work that residents feel is theirs, not something that arrived from outside.