Sculpture
Eyes Gallery to reopen in new South Street storefront next year
The iconic shop is also hosting a holiday pop-up as it continues to rebuild from last summer’s devastating fire.
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Regional Roundup: October 24, 2022
Proud Boys founder will visit Penn State. It's the last day to register to vote in PA's upcoming crucial midterms. And, artist Tanda Francis will sculpt Marian Anderson.
Air Date: October 24, 2022 10:00 am
Listen 49:15Plastic artwork will be decomposed by mealworms at Philly’s Asian Arts Initiative
Narendra Haynes’ Styrofoam sculptures will be decomposed by mealworms during an exhibition at the Asian Arts Initiative.
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The city will now allow women and artists of color to compete for a chance to sculpt the famed civil right leader.
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Video: The Clay Studio is thrilled to be bringing more art to Kensington
The nonprofit gallery and school offers free programming every week.
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From trash to treasure: Magic Gardens event encourages recycling through creativity
Ricky Boscarino started creating art out of recycled plastic around eight years ago, which he says changed his view on how plastics are used daily.
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Crash-landed in Philly 11 years ago, ‘Grumman Greenhouse’ is finally saying goodbye
After 11 years, the “beloved” sculpture by Jordan Griska, “Grumman Greenhouse,” is making way for a major John Rhoden retrospective at PAFA.
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As Bryn Athyn’s modern medieval castle closes for upgrades, its historic collection goes downtown
The modern medieval castle in Bryn Athyn has closed for renovations until 2023. So it sent its prized 12th-century stained glass to the Philly Art Museum.
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Claes Oldenburg, 93, created giant sculptures that became icons of Philly
The pop artist died on Monday at 93. His giant sculptures of common objects evoke the silly and the serious of Philly.
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It’s waiting for you: New public sculpture ‘Monument in Waiting’ at Drexel University
What’s it like to be monumental? You can stand on a pedestal at the sculptural installation “Monument in Waiting” and feel posterity.
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Philadelphia Flower Show goes back inside for ‘23 after 2-year run in FDR park
COVID-19 pushed the Philadelphia Flower Show outside the last two years. In 2023 it will return to its traditional indoor setting and start just before spring.
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Sculptural fountain at Philly’s Cherry Street Pier is a 16’ glass bed of living mussels
“Freshwater” by Jean Shin spotlights the importance of mussels as “ecosystem engineers” keeping our rivers clean.
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Photos from the Philadelphia Flower Show, with 15 acres of colorful beauty in FDR Park
Visitors said the event, now in its second time outdoors, was head and shoulders above last year’s edition.
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A dinosaur with native beadwork emerges in Philly’s Navy Yard
A life-size sculpture of a Parasaurolophus decorated with Lenni Lenape beadwork is the first permanent sculpture introduced by the Navy Yard’s developer.
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First new sculpture in 70 years for Philly’s 30th Street Station
Amtrak built a wall on wheels to accommodate Virginia Maksymowicz’s “Tools of the Trade,” honoring hand labor in the national rail system.
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