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With a name inspired by the First Amendment, 1A explores important issues such as policy, politics, technology, and what connects us across the fissures that divide the country. The program also delves into pop culture, sports, and humor. 1A's goal is to act as a national mirror-taking time to help America look at itself and to ask what it wants to be.

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Stephen Talasnik's Endurance sits illuminated in the Delaware River boat basin ready for the opening of the FLOW exhibition. FLOW is a sculpture exhibit on the Delaware River in partnership with Philadelphia Sculptors and the Independence Seaport Museum. (Emily Cohen for WHYY)
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Arts & Entertainment

Philly native Stephen Talasnik brings his work home for Seaport’s floating art exhibit

An art exhibit floating on the Delaware opens at the Seaport Museum. Philly-born artist Stephen Talasnik returns after 34 years to contribute.

6 years ago

Smith Playground summer camp participants, and Boys and Girls Club members take the first photos in from of the “MVP” Ora Washington statue. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

‘It looks like me:’ New South Philly statue meant to inspire young women and girls

Philly commissioned ‘MVP’ as part of a public art program, and it’s the city’s first statue of an individual African-American girl.

6 years ago

Lucy The Elephant in 1895 stands at Atlantic Avenue and  Decatur Street, Margate City, N.J. (Library of Congress)
The Why
Community

Lucy The Elephant at 138: Standing the test of time

Lucy The Elephant, the 65-foot-tall Margate landmark, turns 138 Saturday. The country's oldest roadside attraction has withstood natural disasters and threats of demolition.

Air Date: July 17, 2019

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A museum patron pauses at the west entrance of the Philadelphia Museum of Art to look at
Arts & Entertainment

Two Philadelphia Art Museum sculptures are moving across town

Monumental sculptures at one of the entrances of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will be removed to make room for building renovations by Frank Gehry.

6 years ago

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The Association for Public Art (aPA) presents 'Sculpture Zoo in Logan Circle' on Saturday, June 22, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., with free, fun-filled activities (The Philadelphia Tribune)
Arts & Entertainment
The Philadelphia Tribune

‘Sculpture Zoo in Logan Circle’ brings public art to life

This weekend, the Swann Fountain will serve as inspiration as Philadelphia-based artists put on animal sculpture demonstrations for young artists.

6 years ago

Workman hoist the White Water sculpture off of its base to a flat bed truck.  White Water, a sculpture by Philadelphia artist Robinson Fredenthal is moved from the garden behind the Wells Fargo building in Old City to its new home at the Woodmere Art Museum in Chestnut Hill. (Jonathan Wilson for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

How a massive Robinson Fredenthal sculpture moved to Chestnut Hill in the dead of night

The “White Water” sculpture had been in downtown Philadelphia for 40 years. It now lives on the front lawn of the Woodmere Museum.

6 years ago

Listen 1:57
A visitor to the Philadelphia Museum of Art inspects the sculpture series,
Arts & Entertainment

Antony Gormley’s iron sculptures loom over Rocky steps at Art Museum

People running up the Rocky steps at the Philadelphia Museum of Art now face something new at the top – a wall of 10 cast-iron figures planted on the top step.

6 years ago

Arts & Entertainment

Iconic Manhattan sculpture finds a new home in Collegeville, Pa.

An icon of bustling Rockefeller Center in NYC, the sculpture "Cubed Curve" is now on the leafy campus of Ursinus College.

7 years ago

Listen 2:07
Arts & Entertainment

Artist attempts to sum up the world in Philly exhibit

Rina Banerjee's first major retrospective at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is called "Make Me a Summary of the World."

7 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Philly artists recreate gigantic 1973 ‘Rube Goldberg’ orchestra

Now on display at the Pearlstein Gallery in Drexel University’s URBN Annex, “Zwei Mann Orchester” is a musical Rube Goldberg machine that delights with its symphonic absurdity

7 years ago

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Chris Taylor, president of the Clay Studio, and Vice President Jennifer Martin, are moving their studio out of Old City to a larger site on North American Street.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

‘Bursting at the seams,’ Clay Studio plans move from Old City to Kensington

A longtime arts anchor in Philadelphia's Old City neighborhood, the Clay Studio prepares to relocate.

7 years ago

Listen 1:40
A Rodin sculpture of a nude man is juxtaposed with an abstract work by Anselm Kiefer
Arts & Entertainment

Barnes Foundation hosts reboot of August Rodin

Painter Anselm Keifer has made a series of works in response to his kindred spirit, Auguste Rodin. They're on display at the Barnes, the only U.S. venue for the exhibition.

8 years ago

A bust of Napoleon Bonaparte by Auguste Rodin is on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
NewsWorks Tonight
Arts & Entertainment

Lost Rodin bust finds a home in Philadelphia

A forgotten bust by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin, hiding in plain sight in a small New Jersey town for 80 years, is now on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

8 years ago

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Philadelphia police protect the Frank Rizzo statue during a protest
Politics & Policy

Destination unknown: Philly to move Rizzo statue

The statue has been a polarizing public artwork for years, with critics calling for its removal, given Rizzo’s record on police brutality, especially in communities of color.

8 years ago

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Rich Jones proposed a monument of Ida Tarbell, a famous Philadelphia muckraker, and biographer of Abraham Lincoln. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
NewsWorks Tonight
Community

Art project helps Philadelphia celebrate collective consciousness in monumental way

“If you had to pick a monument that represented contemporary Philadelphia, what would you choose?”

8 years ago

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