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Visual Arts

Joe Baker talks about his paintings, one of which depicts his grandmother performing the last Doll Dance in the early 1900s. Baker is one of four artists from the Delaware Tribe of Indians whose work is featured in ''Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories,'' at the Michener Museum
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware study aims to revitalize state’s arts and culture with new online map to boost economy and tourism

A new study from the Delaware Arts Alliance unveils an ambitious plan to support the arts and cultural sector with a new online mapping hub.

2 years ago

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Roberto Lugp stands by a sculpture
Arts & Entertainment

A giant ginger jar rises in Kensington proclaiming, ‘We Here’

Potter Roberto Lugo installed the first of three totems to neighborhood creativity in the Mural Arts Philadelphia project.

2 years ago

A sculpture by Antonio Arroniz Castro featured in the
Arts & Entertainment

‘Shift the paradigm’: An exhibition at Philly’s Imperfect Gallery celebrates immigrant and international voices

The exhibition, which features artists with Latin American and Palestinian backgrounds, is on display through Aug. 3.

2 years ago

Listen 1:05
Anne Ishii,
Arts & Entertainment

Anne Ishii to step down as leader of Philly’s Asian Arts Initiative

Ishii has been executive director for six years and guided the community-focused organization through the pandemic.

2 years ago

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A man looks forward at the camera while gesturing toward a painting of a woman from the 19th century
Arts & Entertainment

From ‘oops!’ to opportunity: Philly’s Seaport Museum gives historic painting to Andalusia estate

Twenty years ago, the maritime museum accidentally bought an 1815 portrait. Her story can now be told at the historic Biddle family estate.

2 years ago

Russell Smith's painting shows four people and a house on a hill near the Hudson River
Arts & Entertainment

J.D. Vance brought Appalachia into the national discourse. PAFA was already there

“Layers of Liberty” launched well before J.D. Vance became the Republican vice presidential candidate, but the exhibit still meets the moment.

2 years ago

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Since 2018, The Apologues has helped families cope with the loss of loved ones to gun violence through original portraiture. The organization was honored at Philadelphia City Hall with official citations. (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly City Council honors artists helping families cope with gun violence

The Apologues connects artists with families who have lost loved ones to gun violence. City Council’s president is honoring that work.

2 years ago

The artists of the Baltimore-based Painted Screen Society created a group of paintiings for the ''Art From the Yard'' exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art. The society is dedicated to documenting and preserving the city's tradition of painting mesh screens, which dates back to the early 1900s. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

‘Do whatever you want’: Philly’s Institute of Contemporary Art brings the freedom of the yard into the gallery

An exhibition of yard art at Penn ties urban artists to a mostly Southern creative vernacular.

2 years ago

Listen 1:10
Imani Roach
Arts & Entertainment

All things African art: Philadelphia Museum of Art plans to build a home for diasporic works

The Philadelphia Museum of Art is bringing African art to Philly. The plan is for the art to stay permanently.

2 years ago

Garden plaza wall of The Noble apartments
Arts & Entertainment

An artist is using sprinklers to paint the walls of a massive Spring Garden apartment complex

Doug Hoekzema, also known as HOXXOH, shoots color using off-the-shelf lawn care equipment.

2 years ago

Listen 1:15
People view
Arts & Entertainment

Make room for cartoons among America’s founding documents

Did political cartoons contribute to American nation-building? This exhibition at the Historical Society of Pennsylvania shows how.

2 years ago

The Supreme Court of the United States
Studio 2
Politics & Policy

Supreme Court decision time, art behind bars, the SS United States

As SCOTUS justices get ready for summer break, we'll talk about the latest court decisions and preview coming rulings involving presidential immunity, the January 6 and more.

Air Date: June 26, 2024 12:00 pm

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Video projection part of the art exhibit
Arts & Entertainment

The last picture show: After a century of exhibitions, the Philadelphia Art Alliance hosts what might be its final art show

The former mansion will close with the rest of the University of the Arts.

2 years ago

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Terra Hall on South Broad Street.
Education

Here’s what could happen to UArts’ $61 million endowment and its historic campus

UArts is still responsible for ensuring its endowment is spent the way donors intended. Regulators will control the transition of both buildings and the money.

2 years ago

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Sid Sachs packs up beneath a painting of Christine Wetherill Stevenson
Arts & Entertainment

After the fall: Philly arts programs search for a way out of the collapse of UArts

UArts was home to a handful of organizations with various levels of independence. After the dramatic closure, who will survive?

2 years ago

Listen 1:37
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