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Visual Arts

Rue Landau looks at a work by Nijah Monique Blanton with Blanton
Arts & Entertainment

Survey of Philly artists shows worry over finding work, space and money

The survey by Councilmember Rue Landau was launched in the wake of the closing of the University of the Arts.

2 years ago

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Texas A&M football player Sam Salz
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Weitzman exhibit celebrates influential Jewish Americans in a challenging time

The Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History offer recognition and education with “Humans of Judaism” exhibit.

2 years ago

Nina Gold making a doll-sized bed
Arts & Entertainment

A small stitch for womankind: Philly’s Betsy Ross House is sewing up her place in history

A bedding project for Mount Vernon is based on documents that tie George Washington to Betsy Ross.

2 years ago

Sarah Kaizar poses for a photo
Arts & Entertainment

A Philly artist created a climate news AI bot. The result is ‘a little sassy’

Sarah Kaizar’s AT Feed is an automated aggregate of current climate news and a critique of the future of information.

2 years ago

Listen 1:14
A rendering shows the Sunken Garden at Calder Gardens
Arts & Entertainment

Calder Gardens on schedule for September 2025 opening on the Parkway

The cultural center dedicated to the artist of aerial mobiles has hired its first leadership position, Director of Programs Juana Berrío.

2 years ago

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The exterior of Dorrance Hamilton Hall, with large pillars on the front
PlanPhilly
Courts & Law

Some UArts buildings sold out of bankruptcy. Here’s what’s left on the auction block in Philly

The old University of the Arts campus is up for sale, but the judge might not approve all for-profit developers bidding for a slice of it.

2 years ago

Listen 1:46
CCH Pounder speaks in front of an artwork
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

CCH Pounder talks about sharing her art collection and the importance of preserving Black art

The actress and art collector is sharing more than 40 pieces of her collection in an exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.

2 years ago

Iris Van Orden works on a quilt
Arts & Entertainment

5 quilts from Cut & Sew PHL in Mt. Airy chosen for QuiltCon national convention in Phoenix

The Philly-based quilt shop and sewing studio will be represented in February at the national quilting event.

2 years ago

Listen 0:48
a watercolor depicts a person fishing, a waterfall and two buildngs
Arts & Entertainment

This painting found in a Glenside thrift store came out of Philly’s 19th-century Black cultural elite

A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.

2 years ago

Listen 1:53
Hazami Sayed's links
Arts & Entertainment

Al-Bustan exhibition links Lebanon to Philadelphia

Founding director Hazami Sayed makes musical chains that tie her Arabic heritage to her life in Philly.

2 years ago

Listen 1:24
Michael K. Wilson curated Shaheed Rucker's exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s African American Museum eats its Wheaties in new pop art exhibition

Artist Shaheed Rucker puts Negro baseball leagues athletes on re-creations of the iconic cereal box.

2 years ago

Erin Elman smiles next to her painting
Arts & Entertainment

Former UArts students, faculty and alumni exhibit on the walls of Philly City Hall

Dozens of artists impacted by the closure of the University of the Arts submitted work to what might be their last collective exhibition.

2 years ago

colorful, abstract carvings of faces
Arts & Entertainment

No flowers? No problem. Artist Mark Sfirri makes bouquets out of wood in Philly

After 50 years as an artist, Bucks County’s Mark Sfirri has his first solo museum show. And a second simultaneously.

2 years ago

Listen 1:29
dolls and ceramics on a table
Community

La Expo Tianguis y Posada connects generations of Latino businesses in Philly

Thirty businesses and artisans set up tables and showcased various talents in the basketball gym at the Bok Building.

2 years ago

students looking at pieces of art at the museum
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philadelphia Museum of Art brings students to latest exhibition with free buses

Students in the region can get a guided tour of “The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure” till February.

2 years ago

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