Visual Arts

Born in Philadelphia, Hendricks studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and later attended Yale’s school of art.

The Heinz Award, with its quarter-million dollar purse, was given to the Philly artist who makes ceramics depicting urban life.

The native of Veracruz has created more than 40 works for Mural Arts, plus numerous fresco paintings, sculptures, mosaics, and altars.

By using religious altar pieces and tarot imagery, Patrick McGrath Muñiz tackles themes of colonialism, identity, and climate.

“Never Broken” at Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pa., asked Indigenous artists to tell the history of the Lenape people.

Called “society’s best-kept secret,” Ann Lowe made gowns for special occasions, including Jackie Kennedy’s wedding dress.

As press coverage of the arts shrinks, Artblog celebrates two decades of crawling through Philly’s galleries.

Though Philadelphia’s murals are staples of the city, not all of these artistic expressions are embraced with open arms.

Dozens of artists at Studio Incamminati painted people displaced by the war in Ukraine. Sale of the portraits will directly support the families.

Kala Hagopian and team spent a year painting the lifelike faces of Michael Scott and the rest of the Dunder Mifflin crew.

UDTJ, an Upper Darby-based social justice nonprofit, is leading the pilot program. Philadelphia Mural Arts served as inspiration for Upper Darby.

Long in the works, the calendar will be “cute, furry, and sexy,” per the mascot. Pre-orders are open for participants in the Gritty 5k.

The Center had been leasing its building from the borough for almost 20 years. It also received a $250,000 grant for its Moorestown site.

The new psychedelic immersive playground experience from Ohio has a menacing A.I. dystopia at its center.

Live performances, artisan demonstrations, and 1,500 stretched-silk creations, lit from the inside.