Visual Arts
Medical illustration is a small field — there are about 2,000 certified professionals in the world, including a small team in Philly at CHOP.
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Listen 4:55May 19-21: Bellefonte Arts Fest in Delaware, New Hope Pridefest in Pa., and “Water by the Spoonful” in N.J. are among this weekend’s event highlights.
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Listen 5:00Portrait exhibit honors victims of Philadelphia gun violence ahead of Mother’s Day
The art exhibit at City Hall featured the portraits of 55 homicide victims as a way to help grieving mothers who’ve lost children to gun violence.
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’We are so powerful’: Exhibition shows how artists helped shut down Berks immigrant detention center
The Shut Down Berks Coalition has created a touring exhibition of how it successfully closed the federal detention center.
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‘It’s just gay.’ A forest of fanciful cacti pops up in the Navy Yard
Matty Geez’s immersive art environment “Greetings from the Mirage” is the latest temporary, pop-up art installation at the former military base.
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50th Anniversary of Hip Hop, St. Joe’s New Art Museum, Studio 2 Trivia
The birth of hip hop happened 50 years ago. We're talking with Philly icons DJ Jazzy Jeff and Charlie Mack about the early days of the genre and its evolution today.
Air Date: May 4, 2023 12:00 pm
Listen 45:30Philly mayoral candidates were asked to respond to the arts sector. Only 2 did
"We think that everybody wants to work together," said Jacque Liu, "but they're just not quite sure how."
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St. Joe’s reopens the old Barnes Foundation building as a new museum
St Joseph’s University acquired Albert Barnes’ original galleries in Lower Merion, to open its first campus art museum in 172 years.
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Listen 1:29Philly Art Museum now has a permanent home for Ellsworth Kelly
The PMA is permanently giving a gallery over to the work of the late abstract minimalist, on the centenary of his birth.
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Philly Holocaust memorial will update itself with a new mural
The Holocaust Plaza in Center City has the oldest Holocaust memorial sculpture in America. Now it is commissioning the largest mural.
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Listen 1:15April 27 - April 30: KRS One celebrates hip hop in Delaware, Penn Relays in Philly, and a Short Film Fest in South Jersey are among this weekend’s event highlights.
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Listen 5:29The exhibit looks to past examples of inequality to examine the changing relationships of Americans throughout the pandemic.
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Listen 1:14Earth Day, StrEAT Festival, Center City Jazz Festival in this week’s ‘Things To Do’
April 20 - April 23: James Beard dinner in Del., Jazz Fest in Philly, and “Beauty and the Beast, Jr." in South Jersey are among weekend event highlights.
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Listen 5:00Philadanco highlights four choreographers with Moving…Beyond Forward
"Moving...Beyond Forward"performance at the Perelman Theater set to highlight the work of four choreographers who have history with Philadanco and to show where they are now.
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Erotic art softens up Asian Arts Initiative
Born of the pandemic, The Erotic Project book and exhibition invites visitors into radical sensuality.
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