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Visual Arts

Manuela Gillén gestures while smiling in front of a mural
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

‘For us, by us’: A place to find and celebrate Philly’s Latina creatives

This popular Instagram community is a labor of love.

4 years ago

Valeriya Kamelkova, artist and sculptor, illustrates the Russian flag and a pool of blood. (Valeriya Kamelkova)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

These Ukrainian artists capture the country’s spirit and the war’s toll

As Russian forces continue to attack Ukraine, some Ukrainian artists continue to capture the spirit of their country and the war's toll. These are some of their stories.

4 years ago

People protesting against the ongoing war in Ukraine gather on March 13, 2022 in Berlin, Germany. (Photo by Hannibal Hanschke/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

A new stamp honors the Ukrainian soldiers who profanely told off a Russian warship

Ukraine introduced the design for a postage stamp that memorializes a now-famous battle cry rallying the country in its fight against the Russian invasion.

4 years ago

Stacy Rangel Stec walks through a tunnel whose swirling lights create an illusion of motion at the Museum of Illusions in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Don’t believe your eyes: New Museum of Illusions opens in Philadelphia

The global franchise of immersive optical and spatial trickery has opened in more than 35 cities, now including Philadelphia.

4 years ago

Students from the McHugh School of Irish Dance in Delaware County perform during the Saint Patrick's Day Parade.
Things To Do
Arts & Entertainment

Keith Haring remembered, St. Patrick’s Day celebrated, car and pet expos, and more in this week’s ‘Things to Do’

Weekend highlights in and around Philadelphia include Keith Haring, Lloyd Price, the Auto Show and a new museum in Old City.

4 years ago

Listen 4:40
Emily Smith poses for a portrait at Philly's Magic Gardens
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s Magic Gardens helps employees donate organs

The executive director of Magic Gardens found “joy” in donating a kidney. She changed the company's health benefits so workers can do the same.

4 years ago

Listen 1:53
Philadelphia Insectarium & Butterfly Pavilion CEO John Cambridge holds a pregnant flat rock scorpion. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Documentary promises inside look at 2018 heist at Philly’s Insectarium

Back in 2018, thieves took around 7,000 spiders, roaches, and other animals. It seemed clear who did it, but the story is not so clear-cut.

4 years ago

Listen 2:10
The Lightbox Film Center. (Courtesy of Lightbox Film Center)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s Lightbox Film Center starts restoration work to give films a ‘second life’

After 43 years of presenting foreign and avant-garde film, the Lightbox Film Center launches a film restoration program to repair and revive old films.

4 years ago

The Shutterbug photography students celebrated their work being published in Motivos Magazine in February at John B. Stetson Charter. Their photos lined the bookshelves of the library. (Photo by Jesús Rincón)
PlanPhilly
Community

Self-portraits over selfies: This North Philly photo program empowers students to tell their own stories

North Philly teens offer snapshots of life and art through the Shutterbugs photography program. Now, their photos are published in Motivos Magazine.

4 years ago

Listen 1:58
The entrance to Kreate Hub
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Kreate Hub turned an empty school into a thriving center for artists, entrepreneurs

The incubator is one of several arts initiatives helping beautify and strengthen the neighborhood.

4 years ago

During trips to the American Southwest with his wife, Albert Barnes collected Pueblo pottery and textiles.His collection is displayed with other traditional and modern works in the Barnes exhibit, ''Water, Wind, Breath: Southwest Native Art in Community.'' (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Barnes Foundation spotlights its Native American collection for the first time

90 years ago Albert Barnes collected 239 pieces of Pueblo and Diné (Navajo) artwork. They have never taken center stage until now.

4 years ago

Matin Fahim is pictured at his workspace
Arts & Entertainment
Love Now Media

Love sewn across generations

“I tapped into my grandmother’s energy and never looked back,” said designer Matin Fahim.

4 years ago

''The Dead Girl,'' painting by artist Juan Soriano
Arts & Entertainment

20th century grief on display at the Philadelphia Museum of Art

“Elegy” traces grief across different cultures through the 20th century at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

4 years ago

The COVID-19 Portrait Project seeks to document those who died of COVID-19. Artist RA Friedman began with Philadelphians then expanded the project to include other artists and all U.S. residents. A selection of drawings is on display at InLiquid gallery in Kensington
Arts & Entertainment

‘Everyone is special to someone’: Philly artist enlists others to draw portraits of COVID victims

The 150 drawings now on display at InLiquid Gallery in Kensington form a formidable wall of grief and memory, even if most viewers can’t name the people they see.

4 years ago

Artist rendering of the entry garden for the 2022 Philadelphia Flower Show
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia Flower Show offers sneak peak of summer

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has released artist renderings of the plans for what is coming to FDR Park in June.

4 years ago

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