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Visual Arts

An exhibition at the Village of Arts and Humanities in North Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

New monument in North Philly honors women helping others survive long Pa. prison sentences

A temporary art installation acts as both a monument and memorial to honor the women and transgender people serving long sentences in Pa.

4 years ago

Photo of the flier
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Imposter posed as NYC art curator to spread supposed news of ‘missing Picasso’ in Philly

Billy Penn has retracted the story — and the perpetrator has gone silent.

4 years ago

Performer Virgil Gadson rehearsed with the Bearded Ladies Cabaret on April 28, 2021. Gadson is one of the featured performers for the first show performed with the Beardmobile, a mobile stage. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Truck in high-femme drag brings performances to Philly neighborhoods

Bearded Ladies Cabaret outfitted an old box truck into a stage on wheels, to bring queer-friendly performance into neighborhoods during the pandemic.

4 years ago

Steve Donegan and Syd Carpenter stand outside
Arts & Entertainment

The Woodmere Museum builds hugels as environmental art

The Woodmere Museum turns a traditional mounded gardening technique into land art.

4 years ago

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Many of the items in the Neon Museum are restored signs from Philadelphia businesses. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Neon Museum lights up forgotten corners of Philly’s past

A new museum in a Kensington warehouse showcases vintage neon signs from a proud working-class past.

4 years ago

A rendering of FloatLab on the Schuylkill River
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

A giant circular floating deck is coming to the Schuylkill River next to Bartram’s Garden

Called FloatLab, the interactive installation is a project from Mural Arts.

4 years ago

A series of murals by Tom Judd at the 5th Street/Independence Hall stop on the Market-Frankford line. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Arts & Entertainment

A mash-up of Philly history at the 5th Street SEPTA station

Artist Tom Judd reshuffled historic images in his massive collage inside the 5th St. SEPTA station.

4 years ago

The former home of artist Dox Thrash is in a state of disrepair at the corner of Cecil B. Moore Avenue and 24th Street. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
PlanPhilly
Community

Black arts landmark Dox Thrash House to live again as apartments, commercial space

Developer Beech Community Services bought the Sharswood landmark last year after activists worked to raise awareness of the Black history that happened there.

4 years ago

Painter Constance Culpepper in her studio
Arts & Entertainment

POST turns lemons into lemonade, inviting the world to Philly with virtual studio visits

Artists, once hesitant to bring strangers into their studios, now agree to do POST via digital tools.

4 years ago

A view of the Philadelphia skyline from the 52nd Street station on the Market-Frankford elevated line in West Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

COVID-19 laid bare inequities in our city’s creative economy. Here’s how Philly can fix it

Michael Forman, co-founder of the Forman Arts Initiative, argues a new local infrastructure must be built to support and include neighborhood-based artists and orgs.

4 years ago

A decorated Easter Egg hanging in a window on South Street in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

South Street takes an alternative spin on the Easter egg hunt

The South Street Headhouse District asked 25 local artists to paint eggs. Now, go find them.

4 years ago

Michael Forman, of the Forman Arts Initiative (Courtesy of The Philadelphia Foundation)
Arts & Entertainment

New philanthropic organization to give $3M to Philadelphia arts

The Forman Art Initiative is launching, with a 5-year grant program focused on BIPOC artists and community-based arts organizations.

4 years ago

Volunteers with New Kensington CDC clean up in Kensington on June 1, 2020. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Community

Kensington artists, community leaders discuss public art as a tool for social change

A neighborhood initiative to reduce crime invited a panel of artists to explain how art can bring together and empower neighborhoods.

4 years ago

A tiny tile rowhome
Community
Billy Penn

A tiny tile rowhome appears in South Philly’s ‘electric’ art alley

The dollhouse-sized artwork, by an anonymous creator, is just down the block from several vibrant, large-scale murals.

4 years ago

Artist Ernel Martinez in front of a mural of Philadelphia boxer Joe Frazier
Arts & Entertainment

Joe Frazier becomes a beacon for a neighborhood

New mural dedicated to Smokin’ Joe rises in Philadelphia Lower Tioga neighborhood.

4 years ago

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