Visual Arts
Gretjen Clausing, founder of PhillyCAM, has died
Clausing founded PhillyCAM in 2009 to put media production into the hands of all Philadelphians.
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Listen 1:08Nilé Livingston’s mural design was first seen in digital form when Philly was vying to be a host city. Now it’s becoming a true Philly mural.
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Philly asked, and you decided: Here’s the quote that will be on the Harriet Tubman statue
The civil rights icon will be featured on a statue at City Hall later this year – and one Philly artist’s quote will be inscribed on its base.
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The exhibit features multimedia installations created by 10 local artists that bring to life the once-obscure underground corridors of the water system.
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Listen 1:22Why Dilworth Park has a statue of a golfer wearing a real pair of shorts this week
It’s tied to this week’s PGA Championship in Delco and it’s a pretty deep cut — even for golf fans.
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At Philly’s Fabric Workshop, Jesse Krimes turns incarcerated people’s memories into quilts
“Quilt Elegies” includes a prototype of Krimes’ fabric-based mural designed with people recently released from prison.
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Listen 1:10In Philadelphia, a new exhibit shows American independence was not inevitable
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania traces colonists' fractured, decadeslong shift from loyalty to rebellion.
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Listen 1:27Artist Santiago Galeas talks honoring LGBTQ+ trailblazers through community outreach.
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Philly’s Liberty Museum shows what the World Cup and the First Amendment have in common
“In the Arena” demonstrates how sports exemplify the U.S. Constitution’s Freedom of Assembly.
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Listen 1:41It took 10 years for the children's museum to raise the money to replace its 19th-century marble floors.
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Listen 1:49Philadelphia budget 2026: Isaiah Thomas, Rue Landau want $6 million allocated for arts
With funding turbulence at the federal and state levels, elected officials are calling for the city to pick up some of the slack.
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Listen 1:26Rocky is headlining the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s new exhibition on monuments, after two decades of drawing millions of tourists to the outside of the building.
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Philadelphians rewrite the Declarations of Independence in Mural Arts printmaking project
More than 1,000 people created personal Declarations of Independence, now on view at the Free Library in a major semiquincentennial civic art project.
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Listen 1:19In Philly, artists are using ‘Radical Americana’ to challenge patriotic nostalgia
The citywide project asked 45 artists to exhibit new work rooted in craft heritage for America's 250th anniversary.
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Listen 2:56Moreno talks about meeting West Wilson, her viral “hair ties” and navigating Summer House drama on Bravo.
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