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Visual Arts

The sneaker design submitted by Strawberry Mansion High School (Vans Custom Culture)
Community
Billy Penn

Vote for these Philly sneakers to help Strawberry Mansion High School win $50k

Students created the locally-inspired design for Vans’ Custom Culture contest.

5 years ago

Socially distant art gallery in West Philadelphia yard
PlanPhilly
Community
Eyes on the Street

How to turn your front yard into a socially distant gallery

Quarantine life means no gallery shows, gatherings or classes so we turned our front yard into a place to share art. You can do it too.

5 years ago

Betsy James Wyeth
Community

Betsy Wyeth, widow and muse of Andrew Wyeth, dies at 98

Betsy James Wyeth, the widow, business manager and muse of painter Andrew Wyeth, has died at age 98.

6 years ago

A couple in protective masks walk past the Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia, Friday, April 3, 2020. (Matt Rourke/AP Photo)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

Philadelphia Museum of Art halts construction over coronavirus dangers

PMA stopped construction in light of worker safety concerns. Work also stopped Monday at the new Philadelphia Police headquarters at 400 N. Broad.

6 years ago

 Rob Buscher (left on first row) seated with members of Calaca Flaca,Dia, the artist committee that organizes de Los Muertos altar in Fleisher's Sanctuary, the largest public event held annually at the nonprofit community art school. (Courtesy: Rob Buscher/ Photo credit: Gustavo Gonzales)
Community

Coronavirus: The arts in Philly will need plenty of relief funding to survive

Rob Buscher, a recently laid-off arts administrator, reflects on the impact the coronavirus pandemic is having on the arts in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

Nicole Nikolich (left) and Symone Salib install Salib's wheat paste portrait of Santigold on a wall of The Filmore. The work is one of 20 in the #SisterlyLove Project, celebrating 20 Philadelphia women during Women's History Month. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philadelphia portrays its Sisterly Love

A street art campaign asked 10 women artists to depict 20 inspiring Philadelphia women.

6 years ago

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National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Courts & Law

Jewish Museum files for bankruptcy

Philadelphia’s National Museum of American Jewish History was never able to pay down the cost of its building.

6 years ago

'Awakened in You,' an exhibit at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, celebrates the gift of Dr. Constance E. Clayton, a collector of African American art and former superintendent of Philadelphia public schools. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

PAFA displays Black art collection of Constance Clayton, former Philadelphia school superintendent

Constance Clayton has been collecting African American art for 30 years. She recently gave much of her collection to PAFA in Philadelphia.

6 years ago

The University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology — known as The Penn Museum — has hired refugees and immigrants from the Middle East, Africa and Central America as part of their
NPR
Community

Refugee docents help bring Penn Museum’s global collection to life

Attendance at the Penn Museum has shot up since the Global Guides first tours in 2018. Refugee and immigrant docents receive training in ancient history and storytelling.

6 years ago

This photo combo provided by Allentown Art Museum shows from left, before and after restoration of a painting called
Arts & Entertainment

Allentown Art Museum’s Rembrandt knockoff turns out to be the real thing

For decades, the Allentown Art Museum displayed an oil-on-oak panel painting called “Portrait of a Young Woman” and credited it to “Studio of Rembrandt.”

6 years ago

Terry McCall, one of the owners of Scavengers United, compares his heart sculpture to an anatomical foam model. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
View Finders
Arts & Entertainment

Valentines made of trash: classier than you think

An art gallery in Fishtown opens its doors on Valentine’s Day. Scavengers United is presenting “Trashed Hearts," a group show featuring valentines by local artists.

6 years ago

Artist Danielle Fangman is seen near her painting, 'Family Love,' during an art therapy exhibit on Feb. 10, 2020, at The Art Studio in Wilmington, Del. (Saquan Stimpson for WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

At Del. exhibit, art therapy provides expressive outlet, solace to people with disabilities

Art Therapy Express presented an exhibition Monday. The award-winning Delaware program helps artists with disabilities express themselves.

6 years ago

Listen 2:00
“Another Generosity” is inflatable spheres that react to carbon dioxide released by breathing and temperature changes, causing the spheres to sign and change colors. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment
PBS

This Philadelphia art exhibit pushes the envelope with designs for the future

PBS NewsHour features 'Designs for a New Future,' an exhibit at the Philadelphia art museum that addresses the challenges that humans may encounter in the future.

6 years ago

Dracula (Carlos Villarías) and Eva (Lupita Tovar) in Spanish Dracula. (Universal Studios Licensing LLC)
The Pulse
Science

From the laboratory to the screen: How science inspires horror movies

Think of some of the iconic movie monsters: Frankenstein, Dracula, the Mummy, Godzilla. What do they have in common?

6 years ago

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Blue Room (1970-73) by Catherine Jansen, at PAFA (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Hidden in plain sight: Philadelphia as the center of the American avant-garde

A new exhibition by the University of the Arts positions Philadelphia as the heart of the mid-century American avant-garde.

6 years ago

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