Visual Arts
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Before he animated for Disney, he sketched cartoons in an internment camp
Willie Ito, 85, wanted to be an animator from the moment he first saw Snow White in theaters as a young boy.
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Celebrating ‘Notorious’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg at Philly Jewish museum
Philadelphia’s museum of American Jewish History opens an exhibition about the life of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
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Pine Barrens festival celebrates art and nature in the ‘Middle of Nowhere’
The historic Whitesbog Village in Browns Mills, N.J., on Saturday hosted the second iteration of “Middle of Nowhere,” a music and arts festival.
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First reveal: See the 7-foot tall mural designs SEPTA chose for 5th Street station
Philly just selected the artist who will make over SEPTA’s 5th Street/Independence Hall Station. PlanPhilly got a peek at the winning design.
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Eastern State Penitentiary gives away free spooky tattoos on Friday the 13th
People waited in line outside Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia to receive a free Halloween tattoo on Friday the 13th.
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Virtual reality brings Barnes collection outside the museum and into the neighborhoods
The Barnes Foundation is using a virtual reality simulation of its famous collection to reach city residents where they are — libraries, recreation centers and senior centers.
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Meet the architect building tiny rowhouses with sushi mats and old watches
Virginia Kerr’s whole perfect gallery, with floor-to-ceiling windows, hardwood floors and a beautiful front door, lives inside a cigar box.
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This week: Ramping up for the 2020 census, N.J. particularly hard hit by the effects of climate change, teaching animation to inmates.
Air Date: August 19, 2019 10:00 am
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Standoff in north Philly/Mindfulness and doing nothing
How do we cope with the countless distractions that await us every day? By learning how to do nothing.
Air Date: August 15, 2019
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An old prison wall in Philly connects inmates to the outside through animated films
Prison walls are designed for separation. A new installation at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philly flips that defining characteristic on its head.
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Bare buttocks of Adam and Eve in Wyeth mural trigger military art controversy
The Wyeth mural has been on display at the Delaware Air National Guard for a half-century. The artist calls the notion of covering up the bare cheeks ‘absurd.’
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Using art to transform a community
Chester has been written off by people more times than anyone would care to count. Except for the people who call Chester home. For us, we see promise where others see peril.
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City emulates Mural Arts’ ‘same-day pay’ work model after seeing big demand
Demand for the work program run by Mural Arts is greater than the slots available. Now, Philly is doubling down on the model with $300k and another pilot.
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Cornbread, the first graffiti artist, shows new work at Philadelphia gallery
Cornbread first started writing his name on walls while in juvenile detention. A half-century later, his iconic name is in simultaneous exhibitions, Philly and NYC.
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Billy Penn
30-year mural to ‘stop the violence’ gets resurrected in South Philly
The developer who destroyed the art helped pay to get it painted anew.
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