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Visual Arts

This Oct. 21, 2019 photo shows Karen Bright, a professor at Monmouth University, with a Superstorm Sandy-themed art exhibit she and another professor created in West Long Branch, N.J. Personal stories of people who survived Superstorm Sandy are an integral part of a new art exhibit remembering the deadly storm and the devastation it caused. (Wayne Parry/AP Photo)
Community

Survivors’ tales part of the art in Superstorm Sandy exhibit

The "Just Beachy After Sandy" exhibit at Monmouth University in New Jersey is on display through early December.

6 years ago

The ZXX typeface designed by Sang Mun can’t be ready by artificial intelligence but can be read by humans. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Art Museum exhibits designs for both utopian and dystopian futures

The Philadelphia Museum of Art’s “Design for Different Futures” is “frenemies” with technology.

6 years ago

'In Perpetuity' by Duane Linklater, at Penn Treaty Park.  (Steve Weinik/Monument Lab)
PlanPhilly
Community

Neon monument to Philly’s Indigenous history glows again

After it was vandalized and damaged while on display during Monument Lab, Duane Linklater’s “In Perpetuity” was relit for Indigenous People’s Day.

6 years ago

The Lightbox Film Center. (Courtesy of Lightbox Film Center)
Arts & Entertainment

Lightbox Film Center finds new home at UArts

Philly’s only year-round art cinema is forced to move out of International House. It was snapped up by the University of the Arts.

6 years ago

Bradford Young and Elissa Blount Moorhead stand in the Girard College chapel with their video installation, 'Back and Song.' (Peter Crimmins/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

At Girard College, ‘Back and Song’ showcases forgotten history of African healing arts

Philadelphia Contemporary commissioned Bradford Young and Elissa Blount Moorehead to make visual poetry out of traditional African wellness practices.

6 years ago

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A life size cut out of Bob Ross stands up against the wall where the historical tree of the Franklin Park Arts Center is painted. Bob Ross Inc. is located in Herndon, Va., which is only 27 miles from the exhibit. According to managing director, Elizabeth Bracey, the exhibit was intentionally kept close to headquarters. (Mhari Shaw/NPR)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

The lasting legacy of Bob Ross and his colorful world of ‘happy accidents’

Over 31 seasons and more than 400 episodes, Ross became known for his hushed, soothing tones, big bushy hair, vivid landscapes and "happy little trees."

6 years ago

Father and son artists, Vince Ito (left) and Willie Ito, at their StoryCorps interview in Los Angeles last month. (Rochelle Hoi-Yiu Kwan/StoryCorps)
NPR
Community

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.

6 years ago

Sarah Maiellano of Philadelphia takes a selfie with her daughter, Chloe, at the
Arts & Entertainment

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.

6 years ago

The welcome table for
View Finders
Arts & Entertainment

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.

6 years ago

Early American painting and history inspired Tom Judd's proposal for the 5th Street station. (Tom Judd)
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

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.

6 years ago

True Hand tattoo artist Chris Fernandez gives a tattoo of the grim reaper holding a bad news sign to Jamie Santoro. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
View Finders
Arts & Entertainment

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.

6 years ago

The Barnes Foundation is bringing VR goggles to libraries, recreation centers and senior centers around Philadelphia to reach people who may have never been to an art museum. (Provided)
Arts & Entertainment

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.

6 years ago

Virginia S. Kerr creates rowhouses in 1:24 scale. (Virginia S. Kerr/litillby_v )
PlanPhilly
Urban Planning

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.

6 years ago

Artist’s rendering of
Hidden Lives Illuminated
using still image from “Last Day of
Freedom,” directed by Dee Hibbert -Jones and Nomi Talisman.
Photo courtesy of Living Condition, LLC.
Radio Times
Community

Regional Roundup – 08/19/19

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

Listen 49:01
Radio Times
Lifestyle

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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