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Visual Arts

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

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“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

Listen 1:46
“Sweet Spot” by Indiana bases artists Shawn Causey and Mark Daniell at Wonderspaces in Philadelphia’s Fashion District. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

New way to see new art: Wonderspaces opens in Fashion District

Philadelphia’s Fashion District hosts the third location of the national chain, which sells the experience of contemporary installation art.

6 years ago

Listen 1:45
A new mural honoring Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was finished by student volunteers at The Warehouse, a new teen center opening soon in northeast Wilmington. (Mark Eichmann/WHYY)
Community

Dozens of students paint new mural honoring MLK in Wilmington

Dozens of students help paint a mural of Martin Luther King inside The Warehouse, a teen center opening soon in Wilmington.

6 years ago

Cast iron skillets hanging in the kitchen at Bainbridge House are from Hugh Hayden's series, 'American Food.' They are modeled from African Masks and historical artifacts in the Princeton University Art Museum collections. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Princeton home’s history of slavery explored in new contemporary art exhibition

Hugh Hayden’s new installation at Princeton’s Bainbridge House explores slavery and the origins of America through the 18th century home’s own history.

6 years ago

Danielle Leneé portrays Harriet Tubman in Lorene Cary's debut play, 'My General Tubman.' (Wide Eyed Studios)
Arts & Entertainment

Lorene Cary makes stage debut with ‘My General Tubman’

Using real details of Tubman’s life, Cary turns her story into a time-traveling play at the Arden Theatre.

6 years ago

Listen 2:22
Making art is fun. But there’s a lot more to it. It might serve an evolutionary purpose -- and emerging research shows that it can help us feel happy and relaxed.  (Meredith Rizzo/NPR)
NPR
Health

Feeling artsy? Here’s how making art helps your brain

A lot of my free time is spent doodling. I'm a journalist on NPR's science desk by day. But all the time in between, I am an artist — specifically, a cartoonist.

6 years ago

PlanPhilly
Urban Planning
Eyes on the Street

A Philly photographer explains how she captures the beauty of SEPTA and its riders

Philly photographer Shasta Bady shares her thoughts on SEPTA, the people who ride it and her new exhibit at Suburban Station.

6 years ago

Butter and Salmon album cover; Butter and Salmon sidewalk artYOUTUBE / TWITTER
Community
Billy Penn

Chasing ‘Butter and Salmon’: Elusive street artists are like Philly’s own Banksy

The group (or person?) creates visual art, music and social commentary.

6 years ago

Bowie inspired art by school children is and will hang above a creative corner where visitors can create their own Bowie artworks. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Philly Loves Bowie opens with exhibition of fan and fine art

An international roster of 47 artists submitted work to the National Liberty Museum in Philadelphia to honor the late David Bowie.

6 years ago

Listen 1:34
Graydon Dunkelberger studied abroad in Austria where he learned about Krampus. His was was hand carved in Austria. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
View Finders
Arts & Entertainment

‘Parade of Spirits’ exhibits the shadows of holiday season

The 2019 march celebrated Krampus and folk traditions in Philadelphia with elaborate costumes and noisemakers.

6 years ago

Nick Jushchyshyn, Program Director of Virtual Reality; Immersive Media at Drexel University, watches a dance performance using a virtual reality headset at the school's new Immersive Research Lab. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Education

Virtual reality meets industry reality at Philly universities

Drexel and University of the Arts each open virtual reality studios, for art and industry

6 years ago

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