
Visual Arts
A Philly artist created a climate news AI bot. The result is ‘a little sassy’
Sarah Kaizar’s AT Feed is an automated aggregate of current climate news and a critique of the future of information.
7 months ago
Listen 1:14Calder Gardens on schedule for September 2025 opening on the Parkway
The cultural center dedicated to the artist of aerial mobiles has hired its first leadership position, Director of Programs Juana Berrío.
7 months ago
Listen 1:07Some UArts buildings sold out of bankruptcy. Here’s what’s left on the auction block in Philly
The old University of the Arts campus is up for sale, but the judge might not approve all for-profit developers bidding for a slice of it.
7 months ago
Listen 1:46CCH Pounder talks about sharing her art collection and the importance of preserving Black art
The actress and art collector is sharing more than 40 pieces of her collection in an exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia.
7 months ago
5 quilts from Cut & Sew PHL in Mt. Airy chosen for QuiltCon national convention in Phoenix
The Philly-based quilt shop and sewing studio will be represented in February at the national quilting event.
7 months ago
Listen 0:48A painting from a thrift store in Glenside is by William H. Dorsey, of Philadelphia’s elite Black society circa 1864.
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Listen 1:53Al-Bustan exhibition links Lebanon to Philadelphia
Founding director Hazami Sayed makes musical chains that tie her Arabic heritage to her life in Philly.
7 months ago
Listen 1:24Philly’s African American Museum eats its Wheaties in new pop art exhibition
Artist Shaheed Rucker puts Negro baseball leagues athletes on re-creations of the iconic cereal box.
7 months ago
Former UArts students, faculty and alumni exhibit on the walls of Philly City Hall
Dozens of artists impacted by the closure of the University of the Arts submitted work to what might be their last collective exhibition.
7 months ago
No flowers? No problem. Artist Mark Sfirri makes bouquets out of wood in Philly
After 50 years as an artist, Bucks County’s Mark Sfirri has his first solo museum show. And a second simultaneously.
7 months ago
Listen 1:29La Expo Tianguis y Posada connects generations of Latino businesses in Philly
Thirty businesses and artisans set up tables and showcased various talents in the basketball gym at the Bok Building.
7 months ago
Philadelphia Museum of Art brings students to latest exhibition with free buses
Students in the region can get a guided tour of “The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure” till February.
8 months ago
Fishtown Freeze puts ice sculpting on display
Fishtown Freeze holiday shopping deals last through Sunday.
8 months ago
Temple University’s new exhibitions director wants to reimagine public art spaces
“I really ask a lot of questions around place, taste and urban change and whose tastes and cultural identities get to shape public space,” Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta said.
8 months ago
Let there be light: Where to find Philly holiday tree lightings
With tall trees and holiday decor popping up across the city, Billy Penn rounded up several light shows and ceremonies for you to consider.
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