Art collection worth millions discovered in Philly schools
walked the halls of the new school he will be attending as a fourth grader. He's already thinking about the first day."I'm thinking what classroom I'm going to be in. And maybe I can make a few new friends," Banks said.Tahira added, "I think it will be a great impact on him...
It’s always such a cool feeling to see a Fred Wagner painting in a regional museum like theSewell E. Biggs Museum of American Artin Dover, Delaware. It’s weird, it’s like he’s a pal to me. He hung out on Camac Street in Philly at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, studied at and ...
October Gallery Museum installs and places art, prints and posters in schools, recreation/cultural centers, business offices, universities, grocery stores and more within the community. Art is to be experienced at many levels everyday. It is just as important as the drug store, the gas station...
and I’ve learned about and met lots of artists since I started doing it. My influence is just the world around me and my experiences.I grew up in Philly so I’ve been surrounded by some of the best graffiti for most of my life.I have a few friends that are street/graff artists ...
"We have about 2,300 images donated by children, all from very, very low-income schools and everything from that donation goes back into the schools in the ways of supplies," Chandler Allen said. Fresh Artists brings access to children and families in underserved communities who ma...
Solomon Jones, “Philly is the epicenter for racial discussion in America. Let’s be honest about who we are,”The Philadelphia Inquirer, (April 25, 2018). [12]Hannah Stamler, “Making/Breaking the Binary: Women, Art, & Technology (1968-85),” Artforum, (January, 2018). ...
I am remembering a while ago, maybe the later half of the 20th century, when they weren’t being used as much in offices, schools and homes as they once were. My fascination with rubber bands started early. I always liked the friendly nature of their form and substance. First, they ...
Nearby Cornbread’s notebook hangs next to his signature, a potent visual reverberation across five decades from graffiti’s Philly roots. Elsewhere there are the sounds of woodsaws and metal clanging accompany the one-line drawings of freight-writer buZ blurr as historian Bill Daniel is complet...
For a museum associated with one of the most prestigious design schools, our visit to the RISD Museum was not what we expected. First it would be helpful if the signs for the main entrance (North Main Street) were more clearly marked. After parking in ...