Create a table runner or a set of napkins made using dyes extracted from natural sources like indigo. Diane Keesee discusses historic uses of dyes and how to identify and responsibly harvest local dye-producing plants. Preparation and dyeing techniques using natural mordants and modifiers are presented. Try your hand at these heritage skills and share
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Cyanotype, also known as sun prints, is a camera-less photographic printing process that allows the artist to explore shape, light, and an appreciation of nature. In this class, students will learn the history of this process, use the sun as a UV light source, and create cyanotypes using plant materials harvested from Mt. Cuba. No
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Join The Print Center for a Conversation with Cecilia Paredes, presented both in-person and on Zoom. This program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Cecilia Paredes: By my side or back of me, on view at The Print Center April 18 – July 19, 2025. Paredes will discuss her extensive career, the works in
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Join The Print Center and Steven CW Taylor to hear the artist and gallerist discuss his practice, his beautiful wood-bound artist book, his Germantown gallery space and the overarching philosophy of Ubuntu that guides his work. Taylor moves between photography, printmaking and material exploration. His photographs reflect his lived experience shaped by movement, observation and
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Solo Show of Artist and Educator Dominique Samarco. Dreams are powerful—they shape our aspirations, offer direction, and serve as blueprints for a better future. To build the life we envision, we must first dare to dream. As educators, it is our responsibility to nurture and inspire students to transform their dreams into reality. Art educators,
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Join Arch Enemy Arts on April 4th from 5 p.m. – 9 p.m. as we celebrate lucky number thirteen with a massive group show featuring new work by more than fifty artists! Accompanying the exhibition are debut solo features by three extraordinary and versatile female artists: Andrea Hooge, Caroline Dewison, and Roxy Peroxyde. For more
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Join us for a loosely guided meet up of the Philly Nature Journaling Club. For April, 2025, we are meeting Fairmount Water Works on Saturday April 19th from 10am to 12pm. We ask that you fill out this form so we know how many people plan to attend. In the practice of nature journaling, we
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Join The Print Center and the Berman Museum for a reception and conversation between artist Mark Thomas Gibson and Berman Museum of Art’s Executive Director Lauren McCardel. This program is presented in conjunction with Gibson’s exhibition “Overture,” on view at the Berman Museum of Art, Ursinus College. Gibson and McCardel will discuss the development and
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Join artist Emma Brittain as she guides you in discovering the art of identifying subtle colors and enhancing the vibrancy of your drawings. In this class, participants will learn to use artist-grade colored pencils to sketch a great blue heron. The primary emphasis will be on refining colored pencil techniques and honing the ability to
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Bowerbird and LandHealth Institute are pleased to co-present a unique out-of-doors performance by musician-naturalist-philosopher David Rothenberg and the secret sounds of two of Philadelphia’s favorite lakes. Join David Rothenberg, interspecies musician, composer, naturalist-philosopher and author of over a dozen books and forty albums including “Why Birds Sing”, “Bug Music”, and “Survival of the Beautiful”. In
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