In a celebratory year for the “birth” of the United States and in an era of great global uprootedness, what does “birthplace” mean? Love Abide With You is a performance and quilting project that asks questions about the meaning of home places today. Participants will collaborate to create a series of performative quilts. This process
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Beyond being the sole subject of your paintings and drawings, mosses, lichens, and liverworts can also add vital context to your representations of native plants in their environment. Fall is an ideal time to observe the woodland floor at its most intricate, where cushions of moss and miniature forests of lichens form a vibrant, living
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A solo exhibition featuring the work of Veronica Cianfrano, curated by Jessie Clark You’ll Be Okay: A Bad Daughter’s Guide to Survival is an exhibition exploring concepts of trauma, breaking patterns, and the creation of new narratives through viewer participation. The show is composed entirely of artworks by Veronica Cianfrano from various stages of her
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Buried Creek Collective, a group of local writers dedicated to fostering creative climate resilience, invites you to an evening of readings and art exhibits that make our city’s climate realities visible Enjoy food and hot beverages as we toast to the conclusion of Buried Creek Collective’s inaugural Climate Change for Writers Program, and be a
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Moderated by Elizabeth Spungen, Tarver, Bullock and Burton will reflect on their lifelong journeys shaped by Black cowboy culture, their commitment to preserving its vital cultural history, and how they have come together for The Long Ride Home project. Ron Tarver was a staff photojournalist at The Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 30 years, where
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Join artist Natasha Guy for a workshop that will use collage as a way to explore historical images. 2026 marks not just the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, but also the 200th anniversary of photography. In honor of these celebrations, participants will use historical images from the Print and Picture Collection to compose
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Now I Wanna Sniff Some Glue 2 is the second edition of our beloved international wheatpaste show & THE event for wheatpaste artists to meet, exchange ideas & share their love for the art form. With over 200 artists from 15+ countries submitting pieces for the first edition, we’re once again bringing together some of
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Welcome to l a y e r s! West Philly-based artist, shanina dionna, shares 15 years of making, becoming, + returning through “l a y e r s,” bringing together new + earlier works, tracing what we carry, uncover, + gather over time. This is an invitation to slow down + be. Through painting, film,
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September is the moment — the woodland floor at its most generous, brackets and boletes and chicken-of-the-woods each a small architectural event. This workshop is about learning how to look, to see, and to draw. Drawing is how you truly document what you found — a study that required you to look long enough to
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Join us September 19–20 at Cherry Street Pier for a weekend celebrating contemporary Indigenous arts, cultures, and community. Saturday features the Seeds Philly Powwow, Indigenous artists, El Mercado Cultural, and hands-on art activities including corn husk doll making and paper tipi art making. Sunday brings music, dance, artist talks, storytelling, and workshops. Canpatlaneci Danza Azteca
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