Chestnut Hill Conservancy, the educational center and advocate organization for the appreciation and preservation of the architecture, open space, and history of Chestnut Hill and the surrounding communities, is thrilled to announce that it’s much-loved Night of Lights returns to Chestnut Hill on Friday, October 6, for a nine-evening run—this year’s event will spotlight Germantown
MoreDr. Aisha Mershani’s work documents nearly 20 years of the Israeli Apartheid Wall, Israeli violence, and Palestinian resistance. This exhibit is a gateway to bearing witness to what the news ignores – the people directly affected by the Wall. This multimedia experience includes photography of and audio storytelling by numerous Palestinian people living behind the
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The first book printed featuring photographic images was made in 1843 by Anna Atkins, an English botanist, and photographer. Atkins pioneered the use of the cyanotype process to capture images of algae, ferns, flowers, and other plants. Cyanotype, also known as sun prints, is a camera-less photographic printing process that allows the artist to explore
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Mapping Our Watershed, a participatory art and community science project taking place in Cheltenham Township will culminate with a free community celebration and pop-up art exhibition, held on Thursday, August 24 from 5:30-7:30pm at High School Park, located at Montgomery Ave & High School Road in Elkins Park, PA. Mapping Our Watershed is led by
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Join us to create a unique arts & craft related to one of the animal sculptures within the River Alive Learning Trail! All ages are welcome, and all materials and instructions will be provided. FREE!
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Join us on Wednesday, July 19th, in celebration of Park Towne Place’s Artist In Residence, Michelle Marcuse! During her 2023 artist residency at Park Towne Place, Philadelphia-based artist Michelle Marcuse created a new body of work, resulting in this exhibition, aptly titled Binding Ties. Originating from South Africa, Marcuse’s studio practice investigates the concept of our
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Can’t miss art shows and festivals By Nancy Chen Asian American Film Festival Nov. 9–19 at International House, Asian Arts Initiative and other venues Celebrating its 10th anniversary this fall, the Philadelphia Asian American Film Festival is taking the opportunity to reflect. “This year’s festival will include a retrospective of significant Asian-American films in early
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Artists stand in solidarity and look toward the next election By Brittany Barbato On Jan. 20—President Trump’s inauguration day—commuters and residents all around Philadelphia found signs of resistance dropped from dozens of buildings encouraging them on their way to work: You can’t take away our resilience, our humanity, our strength, our beauty. Aquí me quedo
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A West Philly high school student reflects on how we curate our lives Illustration by James Heimer By Cameron Swann The first time I realized that I could make my world beautiful was during a summer program from The School of the New York Times, where I spent two weeks looking at how the curation
MorePhoto by Marika Mirren Theatrical Design, Graphic Design, Photography and More by Brion Shreffler 1. CultureWorks“Across everything that we’re doing, there’s the idea of a sharing of resources,” Associate Director Liz Sytsma says. As a nonprofit, CultureWorks acts as a management commons for organizations, projects or individuals working in the arts, heritage or preservation sectors.
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