“Glass House +Meddow” — Artist Talk

One of the first written mentions of the River Wards came in the 1690s referring to it as the “Glass House and Meddow.” This indication of a glass manufacturing mill in the area foreshadowed the colonization and industrialization that shaped Fishtown, Northern Liberties, Port Richmond, and Kensington for generations.

This exhibition looks at how our past has influenced our present, here and now, and will continue to shape our future — affecting our stability and viability as living creatures.

In pursuit of perspective in the face of overwhelming crisis, these local Philadelphia artists – Jaime Alvarez, Donna Backues, Chantal WestbyRhonda Babb– focusing the past, present, and future of human impact on this particular spot on the plane