Tag: art
This year, the nativity scene has turned 800 years old. Glencairn Museum samples their endless variety.
5 months ago
Listen 2:22Brandywine Museum displays the ‘rainbow of America’ in children’s books
Displaying the “rainbow of America,” the museum in Chadds Ford is exhibiting stories of nature and family through diverse cultural lenses.
7 months ago
Medical illustration is a small field — there are about 2,000 certified professionals in the world, including a small team in Philly at CHOP.
12 months ago
Listen 4:55Invisible dance exhibit highlights accessibility in art at UPenn
Artist Carolyn Lazard collaborated on an original dance with music, then stripped both sound and visuals to make their installation, “Long Take.”
1 year ago
Listen 1:15Museum for Art in Wood introduces Philly to the Islamic mashrabiya screen
The traditional wood screens made in ornately geometric patterns for Islamic palaces and mosques are given the modern art treatment.
1 year ago
Philadelphia Museum of Art creates a new department for Black and African art
A gift of 300 pieces of African art will seed the new Brind Center for African and African Diasporic Art.
1 year ago
The Healing Through the Arts initiative began in 2017 with painting and drawing sessions for people with cancer.
2 years ago
Sculptural fountain at Philly’s Cherry Street Pier is a 16’ glass bed of living mussels
“Freshwater” by Jean Shin spotlights the importance of mussels as “ecosystem engineers” keeping our rivers clean.
2 years ago
Barnes Foundation spotlights its Native American collection for the first time
90 years ago Albert Barnes collected 239 pieces of Pueblo and Diné (Navajo) artwork. They have never taken center stage until now.
2 years ago
An ‘Invincible’ mural gets a new life in Camden
The ‘City Invincible’ mural was refurbished with the work of five local artists to become ’Camden Invincible.’
2 years ago
Philly artists help promote small businesses owned by people of color this holiday season
The posters, designed by Philly artists and the small businesses that inspire them, will be placed in commercial corridors across the city, just in time for holiday shopping.
3 years ago
A ‘Magical Fantasy’ appears in the Navy Yard
The public art installation by British artist Morag Myerscough is meant to draw attention to the Navy Yard as a future place to live.
3 years ago
Look again: Phila Art Museum and Whitney double up on Jasper Johns
The Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum in New York collaborate on the largest exhibition of the iconic American artist.
3 years ago