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Germantown ArtHaus Paints a Bright Future for a Local Black Landmark
Art & Design

Germantown ArtHaus Paints a Bright Future for a Local Black Landmark

Artist Keisha Whatley is working to connect community with creativity at the Swain Building in Northwest Philly

Animal-Humans, Living Appliances, and Exquisite Tortures: The Life and Art of Arnold Hendrickson
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Animal-Humans, Living Appliances, and Exquisite Tortures: The Life and Art of Arnold Hendrickson

Justin Duerr uncovers a forgotten artist with roots in Philadelphia’s 1960s counterculture

Heroes of a Different Hue and the Birthplace of Black Comic Books
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Heroes of a Different Hue and the Birthplace of Black Comic Books

Keshler Thibert explores race, representation, and Philadelphia’s historic role in publishing African-American comic books

From Prints To Trivets, Art Imitates Life Of Manhole Covers
Art & Design

From Prints To Trivets, Art Imitates Life Of Manhole Covers

Contributor Jonathan Schmalzbach talks with a designer and a printmaker about their obsession with manhole covers and public utility as creative muse

Film Center At International House Set To Expand
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Film Center At International House Set To Expand

After 40 years of screening independent films, the theater at International House expands programming and gets a new name. Joe Brin takes a look at Lightbox Film Center

Emma F-C’s Philadelphia Map: A Cut Above
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Emma F-C’s Philadelphia Map: A Cut Above

Emma Fried-Cassorla’s blog has provided an open platform for Philly Love Notes for two years now. To mark the occasion, she’s meticulously cut a three-foot-by-three-foot map of the city out of paper by hand—and she’s giving it away for free

The Viaduct At The Heart Of Her Life And Art
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The Viaduct At The Heart Of Her Life And Art

Perhaps no one is more responsible for the vision of transforming the Reading Viaduct into a civic space and park than the acclaimed painter Sarah McEneaney. Nathaniel Popkin talks with McEneaney at Locks Gallery, where the painter’s Viaduct-centered work comes together in “Trestletown”

A Row House And A Life Transformed
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A Row House And A Life Transformed

In this second installment of “Behind the Facade,” Nicolas Esposito finds himself at the kitchen table of Pedro Ospina, a Kensington sculptor who barters and builds his way to contentment


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