After writing about First Friday in Philadelphia, I found myself thinking about how that same idea travels. Philadelphia’s Old City First Friday has its own history, its own people, and its own emotional weight for me. But the larger idea of an art walk is bigger than one city. Across the country, artists, galleries, small […]
As long as I can remember, art has been it for me. The minute I could pick up a pen, I understood something about making marks that I could not explain yet. Art became my way to escape the world, connect with other people, build confidence, find purpose, and make sense of things that did […]
Last week, we received the heartbreaking news that our beloved alma mater, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, was abruptly closing its doors after 150 years. Today, that sad announcement has become real. For many people, a school is just a building. A place where you take classes, pass through hallways, collect credits, and […]
There are some traditions that become so woven into a city’s identity that it is hard to imagine they ever had a beginning. Philadelphia’s First Friday is one of them. For anyone who came of age in the city’s art world, especially in and around Old City, First Friday was never just an event on […]
For more than a century, the University of the Arts in Philadelphia stood as one of the city’s most important creative institutions. Located in the heart of Center City along Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts, UArts helped shape generations of painters, sculptors, performers, designers, musicians, filmmakers, writers, educators, and cultural leaders. For artists like Emily-Kate […]