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
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
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
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
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
Before I was a sculptor, before I was a teacher, before I was the woman with paint on her hands and five different unfinished ideas
Long before Philadelphia’s First Friday gallery scene became a regular part of the city’s cultural rhythm, a group of artists decided to build the kind
Last week, I found myself feeling unusually crazy, emotional, and just a little too close to the edge. Not movie-theater dramatic. Not “throw a drink
Before Emily-Kate Niskey became a visual artist, arts educator, author, and creative leader, she was part of a living musical tradition. She was born into