Category: Events
Read about previous events that ASI has hosted or shared! Check here for upcoming ASI experiences here as well.
Have a Heart Make Art!
Valentines for Seniors We made almost 200 valentines for Senior Citizens, delivering them to sites and making art with Friends Senior Guild House and senior citizens at Fair Acres in February as part of our yearly tradition. Senior citizens often feel forgotten in Senior Care Facilities. Some have no living …
Gray’s Ferry Mural and Cleanup 2011
On August 6, 2011, Art Sphere Inc. organized a second Grays Ferry Neighborhood Cleanup and Mural painting event with the help of neighbors, volunteers, and city sanitation agencies. This project was overwhelming for neighbors and local business owners, who tried contacting groups and delinquent neighbors for assistance over the years, …
Planning Ahead: MLK Day 2012
“On a day when the wind is perfect, the sail just needs to open and the love starts. Today is such a day.” – Rumi For many years, Art Sphere, Inc. and Fishtown Recreation Center have been celebrating MLK Day with park and recreation center cleanups. These Fishtowners, a father …
Chalk it up to Caring Teachers!
Former Board member, volunteer and certified art teacher, Pete Thobaben and Kristin, his girlfriend and fellow teacher, came out to volunteer on Mother’s Day to make interactive chalk art with the community and share their skills as artists and teachers with the greater Philadelphia community. They are a wonderful creative duo …
Chalk it to Art
Sunday May 8th 12-2 join us for chalk art created on site for one day at the Trolley Car Café, West Falls (ala the Italian tradition that is inspired or related to the Schuylkill River as part of http://www.destinationschuylkillriver.org/). Or make your own chalk art on the sidewalk. Go here …
Revitalizing Parks and Playgrounds with Church, College and Community
Lemon Street Park and West Poplar Playground 30 members of St. Paul’s Men’s Group removed all the trash, broken glass, furniture, leaf and tree branch debris. They also brought a $200 all-purpose outdoor garden trashcan with a lock in order to proactively support a cleaner park. They fixed parts of …
Literacy Through Art
Art Sphere conducted Literacy Through Art: bookmaking, banner and mural workshops for the Friends of the Free Library commemorating the diverse immigrant and ethnic neighborhoods of Northeast Philadelphia that attend Bushrod Library.