In the news, we have been hearing quite a bit about art museums, art foundations, and educational programs supporting graffiti. It’s a conceptually hip expression if it is not your house that’s spray painted or your new car that is keyed. In a gallery you don’t learn the lessons that …
“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 …
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 …
Recently I was inspired by my students to visit our free national zoo in Washington after teaching an art project on animals and natural versus unnatural habitats. Students depicted pandas surrounded by bamboo in China and also in foreign zoos, which led to great discussions about scientists around the world …
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 …
I was taught that if I wasn’t sure of the answer that the best way to take a test was to rule out what I knew to be false. Sometimes simply posing the question differently makes all the difference, especially when I have been asked cynical questions by community members …
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 …
St. Patrick’s Day is a day when many celebrate the “Luck of the Irish” and hope that Leprechauns, rainbows and pots of gold will magically make our wishes come true. And while I have taught students to draw these things, I have been asking them to think about how they …
