Name and Year: Orlando de la Garza, 1986
Hometown: Ciudad Victoria Tamaulipas, Mexico
Degree: MFA
Medium of Choice: Mostly oils, although I’m falling in love more with acrylics.
Street: What are you currently working on?
Christina Kerns: Currently I’ve been focusing on social class and the signifiers/implications of this regionally in the United States.
This thrilling examination of the evolution of portrayals of Asian–Americans in comic books charts the last half–century of American racial sensibility and its pop culture influences.
Artistic Director Hannah de Keijzer chats with us about Green Chair Dance Group’s upcoming performance. Don’t miss the opening night of [insert absurdly long title here] in Annenberg!
From graffiti to outer space, Philly offers some eccentric artistic explorations — matched by free wine, cheese and automatic sophistication — this month in Old City.
With only so much space each week, Arts can’t possibly cover all things local and creative. And that’s where these amazing sites step in — click, drool, repeat.
College Sophomore and Fairmount Park Art Association Marketing and Graphics Intern Lauren Robie explains how a tango dance party, a scavenger hunt and an audio app can bring us all a little closer to Philly’s impressive Public Art collection.
Street: What does the Fairmount Park Art Association do?
Lauren Robie: The association works with conserving, commissioning, and bringing awareness to public art in Philadelphia.