With so many shades of reds and yellows fallen on the ground, you’ve got nature’s supplies for a fall-themed colorwheel.
You need:
leaves
cardboard
paper
paper towels
a microwave
ceramic plate
hot-glue
a picture frame (optional)
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1. Know the first and last line of your story—this will help you if you get off track in the middle.
2. Get into it—if you're enthusiastic, your audience is more likely to be as well.
The upcoming 12th Annual First Person Arts Festival takes over venues across Philadelphia from November 6–16. As a Philly–based non–profit, First Person gives people the tools and platforms to share their personal stories through workshops, author discussions, theater performances, storytelling competitions and readings over the course of the year.
Name and Year: Ariella Freund, W’14
Hometown: El Salvador
Major: Operations Management & Marketing
Website: www.sparksdancecompany.com
Street: How’d you start dancing?
We talked to a spectrum of seven different Philly visual artists, who will be exposing their inner worlds to the public this weekend as part of the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours. Download the tours’ free app and learn about these artists who have a wealth of knowledge and talent to share.
Philadelphia’s rich history is one of its most venerated attributes—the founding fathers of the United States are memorialized all over the colonial city, including on Penn’s campus.
Name and Year: Ellen Amaral, C’14
Hometown: Bermuda
Major: Fine Arts
Website: www.ellenamaral.com
Street: How’d you first get into graphic design?
Ellen Amaral: I took art in middle school and realized I wasn’t very good at it.
Name and Year: Levi M. Gikandi
Hometown: Mombasa, Kenya
Major: Fine Arts and African Studies (Double Major)
Website: http://levigikandi.sites.livebooks.com (soon migrating to http://levigikandi.com)
Street: How did you first get into video and photography?
Levi M.