Arts
Cribs Contest Winner Makes Great Use Out of A Small Space
This College senior’s room is bursting with U2 paraphernalia, trinkets from world–traveling and some antique gems handed down from family members.
Sip & Ponder
Eco–artist Susan Benarcik fills the Random Tea Room and Curiosity Shop in NoLibs with a plethora of pretty trinkets.
Arts Listings, November 11-onwards
If only we had listings for Veterans Day.
Arts Top 5: Best of Philly Zine
Refresh your eyes from all those midterms and check out some quirky, visual stimuli at the Philly Zine Fest this Sunday at the Rotunda.
Artist of the Week: Kelsey Halliday Johnson
Name and Year: Kelsey Halliday Johnson Hometown: Haddonfield, NJ Degree: Masters in Fine Arts (interdisciplinary) and certificate in Landscape Studies Medium of Choice: Photography, Drawing, Painting Website: www.kelseyhalliday.com *Kelsey is teaching Photo I in the spring.* Street: You say most of your work is “place_oriented.” What does that mean to you, and what are some examples of projects? Kelsey Halliday Johnson: Each body of work I make situates itself within a given site (historical or literal) and becomes a kind of investigation of the cultural or social histories that lie within the landscape or particular place. I entered my undergraduate degree planning to major in geosciences, so the physical environment has always been a sincere interest of mine.
The Print Center's New Exhibit 'To Scale' is of Life Size Proportions
The Print Center’s new exhibit makes life–size cutouts far more sophisticated than Hollywood stars.
Arts Listings for the Week 11/3
Orient Express Party 11/4, 5–8:45 pm Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St.
Downey Irish Pub's new running comedy gets you drunk... and then makes fun of you
Upstairs at Downey’s Irish Pub an eclectic group of about 60 members crowded around small bar tables supporting $10 buckets of beer.
Artist Profile: Jesse Rappaport
Name and Year: Jesse Rappaport, 2012 Hometown: Chester, NJ Major: Fine Arts/Pre–Med Medium of Choice: Oil Paint [photospace] Street: Do you have any favorite artists?
Thank God it's (First) Friday
This month’s First Friday brings us psychedelic music, military commentary and glittery computer graphics.
Arts Listings for the Week of 10/29
Get on the Ghost Train with Art After 5 10/28, 5–8:45 p.m. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 26th St.
DIY: Halloween Decor
Still recovering from that post–midterm freak–out? Throwing a Halloween party? Unfortunately, the terrifying state of your living room does not count as holiday decor, but Arts has you covered.
Artist Profile: Alexandria Goree
Name and Year: Alexandria Goree, 2012 Hometown: Pasadena, California Major: Fine Arts and Communications Medium of Choice: Graphic Design Street: How did it all start?
Artist Profile: Jillian Blackwell
Name and Year: Jillian Blackwell, 2012 Hometown: Fort Worth, TX Major: Fine Arts Medium of Choice: Ceramics Street: Do you have any favorite artists?
Mental Hospitals, "Abstraction," Draculas, and more in Arts Listings
9th Annual Dracula Festival at the Rosenbach 10/12–29 The Rosenbach Museum & Library, 2008-2010 Delancey Pl. $5 with student ID Before Edward Cullen took over the world of tween literature, there was Dracula: the terrifying, blood sucking protagonist of Bram Stroker’s novel.
Arts Top 5: Best Art Classes in Philly
Add/drop is over, and the prospect of Drawing I lowering your GPA scared you out of a studio art class, again.
Gallery Review: here.
Let’s face it — here in Philly, we have a bit of a complex.
Campus Gems: Jerusalem Stabile by Alexander Calder
Penn has been home to the inventors of MeepMe, bifocals and the toast zambini.
Penn Cribs: send us pics of your room for a chance to be a star
Is your room the talk of your floor? Did you paint your walls, get your hands on a Warhol, construct a makeshift bunkbed, or make Sansom look sanitary?
