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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?
Arts Listings for the week of 10/15
Art at Lunch: The City of Murals 10/19, 12–1 p.m. Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, 118 N.
More Murals to Check Out This Month
Street took a look at Shepard Fairey's Philadelphia Murals this week (and the great food options near them). Here are a few more of our picks.
Artist Profile: Evan Robinson
Name and Year: Evan Robinson, 2014 Hometown: Los Angeles, CA Major: Economics and Psychology Medium of Choice: Photography Website: evanrobinsonphotography.com [photospace] Street: How did you get started, in general and professionally? Evan Robinson: Sophomore year of high school I walked out of a basketball game with a broken finger that pointed sideways.
Arts Top 5 Picks for DesignPhiladelphia
This week, all of Philadelphia’s a gallery, or a graphic tee.
Pair Shepard Fairey's Philly Murals with Nearby Philly Eats
Known for Obama’s HOPE graphic — the most effective political poster since “Uncle Sam Wants You” — Shepard Fairey is a little less famous for marking up a few Philly walls.
Vox Populi mixes sexuality with a pop star mentality in a participatory show.
Oh the perils of visiting the Vox Populi Gallery.
Artspiration: Shepard Fairey's Peace Mural
Philadelphia’s mural project, originally the city’s solution to graffiti, has transformed into a wide range of thought–provoking, colossal pieces that define our urban core. Frank Shepard Fairey, well known for his OBEY sticker campaign and Obama Hope posters, is only one of the many contributers to the cause.
Listings for the Week of 9/30
LOOK! on Lancaster Avenue Lancaster Ave between 35th and 40th St September 30th at 6 p.m. Free Admission lancasteravenuearts.com/ Hit up the opening event of this art installation series along Lancaster Corridor, with storefronts and windows along the street featuring innovative works ranging from a backlit display of 10,000 bread bag clips to life-size furniture screen prints simulating an occupied room.
Summer Photo Arts Contest Winners
After receiving over 70 submissions (including six puppies and too many sunsets to count), we ranked, deliberated and finally awarded College sophomore AMANDA STEVENS with the top summer shot. Only an amateur photographer, she snapped the pic — admirable for its dramatic color contrast, balanced composition and authenticity of experience — during a 75–day trip in the Chugach Mountains of southern Alaska. What ultimately separated this shot from all others is its layering of subjects, capturing an incredible vastness of landscape without shrinking the impact of the silhouetted figures.
Exhibit Review: About to Blow
Introspective, subtly humorous and unusually explosive, Tim Belknap's solo debut is well worth a Market–Frankford ride to Northern Liberties.
