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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.
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Fresh Air opens the window on contemporary arts and issues with guests from worlds as diverse as literature and economics. Fresh Air Weekend collects the best segments from the week's programs and crafts them together for great weekend listening.

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Visual Arts

Michael K. Wilson curated Shaheed Rucker's exhibit at the African American Museum in Philadelphia
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s African American Museum eats its Wheaties in new pop art exhibition

Artist Shaheed Rucker puts Negro baseball leagues athletes on re-creations of the iconic cereal box.

16 hours ago

Erin Elman smiles next to her painting
Arts & Entertainment

Former UArts students, faculty and alumni exhibit on the walls of Philly City Hall

Dozens of artists impacted by the closure of the University of the Arts submitted work to what might be their last collective exhibition.

3 days ago

colorful, abstract carvings of faces
Arts & Entertainment

No flowers? No problem. Artist Mark Sfirri makes bouquets out of wood in Philly

After 50 years as an artist, Bucks County’s Mark Sfirri has his first solo museum show. And a second simultaneously.

5 days ago

dolls and ceramics on a table
Community

La Expo Tianguis y Posada connects generations of Latino businesses in Philly

Thirty businesses and artisans set up tables and showcased various talents in the basketball gym at the Bok Building.

6 days ago

students looking at pieces of art at the museum
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Philadelphia Museum of Art brings students to latest exhibition with free buses

Students in the region can get a guided tour of “The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure” till February.

2 weeks ago

Roger Wing carves an ice sculpture of The Battery in a live ice sculpting demonstrations at the 6th annual Fishtown Freeze event on Dec. 14, 2024. (Emily Neil/WHYY)
Community

Fishtown Freeze puts ice sculpting on display

Fishtown Freeze holiday shopping deals last through Sunday.

2 weeks ago

Dr. Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta (Dr. Matt) in the Edgar Heap of Birds Family Gallery, the main exhibitions space for Temple Contemporary. (Ryan Mercado/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Temple University’s new exhibitions director wants to reimagine public art spaces

“I really ask a lot of questions around place, taste and urban change and whose tastes and cultural identities get to shape public space,” Matthew Jordan-Miller Kenyatta said.

3 weeks ago

a tree with decorations at City Hall
Billy Penn
Community

Let there be light: Where to find Philly holiday tree lightings

With tall trees and holiday decor popping up across the city, Billy Penn rounded up several light shows and ceremonies for you to consider.

3 weeks ago

A large portrait of Jimmy Young holding up his boxing gloves
Arts & Entertainment

Philly’s ‘Real Life Rockys’ face off with the movie icon

A set of portraits depicting real Philly heroes are surrounding the Rocky statue for RockyFest.

3 weeks ago

Listen 1:18
flowers in the mosiac
Arts & Entertainment

An artist pieces together Lansdale’s history — and future — in mosaic mural

Artist Roxanne Slemmer has led more than 200 people in envisioning the borough’s past and present.

4 weeks ago

Listen 1:16
Rush Arts Philadelphia building
Community

Back on its feet: North Philly’s Rush Arts gallery rebuilds after hurricane damages

“The water damage destroys everything it touches. The next thing is putting it back,” said the contractor repairing the building.

4 weeks ago

a mural of Tuskegee airmen
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

How Philly became the ‘Mural Capital of the World’

Jane Golden walks Billy Penn through Philadelphia’s 40-year journey as a public art pioneer.

1 month ago

The Jazz Age Illustration exhibition celebrates the creative spirit and dynamic energy of that time period.
(Johnny Perez-Gonzalez/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Delaware Art Museum revives the roaring ‘20s with public murals for its Jazz Age Illustration exhibition

The exhibition hearkens back to the visual style of the early 20th century, with art from magazine covers and album art to cartoons.

1 month ago

people walk by a mural and a sign reading your dreams are the wings of your liberation
Arts & Entertainment

Afromation Avenue comes to Philly’s historically Black 7th Ward

“Like seeds embedded in the soil, Black families and communities have nurtured this neighborhood,” said one of the project's co-curators.

1 month ago

Neighbors by a new mural
Arts & Entertainment
Billy Penn

Newly unveiled mural helps to protect Cedar Park pedestrians

Unveiled this week, this vibrant art project helps to close off a former turning lane.

1 month ago

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