upcoming grant deadline: 05/15/2024
Lily Hughes Performs in Recipes for Survival: An Elders Dance History Project with BARETEETH
Lily Hughes will perform in Recipes for Survival: An Elders Dance History Project with collective BARETEETH at Arts on the Avenue Gallery on September 10. [learn more]
Betty Leacraft Featured in Article on Women Artists and West Philadelphia
A.M. Weaver writes about Betty Leacraft, women Artists and West Philadelphia for the University City Review. [learn more]
Genesis Martinez-Crespo’s Casita De Las Olas at 40th St AIR Gallery
Casita De Las Olas is an installation and a performance collaboration between Genesis Martinez-Crespo (ACG ‘15, ‘14) and Marcelline Mandeng (ACG '16) that builds a home for diasporic identities opening August 13. [learn more]
Percent for Art Program Call to Artists
The City of Philadelphia's Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy seeks applications for site-specific public art in Fairmount Park. Deadline: August 24 [learn more]
Affordable Live/Work Spaces For Artists in West Philadelphia
People’s Emergency Center is offering affordable apartments ideally suited for working artists at any stage of their career. [learn more]
40th Street AIR is Now Accepting Applications
The 40th Street Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program awards West Philadelphia artists one year of free studio space at 40th & Chestnut Streets. Deadline: May 2 [learn more]
Misty Sol Will Turn Parking Meters Into Murals on 52st
Designed to engage community members and businesses in the revitalization efforts taking place along this key corridor, the place making project represents a creative solution to addressing blight. [learn more]
The Black Body Curve Interactive Website
Andrea Walls (ACG '13) is releasing an interactive collection of poetry on her website The Black Body Curve on May 13 at 5:27pm to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the bombing of Osage Avenue in West Philadelphia. [learn more]
Valerie Gay Installs Mural in Her Neighborhood
Valerie Gay (ACG '14) and the neighbors of the 900 block of South Paxon Street in West Philadelphia are installing a mural made out of ceramics, mirrors and other home goods on April 11. [learn more]
Betty Leacraft, Neighborhood Time Exchange Artist-in-Residence, Featured in Local News
Betty Leacraft (ACG '14, '09), Neighborhood Time Exchange artist-in-residence, is featured in local news. [learn more]
Upcoming Events at PFP
Philadelphia Folklore Project is focusing on folk arts in education this fall including an Educator Supper Club, a Community Artists and Organizations workshop and an Open House this fall all located at their west Philadelphia home office (735 S 50th St). [learn more]
The Neighborhood Time Exchange: West Philadelphia Artist Residency
The Neighborhood Time Exchange: West Philadelphia Artist Residency (Time Exchange)—an initiative that will explore how embedded artistic practice can be a platform for social change—is seeking artists for its inaugural round of residencies that will take place between January and October, 2015. [learn more]
40th Street AIR is Now Accepting Applications
The 40th Street Artist-in-Residence (AIR) Program awards West Philadelphia artists one year of free studio space at 40th & Chestnut Streets. In exchange, residents share their talents within West Philadelphia by leading workshops, teaching classes, exhibiting, etc. Founded in 2003 40th Street AIR addresses the need for studio space in West Philadelphia, assist artists with career development, and make the 40th Street area a nexus for visual arts. Deadline: May 19 [learn more]
The Soapbox, West Philadelphia's Printmaking Studio Seeking New Members
The Soapbox, West Philadelphia's printmaking studio and independent publishing center, is seeking new members at both work exchange and paid membership levels. The Soapbox is open four times a month for member use of screenprinting, letterpress, and etching press facilities, as well as use of bookbinding tools. [learn more]
