Designs for Different Futures

I had the opportunity to go view the “Designs for Different Futures” at the Philadelphia Museum of Art this weekend and was amazed by all the innovation. There were displays from Rihanna’s Fenty Beauty makeup to Robots that could mirror your movement. My favorite piece was the centerpiece, “Another Generosity”. This was a giant inflated…

23 Of The Most Powerful Photos Of This Week

BuzzFeed is known to post fun quizzes and cute cooking videos, but there’s a lot more to the internet media company. BuzzFeed News posts weekly recap photo series of major events which occurred around the world. Some of these are colorful and fun while others are heartbreaking and powerful. I’d highly recommend checking them out,…

Street artist paints ginormous portrait of eco warrior Greta Thunberg in San Francisco

I recently came across an article about Argentine Andrés Petroselli, known as Cobre, who is due to unveil an 8 story mural of environmental activist Greta Thunberg in San Francisco. I was intrigued with this article not only because of the effort put into creating such a large piece, but the selflessness of the artist…

The Addams Family

In the spirit of Halloween last week, I wanted to share an interesting fact I discovered recently. The Addams Family was created by a Penn Alum, Charles Addam. Not only is this cool but the statue of the silhouettes right outside of Annenberg are actually silhouettes of the Addams family characters. I’ve always passed by…

Franklin Square Fountain Show Finale!

The centerpiece of Franklin Square recently underwent a $2 million makeover this past summer. The renovation included installation of jets, air-powered nozzles, geysers, swivels and more mechanisms of water design in order to provide a lively fountain show by the oldest public fountain in the United States. The shows are accompanied by songs ranging from classics…

FLOW

I had the opportunity to go see the floating sculpture exhibit, FLOW, this weekend outside the Philadelphia Seaport Museum. The exhibit includes 10 artworks by 14 different artists and is located in the museum’s boat basin until December 7th. I was also able to visit the museum itself which includes entry to the US warship…

Remnants of Summer

Earlier today as I was coming back to Philadelphia from Fall break I drove through Chinatown. I happened to notice some giant lanterns of panda bears playing mahjong placed out next to some benches in a small sitting area along the street. I immediately recognized the display from the Philadelphia Chinese Lantern Festival, which I…

Recycled Art

Artist Lisa Nilsson made use of old books by turning them into anatomical diagrams. “Quilling” or “Paper Filigree” is a method of rolling and shaping paper. Nilsson utilized this technique to recreate beautifully detailed, and incredibly accurate, cross-sectional diagrams of human anatomy along with some of other animals. Her creations are amazing to look at,…

Rumors of War

Kehinde Wiley is Nigerian-American portrait painter who recently revealed a sculpture in Times Square of a young black man with dreadlocks and wearing a hoodie going to battle on a horse. This sculpture spoke volumes as it strives to create new history, and a new America where we censure war and hatred and embrace tolerance and…

‘We’ve Been At This For a Long Time’: Artists in ‘We Make America’ Collective Join Climate Strike

Millions of people took to the streets all around the world on Friday, September 20th for a global climate protest. Among the protesters in New York were a group called, “We Make America”, a group of artist activists who provoke thoughts and raise interest for several causes through art. Their signs were vibrant and eye-catching…