Victoria Mier

Alumna named city’s third laureate

16 February 2016 Victoria Mier and Victoria Mier

In her new role, Yolanda Wisher aims to reach out to the community through poetry.

Film examines Temple-community relations

01 December 2015 Victoria Mier and Victoria Mier

After proposed plans for an on-campus stadium, the student-producers of “We All Live Here” feel their work is not done.

John Creveling started painting after a Parkinson’s diagnosis in 2009. | JD Mousley TTN

A creative way to cope

13 October 2015 Victoria Mier and Victoria Mier

Alumnus John Creveling’s artwork will be featured in the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation’s 2016 calendar.

Cinovia Williams, a tenant at the Norris Homes, enjoys the mural which will represent the Norris Homes from 1953 to 2017. | Margo Reed TTN

Through mural, a community remembers

25 August 2015 Victoria Mier and Victoria Mier

Artist creates mural to serve as memorial to the soon-to-be demolished Norris Homes community.

Philly AIDS Thrift, a non-profit thrift store off of South Street, opened a free HIV screening clinic in their store in late June. Since it's conception, Philly AIDS Thrift has been devoted to assisting local organizations in the fight against AIDS. | Jenny Kerrigan, TTN

Philly AIDS Thrift opens testing center

19 July 2015 Victoria Mier and Victoria Mier

Philly AIDS Thrift, a nonprofit thrift store on Fabric Row, opened an AIDS/HIV testing center in late June.

Nate Mell, a Tyler alumnus, founded Felt + Fat along with Wynn Bauer in fall 2013.| Aaron Windhorst, TTN

Felt+Fat “kickstarts” its future

24 June 2015 Victoria Mier and Victoria Mier

Designers Nathaniel Mell and Wynn Bauer used Kickstarter to fund the future of their locally-sourced ceramics company.

A piece of Caitlin McCormack's work in "Ex Silento." | Victoria Mier, TTN.

Mixed media artists explore loss

11 June 2015 Victoria Mier and Victoria Mier

Caitlin McCormack and Casey Murphy’s group show, “Ex Silento,” transformed Fishtown’s Art Dept. gallery into a Victorian parlor with ideas of lost, ruined grandeur.

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