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Former Fairhill Elementary School students spoke on video through megaphone speakers about their discontent with the School District of Philadelphia. | Elena Iwata TTN

Art as closure

01 September 2015 Albert Hong

reForm is a new art installation from Professor Pepón Osorio that deals with the closing of Fairhill Elementary School.

Mural artist MOMO paints for Open Source, a projected created by Mural Arts in Philadelphia. | COURTESY Mural Arts Program

A city-wide exhibition

01 September 2015 Angela Gervasi

Global and local artists collaborate in the city’s Mural Arts Program.

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.

Tom White’s work is influenced by his years of experience in graphic design. | COURTESY of AIGA gallery

Designer presents multidisciplinary work

25 August 2015 Angela Gervasi

Artist Tom White’s exhibit at the AIGA gallery shows a diverse artistic career.

Exhibit showcases nature, technology and beyond

27 July 2015 Angela Gervasi

At the Gross McCleaf Gallery in Center City, new exhibit “As Far As The Eye Can See” explores artistic perspectives of landscape through a range of mediums.

American art students explore Roman historical site

26 June 2015 Angela Gervasi

“An Eternal Love” exhibit introduces and explores the Non-Catholic Cemetery of Rome.

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.

2016's Art for the Cash Poor poster, provided by InLiquid.

InLiquid hosts affordable art event

12 June 2015 Ashley Caldwell

Non-profit InLiquid is hosting their sixteenth “Art For the Cash Poor,” an event designed to promote emerging artists and invite visitors to purchase affordable art.

Artist Zdenko Krtic is inspired by global locations and ideas.

Painting past borders

12 June 2015 Angela Gervasi

Artist Zdenko Krtić draws inspiration from Croatia and Italy—in a Temple University gallery.

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.