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Gary Steuer to the rescue in City Hall
You have a friend in City Hall, artists. The guy in the white hat, Gary Steuer, tries to cut through red tape, to make art accessible, and to fight City Hall over unreasonable taxes on low income businesses of the sorts artists (and bloggers) have. Surprisingly enough, given city finances and his teeny baby budget, somehow he succeeds. That’s what he told us, and we believe him. Here’s the full podcast interview: Right click to download full 15 min. interview with Gary Steuer And here’s the YouTube slide version of this podcast. This episode is edited by Peter Crimmins. The ... More » »
Sunday this and that – fountains, some animal parts and a butterfly
Hello, this is a wrap up of some things I saw recently that compelled me to whip out the camera — just some amusement in pictures. For starters, I’ve been following the colored water in the city’s fountains for years now — pink, green and blue — and so here’s a shot of the City Hall fountain last Thursday. Note how wild and crazy the splash is at the top of this water burst — positively ebullient! Below is a picture of another fountain, very demure by comparison, in the park behind the Upper Merion municipal building in King of ... More » »
Weekly Update – art list of summer, just do it
Art Gallery at City Hall The new 700 square ft. Art Gallery at City Hall — with high ceilings, fixed walls, and lots of natural light – brings art into the seat of power like never before. The brainchild of Gary Steuer, head of the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, Art Gallery at City Hall lives at street level in Steuer’s new offices (near the Tourism office). The gallery’s mission is to help arts organizations with their programs, thus “On the Rise” which opens tomorrow, has work by 12 artists from three non-profits – inLiquid, Center for Emerging ... More » »
Gary Steuer’s gang
People still filtering in to the Mayor’s Reception Room in City Hall for a Town Meeting for the arts. First Friday, and there we were, cooling our heels in the Mayor’s Reception Room along with about 200 other people, waiting for a Town Hall Meeting for the arts community to begin. We were a little irritated, since the meeting was First Friday, and we had places to go, and art to see. (In the end, we saw not much, even though we ditched the meeting early). But they meant well, we guess, thinking FF would bring people to town who ... More » »
