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News: Fleisher @ the White House, Barnes educates construction workers, and lots of opportunities!
News Fleisher Art Memorial @ the White House Student Zulmarie Nazario, 16, attended a ceremony on November 2 at the White House where she received the National Arts and Humanities Youth Program Award from First Lady Michelle Obama on behalf of the Fleisher Art Memorial. The prestigious award is for Fleisher’s work to develop learning and life skills in young people through the arts and creative experience. Nazario is one of many students who participate in Fleisher’s after school program in which a number of activities help young people explore their artistic and creative abilities.
In the woods with Red
You may think you know the Red Riding Hood story but do you really? Is Red really so innocent? And what about that wolf–is he so evil? Surely the story is not that black, white and red. We went to the woods at the Schuylkill Center with our buddy, the wonderful Jeanne Jaffe, to see how she is telling the tale–with the wolf and Red and some really big teeth–and a lot of ambiguity. Her piece is called “Red Riding Hood as a Crime Scene.”
Green installations at SCEE from Taiwan and U.S.
I got lucky Friday and caught the two Taiwanese artists installing out at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education for the show Go Green: New Environmental Art from Taiwan.
Saturday trifecta
From deep, Northwest Philly to Cape May and back, can Roberta and Libby trek it in one day. We’re revving up our very non-formula ones for some serious consumption of gas and art this Saturday. First off, you’ll see us at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education for the opening of Gimme Shelter which we helped to jury. (Forgive us, SCEE, for our driving transgressions today which are not so eco-friendly.)
Gimme Shelter preview this Friday at Philly Architecture Center!
Bird/Seed ShelterJulia Molloy and Taka SaruiSemi-finalists in Gimme Shelter for the Schuylkill Center One more First Friday item for you…especially if you’re in the Chinatown area and especially if you love us…and if you love sustainable architecture/art projects. Gimme Shelter is a documentary show featuring the 12 top plans submitted by artist and architect teams to create a sustainable “hut” out at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Opening date for to see the huts in action and in situ is May 9. The 6 finalists will be announced Friday night at the opening and their projects will be installed ... More » »
Weekly Update – Swarm at the Schuylkill Center
This week’s Weekly has my review of Swarm at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. Below’s the copy with some pictures. More photos at flickr. Lisa Murch. detail, Spring, Forbidden Drive 2008. insect specimens made from cicada exoskeletons to which “wings” and “antennae” and other features are added — all made from seed pods and forest floor matter. At Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. The 2006 group show “Swarm” at the Fabric Workshop and Museum explored the idea of highly metaphorical non-insect swarm behavior, like flash mobs and data clusters. This year’s “Swarm” at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education ... More » »
Greenmachine: Art, Technology and Nature
Post by Andrea Kirsh Keiko Miyamori, detail of installation of bark rubbings on rice paper that she made in Japan I’m grateful to “Greenmachine,” outdoor installations using technological components by three artists, if only for getting me to the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, a very beautiful site at 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road, a bit north of Manayunk. As we say at Pesach, “It would have been enough.” But the art itself is well worth the trip – in fact, the best installations I’ve ever seen in a natural setting. Keiko Miyamori, Katie Murken and Chris Vecchio made interventions which ... More » »
