Visual art

Colorful illustration with two people. Text reads: we're trans, we're survivors, we are joyful, we feel rage, we're universal — 'Rendering' by Kah Yangni. (Image courtesy of Mural Arts Philadelphia.)

The Weekly Roundup, July 21, 2021

Illustrating Public Paint Day, folk music at People’s Light, and writing with Chet’la Sebree

Painting with Mural Arts, discovering folk with People's Light, and the Wilmington Writers Conference highlight the week. Kyle V. Hiller rounds up.

Kyle V. Hiller

Jul 21, 2021 Previews 5 minute read

A graceful, rust-colored outdoor sculpture with undulating, overlapping lines sits among greenery, with the sunset behind it — Phases, by Melanie Serkes. Image courtesy of The Bower.

At The Bower, Philadelphia sculptors take the Pennsylvania landscape to heart

The nature of art

The Bower, a new sculpture park and public garden outside Harrisburg, features sculptures from Philadelphia artists in a unique and immersive dialogue with the landscape around them. Helen Walsh visits.

Helen Walsh

Jul 20, 2021 Features 6 minute read

A drawing of a seated woman from the waist up. She looks tense but confident. She has bushy shoulder-length purple hair. — Purple Hair (1983) by Jody Mussoff. © Jody Mussoff, courtesy of Delaware Art Museum.

The Delaware Art Museum presents Collecting and Connecting: Recent Acquisitions 2010-2020

Artists unite

How does a museum add to its collection? And why? Delaware Art Museum’s Collecting and Connecting: Recent Acquisitions 2010-2020 has adventurous answers. Gail Obenreder reviews.

Gail Obenreder

Jul 19, 2021 Reviews 4 minute read

A self-portrait of Rivers. He's a Black man, is wearing glasses, dreadlocks, and a colorful, patterned button-up top. — Khalif Rivers wants to show the sides of Philly that people hardly know. (Photo by Khalif Rivers.)

Talking photography with Mural Arts Philly Black Artist Fellow Khalif Rivers

Uncovering Philadelphia's hidden past

Khalif Rivers is part of the 2021 Mural Arts Philadelphia Black Artist Fellow class. The photographer, writer, and fine artist spoke with Blair Krassen about his work.

Blair Krassen

Jul 14, 2021 Profiles 2 minute read