Philadelphia Arts Scene Gets Major Coverage In Today’s New York Times
Two text murals created by Mural Arts (at far right).
Check out this description of the city’s arts scene from today’s Weekend Arts section of the NYT: “There is a particularly Philadelphian brand of hardy, low-budget, do-it-yourself, do-it-for-love creativeness evident in art and art spaces across the city. It is a climate that, as new as it sometimes feels, has been embodied and nurtured for decades by organizations like two I included on my itinerary: the Fabric Workshop and Museum, founded in 1977 as a way to combine world-class artistic collaborations with community outreach and education, and the Mural Arts Program, which grew out of the city’s anti-graffiti efforts and has worked with neighborhood residents and artists for 25 years to create more than 2,800 towering murals on walls throughout the city.”
Among the city’s arts programs and institutions name dropped in today’s NYT: the Philadelphia Museum of Art; Fluxspace; the Stoogeum; the Fabric Workshop and Museum; Little Fish; Matyson Restaurant; Fleisher/Ollman Gallery; Paesano’s; Philadelphia Institute for Advanced Study; Philadelphia Mural Arts… and more.
Congratulations to all our Mighty friends!
Full coverage: http://www.nytimes.com/
Photo: Steve Legato (NYT)
