Topic: Art For Change

Saeed Ferguson, Streetwear Spiritualist
The founder of All Caps talks about his start on South Street, his current mantra, and his silent but visible business partner
By Logan Cryer
Cut and Paste
Jake Dombroski’s Collage Philadelphia is building a community around the most accessible of art forms, including in a show now open at the Athenaeum
By RJ Rushmore
“Wouldn’t It Be Funny If … ”
Comedian and Tattooed Momedy co-host Tan Hoang prefers to thoughtfully zig where other stand-ups reflexively zag — and that’s working out just fine for her
By Logan Cryer
Painting Behind Iron and Steel
As a young man, Spel was one of Philadelphia’s most-recognized graffiti writers. Since 1990, he’s been restricted to making art behind bars, incarcerated for a crime that he says he did not commit. The next in our Art for Change series
By RJ Rushmore
The Halloweenist
Artist Sam Heimer has made a career out of making joyfully macabre, darkly nostalgic illustrations in a bid to celebrate All Hallows Eve all year long
By RJ Rushmore
The Film Director Who Faked It Till He Made It
Is Ted Passon, co-director of Philly D.A. and creator of the new Hulu documentary rom-com Patrice: The Movie, just a South Jersey guy who got lucky — or a humble visionary who just so happens to collab with the likes of Alex De Corte and Tierra Whack?
By Logan Cryer
John Jarboe, the Artist Who Ate Her Twin
The Bearded Ladies Cabaret founder has a new interactive installation at the Fabric Workshop and Museum that is an earnest, absurd and macabre expiration of queer selfhood
By Logan Cryer
Windows Into the Soul of America
Sonya Clark’s video installation, The Descendants of Monticello explores what freedom means from the panes of Declaration House historical site
By RJ Rushmore
The Bold Self-Portraitist
Gen Z artist Zeinab Diomande pushes the boundaries of painting, constantly experimenting with versions of the same subject: Themself
By Logan Cryer
Embracing Happenstance
Sculptor, painter, and street artist NDA has taken over a floor of Old City’s Paradigm Gallery with an intentionally “overwhelming” installation that invites exploration, curiosity, and audience collaboration. The latest in a series with Forman Arts Initiative.
By RJ Rushmore