Topic: University of the Arts
Art for Change: The Duality Painter
Patricia Renee’ Thomas’ vibrant paintings portraying Black women and nature balance reality and hope. Here, in the latest Forman Arts Initiative partnership, how she learned and teaches her students to do the same, in art and in life
By Logan Cryer
Michael Eric Dyson’s Black History Month All Stars
All-Star #4: Meta Vaux Warrick Fuller
By Michael Eric Dyson
Art for Change: The Collaborator
Nia Benjamin makes experimental theater that’s not just experimenting on stage — it’s also experimenting with the process itself, allowing for collaboration and room to breathe
By Logan Cryer
Art for Change: The Sound Sculptor
Next in a series with Forman Arts Initiative, Philadelphia artist Raúl Romero merges sculpture with an invisible medium: sound
By Morgan Nitz
Generation Change Philly: The Literary Activist
Few Philadelphians have had so seismic an impact in so short a time as Jeannine Cook, social justice activist and owner of Harriett’s Bookshop. And she’s just getting started
By Lauren McCutcheon
The Citizen Updates: MIO Culture
The B Corp sustainable furniture maker is turning work into play—because to play is human
By Patrick Bilow