Topic: University of the Arts
UArts’ Closing with One-Week Notice? This Just Isn’t Done
The 150-year-old institution has left students, faculty and the city reeling. A longtime university president joins in the call for an immediate independent investigation
By Elaine Maimon
Make Art? Have It Reviewed Here
Lori Waxman, the 60 wrd/min art critic, is seeking Philadelphia artists who want quick, real-time, professional reviews of their work
By Lauren McCutcheon
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
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
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
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
MIO Culture
The B Corp sustainable furniture maker is turning work into play—because to play is human
By Patrick Bilow