The Wall Remixed: The North Philadelphia Small Business Advertising Campaign is a multi-media collaboration among renowned artists Carl Pope, Mari Hulick and Homer Jackson, the Mural Arts Program and Philagrafika 2010. Using images created by students in the Mural Arts Program’s education program, the artists designed 25 billboards and posters that visually celebrate North Philadelphia’s small businesses and community organizations. The project is designed to increase awareness of resources and have a positive economic impact on businesses in this culturally mixed neighborhood.
Through our relationships, The Village and NET CDC facilitated artist Carl Pope’s connection with six local businesses and organizations to complete the project, exemplifying the role that a community organization can have on the vision of an artist.
The Village extends a warm welcome to Spells Writing Center! Over the holidays, Spells moved into the heart of The Village, and beginning this year, will be offering creative writing workshops and tutoring to school-aged children (6-18) and families in their new abode at 2526 N. Alder St, directly behind The Village's main programs building.
While sharing our facilities, Spells will remain a separate organization with its own operations and programs. Their commitment to learning through creativity is a perfect fit with our mission, and will offer much needed literacy-based programs to our youth. For more info on our new neighbor, visit phillyspells.org.
Dream of My Brother
A ground-breaking exhibition of original artworks by 25 African artists
5 December 2009 ~ 7:00 PM
Where: 7 PM at Material Culture, 4700 Wissahickon Avenue, Phila., PA 19144.
Live performance by Kulu Mele African Dance and Drum Ensemble
Ice-Art Installation: “Transparency” by ice-artist Peter Slavin
Music& Refreshments
Admission: $25/person (bring cash/save time!)
Includes a FREE copy ($15.95 value) of the just-published 39-month commemorative DREAMS OF MY BROTHER Wall Calendar
100% of ALL net admission proceeds benefit local arts organizations (Art Sanctuary, Mural Arts Program, The Village of Arts and Humanities, Kulu Mele) and the global fight against malaria.
Scarecrows invade North Philadelphia! On Tuesday, October 22, forty neighborhood kids gathered on the front lawn of the Village to create twenty terrifying scarecrows, launching the first night of the TLC-organized Haunted House. A line trailed outside the Haunted House until the wee hours of the morning. Not everyone made it back out....
The Haunted House continues this week, from 6-9 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday (Oct 27-29). Don't miss out on this bone-chilling, scream-inducing nightmare of an event.
On Friday, July 17th, t he Village of Arts & Humanities' Fashion Entrepreneurship Class presented Shape the Runway, featuring Village teens who produced, designed and choreographed the entire show themselves!
Led by instructor Serena Saunders, and featuring work and performance by teens Johne Gary, Lawrence Waters , Joshia Dalnoroa , Quadasha Toler, Shannon Jones, Sharmanay Gambrell , Dasha Williams , Jaquan Fields , Akeem Whittaker, Akenya Whittaker, Bria Jones, Katiera Williams , Janet Edmonds, Trenae Jones, and Matthew Palmer.
Check out the Philly Weekly coverage of our Fashion Entrepreneurship Class's glamorous event.
The Village of Arts & Humanities would like to thank Serena Saunders of PassionArt for her amazing work and dedication all year in making this possible, Keenan Jones of Beirut Entertainment for the music and equipment, Shayna McConville and the Tyler School of Art for hosting our event, Philly Weekly's Elizabeth Fiedorek for the fabulous coverage, and all the beautiful family and friends who supported our teens on Friday.
____________________________________________________________
Renaissance on Sacred Ground is a documentary about the power of African art forms, including music and dance, to transform the lives of everyday people. It tells the story of Ile Ife, the House of Love, an African cultural center located on Germantown Avenue in North Philadelphia and created by famed dancer choreographer, Arthur Hall. The young people who entered the doors of Ile Ife in the 1960s, drawn in by the sound of the African drum, over time became the members of the internationally known Arthur Hall Afro American Dance Ensemble.
Produced as part of Scribe’s Community Visions Program, Renaissance on Sacred Ground is a collaboration of the alumni of the Arthur Hall Afro American Dance Ensemble and young people from the Village of Arts and Humanities, which now occupies the same site, Renaissance on Sacred Ground looks at how a four decade tradition of cultural expression - rooted in African music and dance, has helped nurture and sustain a community.
The program will be preceded by short films produced by the young people participating in the Village Arts Challenge media program at the Village of Arts and Humanities.
Produced by Village of Arts & Humanities, Ile Ife alumni and Scribe Video Center
Friday, May 15, 2009 - 7:00pm
FREE
Prince Music Theater, Black Box
1412 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA
Written and Directed by internationally-acclaimed theater artist Ping Chong, SECRET HISTORY: THE PHILADELPHIA STORY is a theatrical work commissioned by the Village of Arts and Humanities. Part of Ping Chong & Co. Undesirable Elements series, Secret History explores the first hand experiences of urban and suburban teens and how violence has shaped their lives. Individual stories are woven into a script performed by the participants giving voice to stories that so often go unspoken.
People's Light & Theatre served as a partner on this project. PERFORMANCES Friday, Feb. 20, 2009, 8 pm Saturday, Feb. 21, 2009, 3 pm & 8 pm
Painted Bride Art Center
230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA
Tickets Prices:
$15 adult; $10 student (with ID), $7.50 member
For tickets please visit the Painted Bride Website at www.paintedbride.org or
Call the Painted Bride Box Office, Tuesday-Saturday, 12pm-6pm at 215-925-9914. ____________________________________________________________
Friday, March 6th, 2009, 7:30 pm People's Light & Theatre
Steinbright Stage at People's Light & Theatre, 39 Conestoga Rd., Malvern, PA
To reserve seats at People's Light & Theatre, contact: Nancy Shaw,
Director of Education, 610-647-1900, ext. 101, shaw@peopleslight.org ____________________________________________________________
Friday, March 13th, 2009, 7:30 pm Village of Arts and Humanities
Friday, March 13th, 2009, 7:30 pm
2544 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA
To reserve seats at The Village of Arts and Humanities contact
Ayoka Quinones, at 215-225-7830, ext 205, ayoka@villagearts.org
PAST EVENTS
COIL, created with Liz Lerman Dance Exchange and videographer Barbara Bickart and presented as part of the Live Arts Festival, September 2005
Testament, a play loosely inspired by Antigone and created from verbatim community dialogues, May, 2006
Evoking Spirit/Embracing Memory Exhibition, a public art exhibition held in the Village’s Baobab Park that honored 12 individuals and 5 historic sites important to North Philadelphia, September 2007
Community Sing workshop, conducted by Dr. Ysaye Maria Barnwell of Sweet Honey in the Rock, in partnership with Art Sanctuary, September 2007
Forthcoming Ping Chong residency and creation of Secret History: The Philadelphia Story. In collaboration with People's Light & Theatre Co., February 2009
Partnership with the Bokamoso Youth Center in Winterveldt, South Africa, on going
Park Day Celebrations and Annual Festivals, ongoing
Student video work, on going
The Village is an arts organization grounded in the Fairhill/Hartranft communities of North Philadelphia. Our artistic work bears witness to individual and community stories. Over the past four years, projects have included:
