art – Temple Update

Van Gogh Immersive Experience Opens

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 18:21:50 +0000

There is only one place to best experience the majestic artwork of Vincent Van Gogh in the Philadelphia area. The Tower Theater in Upper Darby is currently hosting the Van Gogh Immersive Art Experience. This exhibit includes virtual reality, drawing stations, history and, most prominently, digital art of the painter. The digital art exhibit allows visitors to literally step into…

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Students Celebrate Latinx Arts and Culture in Philadelphia

Fri, 16 Apr 2021 16:39:00 +0000

Temple’s Latin American Studies Program hosted a virtual event to celebrate Latinx arts and culture in Philadelphia on April 16. The Latinx community is one of many that are using art to advocate for social change. Matheus Fronza, one of 4 moderators, says “our main goal [was] to celebrate…the diversity that the city has with Temple students.” The event featured artist Betsy Casañas who…

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Temple Student Run Businesses on the Rise

Fri, 05 Mar 2021 18:22:59 +0000

Over the past year, many of us have had a lot of extra time on our hands due to the COVID-19 pandemic. A few Temple students were able to turn their old quarantine hobbies into new self owned businesses. By using social media and other forms of advertising, they were able to start their businesses and keep them up and running during these difficult times. Grace Evans, a senior at Temple…

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Kimmel Center Jazz Residency

Wed, 24 Apr 2019 19:33:38 +0000

While most of the city winds down at the end of Jazz Appreciation Month, the Kimmel Center continues its jazz residency program that began in December and concludes later next month. In its 6th year of running, the residency theme this year is “Philly Made” and focuses on cultural ideas of identity and belonging. Each of the three teams of musicians approached by the Kimmel Center composed a…

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Bach in the Subways

Thu, 28 Mar 2019 14:10:43 +0000

For the past three years, Philadelphia has been participating in Bach in the Subways, a traditionthat began in 2011 in New York City to celebrate the life and legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach, the annual event brings his music to the public. Each March on the weekend anniversary of Bach’s birth, any musician capable of performing his music is welcome to participate and allow commuters the…

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Paley’s Special Collection Prepares for a Big Move

Mon, 25 Mar 2019 14:30:23 +0000

Even with the upcoming Charles Library still under construction, Paley Library is still thinking about the move ahead. Nowhere is thought of moving getting more attention than in the Special Collections Research Center located in the basement of Paley. Dean of Libraries Joe Lucia describes the S.C.R.C. stating, “the special collections here are pretty unique in that the great body of our…

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Tomorrow: Bach in the Subways

Wed, 20 Mar 2019 20:10:52 +0000

Bach in the Subways 2019 is coming back the city of Philadelphia once more. Begun in New York City in 2011, Bach in the Subways is a weekend in March dedicated to musicians performing Bach pieces in various locations around the city for free. The tradition grew beyond NYC and subways to include more than 150 cities and 40 countries worldwide today. The purpose of the 100%

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2019 Tyler MFA Thesis Exhibiton

Thu, 14 Mar 2019 14:40:22 +0000

The change to spring also means a change of space for Temple Contemporary, located at the Tyler School of Art. The ground floor of Tyler’s main building has been transformed into a gallery space for the 2019 MFA graduate thesis exhibition which runs through April 13th. The exhibition showcases a total of 26 students who display their work in groups of two to four that rotate each week.

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Tyler to Host Feminist Art and Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon

Wed, 13 Mar 2019 00:10:57 +0000

The Tyler School of Art and Temple Library will team up next Tuesday to host their sixth annual Art+Feminism Wikipedia Edit-a-Thon. With a stated goal of remedying gender gaps on Wikipedia, attendees will edit articles to reflect views on all sides of the gender spectrum. According to the hosts of the event, “The Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of editors on the platform were…

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2019 Faculty Triennial at The Galleries at Moore

Thu, 28 Feb 2019 15:20:17 +0000

2016 Temple alumnus and poet Kai Davis performed at The Galleries at Moore as part of the People’s Poetry Audio Tour Kickoff, a program run through the 2019 Faculty Triennial at the Galleries. Davis performed along with senior Moore student Destiny Garner to celebrate the poetry audio tour that was compiled from workshops run with students from around Philadelphia this month.

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