Mural Arts: Design In Motion
Design In Motion: The Recycling Truck Project is a city-wide public art and graphic design project produced by the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program in collaboration with The Design Center at Philadelphia University. The project was commissioned by the City of Philadelphia Streets Department to coincide with the introduction of Philadelphia's new city-wide single-stream recycling program.
The graphic designs which wrap ten City of Philadelphia recycling trucks are inspired by historical and contemporary textile patterns that celebrate elements of nature and are drawn from the collection of The Design Center at Philadelphia University.
From January through March 2009, artist Desireé Bender and over 60 students ranging in age from 8 to 18 enrolled in the Mural Arts Program's free after-school Big Picture program partnered on the conceptualization and design of graphic wraps for the recycling trucks. As part of the creative process, students were introduced by staff from The Design Center to its collection of textiles from around the world, including 19th and early 20th century textiles that document the emergence of Philadelphia as one of America's great textile producers of the time. The City of Philadelphia Streets Department Recycling Office also engaged students in a variety of learning experiences designed to expand their knowledge of and participation in the city's new single-stream recycling program.
On Earth Day 2009—Wednesday, April 22nd—all ten of the recycling trucks designed and wrapped under this new partnership made their debut at Love Park.
BEST Mural Artists | Mural Arts Philadelphia Wall Ball 2019 | Honoring Malcolm Jenkins
Do you know where to see the best mural art? Anyone from the Pennsylvania tri-state area knows that Philly has the best mural arts - hands down! If you are visiting Philadelphia this Summer and want to know what to see in Philadelphia, then let me be your Philadelphia tourist guide and point you in the direction of our incredible mural arts. Each year the Mural Arts Philadelphia hosts Wall Ball, a charity event to honor the work of some of the best mural artists and supporters throughout the city. Held at The Fillmore Philadelphia, this year’s honorees include Philadelphia Eagles Safety, Malcolm Jenkins, Julia & David Fleischner and artist collaborators, Jesse Krimes and Russell Craig. It’s a night of amazing art, energy and support in this week’s vlog of our incredible city of brotherly love, Philadelphia!
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The City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program is an anti-graffiti mural program in Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the United States. The program was founded in 1986 under the direction of local artist Jane Golden, as part of the Philadelphia Anti-Graffiti Network, with the goal of facilitating collaboration between professional artists and prosecuted graffiti writers to create new murals in the city. It also works with community groups to educate and children in the arts and involve them in the creation of the murals. The program is currently one of the largest employers of artists in Philadelphia, employing more than 300 artists each year. In 2016 the organization was rebranded as Mural Arts Philadelphia.
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Center City Philadelphia Community Tour
Philadelphia, the sixth-most populous U.S. city, is the economic and cultural center of the Pennsylvania region known as the Delaware Valley. Founded in 1682 by William Penn, an English Quaker, Philadelphia played a prominent part in the American Revolution. Here the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 at the Second Continental Congress, and the Constitution at the Philadelphia Convention of 1787. Well known landmarks include Independence Hall, the Liberty Bell, the first U.S. Bank founded by Alexander Hamilton, and the Betsy Ross House.
Today Philadelphia is home to many universities and colleges, renowned medical schools and hospitals, art institutions, theaters, nationally ranked restaurants and museums.
With an abundance of outdoor sculptures and murals, Philadelphia also boasts the largest urban park system in America in Fairmount Park and the adjacent Wissahickon Valley Park.
Philadelphia is known as a city of neighborhoods, with a multitude of urban lifestyle choices and unique communities in which to live and work. Get to know Philadelphia!
A mural by the late pop artist Keith Haring has gotten a makeover in Philadelphia. It was created wi
A mural by the late pop artist Keith Haring has gotten a makeover.
The colorful work titled We The Youth covers the side of a rowhouse in Philadelphia's Point Breeze neighborhood.
Homeowner Erica Bryant says the mural was badly discolored and cracked when she moved in last year. The city's Mural Arts Program recently worked for months to restore it.
Created with children in 1987, it features many of Haring's signature dancing figures. It's his only collaborative public mural that is still intact and at its original site.
The executive directors of the mural program and Keith Haring Foundation put the finishing touches on the artwork on Wednesday. A public dedication is planned for Saturday.
Haring died in 1990.
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S4E1: Painting a Mural in Pittsburgh PA & Camping in West Virginia State Parks
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The resident artists, Trasher & McMonster get to know each other and the directors while they paint a huge mural for Pabst Blue Ribbon in Pittsburgh PA. After Pittsburgh, the program camps in Tygart Lake State Park, West Virginia.
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PHILADELPHIA - USA Travel Guide | Around The World
Philadelphia, located in Southeastern Pennsylvania, in the Mid-Atlantic region, is the fifth most-populous city in the United States. Often referred to as Philly, the city is coterminous with Philadelphia County. Philadelphia sits adjacent to the New Jersey and Delaware borders, and as such, its metropolitan area encompasses counties in Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
Philadelphia, once the capital of the United States, plays an exemplary role in the history and life of the nation. Its colonial legacy and architecture are almost unrivaled and its universities, museums, companies and laboratories are world class. The city has also become an increasingly important cultural and artistic center as well in the past few decades. As Philadelphia rebounds from its mid-20th century decline, the city is now seen as a model for sustainable urban growth and a surprisingly affordable haven for those seeking the best of urban American life without the expense or pretense of other neighboring East Coast cities.
Travelers planning to visit multiple attractions may benefit from Philadelphia CityPASS, which grants admission to 6 Philadelphia attractions within 9 days of first use for a much reduced rate and includes expedited entry in some cases. The included attractions are: The Franklin Institute; Adventure Aquarium; Phila Trolley & The Big Bus Company, 24 hours of on-off privileges; Philadelphia Zoo; Option Ticket One with choice of either The Academy of Natural Sciences or the National Constitution Center and Option Ticket Two with choice of Please Touch Museum or Eastern State Penitentiary. A Weekend in Philly offers a detailed itinerary that includes several of these attractions.
Much of Philadelphia's art requires not a dollar to see and not a building to enter. Philadelphia has the largest collection of public art in the nation, courtesy of the city's innovative Mural Arts Program, designed to stop graffiti and enliven the city's buildings. They even provide a free tour. Other public art of note includes the many glass mosaics found throughout the city; a sampling of this great public art can be seen on South St. east of Broad.
Center City West is home to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Barnes Foundation, Academy of Natural Sciences, Franklin Institute Science Museum, Mutter Museum, Rosenbach Museum & Library and Rodin Museum. Center City East is home to the African American Museum, and Atwater Kent Museum of Philadelphia History. Old City is home to the National Museum of American Jewish History and Independence Seaport Museum. West Philly is home to the Please Touch Museum North Philly is home to the Wagner Free Institute of Science.
For most visitors, the landing point will be Center City, the downtown section of Philadelphia. It is bounded by Vine St. to the north, the Delaware River to the east, South St. to the south, and the Schuylkill River to the west. The 2010 Center City residential population of 57,000 makes it the third most populated central business district in America, behind New York City and Chicago. Other popular districts to visit are Old City, West Philly, and South Philly.
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Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts with Paint Torch, a 51 foot paintbrush sculpture by Claes Oldenburg. PAFA designed by Frank Furness.
Major Development Project in Center City Philadelphia
Philadelphia, February 18, 2014 -- Mayor Michael A. Nutter formally announced the selection of the Peebles Corporation and P&A Associates as the developers of a new $85 million 199 room Kimpton Hotel to be built at 1801 Vine Street. Located along the Benjamin Franklin Parkway just one block from the new Barnes Foundation, the availability of this key site provides a rare opportunity to revitalize an important historic building and to create a unique, new destination along Philadelphia's most prominent thoroughfare.
We are delighted to announce this major economic development project that will create more than 600 construction and permanent jobs in Philadelphia, said Mayor Nutter, who made the announcement during a press conference at City Hall. The addition of a new Kimpton Hotel along the Ben Franklin Parkway will be a great addition to that historic boulevard. This investment demonstrates the continued momentum of our city's hospitality and tourism industry.
The 247,000-square-foot building at 1801 Vine Street was completed in 1941 and has served as home to the Family Division of the Court of Common Pleas of the First Judicial District of Pennsylvania since that time. The building is currently listed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places, and the planned redevelopment will incorporate its important historic elements, including the preservation and maintenance of its 37 historic interior murals. The Family Division will relocate to a new facility which is under construction at 15th and Arch Streets later this year.
The new hotel will feature 199 guest rooms, 16,000 square feet of spa and fitness space, 14,000 square feet of meeting and event space, and 5,800 square feet for a restaurant and bar. The redevelopment of this property will significantly enhance the Parkway Museums District, generate new tax revenues, and continue the momentum of new commercial and institutional development activity along Vine Street. The hotel will serve Philadelphia's growing leisure, business, and convention markets, in particular supporting the major arts and culture attractions along the Parkway such as the Barnes Foundation, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Academy of Natural Sciences, the Franklin Institute, and the Free Library of Philadelphia. It will also be the first minority-owned hotel development of its size in Center City Philadelphia.
The Peebles Corporation is the country's largest African-American real estate development company with a multi-billion dollar development portfolio of luxury hotels, high-rise residential and Class A commercial properties and developments throughout the United States. The company is a diversified real estate developer with a wide range of uses located in major international cities such as New York, Miami, Las Vegas, San Francisco and Washington, D.C.
We are proud to have been selected by the City of Philadelphia for the development of this national landmark and look forward to working with our partners at P&A and the team at Kimpton in the genesis of Philadelphia's newest hotel, said R. Donahue Peebles, Chairman and CEO of The Peebles Corporation. I am enthusiastic to have the opportunity to work with Mayor Nutter and the City of Philadelphia to revolutionize this iconic property into one of the premier hotels in the country and an economic engine that provides business and career opportunities to the residents and businesses of Philadelphia. We are also committed to ensuring this development sets a new standard for the inclusion of minority business opportunities in Philadelphia. McKissack & McKissack, America's oldest minority owned construction company will lead this effort during the construction phase.
The Peebles Corporation and P&A Associates were selected from three finalist proposals in a public and competitive selection process. Their proposal was selected based on a series of criteria that included: a superior proposal from a highly experienced national and local development team; a best-in-class hotel operating partner; a sensitive approach to the historic preservation of this iconic building's interiors and exterior façade; strong inclusion of minority participation in the ownership and development of the project; and the most feasible overall operating and financing plan. The development team will acquire 1801 Vine Street for $4.5 million.
President Eyring Dedicates Philadelphia Mormon Temple
President Henry B. Eyring, first counselor in the First Presidency, dedicated Pennsylvania’s first temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints’ 152nd on Sunday, September 18, 2016.
It has a feeling in it unlike any temple I've ever been in terms of its beauty and the spaciousness, and just the feeling of the house of the Lord. It's really quite remarkable, said President Erying.
Accompanying President Eyring to the dedicatory services were Elder D. Todd Christofferson of Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and Elders Gerrit W. Gong, Anthony D. Perkins and Larry Y. Wilson of the Seventy.
President Eyring directed the completion of the temple construction with the traditional cornerstone ceremony. He placed mortar around the cornerstone and invited others to do the same.
It's a wonderful moment in the dedication of this temple, he said. There is a stone prepared for us now to seal ... it's symbolic of the Lord Jesus Christ who is the Chief Cornerstone of the Church.
The 61,000-square-foot temple will serve more than 40,000 Church members in parts of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Maryland and all of Delaware.
President Eyring told those gathered at the brief ceremony that he was born in New Jersey and was baptized in Philadelphia. So to me, this is especially significant, said President Eyring, that the Lord would have granted this wonderful house to you wonderful people in this part of Zion.
Plans were announced for the Philadelphia Temple on October 4, 2008, and the Church broke ground September 17, 2011.
Temple construction features classic Georgian architecture designed to blend with the historic Philadelphia architecture. The exterior is clad in granite from Maine, and the interior features stone from Egypt and Italy. The building includes original art glass and an oil-painting wall mural of landscapes important in both American and Church history, including the Susquehanna River and the Delaware River. The temple stands 208 feet tall and is crowned with a gilded statue of Moroni, a Book of Mormon prophet who is significant to Latter-day Saints for his role in the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
140,000 people attended the nearly month-long open house including 4,000 civic, religious and government leaders.
One day before the temple was dedicated several hundred Latter-day Saint youth participated in a cultural celebration marking the completion of the temple with song and dance honoring the state’s heritage and the history of the Church in Pennsylvania. The performance was held at the Liacouras Center at Temple University in Philadelphia.
President Eyring told the performers, This day is historic in your lives. You will always remember the feeling of celebration and faith as you prepared for this performance tonight. You will tell your children and perhaps your grandchildren that you were here and how you felt, he said.
Latter-day Saint temples differ from the meetinghouses or chapels where members meet for Sunday worship services. Temples are considered “houses of the Lord,” where the teachings of Jesus Christ are reaffirmed through marriage, baptism and other ceremonies that unite families for eternity.
Make it happen for The Backyard Philly Project
Did you know that about 25% of Philadelphians live below the poverty line? And that the first district in Philadelphia is considered the second hungriest district in the United States? Are you aware the private builders are purchasing project land to build condominiums that will displace local residents? These statistics represent Ferasha Films' own backyard. Philadelphia is a city where 500,000 people are literacy challenged, and 200,000 people are without a high school diploma, according to Mayor Michael Nutter. *
We are from the city of brotherly love, Philadelphia, PA. At Ferasha Films we take our films beyond the screen. We aim to bring awareness through documentation and creating premiere events in order to inform and challenge our followers to impact their community. We believe that there are many stories of poverty here in our own city of Philadelphia. We will be filming in an area that the locals call Penn Town. We have invited four teenagers to document their lives and Philadelphia poverty through video journals using Flip Cameras. We will work with these four fledgling 'cinematographers' to produce authentic and honest account of their lives. In order to do that, we will hold film classes and teach them how to use their cameras, capture footage, etc. Every month until June 2011 we plan to give them one topic to document. Their first assignment will be to introduce themselves and give us a tour of their everyday life. We will then follow up on each of their video journals with a professional quality interview.
Our goal is to serve the children of the Penn Town Projects and give them an opportunity to tell their story. We would like their voices to be heard.
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Who We Are: A Professional Volunteer Staff
Amanda Danziger: Founder/Filmmaker
Nienke Izurieta: Director of Still Photography
Bruce Kite: Cinematographer
Lucas Clauser: Art Director
Brendan Schaller: Communications
Ariel Danziger: Copy Editor/Script Writer
Impact
To inform our viewers that third world poverty is not always located in a third world country, but right at home. We also hope to provide positive influences and be role models to the children we serve. Our biggest hope is to see people pledging their own time to after school programs.
What We Need & What You Get
We already started filming this project but we need your help to continue. Your donation will help invest in filming for this specific project and future projects to come. We need a few pieces of equipment to get our project rolling. The equipment that you help invest in will also allow us to continue doing future projects such as this. As a sign of your gratitude, our team custom designed items in appreciation for your donation. If we don't reach our goal, we will purchase what we can and seek for sponsorships. We hope to reach above and beyond our goal so we can also put the funds towards helping us become an official non-profit. But, we want you to know that your donation will be well invested in a group of people who are passionate about impacting their community.
Things that we need:
2 LaCie 2TB Hard Drives + 2 500GB Hard Drives
2 Sennheiser G3 Wireless Pack with Lav Mic
Lighting Kit
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Manfrotto Tripod Kit
Rode VideoMic Pro
Marantz Flash Field Recorder
Sennheiser Shotgun Mic Kit
$1,000 to help us become a non-profit
Funds to help us create DVDs
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Other Ways You Can Help
Every Tuesday of this school year we plan to volunteer at Helping Hand Rescue Mission located right in Penn Town for tutoring and mentoring. Tutoring hours are from 3pm-5pm. Won't you consider joining us and pledging your time? It's time to make a difference in your backyard. Find out more information by getting in touch with us: info@ferashafilms.com
We also need you to help us get the word out about The Backyard Philly Project! Please tweet, facebook, blog, and e-mail your friends and family.
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PHILADELPHIA - WikiVidi Documentary
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with an estimated population of 1,567,872 and more than 6 million in the seventh-largest metropolitan statistical area, . Philadelphia is the economic and cultural anchor of the Delaware Valleya region located in the Northeastern United States at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers with 7.2 million people residing in the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States. In 1682, William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787. Several other key Philadelphia events during the Revolution include the First and Second Continental Congress, the preservation of the Liberty Bell, ...
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Why Newark
Newark has all the elements of a compelling business climate in today's economy. Our strategic location and transportation infrastructure are second to none, and we offer prime real estate at highly affordable rates. The easy regional commute allows companies to actively recruit and maintain highly trained and educated employees from the New York metropolitan area, New Jersey and Philadelphia. Our six colleges and universities, as well as our workforce training programs, keep the labor force pipeline well-primed with smart, motivated people; and there's dynamic corporate activity both downtown and in the outlying industrial areas.
Newark is one of the best places to do businesses in the Northeast.
From Fortune 500 companies to small start-ups, Newark is a place where business prospers. There are nearly 2,500 businesses within a half-mile radius in our central business district and other headquarters, regional offices, manufacturers, distribution centers and warehouses beyond. Banking and insurance. Telecommunications and information technology. Power and Energy. Law firms. Architecture, design and engineering.
At the core of the workforce are City's residents. Our city is also unusually diverse, with 24% of its residents foreign-born and 43% speaking a language other than English at home. Businesses in Newark benefit greatly from the City's location and intellectual capital. They also can easily attract workers from New York City given its close proximity and a superb public transit system that makes it possible to make the commute in 15 minutes. Many of the 50,000 employees now working downtown -- from high-end financial and insurance executives to administrative staff -- come from beyond Newark's city limits. Companies can easily recruit among the 10,000 graduates, including newly minted MBAs and lawyers, which the six colleges and universities in Newark churn out each year. They can also take advantage of a vast intern and alumni network, as well as continuing education and degree-track programs at the leading institutions.
Six colleges and universities give Newark the distinction of being New Jersey's largest education center. Clustered in the University Heights neighborhood, the schools are immediately adjacent to downtown Newark and are linked directly to the business core by subway and bus. Approximately 60,000 students and faculty from 50 states and six continents converge on the campuses, bringing with them energy, intellect and a youthful sense of possibility.
Your business is our business. Whether you're a financial firm looking for a new home, a global manufacturer in need a new distribution center, an entrepreneur launching a small business or a retailer exploring your options, we have a team prepared to assist. We know Newark inside and out, as well as the programs and incentives that make Brick City a solid, affordable and convenient location for your business.
Strategically located on the Northeastern seaboard of the United States midway between Boston and Washington, D.C., Newark, NJ is just 13 miles west of New York City. Business travelers can get in and out of Manhattan in 20 minutes or less. There's also easy access to New Jersey's Wealth Belt in the suburbs to the west and the distribution and warehousing centers along the NJ Turnpike to the south.
With an international airport, seaport, state-of-the-art rail system and network of highways converging on the city, Newark has also become a global transportation hub. Whether your business needs access to Denver, Dresden or Dubai, the world is at your doorstep in Newark.
Like many cities across America, Newark was settled by waves of immigrants through the years and now enjoys a rich cultural legacy. Today multiple languages are still heard -- Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian, Polish and many others. While affordable, authentic neighborhoods thrive throughout the city's five wards, Newark is also cosmopolitan with a variety of upscale restaurants and eateries, shopping, concerts, sporting events and festivals.
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Driving Downtown Neighborhoods - University City - Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA - Episode 12
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University City is the easternmost part of West Philadelphia, and is situated directly across the Schuylkill River from Center City.
The University of Pennsylvania has long been the dominant institution in the area and was instrumental in coining the name University City as part of a 1950s urban-renewal and gentrification effort. Today, Drexel University and the University of the Sciences also call University City home.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania (commonly known as Penn or UPenn) is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia. Incorporated as The Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn is one of 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities and one of the nine original colonial colleges.
Benjamin Franklin, Penn's founder, advocated an educational program that focused as much on practical education for commerce and public service as on the classics and theology. The university coat of arms features a dolphin on the red chief, adopted directly from the Franklin family's own coat of arms. Penn was one of the first academic institutions to follow a multidisciplinary model pioneered by several European universities, concentrating multiple faculties (e.g., theology, classics, medicine) into one institution. It was also home to many other educational innovations. The first school of medicine in North America (Perelman School of Medicine, 1765), the first collegiate business school (Wharton School of Business, 1881) and the first student union building and organization (Houston Hall, 1896) were all born at Penn.
All of Penn's schools exhibit very high research activity. In fiscal year 2015, Penn's academic research budget was $851 million, involving more than 4,300 faculty, 1,100 postdoctoral fellows and 5,500 support staff/graduate assistants. Twenty-eight Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Penn. Over its history the university has also produced many distinguished alumni. These include 12 heads of state (including one U.S. president); three United States Supreme Court justices plus a number of state Supreme Court justices; founders of technology companies, international law firms, and global financial institutions; and university presidents. According to a 2014 study, 25 billionaires attended the University of Pennsylvania as undergraduates, the most billionaires of any university at the undergraduate level. Penn's endowment, at $10.1 billion as of June 30, 2015, is the ninth-largest university endowment in the United States.
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the fifth-most populous in the United States, with an estimated population in 2014 of 1,560,297. In the Northeastern United States, at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers, Philadelphia is the economic and cultural anchor of the Delaware Valley, a metropolitan area home to 7.2 million people and the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States.
The area's many universities and colleges make Philadelphia a top international study destination, as the city has evolved into an educational and economic hub. With a gross domestic product of $388 billion, Philadelphia ranks ninth among world cities and fourth in the nation. Philadelphia is the center of economic activity in Pennsylvania and is home to seven Fortune 1000 companies. The Philadelphia skyline is growing, with several nationally prominent skyscrapers. The city is known for its arts, culture, and history, attracting over 39 million domestic tourists in 2013. Philadelphia has more outdoor sculptures and murals than any other American city, and Fairmount Park is the largest landscaped urban park in the world. The 67 National Historic Landmarks in the city helped account for the $10 billion generated by tourism. Philadelphia is the birthplace of the United States Marine Corps, and is also the home of many U.S. firsts, including the first library (1731), first hospital (1751) and medical school (1765), first Capitol (1777), first stock exchange (1790), first zoo (1874), and first business school (1881).[26] Philadelphia is the only World Heritage City in the United States.
This is Pennsylvania (1957)
Produced in early 1957, this promotional film was shown to University of Pennsylvania alumni and prospective students throughout the country.
The film was produced by Henry V. Hoagland of American Film Services in Washington, D.C., and overseen by Gaylord P. Harnwell, then President of the University of Pennsylvania.
Robyn Buseman - Graffiti Sessions
Robyn Buseman's contribution on December 5th 2014 at Graffiti Sessions (Central Saint Martins).
Using the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program as an example, I will discuss the collaboration between artists, communities and government to address graffiti art as it impacts both communities and artists. The Mural Arts Program has a 30 year history of addressing this evolving and complex issue, and the presentation will present a visual tour of the programs and projects that accomplish our goal, that art ignites change.
Robyn Buseman has a lengthy background in the criminal justice field, starting her career as a caseworker and juvenile probation officer for Chester County, Pennsylvania. In addition, she was the director of a large community based detention shelter for delinquent males, located in Chester County. Ms. Buseman developed and was the long term Director of the Mitchell Program at St. Gabriel’s Hall, an innovative, short term residential program that incorporates gardening and animal care to teach empathy and positive competencies, along with an innovative program, the Crime Repair Crew. Youth learned carpentry skills and repaired crime victim homes, incorporating the principals of balanced and restorative justice. Currently, Ms. Buseman is the Director of the Restorative Justice Program for the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, a unique combination of the arts, community and the criminal justice system. She holds a Bachelors and Masters’ degrees in Criminal Justice.
The Graffiti Sessions was set up to identify new horizons for future city strategies on graffiti and street arts and opportunities and challenges for evolving creative practice, towards places that are both safe and sociable.
The event comprised a three-day series of talks, workshops and panel debates exploring the evolving roles of graffiti and street art in the urban environment and gathered a wide group of experts to debate issues surrounding graffiti.
The ambition is to challenge deep-rooted preconceptions and speculation that have until now limited the progress of both policy and practice related to street art and graffiti. Bringing together key institutions and individuals, the project initiated an open and sustainable discussion forum for the exchange of a broad scope of viewpoints and positions on street art and graffiti, and for the evaluation of their impacts on the quality of life for urban communities.
Graffiti Sessions was hosted by UCL Urban Lab, the Graffiti Dialogues Network at Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts London) and Southbank Centre.
Service Spotlight: Graterford
“The Prison Literacy Project” at Graterford State Prison: Graterford has played an interesting role in community engagement over the past years. It is the birthplace of the Inside Out Educational Exchange, and home to a chapter of the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program. SJU volunteers follow in this unique tradition, by participating in weekly book club meetings with men on the inside. About every month, Graterford men choose a new book to read, and facilitate weekly discussions on things spanning from “artificial intelligence in science fiction–a modern extension of the American slave narrative” to “literary interpretations of U.S. neocolonial presence in Latin America.” The men of Graterford are passionate, intelligent, and eager to share their experiences and perspectives with students from Saint Joes.
*Names changed in the stories to protect the identity of those mentioned.
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Students help beautify Pennsylvania Hospital
Students from W.B. Saul Agricultural High School help beautify Pennsylvania Hospital by working on the grounds. Video by Nicholas Trawick.