Face painting is always a treat, no matter the weather. The Rotary Club sponsored this table at the Fox Chase Art in the Park event Saturday. Photo/G. E. Reutter

Overcast skies and an occasional drizzle on Saturday didn’t damper those attending the annual Fox Chase Arts in the Park held in Lions Park.

The park was full of artists, photographers, crafters, jewelry, toys, even sausage sandwiches and chocolate. The Philadelphia Firefighters and Paramedics Family Association was on hand to talk about “Brown Outs” imposed by Maypr Michael Nutter, and Vist Financial was on hand to offer financial advice to those passing through the park. continue reading »

Face painting is always a treat, no matter the weather. The Rotary Club sponsored this table at the Fox Chase Art in the Park event Saturday. Photo/G. E. Reutter

Overcast skies and an occasional drizzle on Saturday didn’t damper those attending the annual Fox Chase Arts in the Park held in Lions Park.

The park was full of artists, photographers, crafters, jewelry, toys, even sausage sandwiches and chocolate. The Philadelphia Firefighters and Paramedics Family Association was on hand to talk about “Brown Outs” imposed by Maypr Michael Nutter, and Vist Financial was on hand to offer financial advice to those passing through the park. continue reading »

Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.

Holy Family University is set to host an art exhibit, which will display the works of two Philadelphia-based psychotherapists. Reflections on Projections, Art and Love: Two Art Psychotherapists Art will feature original works of various mediums. The exhibit will run from Jan. 13 to Feb. 1 with an opening reception and discussion at 6 p.m. Jan. 19. The works will be on diplay in the John Perzel EducationTechnology Center.

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Works from A Square Deal will be displayed at the Grey Lodge for the next six weeks.

Most people recognize artists as professionals who work for passion and skill, not for money. But if there were ever a group of artists who embody the phrase “not in it for the money,” it’s those who participate in A Square Deal. Several of them came together last night for an opening reception at the Grey Lodge, bringing art to life in the Northeast.

A Square Deal began in 2006, when longtime friends Beth Medoway and Colleen Hammond grew tired of their work in the nonprofit sector. Medoway, a self-described art lover and collector, teamed up with Hammond, and artist and art educator to bring art to the pubic on its most basic level.

“We’re like match.com for artists and patron,” Medoway (who grew up on McKinley Street near Castor and Devereaux avenues) told NEast Philly of the concept. The goal of A Square Deal is to bring all types of art to all types of people to encourage art appreciation, rather than the analysis aspect expected in art classes and galleries. Medoway went on to explain: “We want to reach people who are too intimidated to go to galleries.” continue reading »

The 11-building Globe Dye Works complex, portions of which are more than 140 years old, is given new life.

By Christopher Wink

Signs throughout Philadelphia point to the slow development of an industrialization long since gone — even in Frankford.

Tomorrow night, the opening reception of an art show will be held at the old Globe Dye Works on Torresdale Avenue above Kinsey Street. The show, called “Layers” features a host of established and upcoming artists from other Philadelphia neighborhoods and outside the region.

The show is curated by Veronica Scarpellino.

If you have interest in a free art show or not, Globe Dye Works, once the home of a fifth-generation textile dying factory,  is worth the visit. You’d never know it, driving north on Torresdale, passing another old brick relic of Philadelphia’s historic manufacturing past, but the Globe is alive.

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