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Art Matters: Hand-coiled clay jar by Pueblo artist Les Namingha
clay jar in museum case surrounded by other clay works

The clay jar by artist Les Namingha is on view in the Penn Museum’s long-term exhibition, Native American Voices: The People. Here and Now.

(Image: J. DiSanto, Penn Museum)

Art Matters: Hand-coiled clay jar by Pueblo artist Les Namingha

A hand-coiled clay jar by pueblo artist Les Namingha is on view in the Penn Museum’s Native American Voices gallery. The abstract surface design references water and its use in the U.S. Southwest.
Slipping into ‘Bliss Consciousness’ at the Arts Lounge
Mikel Elam poses in front of artwork.

Mikel Elam is a Germantown-based artist whose work is on display at the Arts Lounge at the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts.

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Slipping into ‘Bliss Consciousness’ at the Arts Lounge

In the Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts’ Arts Lounge, the mixed-media, Afro-futurism work of Mikel Elam is on display through Feb. 18.
Chinese Calligraphy Club makes an old art new again
Hands holding calligraphy brush as they paint.

The Penn Chinese Calligraphy Club features drop-in sessions from 6-7 p.m. on Fridays at the ARCH Fireside Lounge.

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Chinese Calligraphy Club makes an old art new again

The Penn Chinese Calligraphy Club, formed during the pandemic, endures as a meeting ground for amateur calligraphers who value the practice as meditation and art.
What Philly arts leaders want to see from the city’s 100th mayor
WHYY (Philadelphia)

What Philly arts leaders want to see from the city’s 100th mayor

The Institute of Contemporary Art has partnered with Taller Puertorriqueño to offer free bus service for residents of Fairhill to an ICA exhibition by North Philly native and artist David Antonio Cruz.

Arthur Ross Gallery celebrates its 40th anniversary
Entrance to the Arthur Ross Gallery with a sign that says Celebrating 40 years and Goya

The Arthur Ross Gallery celebrates its 40th anniversary with the exhibition “Goya: Prints from the Arthur Ross Collection,” featuring rare first-edition prints by Spanish artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. 

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Arthur Ross Gallery celebrates its 40th anniversary

The Arthur Ross Gallery celebrates its 40th anniversary with the opening of an exhibition featuring rare first-edition prints by Spanish artist Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes.
Bolivia in Philadelphia: Mural Arts commissions renowned artist Roberto Mamani Mamani
Philadelphia Inquirer

Bolivia in Philadelphia: Mural Arts commissions renowned artist Roberto Mamani Mamani

Catherine Bartch of the School of Arts & Sciences, who first encountered Roberto Mamani Mamani’s art in Bolivia, is noted for encouraging the Center for Latin American and Latinx Studies and Mural Arts to fund Mamani Mamani’s mural in Philadelphia.