RECENT NEWS

THE CITY'S FIRST TECHNOLOGY- BASED PERCENT FOR ART COMMISSION: MARQUEE BY RICHARD TORCHIA and GREENHOUSE MEDIA
The Race Street Connector project is part of the Delaware River Waterfront Corporation's waterfront improvement projects, and serves as a link between the city and the new Race Street Pier Park. Acclaimed artist, curator and long-time Philadelphia resident, Richard Torchia, was selected for the commission. Torchia, in collaboration with Greenhouse Media, has created a large-scale LED video screen that displays live feed images of the river 24 hours a day. This conceptually compelling and poetic work represents the City's first technology-based Percent for Art commission.
WATCH THE VIDEO HERE: http://bit.ly/uab8ej
Read the press release

PAST NEWS

NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ARTS ANNOUNCES GRANT TO THE OFFICE OF ARTS, CULTURE AND THE CREATIVE ECONOMY
The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy is pleased to announce that it has been recommended for a NEA grant of $35,000 to support the restoration and reinstallation of Rafael Ferrer's El Gran Teatro de la Luna in Fairhill Square park at 5th and Lehigh Streets. Read the press release

FIRST-EVER TEMPORARY PUBLIC ART COMMISSION: FUTUREFARMERS
The artist team, Futurefarmers, will be creating a site specific and participatory temporary public artwork; representing the first temporary public art project commissioned directly by the City. The project, Soil Kitchen, addresses issues of sustainability specific to the urban environment and will incorporate community involvement, naturally generated energy, local foods, food exchange, the creative reuse of a brownfield site, and brownfield mapping. Learn more at: www.soilkitchen.org


CREATIVE VITALITY INDEX
The Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy measures the creative vitality in Philadelphia. For more information, visit: http://creativephl.org/