Mark your calendar for this Sunday, April 29, when the entire Fairmount neighborhood turns into a vibrant showplace for local arts, live music, dancing and family-friendly activities for the 8th Annual Fairmount Arts Crawl. Taking place at more than 40... »
Artist Judith Schaechter‘s stained-glass windows are lauded throughout the world for their beauty, decorative charm, and edgy take on the darker aspects of the human condition. This month’s debut of 17 new pieces at Eastern State Penitentiary is the Ph... »
Philadelphia is home to some of the country’s most treasured historical sites, from the Liberty Bell to Independence Hall to the Delaware River Waterfront’s 45,000-ton Battleship New Jersey, the nation’s most decorated battleship. Watch the video above... »
Since its art program began in 1995, Eastern State Penitentiary has welcomed more than 60 artists to install site-specific works throughout its storied cellblocks. 2012 marks their most impressive program to date, with 11 artist installations on view d... »
The Enlightenment architecture of the Eastern State Penitentiary echoes the old ideal of prisoner rehabilitation, not punishment. While that idea might be trite to many of us, it still retains a kind of aesthetic beauty. After a year of brutally hard w... »
News Lectures and discussions Temple Gallery is offering a lecture with Philadelphia resident and Creative Time curator Nato Thompson on Thursday, Feb. 23 at 7:00 PM. Thompson will speak about his latest book Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the Age o... »
Feb. 9-13: All kinds of awesomeness at Three Potato Four and an out-of-the box Valentine’s tour at Eastern State Penitentiary. »
An exercise yard for Death Row inmates, and the prison's hospital section, are being opened to the public for the first time as restoration work proceeds. »
