PDDC Picnic!

There was dancing, games and delicious food to be shared at the annual Arc/PDDC Picnic! The artists of Cultural Arts program designed and printed the t-shirts we wore that day. Special thanks to Shalaine Wallace for organizing this event and Mike Barnes for coordinating the Chestnut Hill College volunteers who helped make the day a success!


Marcos and a volunteer from Chestnut Hill College


Jane and Alison with Swoop


Charles and Kelvin


Asha and Fatima


Sarah and David


Mike S. meets Swoop

Temple Football Practice

Today a group of people from PDDC's programs watched a Temple football team practice. Their quarterback Kee-ayre Griffen has been volunteering in the Cultural Arts Center this month. Many thanks to Temple and to Mike Barnes for making this trip happen!


Rasheed and Chester Stewart


Rasheed and PDDC/Arc intern Tim


Kee-ayre and Murph

building the moon

Fabric collage has become a dominant aesthetic in the set design for our upcoming play, House Of Dreams. It will be performed at The Rotunda on Saturday, September 25th.


Ashley, Yvonne, Mike S., and Sarah hot glue the surface patterns.


Ashley adds fabric cuttings to the endless pile of colors and shapes.

Charlene & Emilia's collaborative portraits

This past Friday, Charlene and Emilia spent the afternoon creating a series of portraits together.

Morris Arboretum bookends the summer

Last week, a group from Cultural Arts once again ventured away from the urban grid of Philadelphia, to the pastoral settings of the Morris Arboretum in Chestnut Hill.


Hector is seen here enjoying a bush of roses.


Linda, Yvonne, Monica, Pietro, Myron, and Charlene observe the landscape.





Rasheed, as per usual, handles the camera like an unblinking eye.

One and Three Quarters of an Inch Exhibition

Sandy's notebooks will be included in an exhibition, One and Three Quarters of an Inch, that opens September 11 at the Former Convent at St. Ceceila's Parish in the Greenpoint neighborhood of Brooklyn. The exhibition will be presented in the dark, and the artwork will be viewed by way of flashlight. Check out curator Peter Clough's website for more information.

Last Chance to see the Cultural Collaborations Exhibition at La Salle

This is the last week to see the Cultural Collaborations exhibition at La Salle University Art Museum's community gallery, featuring artwork created during our 2009-2010 partnership. The show includes landscape paintings like Pietro's pictured above, photographs, African masks, and works on paper. The gallery is located in Olney Hall on La Salle's campus at 1900 W. Olney Avenue in Philadelphia.

Visit the La Salle University Art Museum website for more information about their programs and exhibitions.