Dwayne Boone Featured in "The Peripheterists"

Cultural Arts artist Dwayne Boone will be featured in The Peripheterists, an exhibition curated by Jocko Weyland at apexart in New York, NY. The exhibition opens June 1 and will be on view through July 30. Visit apexart's website for more information.

Video about "The Artist Is All of Us"

The Philadelphia Foundation, who hosted The Artists Is All of Us in their Community Art Gallery, has created a video about the bodies of work created by the artists of the Cultural Arts Center featured in the exhibition. The video also includes photographs from the opening reception on May 6.

You can view the video here.

Thanks to Betsy Anderson and Danielle Cerceo at the Philadelphia Foundation!

More Photos from "The Artist Is All of Us" Opening Reception

Freddy's drawing of ghost Alice


Sarah talks about Sandy's books


Drawings by Richard and Sandy


Tapestries by the artists of the Cultural Arts Center


Portraits by Dwayne and Ashley


An abstract painting by Hector

Art Exhibition at the Philadelphia Foundation

Works by the artists of the Cultural Arts Center are featured in The Artist Is Everyone, an exhibition at the Community Art Gallery of The Philadelphia Foundation. The exhibition will be on view through August 31, 2011 and highlights the connections between art history and the bodies of work Cultural Arts students have created. The exhibition opened on May 6 with a beautiful First Friday reception hosted by the Foundation.


Dwayne with his painting of the Philadelphia skyline, which was featured on the exhibition's postcard


Arc of Philadelphia Board President Ken Oaks with PDDC Board President Norma Carter


Arc of Philadelphia and PDDC Executive Director Bruce Hulick, Dwayne and Cultural Arts Center Associate Director Linda Price


Checking out photos from the House of Dreams performance at the Rotunda


Kathy Sykes, Eleanor Elkin and Norma Carter

All photographs by Mark Garvin

Dance Class!

The Cultural Arts program has a new dance teacher, Joanna Quigley. Here's some pictures from her afternoon dance class today.

Photos from the Chestnut Hill Exhibition

Our spring art exhibition opened at Chestnut Hill College on March 16. Here are some photos from our fabulous opening reception!


Ashley with our lovely art teacher Emilia


Artwork by Mike S., James S., and Jason




Artwork by Ashley, Freddy, David, Myron and Ron


Dwayne and Kara check out his drawing, "Maria Williams Reads the Bible."

Spring Exhibition at Chestnut Hill College

For our annual Spring exhibition, the work of the artists from the Cultural Arts program will be on view at Chestnut Hill College's Dwight V. Dowley Gallery from March 16 through April 8. An opening reception for the exhibition will be held on March 16 from 6 to 8 PM at the gallery. Stop by to meet the artists and see what we've been working on over the past year!