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Art Outside is a new podcast from Streets Dept’s Conrad Benner, created with WHYY! Why do we create on the walls around us? From French cave paintings created some 17,000 years ago to political graffiti on the streets of Pompeii, humanity has always longed to make art for everyone to see. Whether commissioned or not, the art we share…
The following is the opening article from our 2025 Streets Dept Magazine. Typically, the articles and interviews we create for our annual magazine do not not leave the printed page. They never appear on the blog, and they’re never made bite-sized for social media videos. We do this, perhaps obviously, to incentivize you to make…
Keep readingLove this so much! A Philly scientist and artist have teamed up to protect our area’s biodiversity. “Long story short, we’re trying to make it as easy as possible for people to take action to protect Philly biodiversity by giving critters some habitat,” explained Sarah McAnulty, a popular Philly-based scientist and artist behind the Squid Facts street…
Keep readingWords and photos by Streets Dept Lead Contributor Eric Dale. Orginally published in November 2022, so some details of the exhibitions may have changed.______________________ This post is a free sample of our monthly “Local Tourist” column, a Patreon-exclusive series that recommends interesting places to visit in the Philly area. Patreon is a membership platform that lets readers…
Keep readingPhilly was recently named the “Best City for Street Art” by USA Today readers, even though they definitely mean all of the art of Philly’s public space with the honor. The photos they used in the promotion of the reader poll included murals, graffiti, and street art. Ultimately, this should come as no surprise, as…
Keep readingWords, photos, and video by Streets Dept Editor Conrad Benner. New wheatpaste by Symone Salib at 9th and Montrose Streets! Artwork reads, “The stories and traditions of immigrants are the heart and soul of our communities.” Watch the video to learn more about wheatpasting and the inspiration behind this work: P.s. I interviewed Symone last year…
Keep readingWords, photos, and video by Streets Dept Editor Conrad Benner. New mural this week honoring the late, great David Lynch! Created by Virginia-based artist Dennis McNett with Mural Arts Philadelphia, the mural is appropriately located on Buttonwood Street between 10th and 11th Streets. Watch the video to learn about its Easter eggs and how the artist…
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