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Community Cultural Engagement and Social Change Through Art
How do we engage with our communities during a pandemic? In particular, how do we engage creatively with the goal of affecting social change? These questions have been at the forefront of our minds since mid-March. Beth Heinly,…
Race in the United States: Social Justice Virtual Workshops for Teens
Updated Friday, July 10, 2020 4:59 p.m. "The Social Justice Symposium Teen Planning Committee supports the Concerned Black Workers of the Free Library of Philadelphia ! CBWFLP Response to DEI/Board of Trustees' letter We are…
#ColorOurCollections: Creating Art with the Free Library's Digital Archive
Do you remember that scene at the beginning of Tangled where Rapunzel completes a day's worth of tasks before breakfast? Yeah, that's a lot less funny now. But if the school assignments are done and your Netflix…
Window Birding
With the current quarantine for Covid-19 affecting Pennsylvania, many parents are looking for fun, educational activities for their children. One activity worth exploring is window birding . Due to the seasonal change, birds around the…
Free Library Installs Colorful Abstract Banners Designed by Alexander Calder
An exciting art installation is underway at Parkway Central Library ! Two soaring, colorful banners, created by celebrated American artist Alexander Calder (1898-1976), are now on display in the Robert and Eileen Kennedy Heim Center for…
Book Paper Scissors: 12th Annual Artists' Book Fair at Parkway Central Library
On December 7, the Art Department at Parkway Central Library will host the 12th annual Book Paper Scissors event, a fair designed for artists who create book-and paper-based work. As usual, numerous local artists and organizations…
Artist Talks Hosted by the Free Library's Art Department
Earlier this summer, we kicked off an exciting new series in collaboration with Mural Arts Philadelphia . Each Artists in Conversation event brought two artists to the library, where they discussed their work,…
Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with the Free Library! ¡Celebre el Mes de la Herencia Hispana con la Biblioteca Pública!
For over 40 years, our nation has celebrated the history, culture, and contributions of Hispanic and Latinx peoples living in the United States. Durante más de 40 años, nuestra nación ha celebrado la historia, la…
Happy National Selfie Day!
You heard right! Today is National Selfie Day, an excuse to snap a photo of yourself in the name of this glorious (fake) holiday! Looking for the perfect place to take it? How about heading to your nearest Free Library location ?…
Congratulations to Artist Benjamin Volta on Award-Winning Mural at Tacony Library!
It is the absolute pleasure of the Free Library of Philadelphia to add our congratulations to Benjamin Volta . His work Diligence was recently recognized by the Americans for the Arts as one of 50 outstanding public arts projects from…
21st Century Books for a 21st Century Library
It’s safe to say that Parkway Central Library is not your grandmother’s library. It’s equally safe to say that some special new books gracing the shelves of The Heim Center and BRIC are not your grandmother’s…
Strange Statues and a Discovery in Parkway Central Library's Art Department
While riding on the El one afternoon, as the train wobbily drifted into 46th Street Station, I noticed a handful of people standing around in a vacant lot off to the side of the tracks and then I actually gasped when I realized that the…
Through This Lens: African American Photographers
Through This Lens , an exhibit of library materials that illustrates and discusses the camera work of African American photographers can be viewed on the 2nd floor landing of Parkway Central Library until mid-March. Some of the…
Free Tours of Philadelphia: The Changing City Exhibition
Come and learn about Philadelphia's exciting, dynamic, and often forgotten history with a free guided tour of the Philadelphia: The Changing City exhibition. The tour will be led by an exhibition curator in the Dietrich…
Herbert Crowley: A Visionary Artist Rediscovered
Who was Herbert Crowley? And why did he almost fade into obscurity after exhibiting critically acclaimed work at the start of the 20th century? Crowley was part of the very influential 1913 New York Armory Show and he went on…
So You Want To Draw Comics...
Have you ever read a graphic novel or a comic strip and thought, "I would love to make my own comic... but I don’t know how!" Well, good news! The Free Library has tremendous resources about how to create comics, and…
Philadelphia City Institute Library Welcomes Billy the Goat!
"Meet you at the goat!" This common refrain can be heard from parents and caregivers all around the Rittenhouse Square neighborhood. Billy the Goat, a statue in Rittenhouse Square, has been the centerpiece of a…
Philadelphia's Centaur Book Shop and Press, 1921-1942
The Centaur Book Shop was opened on 1224 Chancellor Street in Philadelphia by Harold Mason. Initial funding was partially supplied by John Frederick Lewis, the Philadelphia bibliophile and philantrophist whose important contributions to…
Get Ready for ... Cartoonapalooza!
Now that the Free Library has wrapped up its annual Comic Con , we're proud to offer fans of serial art an additional chance to meet some of their favorite artists. The cartoonists of the National Cartoonists Society are gathering…
Napoleon's Return (to the Children's Department at Parkway Central Library)
As you walk through the Children’s Department at Parkway Central Library , we hope you’ll stop and admire our newly-returned statue, The Young Bonaparte . We’re happy to have Napoleon back, inspiring our visitors to…
Virtual Teen Program | Drawing With Yona
A live drawing and chatting session with Yona, the After School Leader at the Field Teen Center. Hosted on the Teen Center Instagram . We tend to talk about drawing tips and advice, books we're reading, musicals, and ponies.…
Virtual Teen Program | Drawing With Yona
A live drawing and chatting session with Yona, the After School Leader at the Field Teen Center. Hosted on the Teen Center Instagram . We tend to talk about drawing tips and advice, books we're reading, musicals, and ponies.…
CANCELLED - Voyages by Road and Sea
Voyages by Road and Sea explores the legacies of Walt Whitman and Herman Melville through contemporary voices and art in Parkway Central Library's West Gallery. Marking the bicentennial years for both Whitman and Melville, Voyages…
Virtual Teen Program | Drawing With Yona
A live drawing and chatting session with Yona, the After School Leader at the Field Teen Center. Hosted on the Teen Center Instagram . We tend to talk about drawing tips and advice, books we're reading, musicals, and ponies.…
Virtual Thursday Crafternoons!
Ready to get crafty? Miss Mary will post a video every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. on our social media pages for Thursday Crafternoons! She'll share a story and then talk about a craft that relates. This program is…
Virtual Art Club with Miss Stacia
Join us every Thursday for Art Club with Miss Stacia! Since we can’t be creative together in the library, let’s be creative together online. Each Thursday a new project will be posted with an example photo tutorial to follow…
Virtual Claymobile Visit
Join The Clay Studio weekly for a hands-on, virtual crafting session! Each week we will have a new lesson inspired by clay and a craft project using simple materials you likely have at home! We will meet on Tuesdays at 1 pm starting…
Virtual Teen Program | Drawing With Yona
A live drawing and chatting session with Yona, the After School Leader at the Field Teen Center. Hosted on the Teen Center Instagram . We tend to talk about drawing tips and advice, books we're reading, musicals, and ponies.…
Virtual Thursday Crafternoons!
Ready to get crafty? Miss Mary will post a video every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. on our social media pages for Thursday Crafternoons! She'll share a story and then talk about a craft that relates. This program is…
Virtual Art Club with Miss Stacia
Join us every Thursday for Art Club with Miss Stacia! Since we can’t be creative together in the library, let’s be creative together online. Each Thursday a new project will be posted with an example photo tutorial to follow…
Virtual Claymobile Visit
Join The Clay Studio weekly for a hands-on, virtual crafting session! Each week we will have a new lesson inspired by clay and a craft project using simple materials you likely have at home! We will meet on Tuesdays at 1 pm starting…
Virtual Teen Program | Drawing With Yona
A live drawing and chatting session with Yona, the After School Leader at the Field Teen Center. Hosted on the Teen Center Instagram . We tend to talk about drawing tips and advice, books we're reading, musicals, and ponies.…
Virtual Thursday Crafternoons!
Ready to get crafty? Miss Mary will post a video every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. on our social media pages for Thursday Crafternoons! She'll share a story and then talk about a craft that relates. This program is…
Virtual Art Club with Miss Stacia
Join us every Thursday for Art Club with Miss Stacia! Since we can’t be creative together in the library, let’s be creative together online. Each Thursday a new project will be posted with an example photo tutorial to follow…
Virtual Claymobile Visit
Join The Clay Studio weekly for a hands-on, virtual crafting session! Each week we will have a new lesson inspired by clay and a craft project using simple materials you likely have at home! We will meet on Tuesdays at 1 pm starting…
Virtual Teen Program | Drawing With Yona
A live drawing and chatting session with Yona, the After School Leader at the Field Teen Center. Hosted on the Teen Center Instagram . We tend to talk about drawing tips and advice, books we're reading, musicals, and ponies.…
Virtual Thursday Crafternoons!
Ready to get crafty? Miss Mary will post a video every Thursday at 4:00 p.m. on our social media pages for Thursday Crafternoons! She'll share a story and then talk about a craft that relates. This program is…
Virtual Art Club with Miss Stacia
Join us every Thursday for Art Club with Miss Stacia! Since we can’t be creative together in the library, let’s be creative together online. Each Thursday a new project will be posted with an example photo tutorial to follow…
Virtual Claymobile Visit
Join The Clay Studio weekly for a hands-on, virtual crafting session! Each week we will have a new lesson inspired by clay and a craft project using simple materials you likely have at home! We will meet on Tuesdays at 1 pm starting…
Recycled Crafting
Get crafty with Miss Echo as we learn how to make something new from recyclables! Step-by-step instructions will be posted to Facebook (Walnut Street West) every Tuesday at 12:00pm. Each craft will be child friendly and all ages are…
Anime and Manga - Manga for You and Me
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Anime and Manga - Hot Manga
Get your hands on the newest manga we have.
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Gordon's Art Datastore
AskART
Art Sales Index Database
Over the years more fields and more categories have been added to satisfy the art market. Estimates in currency of the sale added 1997 Provenance, literature and exhibition details added 1999 Miniatures 1991 Prints 1995 Photographs…
Art Full Text
Art Full Text™ is a comprehensive resource for art information featuring full-text articles from more than 300 periodicals dating back to 1995, high-quality indexing and abstracting of over 600 periodicals dating as far back as 1984,…
Academic OneFile *
More than 18,000 peer-reviewed journals and more than 9,200 in full text Full text of The Economist ranging from 1988 to the present, with no embargo Full text of The New York Times from 1985 to present, updated daily Full text of The…
Paul Hendrickson | Plagued by Fire: The Dreams and Furies of Frank Lloyd Wright
Paul Hendrickson’s books include Hemingway’s Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934–1961 , a National Book Critics Circle Award finalist; Sons of Mississippi , winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award; and The Living…
Jed Perl | Calder: The Conquest of Time: The Early Years: 1898-1940
Watch the video here . “Few people write about art as beautifully” ( Wall Street Journal ) as Jed Perl, a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and the former 20-year art critic for The New Republic . A longtime…
Walter Isaacson | Leonardo da Vinci
Watch the video here . Released just weeks after the tech guru’s death, Walter Isaacson’s “staggering” ( The New York Times ) portrait of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs instantly became an international bestseller. Isaacson has also penned…
Christina Baker Kline | A Piece of the World
Watch the video here . Christina Baker Kline is the author of The Orphan Train , the no. 1 New York Times bestseller and 2015 One Book, One Philadelphia selection. Her other novels include Bird in Hand, The Way Life Should Be , and…
Ross King | Mad Enchantment: Claude Monet and the Painting of the Water Lilies
“With a fiction writer’s feel for character” (Philadelphia Inquirer ), Ross King is the author of several nonfiction works that situate art within the context of the history in which it was born, including the New York Times bestsellers…
Edward Sorel | Mary Astor's Purple Diary: The Great American Sex Scandal of 1936 with Jules Feiffer | Cousin Joseph
“One of America’s foremost political satirists” ( New York Times ), illustrator, caricaturist, and cartoonist Edward Sorel has illustrated 41 covers for The New Yorker and has published pictorial essays and features in The Nation ,…
David Salle | How to See: Looking, Talking, and Thinking about Art
One of the principal definers of postmodern art, painter David Salle is one of the last four decades’ most celebrated artists. Known for paintings and prints of what seem to be indiscriminately overlaid found images from a variety of…