Germantown Artists Roundtable

Teaching Artists Grants from Bartol -due Feb l4
2021-01-26 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)
Register for Bartol’s 2021 Teaching Artist Micro-Grants! Info Sessions

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Bartol Foundation’s 2021 Teaching Artist Micro-Grants
Deadline: February 14 at 5 PM
In 202, the Bartol Foundation will make Teaching Artist Micro-Grant awards of $500 to help teaching artists complete community-based arts education projects that are underway and/or to support their own professional development during the Coronavirus pandemic and uprisings against systemic racism.
Review requirements for the Micro-Grant application here and register to attend one of two information sessions, Wednesday, January 27th at noon or Wednesday, February 3rd at 5:30 PM . Bring your questions to meet virtually with Beth Feldman Brandt, Executive Director of the Bartol Foundation.

REGISTRATION OPEN: Calling All Music Teaching Artists!
Join your fellow music teaching artists on Friday, February 12th from noon – 3 p.m for a virtual professional development event hosted by Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth. The convening will bring together music teachers from the School District of Philadelphia and many other local schools, and out-of-school time music teachers. Philadelphia-area music teaching artists will be eligible for a small stipend for attending. The amount (a maximum of $25/hour) will depend on the number of teaching artists who attend. Teaching artists will be contacted after the event for payment. More information and register here while there is still room!

The Social Justice Committee of the Pennsylvania Dance Education Organization (PADEO) announces a series of professional development webinars for all dance educators. Free of charge and open to the public with registration.
Presenters: Dr. Nyama McCarthy-Brown and Dr. Takiyah Nur Amin
Moderator: Antoinette Coward Gilmore

JOB OPPORTUNITIES
Marketing & Social Media Manager, Warrior Writers
Special Events Manager, People’s Light
Percent for Art: Mann Rivera Renovation Project, Philadelphia, Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, City of Philadelphia
Community Partnerships in the Arts Teaching Artist: Fleisher Art Memorial
Teaching Artist/Asst. Teacher/Bus Driver: Portside Arts Center

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Rocio Cabello & Ursula Rucker: Creative Voice of Germantown
2021-02-12 13:00 - 14:00 | 92.9 FM
Enjoy our conversations with Rocio Cabello , recipient of the 2020 Leeway Transformation Award, and Ursula Rucker, sharing haikus from her recently published big/small poems for pockets.

LOVE STORIES-a family friendly event-music & spoken word
2021-02-13 16:00 - 17:00 | 92.9FM Germantown Community Radio, 92.9FM, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
February 13 & 14 enjoy LOVE STORIES -a special family friendly Valentine’s Day event including original sound-art and spoken-word performances featuring 5 composers (Network for New Music) and created in collaboration with the Germantown Community, facilitated by First Person Arts and broadcast by G-town Radio 92.9FM.

LOVE STORIES-a family friendly event-music & spoken word
2021-02-14 16:00 - 17:00 | 92.9FM, Philadelphia, 19144, United States
LOVE STORIES-a family friendly event-music & spoken word

February 14 @ 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm

February 13 & 14 enjoy LOVE STORIES -a special family friendly Valentine’s Day event including original sound-art and spoken-word performances featuring 5 composers (Network for New Music) and created in collaboration with the Germantown Community, facilitated by First Person Arts and broadcast by G-town Radio 92.9FM.

Applications open for Leeway Art & Change Grant
2021-02-16 08:00 - 17:00
Applications are now open for Leeway Foundation’s Art and Change Grant (ACG) provides project-based grants of up to $2,500 to women and trans* and gender nonconforming artists and cultural producers in greater Philadelphia to fund art for social change projects. Deadline is March 1, 2021. More information here.

Remember My Name: Dinah's Story at Stenton
2021-02-23 17:30 - 18:30 | Stenton, 4601 North 18th Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19140, United States
February 23, 2021
Performance: 5:30 pm
Panel Discussion: 6:00-6:30 pm
On Zoom

Join us Tuesday, February 23rd on Zoom to view a pre-recorded presentation of “Remember My Name: Dinah’s Story.” This 30-minute performance, written by Robert Branch and performed by theatre artist Marissa Kennedy and storyteller Irma Gardner-Hammond, explores the fullness of Dinah’s life and experiences. Born enslaved, Dinah won her freedom and lived and labored at Stenton for most of her life. She is credited with saving the house during the Revolution. The performance will be followed by a panel discussion on Zoom with the writer and actors who will discuss their research, script creation, and character development.
Please register in advance to receive the Zoom link.
Please note that your video and microphone will be turned off to best enjoy the live presentation. The Q & A and chat features will be available during the panel discussion.

Register Here

Applications for Leeway Foundation Grant due 3/1
2021-03-01 08:00 - 17:00

Creative Voice of Germantown 92.9FM
2021-10-22 13:00 - 14:00 | 92.9 FM
Jose Ortiz Pagan and Li Sumpter share the vision and art brought to the LenapeHoking Watershed project involving over 20 environmental centers and multiple artists. Al Mudhif-A Confluence is the work closest to us in Germantown located at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education. An outdoor art installation by environmental artist Sarah Kavage and designer Yaroub Al-Obaidi. Music: Monnette Sudler & Trapeta Mayson Poetry: Ursula Rucker
Tune in: Friday at 1 & Saturday at 2pm

POST Germantown Artists Open Their Studios 12-6pm
2021-10-23 12:00 - 18:00
Visit dozens of Germantown artists as they open their studios and invite you inside to see their work and meet them.
Go to: www.philaopenstudios.org and check out N.WEST to find all the artists in 19144 that you can visit.

Last day of GERMANTOWN SHOW at iMPeRFeCT Gallery
2021-10-23 13:00 - 18:00 | Imperfect Gallery on Gtn Avenue, 5539 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Over l00 artists sharing one of their favorite works at iMPeRFeCT Gallery -Closes this Saturday the 23rd. Don’t miss it!

Vashti Dubois on Creative Voice of G-town 92.9FM
2021-10-29 13:00 - 14:00 | 92.9 FM
Vashti Dubois shares the vision of the latest exhibit at The Colored Girls Museum “The One Room Schoolhouse” and the seeds that led her on her journey to create this unique memoir house museum in Germantown.
Plus musical interludes with Monnette Sudler, Trapeta Mayson and the Anna Crusis Feminist Choir.
Friday at 1/Saturday at 2pm

Art Opening: Imperfect Gallery: Beth Emmott & Dove Nasir
2021-10-30 18:00 - 21:00 | Imperfect Gallery on Gtn Avenue, 5539 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Main Gallery
BETH EMMOTT
Places.Spaces
Paintings, Stiches, Etc
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THe GReaT GLaSS eLeVaToR
DOVE NASIR
STAGE DOOR
Come see what will be behind it
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iMPeRFeCT Gallery Studio
TERREL HALSEY
NINA ELIZABETH “LYRISPECT” BALL
CALL HOME
Voices of an Evolving Philadelphia
OCT 30 – NOV 27, 2021
Opening Reception: Sat. Oct 30, 6-9pm
Artist Talk: Wed. Nov, 10, 7pm

iMPeRFeCT Gallery is elated to share some great news!!! First, we are opening two new exhibitions this coming week, one by Beth Emmott, who brings us her nature inspired, reflection inducing paintings and fiber works to the main gallery. In THe GReaT GLaSS eLeVaToR, our installation room, Dove Nasir will lead you into his world of self exploration through his photography. We invite you to come and celebrate their work with us on Saturday, Oct 30 (6-9pm)
Aaaand… iMPeRFeCT is expanding! 🎉Yeah, you read right, we have acquired an additional space, the iMPeRFeCT Gallery Studio, just two doors down from the gallery. We hope to use it for activities or events that are not always conducive in a gallery setting. We are inaugurating the Studio with an exciting collaboration withPainted Bride Art Center, by hosting and exhibition and a performance by Terrell Halsey & Nina Elizabeth “Lyrispect” Ball respectively. (See flyer below for details)
The re

Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion Deep Rivers tour
2021-11-07 13:00 - 15:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken St, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
DEEP RIVERS docent-led tour. Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion is pleased to announce that our new interpretive docent-led tour Deep Rivers, is now live and in person at the Mansion. Our docents take you through the museum highlighting the lives, stories, and achievements of 19th-century Black entrepreneurs, intellectuals, and artisans with soundscapes and images. Sample a ginger cookie made from a recipe from Fisher’s cookbook. Highlighted 19th-century heroes include Francis Johnson, John Trower, Eliza Grier, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Julian Abele, Octavius Catto, Elizabeth Keckley, and more. Tickets are available until 10:00 am on the day of the tour. Cost: $8 Cost for neighbors in the 19144 zip code: $6
Make reservations online at https://ebenezermaxwellmansion.org/deep-rivers/

Artist Talk at iMPeRFeCT Gallery tonight at 7pm
2021-11-10 19:00 - 20:00 | Imperfect Gallery on Gtn Avenue, 5539 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States

Beth Emmott & Dove Nasir talk art, identity and creativity 92.9FM
2021-11-13 14:00 - 15:00 | 92.9FM
Don’t miss this conversation with two wonderful artists now exhibiting at iMPeRFeCT Gallery and get some insight into what inspires them, captures their imaginations.

Guitar master Steve Giordano & trumpeter Bob Meashey-free concert
2021-11-13 19:00 - 21:00 | Episcopal Church of the Atonement, 6100 Greene St, 19144, 6100 Greene St, Philadelphia, PA, 19144-3822, United States
Please join us for an intimate evening of mellow jazz, featuring the tranquil sounds of guitar master, Steve Giordano, and the exquisite notes of trumpeter, Bob Meashey.
Saturday, November 13th, 7:00 to 9:00 pm,
Reformed Episcopal Church of the Atonement, 6100 Greene Street, Philadelphia, PA 19144.
Please note, this is a free concert! Bring your holiday spirit and love of music!

Trapeta B. Mayson in conversation with Tracy K Smith: Lucille Clifton's Generations
2021-11-16 19:00 - 20:30
VIRTUAL – Tracy K. Smith | Lucille Clifton’s Generations: A Memoir
Tue, November 16, 2021 7:30 p.m.
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VIRTUAL
Cost: Free or $18.95-Book with ticket

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In conversation with Trapeta B. Mayson
Chronicling African American family life and women through 14 celebrated poetry collections, Lucille Clifton won the National Book Award and the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize, and is the only author ever to have two books of poetry nominated in the same year for the Pulitzer Prize. She also authored scores of children’s books, served as the Poet Laureate of Maryland, and earned fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Academy of American Poets. Originally published 34 years before her 2010 death, Generations is a memoir that traces Clifton’s family’s history from Buffalo, New York back to the Jim Crow South and the slave trade, all the way to the women of the Dahomey people of West Africa.
Generations is prefaced by an all-new forward from Tracey K. Smith. A former two-term United States Poet Laureate, she is currently the chair of Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts and a Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. She is the author of four books of verse, including the Pulitzer Prize–winning Life on Mars, as well as the memoir Ordinary Light.
In conversation with Trapeta B. Mayson, Philadelphia Poet Laureate and the author of She Was Once Herself and Mocha Melodies.
https://libwww.freelibrary.org/programs/authorevents/?id=108398

Sonia Sanchez introduces Nikole Hannah-Jones: The l6l9 Project
2021-11-17 19:30 - 21:00 | Parkway Central Library, 21rst & Parkway, Philadelphia, PA, United States
Wednesday, November 17, 2021

7:30 p.m.
IN-PERSON | Nikole Hannah-Jones | The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story| Parkway Central Library

IN-PERSON | Nikole Hannah-Jones | The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story
Wed, November 17, 2021 7:30 p.m.
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Parkway Central Library
Cost: $40.00 Auditorium ticket w/book*; 38.00 In-house simulcast w/book*
TICKETS
In conversation with Tamala Edwards, anchor, 6ABC Action News morning edition, and Dr. Anthea Butler, Geraldine R. Segal Professor in American Social Thought and Chair of Religious Studies, University of Pennsylvania
Introduced by legendary poet, Sonia Sanchez
Nikole Hannah-Jones won the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary for her work on The 1619 Project, a continuing initiative started by the The New York Times Magazine to reexamine United States history through the consequences of slavery and the contributions of Black Americans. The co-founder of the Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting, Hannah-Jones has earned, among many other honors, a Peabody Award, two George Polk Awards, three National Magazine Awards, and a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship. She was recently was named the Knight Chair in Race and Journalism at Howard University. Interweaving 18 essays with 36 works of fiction and nonfiction by a group of writers of diverse backgrounds, skills, and experiences, The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story is a greatly expanded exploration of the continuing legacy of slavery in our cultural, political, and legal institutions.
Masks are required at all times while in the building.
Seating is limited due to Covid-19 restrictions.
See our guidelines for additional information.
*A pre-signed book is included with each ticket and may be collected at the venue on event night.
Due to Covid, there will not be an opportunity to meet the author.
US orders only.
Books provided by Uncle Bobbie’s Coffee and Books and Harriett’s Bookshop

EBENEZER MAXWELL MANSION: LITERARY PARLOR - MISS MARJORIBANKS BY MARGARET OLIPHANT
2021-11-21 13:30 - 15:00 | Ebenezer Maxwell Mansion, 200 W. Tulpehocken St, Philadelphia, PA, 19144, United States
Lucilla Marjoribanks is determined to look after her widowed father and become ‘the sunshine of his life whether he likes it or not. Once installed back at home and presiding over her father’s drawing-room, she launches herself into Carlingford society, aiming to raise the tone with her select evening parties. Lucilla is optimistic, resourceful, and completely without self-doubt, but will her indomitable nature diminish her marriage prospects? Miss Marjoribanks (1866) is a wonderfully comic depiction of the conventions and proprieties that rule a vacuous society
Make reservations online.
Ebenezer Maxwell Mansiondiane@ebenezermaxwellmansion.org
200 W Tulpehocken St Philadelphia PA 19144

PRISM: Philadelphia Student Composers Project
2021-12-06 19:30 - 21:00 | Fisher Bennett Hall, 3340 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States
PRISM Quartet

presents the inaugural program of the Philadelphia Student Composers Project featuring music from the City of Brotherly Love
Matt Levy director of and musician with PRISM is a long time Germantown resident.
World Premieres

spotlighting new works by rising star composition students representing four eminent Philadelphia music institutions:
Elise Arancio, Curtis Institute of Music
Brendan McMullen, University of Pennsylvania
Sepehr Pirasteh, Temple University
Gloria Quinn, University of the Arts
plus music written for PRISM by three acclaimed composers with deep ties to Philadelphia
David Serkin Ludwig
James Primosch
Julia Wolfe
Monday, December 6 @ 7:30 PM
The inaugural concert of the
Philadelphia Student Composers Project
University of Pennsylvania, Fisher-Bennett Hall
4th floor, Rose Concert Hall
3340 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Tuesday, December 7 @ 7:30 PM
Christ & St. Stephen’s Church
120 W 69th St., New York, NY 10023
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TICKETS
Philadelphia: free admission, limited seating, first-come, first-served
New York City: $25 general admission, $20 students & seniors (all fees included) at www.prismquartet.com
Enter the code PrismPromo5 for $5 off!

HEALTH AND SAFETY
Both concerts are open only to fully vaccinated and masked individuals.

Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania students, faculty, and staff must show Penn Card and Green Open Pass for entry. The general public must show proof of vaccination and Green Open Pass for entry, available to complete on-site or in advance at pennopen.med.upenn.edu/campus.
New York City: Anyone wishing to enter the building must show a proof of vaccination – such as a Covid-19 vaccination card or an Excelsior Pass – to staff at the door.

Clockwise from top: composers Elise Arancio, Sepehr Pirasteh, James Primosch, Gloria Quinn, Julia Wolfe

Credited with more than 300 commissions since its founding, the intrepid PRISM Quartet (Matthew Levy, Timothy McAllister, Zachary Shemon, Taimur Sullivan) presents a program of new and recent works by composers with deep ties to the City of Brotherly Love. The program features world premieres by four extraordinarily talented composition students, each representing one of four eminent music institutions in Philadelphia: Atomic Tangerine and Indigo; Green by Elise Arancio (Curtis Institute of Music), Spliced Tapesby Brendan McMullen (University of Pennsylvania), Four Short Songs by Gloria Quinn (University of the Arts), and Transgression (Act of Sin) by Sepehr Pirasteh(Temple University Boyer College of Music and Dance). All four works were commissioned and are presented in Philadelphia as the inaugural concert of the Philadelphia Student Composers Project under the direction of Erin Busch on December 6th. The program makes its way to the Quartet’s NYC concert series the following evening.
The program also features past Quartet commissions from master composers with longstanding ties to Philadelphia, including Cha by Philadelphia native and Pulitzer Prize-winner Julia Wolfe from the Quartet’s 2019 album, Animal, Vegetable, Mineral. Cha is dedicated to the memory of the composer’s father. Wolfe writes: “My favorite memory is dancing the cha-cha-cha with my father. He would hit the dance floor and take me along with him. The piece takes the cha cha as a starting point and creates a joyful deconstruction/exaggeration of the style for the sax quartet.”
Pew Fellow David Serkin Ludwig — who recently left his long-time position on the composition faculty of Philadelphia’s Curtis Institute of Music to assume the role of Dean and Director of the Music Division of the Juilliard School — contributes Josquin Microludes from the Quartet’s 2016 album, The Curtis Project. Ludwig describes Microludes as “a set of miniatures that incorporates Josquin’s Mille Regretz into its musical language, as if channel surfing between ancient music and contemporary sounds.”
The program also includes the jazz-inflected I Never Knew and Straight Up by PRISM’s frequent collaborator James Primosch (1956-2021) from the group’s 2011 album, Dedication, to honor his memory and rich musical legacy. Primosch, a Guggenheim and Pew Fellow, served on the composition faculty of the University of Pennsylvania for more than 30 years.
The Philadelphia program, which is followed by a composer talkback moderated by Ludwig, is presented on December 6 at 7:30 PM at the University of Pennsylvania’s Fisher-Bennett Hall, Rose Concert Hall located at 3340 Walnut Street. The concert is free and open to the public. Seating is limited and is offered on a first-come, first-served basis.
Both concerts are open only to fully vaccinated and masked individuals. Anyone wishing to enter the venues must show a proof of vaccination at the door. Individuals attending the Philadelphia concert must also complete a University of Pennsylvania Green Open Pass for entry, available to complete on-site or in advance at pennopen.med.upenn.edu/campus.

Featured on the program: David Serkin Ludwig’s Josquin Microludes, V. Brief mes jours definer…

photo by Ara Howrani

PRISM Quartet
www.prismquartet.com

The PRISM Quartet seeks to place the saxophone in unexpected contexts, chart fresh musical territory, and to challenge, inspire, and move audiences. “A bold ensemble that set the standard for contemporary-classical saxophone quartets” (The New York Times), PRISM has been presented by Carnegie Hall and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; appeared as soloists with the Detroit Symphony and Cleveland Orchestra, and conducted residencies at the nation’s leading conservatories, including the Curtis Institute and the Oberlin Conservatory. PRISM has commissioned hundreds of works, from talented students to recipients of the Pulitzer Prize and MacArthur Fellowship. PRISM’s discography is extensive, with releases on Albany, BMOP/Sound, ECM, innova, Koch International, Naxos, and its own label, XAS Records.

“An eminent classical saxophone quartet with
an unquenchable thirst for intrigue and adventure.”
— Time Out New York
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Stream, download, or buy PRISM’s newest recording, Heritage/Evolution, Vol. 2 , featuring Ravi Coltrane, Joe Lovano, and Chris Potter on your preferred music service.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Philadelphia concert is presented by the Philadelphia Student Composers Project with generous grant from the Sachs Program for Arts Innovation, and funding from PRISM Quartet, Inc., the Curtis Institute of Music, and the University of Pennsylvania Music Dept.
