Placemaking: The Artist's Role
The Gershman Hall Chapel, 401 South Broad Street
Thursday, March 27
5:30 p.m. 
Free for UArts students and alumni (with ID); $12.00 general admission 
Pre-registration required

Join the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, The Corzo Center for the Creative Economy at The University of the Arts and Flying Kite for this discussion of the role of artist as placemaker, the social responsibility of working outside of the studio and the benefit of involving artists to define, create or alter place. Panelists include internationally celebrated artist Lily Yeh, public artist Benjamin Volta and Dan Schimmel, a practicing artist and founder of STEAMworkPHILLY.

Pre-registration is required. To reserve a space or to receive more information about The Center for Emerging Visual Artists or Direct Dialogues Lecture Series, contact Genevieve Coutroubis,(215-546-7775 x11 or email [email protected]).

TEDxPhiladelphia 2014: The New Workshop of the World
Temple Performing Arts Center, 1837 North Broad Street
Friday, March 28 
8 a.m - 7:30 p.m.

This week, TEDxPhiladelphia takes flight. The event might be sold out, but fortunately, there are local live streaming parties and supplementary programming. Check out our full rundown here.

Building Philadelphia: Romantic Philadelphia's Eclecticism of Style
Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch Street
Tuesday, March 25
6 p.m.
$20; $15 members; $10 students (lecture series packages available)

Richard Webster, PhD, and Professor Emeritus at West Chester University explores the architectural styles of Philadelphia that were popular after the "colonial" era, but before the Victorian era. He will discuss the eclectic mix of styles, often intermixed in one building, that make up this fascinating period of architectural history.

This is the third talk in the annual 10-part "Building Philadelphia: Architecture, History, & Politics" lecture series, which takes place on 10 consecutive Tuesday evenings, March 11 through May 20. Those who attend at least eight of the lectures are invited to continue training and become certified as volunteer tour guides for the Philadelphia Center for Architecture and/or the Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia.

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