Welcome to Streets Dept's 2nd Saturday Philly Art Walk! These walks are a new kind of guided tour that explore the art around Philadelphia's public spaces one neighborhood at a time. Each month we walk a different part of the city in search of street art, murals, independent galleries, exciting exhibitions – and more! Each tour is hosted and led by StreetsDept.com's founder Conrad Benner.
APRIL'S TOUR:
To kick-off our 2019 tours season, we're going to check out a part of Philly I've never explored before with a tour! This area includes a bit of North Board Street, parts of Center City West, and finally some blocks around the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. On this tour we'll see lots of murals (including one I've just recently curated,) some really dynamic public art installations, and we'll end by checking out Moore College of Art & Design's brilliant MFA Thesis Exhibition!
TOUR HOST:
I'm your host for this and every 2nd Saturday Philly Art Walk. My name's Conrad Benner, and I'm a Fishtown-born and raised photographer, podcaster, curator, and the founder of StreetsDept.com, an award winning photo-blog that's been discovering art on streets of Philadelphia since 2011. Over the years, I have been named Philly's ‘Best Art Curator’ by Philadelphia Magazine, and my blog named one of the ‘Best Blogs for Travellers’ by The Guardian. I have a passion for art in the public space and the role it plays in our hearts and minds; in fact, you can read my blog's full purpose statement here!
QUICK NOTES:
1) April's tour will start at the Southeast Corner of Broad and Race streets and end at 19th and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. 2) Tours include roughly two hours of walking, which may not be suitable for all. Please feel free to email me at StreetsDept [at] gmail [dot] com, if you have any questions. 3) Tours are rain or shine, so be sure to dress accordingly. 4) Lastly, tours are ticketed and tickets/names will be checked at the start of each tour; you can bring a digital or printed copy of your ticket, or just check-in with the ticket purchaser's name!
See y'all soon! #StreetsDept2ndSat
(Murals in the featured photo by Isaac Tin Wei Lin and Shawn Theodore.)