Join Troy Bynum and Yannick Lowery for a special birding program. This workshop welcomes people from traditionally marginalized identities to experience and enjoy nature through birding. No experience is necessary! Learn to identify local bird species using the binoculars and field guides provided.

This program is part of Yannick Lowery’s ongoing project as Artist in Residence. His work reimagines Glen Foerd as a site of leisure instead of labor by highlighting the experiences of workers throughout the site’s history. Through programs like this, he invites the public into his research.

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Troy Bynum, owner of TB Wildlife Photography LLC, is not only an enthusiastic birder but also a passionate wildlife photographer from Philadelphia, PA. Troy’s work focuses on capturing and showcasing the remarkable colors, intricate patterns, and rich textures that are abundant throughout the natural world. His work has beenpublished by Discovery Warner Bros., the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Grid Magazine, Northern Virginia Bird Alliance, The Chestnut Hill Local, and other regional publications.

Troy is also an avid birder and experienced guide, leading regional and international birding tours with Hillstar Nature, Delmarva Birding Weekends, DC Bird Alliance, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, and TB Wildlife Photography LLC to name a few organizations. Troy also volunteers as Field Trip Chair for Liberty Bird Alliance where he coordinates and often leads domestic and international birding trips for the members. He currently lives in Montgomery County with his wife and daughter and loves spending his free time with them birding, hiking, biking, or playing bird-themed board games.

Join Leeway x NextFab Art and Technology Artist-in-Residence, jasmine lynea for a collage workshop featuring artist Yannick Lowery.

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Young Professionals Night is back, and it's All About Love!

Get ready to mix and mingle with the emerging creatives and young professionals who fuel Philly’s vibrant cultural scene. Whether you’re looking to explore our galleries, network with fellow art lovers, or dance the night away, #BarnesYP All About Love is the place to be. The theme honors our latest special exhibition, Mickalene Thomas: All About Love. See 40-plus works by pioneering artist Mickalene Thomas Page, and experience her dynamic vision of beauty, love, desire, and community. The Barnes's presentation of All About Love is curated by Renée Mussai.

Enjoy a complimentary champagne toast starting at 7pm, music and spinning by DJ Val Fleury, an interactive collection tour: the Barnes After Dark Scavenger Hunt, tarot reading with Papa Boko and Danielle Williams, a photo booth by Pop Up Polaroid, collage and cyanotype art making with Qiaira Riley and Yannick Lowery, and a cash bar featuring beer, wine, themed cocktails, and light fare with a treat to finish the night!

We had so much interest in this workshop that Yannick offered to present it a second time! If you attended on October 5th, please allow others the opportunity to register for this one. 

Continuing his artistic practice of introducing “futuring” as a communal exercise, visual artist Yannick Lowery will be leading a 3-hour workshop that uses collage to remember and imagine our collective experiences in the city of Philadelphia. Drawn from prompts and discussions around memory and our future predictions, participants will work with local, archival, and contemporary imagery from the city and begin illustrating and constructing these visions through paper collage. While creating compositions that illustrate re-imagined landscapes of Philadelphia, participants will learn several techniques for dynamic composition and visual storytelling. Materials will be provided. Ages 18+.

Cull, Cut, Craft is sponsored by The Roger W. Moss Symposium Fund, Poor Richard's Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Colleé, and Blick.

Introducing “futuring” as a communal exercise, visual artist Yannick Lowery will lead a workshop using paper collage to visualize our collective futures. By reframing the theme of rest as an essential tool for future manifestation, participants will compose images that connect present duty to the future realm.

During this workshop, Lowery will share several collage techniques and provide insight into his practice while encouraging participants to develop their own methods.

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Continuing his artistic practice of introducing “futuring” as a communal exercise, visual artist Yannick lowery will be leading a 3-hour workshop that uses collage to remember and imagine our collective experiences in the city of Philadelphia. Drawn from prompts and discussions around memory and our future predictions, participants will work with local, archival, and contemporary imagery from the city and begin illustrating and constructing these visions through paper collage. While creating compositions that illustrate re-imagined landscapes of Philadelphia, participants will learn several techniques for dynamic composition and visual storytelling. Materials will be provided. Ages 18+.

Cull, Cut, Craft is sponsored by The Roger W. Moss Symposium Fund, Poor Richard's Charitable Trust, PNC Bank, Colleé, and Blick.

StoryCorps has been at the forefront of amplifying diverse voices for over two decades. With nearly 11 million weekly listeners on NPR and millions more viewing our content online, we've given over 670,000 people the chance to share their stories. Brightness in Black is our latest initiative, collaborating with select communities to collect and share joyous and bold cultural stories, while countering harmful narratives about the Black experience in America. This launch event will kick off a national effort to reshape narratives and celebrate Black joy, pride, resilience and excellence.

This 4 part course will explore collage techniques utilized and developed by visual artist Yannick Lowery. Lowery will provide guidance and insight into his practice and encourage students to develop their own methods within the framework of the course.

Classes will typically start with a presentation and demonstration exploring a different technique every week. Students will illustrate the concepts and techniques discussed in each class. Classes will conclude with a low-pressure and constructive peer review of the daily exercise.

What you will learn:

1. Knowledge and history of contemporary collage

2. Techniques for dynamic paper assembly

3. An introduction to color theory and its usage in collage

4. Various collage mixed media techniques

Collage materials will be available for usage although participants are encouraged to bring their own materials as well.

REGISTER HERE

This 4 part course will explore collage techniques utilized and developed by visual artist Yannick Lowery. Lowery will provide guidance and insight into his practice and encourage students to develop their own methods within the framework of the course.

Classes will typically start with a presentation and demonstration exploring a different technique every week. Students will illustrate the concepts and techniques discussed in each class. Classes will conclude with a low-pressure and constructive peer review of the daily exercise.

What you will learn:

1. Knowledge and history of contemporary collage

2. Techniques for dynamic paper assembly

3. An introduction to color theory and its usage in collage

4. Various collage mixed media techniques

Collage materials will be available for usage although participants are encouraged to bring their own materials as well.

REGISTER HERE

This 4 part course will explore collage techniques utilized and developed by visual artist Yannick Lowery. Lowery will provide guidance and insight into his practice and encourage students to develop their own methods within the framework of the course.

Classes will typically start with a presentation and demonstration exploring a different technique every week. Students will illustrate the concepts and techniques discussed in each class. Classes will conclude with a low-pressure and constructive peer review of the daily exercise.

What you will learn:

1. Knowledge and history of contemporary collage

2. Techniques for dynamic paper assembly

3. An introduction to color theory and its usage in collage

4. Various collage mixed media techniques

Collage materials will be available for usage although participants are encouraged to bring their own materials as well.

REGISTER HERE

This 4 part course will explore collage techniques utilized and developed by visual artist Yannick Lowery. Lowery will provide guidance and insight into his practice and encourage students to develop their own methods within the framework of the course.

Classes will typically start with a presentation and demonstration exploring a different technique every week. Students will illustrate the concepts and techniques discussed in each class. Classes will conclude with a low-pressure and constructive peer review of the daily exercise.

What you will learn:

1. Knowledge and history of contemporary collage

2. Techniques for dynamic paper assembly

3. An introduction to color theory and its usage in collage

4. Various collage mixed media techniques

Collage materials will be available for usage although participants are encouraged to bring their own materials as well.

REGISTER HERE

Some time ago, I worked on a few animation sequences for an incredible film titled Meanwhile. The film will premiere at the Margaret Mead Film Festival at The American Museum of Natural History.

Check out the trailer

“Directed by Catherine Gund. Author Jacqueline Woodson narrates Meanwhile, a docu-poem about white supremacy and a community of artists who share visions of resistance. The screening and live performances will feature in-process works by artists from the film, including music, dance, and poetry. Meanwhile is composed by Meshell Ndegeocello and produced by Erika Dilday.”

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