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Students Visit Studio of Frankford-based Visual Artist Timmy Graham

Students from Harding Middle School’s CHICKS after-school program visited Frankford-based painter Timmy Graham yesterday to learn about his craft, artistic development and career.

This visit to artist spaces is part of an on-going series facilitated by ArtsRising called Career Connections in Creativity (or C to the 3).  Youth are invited to engage with creative professionals of all stripes to learn about their careers and their journey to becoming successful.

Timmy spoke to the girls about his process of painting and artistic decision-making and how his career evolved over time.  He encouraged them to find and cultivate activities that they are passionate about and to not let anyone deter them from their goals.  He also emphasized that anything worth becoming good at starts off difficult, but perseverance is the key to success, he being a prime example of that.

The CHICKS after-school program focuses on empowering inner city adolescent females on personal development and health awareness.  It is supported by the Grassroots Foundation and facilitated by Joan Todd of Carson Valley Children’s Aid.

Additional thanks to the Frankford CDC for their assistance.

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4th Annual Charter School Music Fest comes to First Philadelphia Prep tonight and tomorrow

AMERICAN PARADIGM SCHOOLS HOSTS 4TH ANNUAL CHARTER SCHOOL, CITY WIDE MUSIC FEST ON DECEMBER 17 & 18

 

WHAT:           American Paradigm Schools is proud to host the Fourth Annual Charter School Music Fest, which promotes the advancement of music in charter schools across the city of Philadelphia and the tri-state area. This particular program offers students the opportunity to perform with their peers from other participating charter schools while giving them performance experience that was not previously available to them while attending other schools.

 

  • The event will include participation from ten of Philadelphia’s leading charter schools and over 300 5th – 12th grade charter school music students are partaking in a full day of workshops, sectional and rehearsals on Dec.17 and will prepare for an evening performance to celebrate the Music Fest 2012 finale at 6 p.m. sharp.

 

  • The students will get to enjoy two special performances during their workshop: Astral Artists, a Philadelphia non-profit organization that plays a vital role in the discovery and development of the nation’s most gifted classical musicians will be sending some of their artists to perform and facilitate workshops, and African Storyteller Jos Duncan will be performing for the students as well.

 

  • The festival will take place over a two day period, Monday, December 17 and Tuesday, December 18, at First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School, 4300 Tacony Street at Church Street, in the Frankford Valley section of Philadelphia.

 

  • Students will arrive at 8:30 a.m. on Monday, December 17, with music that was pre-selected and mailed to the students and music directors before the festival. The participating students have been chosen by their music directors for both vocal and instrumental performances. Both the Abreu Fellows and Opus Nine will facilitate the workshops. On Tuesday, December 18 at 6:00 p.m. the students will accompany the music professionals for a finale concert.

 

WHO:            Over 300 students from these participating schools/organizations:

  • First Philadelphia Charter School
  • Franklintowne Charter School
  • Harrity Elementary Mastery Charter School
  • Maritime Academy Charter School
  • Memphis Street Academy Charter School
  • New Foundations Charter School
  • Northwood Academy Charter School
  • People for People Charter School
  • Tacony Academy Charter School
  • Universal Daroff Elementary Charter School
  • SisterCities Girls Choir

 

Workshops and performances by:

  • Abreu Fellows class of 2011
  • Astral Artists
  • Opus Nine
  • Jos Duncan

WHERE:        First Philadelphia Preparatory Charter School

                        4300 Tacony Street

                        Philadelphia, PA 19124

                       

WHEN:          Monday, Dec. 17

Workshops and Rehearsals: 10:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.

 

Tuesday, Dec. 18

Rehearsals: 12 p.m. – 4 p.m.

Certificate Ceremony: 4:30 p.m.

Finale Concert: 6 – 7 p.m.

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2nd Baptist Hits the Mark with Take Me to the King

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2nd Baptist Church of Frankford

The Christmas production of Take Me to the King at 2nd Baptist ran last Friday and Saturday. Once again they brought a great community theater experience to Frankford to a full house each night. The original play was written by Dottie Bradsbery and Debbie Jackson and performed by an ensemble cast. The story would ring a bell with those in any church large or small.

Mayella Covington, played by Yolanda Abner, is a force to be reckoned with in the church and she eventually finds her day of reckoning.  It is a serious story told with humor and a good dose of music.

We have some highlights along with the all the credits for the production on our YouTube page which you can get at this link.  It runs about 14 minutes and is just a sample of what you might find next time at the 2nd Baptist Church.