University of the ArtsAlbert Gury, popular painter and award-winning professor of art education, has died at 74He taught for decades at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and lectured at the old University of the Arts, the Fleisher Art Memorial, the Barnes Foundation, and elsewhere. Gary Miles OpinionWilliam Way center’s proposed demolition would erase an important Philly landmarkInga Saffron, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer Under pressure from its accreditor, University of Valley Forge offers students information on transferringSusan Snyder How to have a perfect Philly Day, according to children’s book author and illustrator Greg PizzoliAbigail Covington University of the Arts’ $77 million endowment remains mired in court proceedings two years after the school closedSusan Snyder AdvertisementPeter Paone, a ‘legend’ of Philadelphia’s arts scene for more than seven decades, has diedThe ‘fearless’ and ‘relentless,’ Philly-born artist was enjoying a late-life renaissance. Dugan Arnett Adam Blackstone stopped and read the Philly Music Walk of Fame plaques on the way to his many gigs. He will have one of his own this year. "Wherever I go, I’m representing Philly music and culture,” said the bassist, who will be honored along with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Lady B, Earl Young, and more.Dan DeLuca Christina Dochwat, celebrated iconographer for the Ukrainian and Byzantine Catholic Churches, has died at 91“She made her faces lovely so you were drawn to them,” said longtime friend and caregiver Eugene Luciw. Gary Miles Drexel University is selling medical building on North Broad Street for apartment conversion The apartment project is only the latest in a boomlet of conversions just north of City Hall. Jake Blumgart OpinionWhat happens to a city’s arts ecosystem when an institution disappears?Closing of the University of the Arts left a gaping hole in Philadelphia’s arts ecosystem, but institutions are working to provide the continuity needed to ensure a healthy cultural environment.Susan E. Cahan and Robert T. Stroker, For The Inquirer UArts’ closure put almost 700 faculty and staff out of work. We caught up with some of them.Sixty-one percent of teachers who are employed remain at colleges, while others were at for-profit and non-profit companies, K-12 schools, and government jobs.Susan Snyder Moore College of Art & Design staff announce intention to form a unionThe new union would cover about 50 part-time and full-time staff across the Philadelphia-based art college and be part of the United Academics of Philadelphia. Susan Snyder Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Adam Blackstone, and Lady B. are among 2026 Philly Music Alliance Walk of Fame honoreesLouise Williams Bishop, Pablo Batista, Hugh Panaro, and Earl Young will also be honored with plaques on South Broad StreetDan DeLuca Temple University and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts have signed a deal for a new partnershipThe deal is expected to center on activities in Terra Hall, formerly owned by the University of the Arts.Peter Dobrin OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityBy practicing ‘gentle density,’ these architects create more housing for less money, using fewer natural resources.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer Noel Mayo, groundbreaking Black industrial designer and college professor, has died at 88 As owner and president of Noel Mayo Associates, he and his staff designed all kinds of products, interiors, exteriors, graphics, mobile exhibits, and signage systems for companies and private clients.Gary Miles Moore College will consider opening undergraduate programs to menThe Philadelphia school, which touts its history as "the first and only historically visual arts college for women in the nation," says it's time to consider admitting all genders.Susan Snyder Carla Washington Hines, longtime dancer, choreographer, and teacher, has died at 72 She danced with the Sun Ra Arkestra, the John Hines Dance Co., and other troupes at all sorts of venues in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere around the world.Gary Miles Temple bought the site of a former McDonald’s for $8 millionIn early 2025 the university also paid $18 million for Terra Hall, a former University of the Arts building on South Broad Street. Andrew Seidman The Avenue of the Arts to break ground on an ambitious $150 million streetscape to make Broad Street greenerA $150 million streetscape project will transform South Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts with trees, public art, traffic calming, and redesigned medians and sidewalks, starting this winter.Peter Dobrin See more storiesAdvertisement
Albert Gury, popular painter and award-winning professor of art education, has died at 74He taught for decades at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and lectured at the old University of the Arts, the Fleisher Art Memorial, the Barnes Foundation, and elsewhere. Gary Miles
Albert Gury, popular painter and award-winning professor of art education, has died at 74He taught for decades at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and lectured at the old University of the Arts, the Fleisher Art Memorial, the Barnes Foundation, and elsewhere. Gary Miles
OpinionWilliam Way center’s proposed demolition would erase an important Philly landmarkInga Saffron, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
OpinionWilliam Way center’s proposed demolition would erase an important Philly landmarkInga Saffron, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
Under pressure from its accreditor, University of Valley Forge offers students information on transferringSusan Snyder
Under pressure from its accreditor, University of Valley Forge offers students information on transferringSusan Snyder
How to have a perfect Philly Day, according to children’s book author and illustrator Greg PizzoliAbigail Covington
How to have a perfect Philly Day, according to children’s book author and illustrator Greg PizzoliAbigail Covington
University of the Arts’ $77 million endowment remains mired in court proceedings two years after the school closedSusan Snyder
University of the Arts’ $77 million endowment remains mired in court proceedings two years after the school closedSusan Snyder
Peter Paone, a ‘legend’ of Philadelphia’s arts scene for more than seven decades, has diedThe ‘fearless’ and ‘relentless,’ Philly-born artist was enjoying a late-life renaissance. Dugan Arnett
Peter Paone, a ‘legend’ of Philadelphia’s arts scene for more than seven decades, has diedThe ‘fearless’ and ‘relentless,’ Philly-born artist was enjoying a late-life renaissance. Dugan Arnett
Adam Blackstone stopped and read the Philly Music Walk of Fame plaques on the way to his many gigs. He will have one of his own this year. "Wherever I go, I’m representing Philly music and culture,” said the bassist, who will be honored along with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Lady B, Earl Young, and more.Dan DeLuca
Adam Blackstone stopped and read the Philly Music Walk of Fame plaques on the way to his many gigs. He will have one of his own this year. "Wherever I go, I’m representing Philly music and culture,” said the bassist, who will be honored along with Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Lady B, Earl Young, and more.Dan DeLuca
Christina Dochwat, celebrated iconographer for the Ukrainian and Byzantine Catholic Churches, has died at 91“She made her faces lovely so you were drawn to them,” said longtime friend and caregiver Eugene Luciw. Gary Miles
Christina Dochwat, celebrated iconographer for the Ukrainian and Byzantine Catholic Churches, has died at 91“She made her faces lovely so you were drawn to them,” said longtime friend and caregiver Eugene Luciw. Gary Miles
Drexel University is selling medical building on North Broad Street for apartment conversion The apartment project is only the latest in a boomlet of conversions just north of City Hall. Jake Blumgart
Drexel University is selling medical building on North Broad Street for apartment conversion The apartment project is only the latest in a boomlet of conversions just north of City Hall. Jake Blumgart
OpinionWhat happens to a city’s arts ecosystem when an institution disappears?Closing of the University of the Arts left a gaping hole in Philadelphia’s arts ecosystem, but institutions are working to provide the continuity needed to ensure a healthy cultural environment.Susan E. Cahan and Robert T. Stroker, For The Inquirer
OpinionWhat happens to a city’s arts ecosystem when an institution disappears?Closing of the University of the Arts left a gaping hole in Philadelphia’s arts ecosystem, but institutions are working to provide the continuity needed to ensure a healthy cultural environment.Susan E. Cahan and Robert T. Stroker, For The Inquirer
UArts’ closure put almost 700 faculty and staff out of work. We caught up with some of them.Sixty-one percent of teachers who are employed remain at colleges, while others were at for-profit and non-profit companies, K-12 schools, and government jobs.Susan Snyder
UArts’ closure put almost 700 faculty and staff out of work. We caught up with some of them.Sixty-one percent of teachers who are employed remain at colleges, while others were at for-profit and non-profit companies, K-12 schools, and government jobs.Susan Snyder
Moore College of Art & Design staff announce intention to form a unionThe new union would cover about 50 part-time and full-time staff across the Philadelphia-based art college and be part of the United Academics of Philadelphia. Susan Snyder
Moore College of Art & Design staff announce intention to form a unionThe new union would cover about 50 part-time and full-time staff across the Philadelphia-based art college and be part of the United Academics of Philadelphia. Susan Snyder
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Adam Blackstone, and Lady B. are among 2026 Philly Music Alliance Walk of Fame honoreesLouise Williams Bishop, Pablo Batista, Hugh Panaro, and Earl Young will also be honored with plaques on South Broad StreetDan DeLuca
Yannick Nézet-Séguin, Sun Ra Arkestra, Philadelphia Boys Choir, Adam Blackstone, and Lady B. are among 2026 Philly Music Alliance Walk of Fame honoreesLouise Williams Bishop, Pablo Batista, Hugh Panaro, and Earl Young will also be honored with plaques on South Broad StreetDan DeLuca
Temple University and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts have signed a deal for a new partnershipThe deal is expected to center on activities in Terra Hall, formerly owned by the University of the Arts.Peter Dobrin
Temple University and the Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts have signed a deal for a new partnershipThe deal is expected to center on activities in Terra Hall, formerly owned by the University of the Arts.Peter Dobrin
OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityBy practicing ‘gentle density,’ these architects create more housing for less money, using fewer natural resources.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
OpinionHistoric preservation isn’t the villain in the debate over housing affordabilityBy practicing ‘gentle density,’ these architects create more housing for less money, using fewer natural resources.Inga Saffron | Columnist, Architecture Critic | For The Inquirer
Noel Mayo, groundbreaking Black industrial designer and college professor, has died at 88 As owner and president of Noel Mayo Associates, he and his staff designed all kinds of products, interiors, exteriors, graphics, mobile exhibits, and signage systems for companies and private clients.Gary Miles
Noel Mayo, groundbreaking Black industrial designer and college professor, has died at 88 As owner and president of Noel Mayo Associates, he and his staff designed all kinds of products, interiors, exteriors, graphics, mobile exhibits, and signage systems for companies and private clients.Gary Miles
Moore College will consider opening undergraduate programs to menThe Philadelphia school, which touts its history as "the first and only historically visual arts college for women in the nation," says it's time to consider admitting all genders.Susan Snyder
Moore College will consider opening undergraduate programs to menThe Philadelphia school, which touts its history as "the first and only historically visual arts college for women in the nation," says it's time to consider admitting all genders.Susan Snyder
Carla Washington Hines, longtime dancer, choreographer, and teacher, has died at 72 She danced with the Sun Ra Arkestra, the John Hines Dance Co., and other troupes at all sorts of venues in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere around the world.Gary Miles
Carla Washington Hines, longtime dancer, choreographer, and teacher, has died at 72 She danced with the Sun Ra Arkestra, the John Hines Dance Co., and other troupes at all sorts of venues in Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, and elsewhere around the world.Gary Miles
Temple bought the site of a former McDonald’s for $8 millionIn early 2025 the university also paid $18 million for Terra Hall, a former University of the Arts building on South Broad Street. Andrew Seidman
Temple bought the site of a former McDonald’s for $8 millionIn early 2025 the university also paid $18 million for Terra Hall, a former University of the Arts building on South Broad Street. Andrew Seidman
The Avenue of the Arts to break ground on an ambitious $150 million streetscape to make Broad Street greenerA $150 million streetscape project will transform South Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts with trees, public art, traffic calming, and redesigned medians and sidewalks, starting this winter.Peter Dobrin
The Avenue of the Arts to break ground on an ambitious $150 million streetscape to make Broad Street greenerA $150 million streetscape project will transform South Broad Street’s Avenue of the Arts with trees, public art, traffic calming, and redesigned medians and sidewalks, starting this winter.Peter Dobrin
