
Prizes Awarded, Artists Celebrated at Exhibition Closing
We had a blast at the closing reception and prize ceremony for the 120th Annual Adult Student Exhibition on Friday, March 23. In addition to providing one last look at…
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For One Young Artist, a Bounty of Scholarships
After broadening her artistic talent in our Saturday Young Artists Program, Emily Kraus and her family reached out to Fleisher to let us know that she had received a number…
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Shop in Style at Reading Terminal Market
We’re happy to announce that Fleisher student Val Yoder is the winner of our second annual Reading Terminal Market bag design competition. The competition asked Fleisher students, teaching artists, or…
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For One Young Artist, a Pathway to Discovery and Self-Fulfillment
At age five, Othello Adjepong wasn’t quite connecting with his piano lessons. When his teacher noticed his music books were filled with doodles and began making connections to music through…
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From Fleisher to Full Ride
This winter, Fleisher student Abby Dudley applied to the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts and, with recommendations from Fleisher teaching artists Giovanni Casadei and Paul DuSold, received a full…
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Support Fleisher and Philadelphia’s Shoppers
Fleisher and Reading Terminal Market, one of America’s oldest public markets, are excited to partner for the second annual design competition of the market’s reusable tote bags. The winning design,…
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Fleisher and Immigrants: a History and Future Together
Dear Friends of Fleisher, Since our founding in 1898, Fleisher has been a Sanctuary driven by a simple mission: make art accessible to everyone. More than a century later we…
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Remembering Longtime Student Lee Casper
In July, Fleisher lost a good friend and longtime student with the passing of Lee Casper. Lee, a Fleisher student for more than 50 years, most recently studied painting with…
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Boundless Imagination in Queen Village
This summer, Fleisher partnered with our friends at the Queen Village Neighbors Association to brighten up the Queen Street tunnel through the installation of Imagination Grove, a collaborative and temporary wheatpaste…
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Jeffrey Stockbridge on the Pleasures of Analog Photography
This spring, we noticed Jeffrey Stockbridge – a Philadelphia-based photographer and a 2006 Wind Challenge Artist- in Ahmed Salvador’s Darkroom: Color Photography class. A graduate of Drexel University, Jeffrey has…
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