ColorWheels, with Events Sponsored by PECO, Rolls out for 2014
April 14 2014 - 2:25PM
Business Wire
ColorWheels, Fleisher’s mobile art studio, will make its 2014
debut on Saturday, April 19, at South Philadelphia’s Cambodian New
Year Celebration (Sixth and Ritner streets). ColorWheels’ spring
and summer programming is made possible by the generous support of
PECO.
“We are proud to support the Fleisher ColorWheels program and
their efforts to take art on the road and into the community,” said
Romona Riscoe Benson, manager of Corporate Relations, PECO. “This
program helps ensure local children and their families have access
to the arts and arts education.”
Inspired by the neighborhood’s majestic Preah Buddhist Temple,
children attending the festivities will be invited to incorporate
sand, which holds great importance and numerous meanings throughout
the Buddhist faith, into their artwork through special sand
bracelets. In addition to colored sand, the bracelets will contain
small bits of paper on which something or the name of someone
important to the child is written.
Dubbed the “Swiss Army Knife of Art,” ColorWheels debuted in
2012 as a way to bring creative experiences directly to
Philadelphia’s neighborhoods and communities. ColorWheels is
equipped with the tools and supplies needed for Fleisher’s teaching
artists to guide community members in hands-on, culturally inspired
workshops, collaborative public art projects and art technique
demonstrations.
Other upcoming ColorWheels appearances include: Art in the Open
Family Day on the Schuylkill Banks on May 17, and the Glenwood and
Fairhill Neighborhood Clean-Up and Block Party July 13. To find out
more about ColorWheels and see a full calendar of events, visit
fleisher.org/community/colorwheels.php.
The Fleisher Art Memorial was founded by industrialist Samuel S.
Fleisher in 1898 and is renowned for its mission of making art
accessible to everyone regardless of economic means, background or
artistic experience. Fleisher Art Memorial is one of the nation’s
first community-based art centers, providing free and low-cost
studio art classes along with opportunities for beginning and
seasoned artists to exhibit their work in a professional gallery
setting. Fleisher’s arts education programming reaches deeply into
local schools and community centers, and has brought the
organization national recognition and powerful opportunities to
advocate for and shape arts education initiatives throughout the
region and the country.
Fleisher Art MemorialDominic Mercier, 215-922-3456 ext.
302dmercier@fleisher.orgHigh resolution photos available on
requestorPECODebra Yemenijian,
215-841-5091debra.yemenijian@exeloncorp.com
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