Painted Bride "Planting a Forest" Exhibition

My friends at The Painted Bride Art Center are collecting tree memories and photographs for a fall exhibition as part of their RE-PLACE-ing Philadelphia Project.  They're looking for a short description and image of your favorite tree in the city (I know, I know... hard to choose just one!)  Find out more about the project and how to submit yours here.

I spent some time under one of my personal favorites, and in an attempt to demonstrate what I love about it, ended up with this triptych:

This Clark Park tree has great branches that envelop me like arms when I sit down to write beneath it. I often think about all it must have witnessed over the years, being a grand still spectator to human drama unfolding in "The Bowl." 

This Clark Park tree has great branches that envelop me like arms when I sit down to write beneath it. I often think about all it must have witnessed over the years, being a grand still spectator to human drama unfolding in "The Bowl." 


The Great and Terrible & the Small and Meek

I was stoked by the invitation from Samantha Hyman, costume designer for The Great and Terrible & the Small and Meek, to document some of the ephemeral art created for this adaptation of The Wizard of Oz performed in Bartram's Gardens.  Camera in hand, I was allowed to creep onto the botanical garden set early, and bear witness up close to the enormous effort and creativity that went into the visuals for this play.  In addition to awesome sets, props, and costumes, the performance features enchanting music, whimsical humor, and delicious popcorn. There are still two more shows (June 5th and 6th), get tickets here!