Author Archives: PAEP
Let Art Freedom Ring: Harrisburg
Ending January 27th, the five “Let Art Freedom Ring” bells previously housed at the landmark building, The National Constitution Center, are making a home in Pennsylvania’s famed capital of Harrisburg. On display in the historic Capitol Building Rotunda, the bells … Continue reading
Let Art Freedom Ring Winner
Julia de Burgos Elementary School of Philadelphia voted by nation as “Best Bell.” The Philadelphia Arts and Education Partnership (PAEP) and the National Liberty Museum are pleased to announce Julia de Burgos Elementary School’s Bell: The Dollar Bill of Rights … Continue reading
History/MyStory/OurStory: Crafting and Telling Historical Stories
PAEP believes everyone has a story to to tell. With a new pilot program, History/MyStory/OurStory, focused on using storytelling, folk arts, oral performance, we hope that the traditional storytelling practices will be integrated into arts-based curricula across the city. In … Continue reading
‘Historical Catalysts’ Helps Define Arts Innovation
While PAEP is sad to see Let Art Freedom Ring give its last bell toll for the summer, we’re excited to highlight another arts-based science and history project, Historical Catalysts, led by Benjamin Volta and Jerry Jackson, in partnership with … Continue reading
It’s Your Last Chance to Let Art Freedom Ring!
Today marks the beginning of Labor Day weekend, that infamous, unofficial end to summer. While some of you may be taking a break from frantically filling your car full of water wings, beach towels and buckets for sand castles during … Continue reading
Steam: Science, Math & Arts Partnership
At first glance, math and science education seem like the last place that arts-education could flourish. At PAEP, however, we’ve found to break from the formulas that usually define these educational curricula. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the … Continue reading
Highlighting Let Art Freedom Ring Mentors: Rubens Ghenov
With the unofficial end of summer less than two weeks away, we wanted to offer you the next artist-mentor profile for Let Art Freedom Ring ©. This time we have Rubens Ghenov, a local artist best-known for this multimedia art … Continue reading
Highlighting Let Art Freedom Ring Mentors: Benjamin Volta
With only a few weeks left to vote for your favorite bell for Let Art Freedom Ring ©, we wanted to highlight our next next artist mentor Benjamin Volta, who partnered with math and science teacher Jerry Jackson at Grover … Continue reading
Highlighting Let Art Freedom Ring Mentors: Brian Elstein
With just over a month left to vote for your favorite student-created interpretation of the Liberty Bell in our Let Art Freedom Ring © program, we wanted to give you the third interview with artist mentor Brian Elstein, who worked … Continue reading
Highlighting Let Art Freedom Ring Mentors: Kimberly Niemela of Jackson Elementary
Earlier in the week we introduced the first our artist mentors for our Let Art Freedom Ring © project, which takes artists from the Philadelphia into area schools to help students construct their own interpretations of the fabled Liberty Bell … Continue reading