• Holding My Breath Underwater: Art Show Reception

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    Lisa Volta is a multi-media artist whose work investigates waiting and passage and asks, “How much longer?” as we watch things grow, decay, transform, or reach their threshold. Lisa thinks about time speeding up, slowing down, standing still, time managed and wasted, and wonders about the long-term effects of time and the uneasy questions that […]

  • Tree Print + Leaf Collage Workshop

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    Make tree prints to bring home, from stumps of local fallen trees. And Paint/Collage/Stitch with sturdy Uva de Mar leaves! About the tree prints: We’ll have white craft paper; feel free to bring your own thicker white paper or smooth fabric. The prints make excellent gifts and home decor. The printers’ ink we use is […]

  • Dende Percussion Ensemble concert + Walk to Honor the Trees

    The Francis Cope House One Awbury Road, Philadelphia, PA

    Join for a very danceable musical performance by the Dendê percussion ensemble - the vital rhythms of Brazilian carnaval! We will begin with an activation of the art piece on display in the Cope House Gallery, “Flags for Other Nations”: a 20-minute meditative walk/march with colorful tree flags around an Awbury trail, to honor the […]