Beginning Vandercook Letterpress Workshop
Red Wheel Press & Hymy Industries
2215 E. Tioga Street
Sunday October 23, 2011
11am-5pm
Beginning Letterpress Printing is a six hour, hands-on workshop covering the basics of printing, typesetting (wood & metal type), Vandercook press maintenance, troubleshooting press & printing issues, inking, paper use & designing.
Admission: $125
RSVP www.thefactorye.com/red-wheel-press
www.hymyind.com
The Art of the Automobile: A Presentation by Michael Furman
Simeone Automobile Foundation Museum
6825-31 Norwitch Drive
Sunday October 23, 2011
12pm
Design trends have moved the automobile from its humble "horseless carriage" beginnings to the powerful force that has influenced our landscape, created environmental issues, and impacted foreign policy. But, the automobile is not just a tool to assist in our transportation needs. From Michael Furman's unique position as a visual chronicler, designer, and author, he will present some of the most beautiful and important cars of the last one hundred years.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
www.michaelfurman.com
Symposium: Imaging and Imagining Our Cities
The University of the Arts, The Gershman Y
401 S. Broad Street
Sunday October 23, 2011
3pm-5pm
Abandoned America, Ordos (China), Arcosanti (Arizona), and Masdar City (U.A.E.) - four regions, four models, four pasts, and four futures, yet all saying something about the "now" -- the present moment in our cities. In conjunction with the Open Lens Gallery exhibition Before and After Utopia: Images of Abandonment, Absence and Aspiration, this symposium will examine how we have imaged and imagined our cities a decade into the new millennium, and what our observations, documentation, and participation in the evolution of cities means for the future of the urban metropolis. Panelists include: Elijah Anderson, author of the Cosmopolitan Canopy: Race and Civility in Everyday Life and other notable books on urban life; Photo Reviewfounder & editor Stephen Perloff, Matthew Christopher Murray of abandonedamerica.us.
Free and open to the public. Wheelchair accessible.
www.gershmany.org
Tease
Scissor Candy and Richard Nicholas
National Mechanics, 22 S. 3rd Street in Old City
Sunday October 23, 2011
7pm
As part of DesignPhildelphia's closing celebration, Scissor Candy and Richard Nicholas bring vivacious vixens together for Tease, an event that will seduce and allure you. Ten salons will change live models into saucy sirens by interpreting pin-up beauty of another era through hair, makeup and wardrobe. With models flirting their way across several stages, guests will be enticed to join the ladies for a photograph or a tease makeover by our guest hairstylists. Come hither, take a peak, and be teased.
Free and open to the public.
www.scissorcandy.com
