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The Print Center feat. Lauren Rosenblum · philly has heART

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conversation with the Print Center, Robert had
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a family emergency and wasn't able to record
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the introduction and outroduction to this week's
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episode. So today we have Eli Alford joining
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the podcast for Last Weekend in Review, as well
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as what we are looking forward to next weekend.
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Eli is a dancer with Ballet X and has been with
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the company for three seasons. He is a graduate
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of the USC Gloria Kauffman School of Dance, friend
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of the pod. Eli, thank you for joining me today.
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Thank you so much, Lucinda. Wow, that was quite
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an intro. I want to take this opportunity because
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I'm sure she wouldn't do it herself, but I actually
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met Lucinda. at a barry's class um i used to
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work there barry's boot camp on sansom street
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and lucinda is an amazing amazing client and
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person and when she was pregnant she was still
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coming in and us behind the desk were all wondering
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like how long is she going to be able to keep
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this up we want her to take care of herself but
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we also don't want her to go and lucinda was
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one of the hardest workers in the room she's
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inspired me since then so i'm so happy to be
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here with you lucinda thank you Thank you so
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much. I had to share the story. That was glowing.
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Yeah. So Eli, can we talk Swan Lake? Yes, I would
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absolutely love to. So you saw it recently too.
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I saw it on Saturday night. Okay, I went Friday
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evening. So we saw different casts. Who did you
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see? Oksana Maslov was the Odette O'Deal role.
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And Jack Thomas was the Prince. Siegfried. Correct.
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Correct. Okay. Friday was a little bit different.
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I saw Nyara, who I know is a Philly fave. And
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I also saw Zicheng. And I know he goes by Z by
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some friends. And amazing, amazing, amazing.
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For those who are unfamiliar with the plot, the
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swans are actually underspelled by a sketchy
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AF sorcerer. Is that correct? That's correct.
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And they transform. Into their human form only
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at midnight? Humans by day, swans by night. Okay.
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Is that correct? It might be the other way around,
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but they're partially human, also swans, depending
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on maybe the time of day. Okay. And that's how
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the prince falls for a debt. Yes. So one thing
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I wanted to mention about this is that whoever
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is performing that role, do they perform a dual
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role? Right. So traditionally, the role of Odette
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and Odile are played by the same principal ballerina.
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And now I have a question about that because
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there's that one part of the ballet where Odile
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is on stage and in the background is a window.
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Yes. That's Odette. Yes. Both of those women
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looked a lot like Oksana, so is that something
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that is videoed? Do you know if that's something
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that is videoed? I actually think they used two
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dancers. They just tried, and it's a scrim that's
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backlit, so it appears in silhouette, right,
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so they don't have to, you know. look identical
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you're not going to see like their face typically
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but i believe there is a dancer back there to
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show that oh she saw the betrayal you know um
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because obviously the same ballerina is out there
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performing the black swan right yes i was just
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puzzled it was remarkable just how much they
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look similar to each other I did want to say
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that usually fans of ballet can pinpoint a solo
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or a pas de deux or a pas de what have you as
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a favorite part of the production, right? But
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I just cannot wrap my head around how fantastic
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the core was. They were so synchronized just
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down to their eyelids. It was ever impressive.
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The Swan Squad. Yes. I love that swan squad.
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And I'm so happy you brought that up because
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actually when I go see dance performances, particularly
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large ballet companies like the Philadelphia
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Ballet, I am always looking for the big core
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moments because I think it's so much more impressive
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when a choreographer or rehearsal director restaging
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the work or whatever can really, you know, unite
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the troops, you know. every dancer has such a
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different background and stuff but when so many
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bodies come together on stage for a united cause
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i think the visual effects that are possible
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are just So stunning. I mean, you'll probably
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remember where they're just like doing some arm
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movements, but they're all going around in different
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formations, how stunning that is and how powerful
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it is. And so I am always drawn to the core,
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but especially in Swan Lake, it also felt very
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appropriate. I don't know when I was sitting
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there for Women's History Month, especially towards
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the end of the ballet when I just saw all these
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women on stage and I knew how strong they had
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to be. Act four, they'd probably done other diverts
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or other roles earlier in act one or three, and
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they're back there all together. It was a powerful
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moment. So I'm glad you liked it too. And can
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you explain for the person that might not be
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familiar, an avid ballet goer, what does Cora
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mean? Typically, ballet companies are divided
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into ranks. There's like a ranking system. So
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once you make it into the company, you'll typically
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join as a corps de ballet member, corps being
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C -O -R -P -S, the corps. This is typically the
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largest rank, and they make up the swans in Swan
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Lake. Then moving up the ranks, you'll probably
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have demi -soloist, then there'll be maybe first
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soloist, and then principal. There are different...
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Rankings, sub -rankings, wherever you go. I know
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Paris Opera Ballet, you can make it to Etoile,
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which translates to star. Star. And that is prima
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prima ballerina level. They have a few Etoiles
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I know right now. Yes, that's typically the ranking
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system. So if you're a core dancer, you're probably
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going to be dancing more. You can think of it
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as an ensemble role, providing kind of the framework
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and the background of a lot of the narrative
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works that ballet companies do. Did you get into
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anything else last weekend? So I was very much
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looking forward to Swan Lake. It was definitely
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the highlight of my weekend. Come Saturday, I
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had a very, very chill and lazy day. Other than
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I was very productive in the book that I am reading.
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I joined a book club this year, Lucinda, which...
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I went to USC, as you mentioned, and I majored
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in dance. So as you can imagine, it wasn't too
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much reading. It was a lot of moving my body.
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We did read some stuff, but I realized I hadn't
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really picked up a book in the longest time.
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And we're reading one per month. So I found myself
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with just a relaxing day. And I read pretty much
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the entire book on Saturday. And it was so, so
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good. Loved it. So it's called Tell Me Everything
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by Elizabeth Strout. It's also in Oprah's book
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club. It's basically not about. too too much
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just about all these characters in a fictional
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town and how their lives kind of overlap and
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cross each other and the author just does a great
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job of building empathy with these characters
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there's a lot of just real life stuff um a lot
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of sad stories and stuff but you find yourself
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you know empathizing with them which made the
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read just really enjoyable And it was perfect
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way to spend my Saturday. We are working hard
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at Ballet X right now, getting ready for our
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next show. So I really just wanted to be horizontal
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for a lot of Saturday. What about you, though?
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Anything else this weekend? Saturday mornings
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are always dedicated to toting around my oldest
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to all of his extracurricular activities. He's
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got two Saturday mornings and they're back to
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back. Afterwards, we headed over to Museum for
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Art and Wood, where we saw the Longest Distance
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Between Two Lines exhibition. And it's from artist
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Katie Hudnall. It was incredible. It's a very
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mechanical exhibition. They have staff there
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to demonstrate. And they'll pull, for instance,
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one of a bank of library doors. Through a system
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of pulleys, it can move a piece that is 30 feet
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away. It's indescribable. You have to go there
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to see it. I love that. So I think I would enjoy
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this exhibit. Yeah. That sounds great. You should
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definitely hit it. Okay. And then after we left
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the Museum for Art and Wood, Petit Garçon and
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I just bop around Old City looking at several
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art galleries. They just had First Friday the
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night before the galleries turn over a new show.
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Uh -huh. So there was a lot of new stuff to see.
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Yeah. I think we'll wrap up this intro. Totally.
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And on to the conversation. Greetings. This is
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Robert Marsh, and you're listening to Philly
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Has Heart Podcast. In this podcast, we sit down
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with artists, gallerists, educators, curators,
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and other creatives who comprise the Philadelphia
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art world to discuss upcoming performances, exhibits,
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and other events and initiatives that are not
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to be missed. The art scene in Philadelphia is
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so rich that it can seem daunting. Consider this
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your weekend cultural recommendation. With me
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always is my producer, Lucinda Degerland. Hello.
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And today we have Lauren Rosenblum of The Prince
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Center. We're so happy to have you today. It's
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nice to be here. Thank you for having me. Could
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you please let us know a little bit about The
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Prince Center and what its origin story is? So
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the Print Center is what I consider a legacy
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organization. It has had a long -term commitment
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to fostering the growth and understanding of
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printmaking and, within the last few decades,
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photography as well. We think of both of these
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mediums as a form of vital contemporary art.
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We have exhibitions, we issue publications, and
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we have a robust educational program. Our hope
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is that with our global outlook, we can also
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foster local commitment to the visual arts. We
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work with emerging and established artists, and
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we strive to make art accessible to all. Excellent.
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That sounds great. Thank you, Laura. When did
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you join the Print Center? I've been... in Philadelphia
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on staff since June of this past year. But I've
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had a longer relationship with the Print Center.
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I curated two exhibitions over the course of
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fall 2023 and spring 2024. And having previously
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lived in Philadelphia about 20 years ago, I was
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well familiar with the work of the Print Center.
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Oh, wow. Can you tell us a little bit about some
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of the exhibitions that are currently at the
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Print Center? So the Print Center has three rotations
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of exhibitions each year. We have a fall exhibition,
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a winter exhibition, and a spring exhibition.
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Every winter, we host the annual international
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competition, a juried show that attracts hundreds
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of artists working in printmaking and photography
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to submit their work for consideration by two
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jurors. And three of the finalists will present
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solo exhibitions. So this year we invited Drew
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Sawyer, curator of photography at the Whitney
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Museum of American Art, and Dr. Claudia Zapata,
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curator of Latinx art at the Blanton Art Museum
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at Austin Testis. Oh, wow. The jurors are from
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outside of the Print Center. That's correct.
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Oh, that's excellent. It's really wonderful to
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have... curators as esteemed and knowledgeable
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to really bolster the purview and introduce new
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ideas into the curatorial work we do at the Prince
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Center. If you consider the fact that the Prince
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Center staff is about five people and that I'm
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the only full -time curator, our capacity to
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introduce new artists to Philadelphia is expanded
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greatly when we're able to extend invitations
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to outside curators. Yes, definitely. They bring
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unique perspectives, different interests. They're
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attentive to different ideas that are circulating
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nationally or internationally. Drew is an expert
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in photography with special attention to issues
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of queer photography. Claudia is particularly
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interested in Latinx art as well as printmaking.
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So to know that we have two experts in these
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areas helping us to understand and observe currents.
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the kinds of issues and mediums and techniques
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that artists are working in today helps us to
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see these potential exhibiting artists afresh.
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In terms of the juried process, we invite the
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jurors to review all of the applicants. They
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go through hundreds of these applications, primarily
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just sifting through the submitted images of
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the artworks. They narrow down this pool of artists.
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to 35 semi -finalists and 10 finalists. And from
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that group of 10 finalists, we as a team at the
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Print Center select three artists for individual
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exhibitions. So currently on view, we have three
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shows by three artists. The first is Black Diamonds,
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the Black Outlaw Bikers by photographer Alana
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Aritam, who works and lives in Tucson, Arizona.
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We have the show The Sense of Brown by Anaheim
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-based photographer William Camargo. And then
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we have a beautiful printmaking exhibition called
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Echela Canas by Rhode Island -based printmaker
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Juana Estrada Hernandez. Oh, wow. And these have
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opened in January and will stay on view until
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April 5th. Okay, so all three are on view now.
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That's correct. The Print Center building is
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a 19th century carriage house that has its quirks
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and idiosyncratic nature to it. It has these
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beautiful windows facing Latimer Street and a
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really kind of modernist addition off the back
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built in the 1960s. And we have three galleries.
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So at any given time, we could have three exhibitions
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like we do now or one exhibition filling the
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entire space. Lovely. Could you tell us a little
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bit about your Artists in Schools program that
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you have? So as I mentioned, we have a couple
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of primary or foundational programs at the Print
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Center. One is our exhibition program. Another
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is our gallery store, both of which take place
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within our building. But our Artists in Schools
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program is a way to create educational programming
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that stems from the work we do but reaches out
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into our Philadelphia community. For the Artists
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in Schools program, we partner with Philadelphia
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-based artists as well as Philadelphia Title
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I schools to bring those artists into the classroom.
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These artists partner with educators and high
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school classrooms to develop... art activities,
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art programming that is based in the themes and
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ideas that we are exhibiting in our galleries.
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And then in return, we also ensure that these
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high school students can then visit the Prince
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Center and engage with the ideas directly in
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front of the art. Oh, that's lovely. Yeah, and
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so we create these wonderful partnerships with
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both artists working in Philadelphia, supporting
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them, and creating ideally... some professional
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opportunities and also hopefully expanding access
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to the students in our city lauren you mentioned
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the gallery store i know that whenever i think
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of a store in relation to a museum it's a little
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bit more commercial than i think what you guys
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have at the Print Center. Do I have that right?
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Yeah, that is correct. We are a non -profit,
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and as I was saying, one of our central missions
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is to uplift the work of Philadelphia artists.
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One way we can do that is through exhibitions,
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allowing artists to create ideas through display.
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And another is to make artworks by Philadelphia
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artists available for purchase. We work directly
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with these artists, inviting them to make works
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available in our store. so anyone can come in
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and take a look around. We have a whole host
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of different styles. made by artists throughout
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various stages in their career and really at
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very reasonable price points as well. Excellent.
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We have artist books, we have illustrated catalogs,
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we have tote bags. The idea is that prints and
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photography are accessibly priced mediums and
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that working with our gallery store manager,
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somebody could find something for their own home
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and know that they're directly supporting the
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work of community artists. A great place to pick
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up some gifts. You know, even through the holiday
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season, Mother's Day is coming up eventually.
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Mother's Day is coming up, guys. The store is
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open when the Prince Center is open. So Tuesday
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through Saturday, 11 to 6. Excellent. For those
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younger generations of Philadelphians, how can
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they be engaged with the Prince Center? There
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are a number of ways. You're welcome to drop
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by whenever we're open. We're generally welcoming
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a group. We're going to say hello. We're going
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to ask what brings you in, if there's any questions
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we could answer. For every exhibition, we have
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an opening reception. We also have rotating programs.
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For every exhibition, we'll host an artist talk
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so that our community could hear from the artists
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themselves. We love those. Those are the best.
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I mean, I'm going to say it every time someone
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brings them up. The opportunity that an audience
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member can have when you get to actually speak
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with the artist to learn about their process
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and about what they were thinking about or how
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they interpret the art themselves versus the
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way that you might have interpreted the art is
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just... He has said this nearly every time. I
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just love them. I do. I do. I have to say I do
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as well. In the short amount of time that I've
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been making exhibitions at the Print Center,
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I've really come to see my role as being. kind
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of a conduit. Yes. And I find that we work with
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artists at this really special moment in their
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careers where they've accrued experience and
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confidence in their practices and what they make,
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and that we're oftentimes just a welcomed opportunity
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to present that to the world. So I have the privilege
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of... having these very deep conversations about
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motivation, intent, aspiration for their work,
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and trying to help facilitate that realization
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in physical space. And so I'm in a privileged
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position to ask the kind of questions that I
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know will light up their faces and inspire them
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to really connect with an audience because I
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have had the opportunity and I've been inspired
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by them as well. And, you know... I'm also really
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pleased to be part of the print center community
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that gets in there, asks questions, wants to
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know, welcomes people when they visit from out
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of town, welcomes artists when they're coming
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in from out of town, and is keen to be there
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as well, that it's usually a casual experience
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or one that really goes deep. People want to
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know how things are made, why they're made, and
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the stories behind them, and you often find that
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at a print center program. Lauren, can you share
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a little bit about your curating process and
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how you go to selecting the artists and then
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potentially giving us a little insight on what
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goes into pulling all of their art together?
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That's a very big set of questions. Yes, it is.
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Sorry. I'll do my best. I'll do my best. The
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Print Center's focus on printmaking and photography
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is actually quite rare. We're one of very few
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organizations committed to contemporary printmaking
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and one of a handful that extends that to photography
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as well. So a lot of my work is really understanding
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what artists are doing. looking at what artists
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are making, trying to understand what inspires
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them, what techniques they're using, what ideas
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they're thinking through, and the means of communicating
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that. And so in part, the work of organizing
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exhibitions is knowing what artists are making.
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And so that will really propel a solo exhibition,
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right? The identification of somebody who can
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make a really strong statement. who really is
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thinking through things in a unique way and trying
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to communicate them in a process -oriented and
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an expansive way on another level think about
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themes and ideas that either the artists themselves
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feel potent or I feel is particularly potent
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to address our times. And that's bringing together,
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right, group shows, exhibitions that are particularly
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strong in communicating relevant ideas. Our city
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in 2026 is going to be thinking a lot about the
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legacy of the founding of our nation and the
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Declaration of Independence. And so this is an
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example of a whole arts community that's going
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to be thinking through how their institution
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can... Contribute to that conversation and the
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print center plans on doing that as well thinking
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about the ways in which historically printmaking
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has been a medium that allows artists to think
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about what it means to be Participating in democratic
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life and having civic ideals and concerns And
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so we will be partnering with printmaking workshops
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across the United States in order to do that
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To make an exhibition, I often find myself directly
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in dialogue with artists, going to their studios,
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looking through what's there, speaking with them
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about the prints, photographs, or even sculpture
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and otherwise. The objects that they feel are
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the most urgent, the most important, the most
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communicative, and creating dialogue with them
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about how they would like to present their art
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to the world our spaces are only so big we can
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only show so much art and artists are constantly
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wanting to show the newest thing the next thing
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but you know my job in making those selections
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is really about centering the essence helping
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and guiding the selection of artworks that tell
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coherent stories and i don't mean narratives
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in the sense of an order of operations or moving
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from one place to another, but really communicating
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an idea through various facets or maybe reiterating
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one idea over and over again. And so selection
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happens perhaps a little more organically than
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can be described, but it really is a combination
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of intent on the artist's behalf and the kinds
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of stories that we can tell in our space. That's
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beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing that.
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Lauren, can you tell us a little bit about the
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upcoming exhibition? Sure. This spring, the Print
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Center will be hosting an exhibition by artist
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Cecilia Paredes, a Peruvian -born, Philadelphia
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-based photographer and sculptor. And this will
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be her first show in Philadelphia, despite having
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lived here for over 15 years. She makes beautiful
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photographs. that she describes as performance
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photography. And we'll be showing two bodies
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of work in our exhibition, one in which she describes
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as landscapes, but are really, in actuality,
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landscapes of her body and landscapes of fabric.
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She has, she selects fabrics, ornamental, decorative
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fabrics, paints her body to match the pattern
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ways of these fabrics, and then poses with them.
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In the second set of works, she then poses in
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abandoned industrial buildings in the Pennsylvania
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suburbs, engaging with these textile mills, creating
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costumes, and moving through them in an equally
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poignant form of landscape. And for her, whether
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they're these constructed textile performances
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or kind of more gestural engagements with machinery.
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She's an artist thinking about migration and
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movement, whether they be physical geographic
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movements, being a person who had to leave countries
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in Latin America due to political unrest, but
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also the experience of emotional migration, the
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ways in which we leave places but perhaps never
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really forget them. Oh, wow. And lastly, we'll
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be showing a large sculpture called Wishes. where
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she's solicited the wishes of our community and
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will be sculpting a kind of paper tornado in
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our gallery. That is going to be great. It will.
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The show opens in April. Okay. And we have a
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reception with the artist on April 17th. Oh,
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check that out, everyone. That'd be great to
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see. We'll put that in the show notes, too. Thank
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you. Yes, yes. We'll move into our next segment,
26:20
which are a couple of rapid -fire questions for
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you. If you could describe the Philly art scene
26:28
in one word, what would it be? Community. Lovely.
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If you could have any piece of art in your home,
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what would it be? Now, this is a very challenging
26:39
question for somebody who loves art. I imagine
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people have said that to you in the past. If
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I were to select... an artwork for my home it
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would be a large abstract painting by Joan Mitchell
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an important 20th century mid -century abstract
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painter who was slightly younger than the generation
26:59
of Jackson Pollock, but brought the kind of gusto
27:02
and vigor and gesture and scale to abstraction
27:08
that would only enliven, enrich, and create a
27:11
vital space to live within. Oh, that sounds great.
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We're going to link her in the show notes. A
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current artist that people are sleeping on. Philadelphia
27:21
-based. I'm really excited about the work of
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photographer Will Harris, someone I've gotten
27:28
to know in returning to Philadelphia recently.
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He has made a beautiful photo book called You
27:35
Can Call Me Nana, in which he documents his relationship
27:38
with his grandmother, who towards the end of
27:41
her life suffered from dementia. And it's a moving
27:45
portrait of her and her relationship with him
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that... is never saccharine, but really a testament
27:55
to love and affection in family. And it's absolutely
28:00
beautiful. That's great. That's great. And finally,
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your favorite beverage at the moment? Oh, seltzer.
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A flavor of choice? No, I got a drink made, and
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it's an everyday thing for me now. Perfect. Where
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can the audience find the Prince Center? You
28:18
can find us at 1614 Latimer Street in the Rittenhouse
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neighborhood. We'd love to see you there and
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welcome you. You can also find us at printcenter
28:27
.org. Where can we find you on social media?
28:30
You can find us on Instagram at The Print Center.
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Excellent. Thank you so much for your time today,
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Lauren. And everyone, please check out The Print
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Center. They have amazing exhibitions that are
28:43
coming up and that are currently there and some
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great programming to check out. Thank you so
28:48
much. Eli, what are you getting into this weekend?
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So this is actually kind of an exciting weekend.
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I've kind of booked out my Saturday. The plan
29:07
is to take a train up to New York City. I'm going
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to be seeing Gautier Dance Company, which is
29:13
a European dance company. They're performing
29:15
at the Joyce Theater. Starting, I believe, on
29:18
Wednesday, going through the weekend, I have
29:20
a friend from USC in the company. So otherwise,
29:23
I wouldn't get to see them much because they
29:25
live overseas. So getting to see them perform
29:27
is super exciting. I'm going to see the matinee
29:29
show. After that, I'm actually going to head
29:31
over to New York City Center, and I'm seeing
29:33
Twyla Tharp dance at City Center this weekend.
29:36
I have a friend in that show as well. I get to
29:41
see a live dance performance. I almost always
29:43
take it. The dance floor, as you know, gets smaller
29:46
and smaller as I just seem to get older and older.
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So I feel like I know of or have mutuals in a
29:52
lot of the shows around Philly and New York.
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And so I can't wait to go see both of those this
29:56
weekend. But what do you have going on? Thursday
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or tomorrow, I am going to the Henry Merker opening
30:04
at Next Fab. at the 1800 American location. And
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those who listened to our first podcast episode
30:12
might remember Katie Sorensen of the Museum for
30:17
Art and Wood speaking about how Henry really
30:19
takes a sustainable approach to his art. This
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weekend, I'm going to visit the Bridget Meyer
30:26
Gallery. Robert and I went to an opening there
30:30
not too long ago for the PAFA show. I understand
30:35
that there's some Alan Bentley work in the vault
30:38
there that I simply must check out. Robert and
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I are talking with Bridget about potentially
30:45
doing a collab with her later in the year. Fingers
30:48
crossed that it works out. And with that, Philly
30:52
has hearts. And art! Sure.