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Fairhill: Artist Debuts Homecoming Ceramics Show

October 18, 2018 Brianna Baker

Ceramic artist Roberto Lugo (above) grew up in North Philadelphia but has been featured in collections around the world. This summer he brought his work back to the community that raised him with his show Boricua,

Manayunk: Johnny Destructo’s Hero Complex Comic Store Opens for Business

October 27, 2015 Colleen Campbell

JD Korejko, better known as Johnny Destructo, recently opened up his Hero Complex shop in Manayunk to sell his collection of comics, action figures, T-shirts and personal illustrative art. He has been an avid comic book fan

Fishtown’s BAIT Creates Space for Recent Art School Graduates

May 13, 2014

During the last year of her undergraduate career at Tyler School of Art, Kate Speidel imagined her own artist’s space as an idea for a class assignment to compose a grant. “It was a very

Brian Potash, 39, is the owner of Devilfish Ink, a printmaking and graphic design business that has enjoyed a 17-year run.

East Kensington: A Long Road to Martha Street for Devilfish Ink

March 17, 2014

In an annex of Philadelphia Brewing Company, Brian Potash, 39, owns and operates Devilfish Ink – a printmaking and graphic design company that he has run for 17 years. But it wasn’t until four years

Brian Potash, 39, is the owner of Devilfish Ink and has been in business for 17 years.

East Kensington: Five Artists to Know

February 26, 2014

No matter what point they’ve reached in their careers so far, artists across the disciplines are flocking to East Kensington, where a sense of art and community is becoming more and more established. 1. Brian

Plan Philly: West Poplar Locksmith’s Faded Sign Gets Repainted

June 17, 2013

With the 115th anniversary of the Hermann Henssler Locksmith came the repainting of its faded business sign at the corner of 13th and Cambridge streets. Fifth-generation locksmith John Henssler was in disbelief when a stranger in