Event

Assemblage: Exploring Social Change through Collage

Saturday, October 4 2PM - 4PM rain or shine
Parkway Central Free Library (1901 Vine Street Room 131/132 Philadelphia, PA 19103)

Make your own collage protest poster inspired by Nicolo Gentile’s Bar None installation at this Collage Philadelphia-facilitated workshop!

The Association for Public Art (aPA) in partnership with the Parkway Central Library presents a hands-on workshop that explores the collage medium as a response and in dialogue with artist Nicolo Gentile’s public artwork Bar None, commissioned for aPA’s 2025 Art on the Parkway program and currently on view at Maja Park at 22nd Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway through October 26, 2025.

Facilitated by Collage Philadelphia, participants will delve into the art of cutting and reassembling printed historic images and newspaper headlines. By the end of the workshop, participants will have built their own narratives around public spaces as sites of civic gathering, drawing inspiration from Bar None’s homage to the layered legacy of protest and public assembly that defines the iconic Benjamin Franklin Parkway in Philadelphia.

Free with registration. Space is limited, so please register in advance!