Join the Beauty of the Week: Artist Tours at Our House Culture Center in Philadelphia. This exhibition showcases the incredible works of Qiaira Riley, an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and cultural worker. Riley's pieces include a series of cyanotypes and ceramics that were created during her time as the 2023 Leeway Foundation x Fleisher Artist in Residence. The exhibition will be open from January 13th, 2024, to February 14th, 2024, with viewing times available on Wednesdays, Saturdays, and Sundays from noon to 4PM. To ensure a smooth visit, please register at least one day in advance. For those unable to make it during the designated times, appointments can be arranged by emailing qiaira14@gmail.com. 

"Beauty of the Week" is a captivating exploration of Black vernacular interiors and intimacy through ceramics, cyanotypes, painting, and video. Inspired by the cultural ephemera found in publications like Jet magazine, Riley intertwines her personal aesthetic memory with the collective Black American visual language. Her use of cyanotypes, a 170-year-old photographic process, pays homage to her family by reproducing personal and collective imagery in her grandmother's favorite shade of blue. The exhibition is a celebration of familial archives and the role they play in our collective and individual remembrance. 

Qiaira Riley, a Chicago-born artist currently based in Philadelphia, holds a dual B.A. in Black Studies and Studio Art. She also earned an M.F.A in Socially Engaged Studio Art from Moore College of Art and Design. Riley's work is heavily influenced by the visual language of Chicago's south-side, Black vernacular interiors, and reality TV. She is a founding member of 2.0, a collective that curates free, experimental offerings for Black femmes and women. Riley's creativity extends beyond her artwork, as she is also the host of "Something You Can Feel," a black art history podcast. 

Don't miss the opportunity to experience the Beauty of the Week: Artist Tours and immerse yourself in Qiaira Riley's captivating creations. Admission is free. Mark your calendars for January 14th, 2024, and join us at Our House Culture Center on Germantown Avenue in Philadelphia.

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I have to say that the Penn Museum is also a No. 1 museum. The exhibits are rich, unique, and academic. In particular, the Chinese national treasures in the Asian Pavilion are moving... The consulting service is also very satisfactory. The Egyptian Pavilion is under renovation, but some of the cultural relics have been merged into other pavilions. The national treasures of Mesopotamia in the Middle East and the Mayan Aztec civilization in New America are astonishing. There are really piles of ancient Greek and Roman cultural relics. The underground special exhibition even has an introduction to the U2 aircraft incident in 1960... In short, the Penn Museum is worth the trip!

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I feel that the attractions in downtown Philadelphia are really excellent. The historic sites near the Liberty Bell are under the unified management of National Park. Opposite the Liberty Bell is a large visitor center where you can consult Philadelphia&#39;s travel guide. The staff and volunteers here are also very enthusiastic to help give travel advice and answer consultation questions. There is also a small souvenir shop here, where you can buy refrigerator magnets, notebooks, postcards and other related Philadelphia souvenirs.

There are also exhibition explanations in the visitor center. Although it is relatively miniature compared to the museum, it still does not affect the number of tourists here. If you come by car, there is a parking lot in the basement of the Independence Hall Visitor Center for everyone to park. Although parking in the city center of Philadelphia is not very convenient and parking spaces are not easy to find, it is recommended that everyone park in the underground parking lot of the visitor center. If you come during the peak season, you need to apply for the ticket to the Independence Hall at the visitor center first, but I don&rsquo;t know if it is because of the epidemic. You don&rsquo;t need to take a ticket when you come, you can go directly to visit.

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The Liberty Bell was originally in the palace of the Independence Palace, and then it was displayed in the memorial hall on the lawn because the bell body cracked. This time, the display stand at the visitor center was also empty. Another knowledge point was that cracks first appeared when it was transported to Philadelphia in 1752, and then after several repairs, there were still cracks, so they gave up repairing it. And it was this bell that rang on July 4, 1776. The Liberty Bell has also been relocated several times. Although the locations of each relocation were not far away, people were still worried that there would be more serious cracks. They also installed a micro-variable displacement sensor on the bell that can test the movement of one millionth of a meter to test whether it is suitable for relocation. Every visit seems to unlock different little knowledge points, which is probably one of the pleasures of traveling.

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