Stories

Stories is an interview series featuring artists and creatives in every neighborhood in Philadelphia. This is a partnership between The Philadelphia Citizen and Forman Arts Initiative, and it will run on both The Citizen and the FAI website.

Jake Dombroski

RJ Rushmore

Jake Dombroski’s Collage Philadelphia is building a community around the most accessible of art forms, including in a show now open at the Athenaeum.

Spel

RJ Rushmore

As a young man, Spel was one of Philadelphia’s most-recognized graffiti writers. Since 1990, he’s been restricted to making art behind bars, incarcerated for a crime that he says he did not commit.

Sam Heimer

RJ Rushmore

Artist Sam Heimer has made a career out of making joyfully macabre, darkly nostalgic illustrations in a bid to celebrate All Hallows Eve all year long.

Ted Passon

Logan Cryer

Is Ted Passon, co-director of Philly D.A. and creator of the new Hulu documentary rom-com Patrice: The Movie, just a South Jersey guy who got lucky — or a humble visionary who just so happens to collab with the likes of Alex De Corte and Tierra Whack?