The Village of Arts and Humanities is an arts organization in North Philadelphia. The Village was founded by Lily Yeh, an artist and Chinese immigrant who was a tenured professor at the Philadelphia School of Fine Arts.Art in the Village, Yes Magazine, May 25, 2005 It has renovated dozens of urban lots and empty buildings with murals, mosaics, and gardens. In 2001 it received the Rudy Bruner Award for Urban Excellence.
The Village was the subject of a Public Broadcasting Service documentary entitled An Angel in the Village.Going Toward the Light: Philadelphia's Village of Arts and Humanities, The Wallace Foundation, March 2003Angel in the Village
Programs and Projects
People's Paper Co-op
The People's Paper Co-op was a program based at The Village of Arts and Humanities that seeks women in reentry as the leading criminal experts. .Through the sales of artworks and t-shirts the People's Paper Co-op raised over $240,000 to free black mothers and caregivers for Mother's Day (2018-2024). Twice a year the PPC, provided fellowships to formerly incarcerated women to lead creative campaigns to support and expand legal services, bailouts, advocacy efforts.
CRED Philly Magazine
Philadelphia based The Village of Arts and Humanities magazine, CRED magazinehttps://villagearts.org/portfolio-item/cred-philly-magazine/?portfolioCats=73%2C72%2C74, was a magazine innovative to feature youth artists. The self curated and published magazine is the work of a network of motivated artists from across the Philadelphia region, all of which are under the age of 25. The project was realized through mentorship with community members.
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Bruner Foundation Gold Medal, 2001 Village of Arts and Humanities uses digital production to highlight youth issues, Technically Philly, February 16, 2010