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Thanks to the @hurfordcenter for awarding a Tuttle Creative Residency for Keg de Souza to come to town for these programs.

Please join us on October 21st at Noon for the demonstration of listening to indigo plants and see a new publication Blue Gold, and join again on October 28th at 430pm. Both take place at @haverfordvcam in conjunction with the Eco-Social Realism exhibit opening at @hcexhibits on Friday October 23rd at 430pm.

Thank you to everyone at Hurford Center, VCAM and Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery and thanks especially to @dylan__gauthier__ (Visiting Assistant Professor, Bi-Co Department of Environmental Studies) for his collaboration throughout this process and stewarding the Tuttle Creative Residency program to support this visit.

Details:

Keg de Souza’s VCAMBient Biofeedback Demonstration and Publication Launch
Wednesday, October 21
12 p.m. @ VCAM Lounge

Expanding on her work, Blue Gold, featured in the upcoming CFG Exhibition “Eco Social Realism” curated by Daniel Tucker, Keg will host a deep listening session, Listening to Indigo: Echoes of Blue Gold, with indigo plants grown in the Haverfarm.

A new publication, Blue Gold, will be shared at this event.

Banana Lecture
Wednesday, October 28
4:30–6 p.m. @ VCAM Screening Room

Bananas: A Wild Story explores the banana as a site of cultural, political and ecological entanglement. From colonial plantations to contemporary supermarkets, this everyday fruit reveals a complex story of globalisation, labour exploitation, monoculture plantations and myth-making. The event will also feature banana-based tastings developed in response to themes explored in the lecture, alongside songs that echo and expand upon its stories, offering a multisensory experience of this most iconic fruit.

About Keg:
Keg de Souza is an artist of Goan ancestry who lives on unceded Gadigal land in Sydney. Architecturally trained, she creates social and spatial environments, making reference to her lived experiences of squatting and organising with projects that use plant and food politics, temporary architecture, publishing and radical pedagogy. Read more at https://www.kegdesouza.com/ and follow @fakinandkeggs taken in Haverford College by @ecosocialseries

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We could not be more excited to invite you to the opening reception of Eco-Social Realism at Haverford College’s Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery (Whitehead Campus Center, 80 Coursey Rd, Ardmore, PA 19003).

Join us on Friday, October 23 at 4:30 PM for a talk by the curator and four of the participating artists, and then a reception in the gallery from 5:30 PM until 7 PM.

The Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery is one of five exhibit sites throughout the region and will include artwork from Keg de Souza, Sarah Kavage, Lize Mogel, Kristen Neville Taylor, Laurie Palmer, and Rosten Woo.

In addition to the opening, there will be several programs you will not want to miss, including:

+ VCAMBient Biofeedback Demonstration and Blue Gold Publication Launch on Wednesday, October 21 at 12 PM. in the VCAM Lounge, Haverford College

+ Banana Lecture and Bananas: A Wild Story Publication Launch on Wednesday, October 28, 4:30–6 PM in the VCAM Screening Room, Haverford College

+ SCALING UP & DOWN SCREENING
On Saturday, November 14, 5–7:30 p.m. at Ulises (1525 N American St Studio 104, Philadelphia, PA 19122). Featuring videos by Laurie Palmer, David Scott Kessler, Lize Mogel, and Brian Holmes & Jeremy Bolen (Moderator: Dylan Gauthier)

The exhibition and programs at the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery and VCAM are supported by Haverford College’s John B. Hurford ’60 Center for the Arts and Humanities and the Tuttle Creative Residencies Program with faculty collaboration from Dylan Gauthier (Visiting Assistant Professor, Bi-Co Department of Environmental Studies, Haverford College) by @ecosocialseries

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Join us next Saturday at @bigrampphilly for the opening of the next exhibit site in Eco-Social Realism featuring the work of Cynthia Hooper, Sarah Kanouse, and Sean Starowitz.

Eco-Social Realism brings together artworks that show an increased in-
terest in infrastructural and bioregional practices that can visualize and
embody the territorial scale of both problems and solutions related to the
climate crisis. Hooper, Kanouse and Starowitz’s explorations of water and
electrical infrastructure through personal, observational and playful methods demonstrate a range of aesthetic and political commitments.

This is the 3rd exhibit in this series and was supported by @collectivefutures.info - See you at Big Ramp (2024 East Westmoreland Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19134, United States)! taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by @ecosocialseries

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Over the Summer of 2026 4 artists/groups activated 4 historic mural sites with support from @muralarts and now the results of their activations are on view at @tiltinstitute - come hear from the artists (José Ortiz-Pagán, Li Sumpter, Lori Waselchuk, and Ricky Yanas & Grimaldi Baez) during a tour and panel discussion with the curator next thursday October 8th at 6pm at TILT! Installation photos by Constance Mensh. taken in TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image by @ecosocialseries

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18 days ago

Announcing memberships for

Eco-Social

Salon,

Site-Seeing,

and Screening Series

Donate $5 a month through patreon.com/cw/EcoSocialSeries (also linked in bio)

and get a ESSSSS tote bag!

Thanks to our first 6 members: Cyril Reade, Emily Miles, Sam Horowitz, Stephanie Bursese, Alyson Giantisco, and Cynthia Hooper!

Support

Eco-Social

Salon,

Site-Seeing,

and Screening Series

to grow and thrive and keep doing what you love!

Donate $5 a month through patreon.com/cw/EcoSocialSeries (also linked in bio)

and get a ESSSSS tote bag!

Thanks to our models Sean Starowitz, Li Sumpter, Ryan Strand Greenberg and Fanny by @ecosocialseries

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The next Eco-Social Realism opening reception this Saturday 9/19 takes place in western Chester County and can be accessed by A(Mobile)DRIFT, a bus trip organized by @streetroad_artistsspace for @fringearts festival. Tickets are limited so if you want that collective experience that’s the way to go! If you want to choose your own experience, check out Eco-Social Series online for a list of regional recommendations put together by the artist @seabasshell at ecosocialseries.wordpress.com by @ecosocialseries

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Mark your calendars for Saturday September 19th opening of Eco-Social Realism at Street Road Artists Space at 725 Street Road Cochranville, PA 19330. This part of the multi-site exhibit will feature work by The Biomaterials Working Group, Sébastien Derenoncourt, Sam Horowitz, and Kaitlin Pomerantz.

For those looking to have a collective travel experience, join Street Road’s 2026 A(mobile)DRIFT which is part of the 2026 Philadelphia Fringe Festival. From 1-7pm join this participatory dérive, and ride a bus from Philadelphia to Cochranville to the Eco-Social Realism Reception and back. Work by Biomaterials Working Group and Pablo Nez Garcia will be included along the way. You must RSVP for this bus option!

Details on the opening and the bus are at https://www.streetroad.org/eco-social_realism.html by @ecosocialseries

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Mark your calendar for Eco-Social Realism: Historic Mural Activations opening on September 10th from 6-9 PM at TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image. This project, supported by Mural Arts Philadelphia, has grown out of a series of historic mural activations which took place on the site of murals by by Ras Malik, Diane Keller, Dennis Haugh and Ana Uribe throughout the summer of 2026. The exhibition features new work by artists José Ortiz-Pagán, Li Sumpter, Lori Waselchuk, and Ricky Yanas & Grimaldi Baez and was curated by Daniel Tucker and project managed by Pete Angevine. We hope you will also join us for a walking tour on September 11th at 3pm of historic ecologically, garden and pastoral themed murals in the neighborhood which will be lead by Jane Golden (Mural Arts Philadelphia founder and former executive director) and Joan Reilly (former COO of Mural Arts Philadelphia). And mark your calendars for a panel discussion with the activation artists on October 8th at TILT Institute. RSVP at Tiltinstitute.org for those events.

Follow along at @ecosocialseries for more information on other Eco-Social Realism events hapenining throughout the Fall of 2026. by @ecosocialseries

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ESSSSSS is thrilled to announce Eco-Social Realism, a regional scale, multi-site exhibition that will bring together artworks that show an increased interest in infrastructural and bioregional practices that can visualize and embody the territorial scale of both problems and solutions related to the climate crisis.

Featured Artists include: Paper Buck, Carolina Caycedo, Federico Cuatlacuatl, Keg de Souza, Sebastien Derenoncourt, Aislinn Pentecost Farren, Biomaterials Working Group, Alicia Grullon, Brian Holmes & Jeremy Bolen, Cynthia Hooper, Samuel Sarosh Horowitz, Sarah Kanouse, Sarah Kavage, David Scott Kessler, Lize Mogel, Karyn Olivier, Laurie Palmer, Jose Ortiz Pagan, Kaitlin Pomerantz, Li Sumpter, Sean Starowitz, Kristen Neville Taylor, Lori Waselchuk, Rosten Woo, and Ricky Yanas & Grimaldi Baez.

The exhibition and related programs will span from September 10 to December 19, 2026 across TILT Institute (@tiltinstitute ) with Mural Arts Philadelphia (@muralarts ), Street Road Artists Space (@streetroad_artistsspace ), Big Ramp (@bigrampphilly ), The Watershed (@watershedphl ), the Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery at Haverford College (@hcexhibits ), Rowan University Museum of Contemporary Art (@rowanuartmuseum ), Ulises (@ulisesbooks ), and Facing Bench (@facingbench ).

Find out more at https://exhibits.haverford.edu/ecosocialrealism/ and follow us at @ecosocialseries and support the work for $5 a month as a member on Patreon and get a free tote bag: https://www.patreon.com/cw/EcoSocialSeries by @ecosocialseries

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Thanks to everyone who joined us last weekend for Jose Ortiz Pagan’s historic mural activation. We are excited to share the details for the next activation on Saturday August 22nd at 10am - “Escape Artist – Urban Oasis” a tarot-inspired mini deck developed by multidisciplinary artist Li Sumpter taking place at the park next to 1920 N 5th Street In between Berks and Norris (in Norris Square, Philadelphia). There are only a limited number of spots for this program so please hold your spot by RSVPing at the link in the bio. taken in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania by @ecosocialseries

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Saturday July 11th, 2026 6-8pm

José Ortiz-Pagán’s Verde mas Profundo (Even Deeper Green)

At The Emerald Wildflower Garden 2309 Emerald Street Philadelphia, PA 19125

Join us for a meal and a performance by José Ortiz-Pagán developed in response to the mural Forest Green (1996) by Ras Malik at The Emerald Wildflower Garden. Ortiz-Pagán will engage with Malik’s mural through storytelling and ritual as part of a series called Eco-Social Realism: Historic Mural Activations developed with Mural Arts which will be exhibited next fall at TILT Institute and be par

As Ortiz-Pagán writes, the activation unfolds across three movements: a masked frog, an emissary between worlds, tracing a performative path; attendees are then invited to compose a plant bath from herbs gathered in the garden or drawn from the surrounding region; and a shared meal closes the circle with an intimate audience. Together, these gestures form a communal act of reconnection, a turning toward restoration through the quiet of collective ritual and gathering.

We hope that you will join us for this intimate evening!

Thanks to Jeff Carpineta and The Perch for their co-sponsorship of this program.

Artist Bio:

José Ortiz-Pagán, a Puerto Rican artist based in Philadelphia, uses art as a tool for social change, recontextualizing spirituality as a form of resistance. His work empowers communities through collective rituals and storytelling. Notable projects include *A Solitary Procession*, a space for mourning with dignity, and *Summoning of Memory*, a performance in Kensington exploring self-agency through shared memory. In 2025, he completed *From Soil to Stars*, an artist residency at the University of Pennsylvania. His work has been exhibited internationally and received recognition from NALAC, the Philadelphia Foundation and in 2026 he was awarded a Pew Fellowship.

Save the Date:

Eco-Social Realism: Historic Mural Activations
Curated by Daniel Tucker for Mural Arts Philadelphia and TILT Institute
Featuring new artwork by: José Ortiz-Pagán, Li Sumpter, Lori Waselchuk, and Ricky Yanas & Grimaldi Baez
Project Management by Pete Angevine
September-November 2026

Opening September 10th, 2026! taken in The Perch Music & Arts Community by @ecosocialseries

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Thanks to those who came out for Lori Waselchuk’s photo portraits! We’ve got another historic mural activation coming up next week!

Join us on Saturday, June 6 from 10 AM - 12 PM for Cinema Verde Field Recording with Ricky Yanas & Grimaldi Baez
Join us for a field recording workshop with artists with Ricky Yanas and Grimaldi Baez specifically in response to the 1998 mural Cinema Verde by Dennis Haugh and the site of Liberty Lands more broadly. Participants will join for a morning session of communal sonic collection. Participants will take turns recording audio activity in Liberty Lands Park in the Northern Liberties neighborhood of Philadelphia. This real-time recording session will be documented and included in a film being made by Yanas & Baez. All participants must sign an image release to participate. The collected audio material will be used to produce a score for Yanas’ and Baez’s upcoming Eco Social Realism film which will premier at Eco-Social Realism: Historic Mural Activations developed with Mural Arts which will be exhibited next fall at TILT Institute and be part of a regional exhibition series Eco-Social Realism. by @ecosocialseries

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