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written for Tapestry Art Today, Spring 2013
I write this article with the overall hope to inspire and instigate personal and social change among us, as weavers, to ignite a spark of possibility…
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Press
Urban Fabric
by Mimi Ziegler
A loaded paintbrush in hand, the artist Kathryn Pannepacker crouches down and applies a black stroke to a steel panel. It’s a late afternoon…
Shagging Opens at William Way
by Natalie Hope McDonald
“I am interested in the gestural quality of the woven line,” says Kathryn Pannepacker, a Philadelphia artist who showcases her new works…
moving picture: down on arts street, textiles transform and transcend
by Walking Whale
Kathryn Pannepacker did not want to see a great idea come to a conclusion with the unveiling of a textile mural devoted to the city's homeless…
Historic G’tn home gives birth to ‘Bird Song’ exhibit
by Carole Verona
Kathryn Pannepacker, a textile/visual artist, has lived and studied as far away as Hachioji, Japan, and Aubusson, France, but she found the inspiration for…
Art as Activism, Art as Practice
by Modern Mystic Podcast
Art is a powerful vehicle & practice that can create healing & transformation on the inside of ourselves and in our outer communities at large…
Kensington StoreFront
The Love Lot: Where Step Up to the Plate offers free meals, live music, and medical attention to Kensington residents during COVID-19
by Solmaira Valerio
When coronavirus cut off access to in-person services in Kensington, Step Up to the Plate, a collaboration between…
What it's like to make art on the front lines of Philly's opioid epidemic
by Samantha Melamed
Along Kensington Avenue these days, people are dispensing with the niceties. A man panhandling on a recent Tuesday…
One year in, Mural Arts sees progress combating opioids with art in Kensington
by Michaela Winberg
It was last summer when a man with addiction ran into the Mural Arts Kensington Storefront, badly beaten up and bleeding. He didn’t ask…
Kensington Storefront workers facing the opioid crisis head-on: ‘We need more help’ from the city
by Grace Shallow
A do-it-yourself attitude is integral at the Kensington Storefront, a public art-making space that hosts programs…
Finding hope at the Kensington Storefront Hub | Opinion
by Jane Golden
The opening days of 2019 continue to remind us that the impact of the opioid epidemic, both in Philadelphia and…