The Village of Arts and Humanities
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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.[1] 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.[1][2]
The Village was the subject of a Public Broadcasting Service documentary entitled An Angel in the Village.[3][4]
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. [5].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).[6] Twice a year the PPC, provided fellowships to formerly incarcerated women to lead creative campaigns to support and expand legal services, bailouts, advocacy efforts.[7]
CRED Philly Magazine
Philadelphia based The Village of Arts and Humanities magazine, CRED magazine[8], 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.
