Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens: Monumental Mosaics

Today I had the kind of Professional Development day Art Teachers dream about!!!

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We went to Philly

Saw great Art

Ate a really good Ruben

Met an eccentric Artist

Toured his working space

His home

And more working space

And…

Everything applied to me and what I teach!

We went to Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens to meet artist Isaiah Zagar 

and explore his monumental mosaics.

http://www.philadelphiasmagicgardens.org/

I can’t believe I have never been there before! If you live close (or not) it is a trip well worth taking!

We set out on a mission to learn as much as possible about Isaiah, his process, and relationship with his community, so we might be able to design out own community art projects or spaces.

We got all that and more!

 We had the opportunity to tour Isaiah’s home and current warehouse project along with the 

artist himself and his dog Mr. Blue.

 I know my gears are already turning. I want to mosaic so badly!

I can’t wait to see what types of wonderful collaborative and community based 

art projects this trip inspires.

The Fabulous Art Ed staff of EPSD

Thank you Isaiah for a truly wonderful day!

The windows may have been my favorite part