Mural Arts at the Gallery is operating in a former retail space where visitors can purchase books and artwork by artists who painted the city's world-famous murals.
Some of the art will be replicas of murals on mugs or note cards, but original works of art will also be for sale.
Visitors also can view art exhibits of work by young people, age 10 to about 20, who are involved in Mural Arts education programs.
SCHOOLS Today through Friday
Thousands of Catholic elementary-school educators will further their professional development at the Sheet Metal Workers Hall, in South Philadelphia, as part of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia's Office of Catholic Education plan to implement a new teaching methodology known as "Understanding By Design."
The estimated 2,800 teachers from the five-county area have been assigned one day, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., to learn the second phase of the system (teachers had Part I in September), said Superintendent Mary E. Rochford, who expects 500 to 600 educators to attend each day. Understanding By Design is already implemented in elementary schools, and beginning in September 2012 the high schools will have the system as well. We talked with Rochford about Understanding By Design last week.
Q: What is Understanding By Design?
A: If you listen to just the three words: I as a teacher am going to design understanding for my children. . . . The new method of planning actually causes a teacher to consider what deep, enduring learning is occurring for the individual child from day to day, week to week and unit to unit. Our goal is to have the child fully engaged in daily learning in the classroom, within each curriculum area, and ultimately have marketable skills to take with the student from grade level to grade level and into the workplace.
Q: Why now?
