DP Arts will be producing an evening of performance, dance, and storytelling for PhillyCAM’s Live Culture event on Friday, July 6 at 7:00PM, taped in front of a studio audience.

“Art Of The Heel” presents the program “I, Too, Sing America” with performances of art songs by African American composers, traditional spirituals, and songs from the civil rights movement featuring the voices of: Cookie Diorio, Veronica Chapman-Smith, Shahara Benson, Shakira Jackson, and Matthew Brower. 

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Live Culture is a live TV program and event series produced by PhillyCAM. Live Culture will bring an unprecedented program of local arts and culture to live television. Each First Friday event is curated by a different local arts and culture organization or group, and showcases performances by talented Philadelphians.

Watch live on TV on PhillyCAM’s channels Comcast 66/966HD & Verizon 29/30, or streaming online at phillycam.org/web-channel.

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DP Arts is an arts/education nonprofit advocating gender equity and queer performance in our communities.

DP Arts Consortium is proud to sponsor video artist Francesca Costanzo. Her short film Complexion: Dark will air on PhillyCAM TV, channels Comcast 66 and Verizon 29/30 at 1:50PM every Saturday in April.

Harry Philbrick, founder of Philadelphia Contemporary, had this to say about Complexion: Dark: “Costanzo’s film examines immigration through the lens of her grandfather and his experience coming to the United States. By including the voices of refugees and immigrants who are living today, the work compares what it’s like to be a refugee now with what it was like in the case of her grandfather, to be an immigrant from Italy in the 1920s. It reminds us that most of us in this country are immigrants, and the stories behind that are deeply personal and rooted in our families’ narratives.”

Costanzo is a video artist living and working in Philadelphia. As an artist, she has an inherent responsibility to use art as a vehicle for her voice to reach others. This is done through film and images. Her films are documentary style created to bring fundamental change within society. Her images are normally black and white to show their timelessness. Whether used as a marketing tool for individuals and small businesses, or created as a personal vehicle, her work is always meant for shaking people up!

More info at: http://www.francescacostanzo.com/

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DP Arts will be producing an evening of performance, dance, and storytelling for PhillyCAM’s Live Culture event on Friday, September 8 at 7:00PM, taped in front of a studio audience.

Live Culture is a new live TV program and event series produced by PhillyCAM. Live Culture will bring an unprecedented program of local arts and culture to live television. Each First Friday event is curated by a different local arts and culture organization or group, and showcases performances by talented Philadelphians.

The September 8 featured artist:

Prometheus Chamber Orchestra: http://www.prometheuschamberorchestra.org

Prometheus Chamber Orchestra is Philadelphia’s self-conducted and self-managed chamber orchestra. Its individual members perform at the highest levels, having studied at major conservatories and universities such as the Curtis Institute, San Francisco Conservatory, Indiana University, the Hartt School of Music, and Temple University. Its members also have an affinity for creative improvisation, rock, bluegrass, jazz, and other musical styles in which the artist sees an opportunity to fuse artistry with ingenuity. Beyond outstanding musicianship, Prometheus Chamber Orchestra boasts a wealth of expertise in other fields, which allows Prometheus to operate as a self-managed ensemble.

Founded in 2013, Prometheus uses its unique model to change the way audiences experience orchestra concerts, the relationship of the orchestra to the community, and the way musicians perceive concert programming and artistic responsibility. Prometheus is the orchestra in residence at the Church of the Advocate, a venue and spiritual center that has a rich history of supporting the arts and social consciousness.

Event Photo: Becky Oehlers Photography

Special Guest: Elizabeth Knecht- http://www.connectingwithelizabeth.com/

Watch live on TV on Comcast 66/966HD & Verizon 29/30 or on online at phillycam.org/web-channel.

DP Arts Consortium: http://dpartsconsortium.org/
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DP Arts is an arts/education nonprofit advocating gender equity and queer performance in our communities.

“PromTrash Zsa Zsa”

The Dumpsta Players invites audience members to compete for the title of “Miss Prom Trash.” Relive your prom experience the way it should have been! Contestants will be joined by aging amputee and heiress Zsa Zsa Gabor, departed comedy queen Joan Rivers, and late Broadway legend Elaine Bitch.

When: Wednesday April 15, 2015. Doors open: 10 pm, show starts: 11 pm
Where: Bob & Barbara’s Lounge (1509 South Street, Philadelphia)

A portion of proceeds benefit Books Through Bars.

Based in Philadelphia, PA, Books Through Bars is an all-volunteer nonprofit that distributes free books and educational materials to incarcerated people in PA, NJ, NY, MD, DE, VA and WV. They also offer programs that educate and engage the general public to think critically about issues of imprisonment. Each week, they receive hundreds of letters from prisoners requesting books. Each year they send over 8,000 book packages.

Members of DP Arts Consortium and the Dumpsta Players helped PhillyCAM produce the 2014 NAMAC Awards. On Thursday, August 7, 2014 Philadelphia played host to the Alliance For Community Media/NAMAC (National Conference for Public Access Media) Conference, held at WHYY Studios. DP Arts/Dumpsta Players assisted the awards ceremony performing an opening act, emceeing the event and escorting award winners.

DP Arts Consortium held a free acting workshop, “Acting for Beginners: TV and Beyond” for 15 members of PhillyCAM on Thursday, July 15. Many members create programming for broadcast and the workshop was designed for those interested in learning or brushing up on acting basics.

See photos from the Drag 101 Workshop held on March 22, 2014 at the William Way LGBT Community Center as part of the 2014 Media Activism Series. The workshop was led by the Dumpsta Players and DP Arts Consortium. Photos by Anne Saint Peter.

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DP Arts Consortium and Philly Queer Media Present: Drag 101
Saturday, March 22, 2014
1:00pm – 4:00pm
William Way LGBT Community Center
1315 Spruce Street

This event is free and open to all ages. Learn more about the event here.

Want to break into drag but don’t know where to start? Want to learn how to be fabulous onstage? Want to be inspired by Philly’s long and diverse history of drag cultures? Come to our Drag 101 workshop where you can learn from some of Philadelphia’s most renown drag performers. This hands-on workshop offers instruction on how to create a drag persona, how to find music and costumes, how to create choreography, and how to put together a drag act on a budget.

Presenters include Ricky Paul (Artistic Director of the Dumpsta Players), Sara Sherr (performer with the Dumpsta Players, and hostess of Sing your Life Karaoke), and Messapotamia Lefae (post-gender sartorialist, and performer with the Dumpsta Players).

Learn more about the Dumpsta Players here.