Community Event, Dance, Visual Art

People Powered: A Project Space Launch Party

We’ve built a new home for radical imagination, collaborative creation, and community-rooted art.
Free
We’ve moved! Come gather, connect, and celebrate with us at our new home for creative community in East Parkside.
When
Saturday, August 9, 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Where
4029 Cambridge Street
Price
Free

Join us for a celebration of art, joy, and community as we open the doors to our newly renovated home in East Parkside! This all-ages open house marks the inaugural season of programming inside the Painted Bride Project Space, introducing our new creative theme: Proof of Life—an offering, an assertion, and a refusal to disappear.

Location: Painted Bride Project Space | 4029 Cambridge Street, Philadelphia
Date: Saturday, August 9, 2025
Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM

What to Expect:

  • Opening Reception – Receipts: We Have Them
    A photography-based storytelling exhibition curated by Andrea Walls of the Museum of Black Joy
  • Season Preview + Special Offer
    Get a sneak peek at what’s ahead including our three-part Satellite Sound jazz concert presentation this fall
  • Collaborative Mural Project
    Join Walls for Justice in painting a mural of hope and resilience
  • Live DJ Set
    Music by Desmond “Rockdaspot” West
  • Percussion Performance
    Featuring Karen Smith
  • Dance Demo
    With Rhonda Moore
  • Meet the Artists
    Connect with members of our inaugural Worldbuilding Duets residency
  • Explore Project Space
    Take a self-guided tour through our newly restored, 3200 square ft, bi-level carriage house
  • Enjoy Light Refreshments
    Seasonal, allergy-conscious snacks and drinks provided

Part exhibition opening, part pop-up performance, part neighborhood welcome—this special day invites longtime supporters, curious friends, and new neighbors to gather, connect, and celebrate.

It’s a grand opening.
A cultural reunion.
A homecoming rooted in shared purpose and creative possibility.

Together, we begin the next chapter, imagining what’s possible and building it side by side.

Free and open to the public
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Featured Artists
Andrea Walls
Andrea “Philly” Walls is a multidisciplinary artist, writer, and archivist dedicated to illuminating Black life through joy, beauty, and resistance.
Rhonda Moore
Rhonda Moore is a Philadelphia-based dancer, performance artist, and educator whose career has helped shape the evolution of contemporary dance in the U.S.
Desmond “Rockdaspot” West
Desmond “Rockdaspot” is a Philadelphia-based DJ known for his soulful, genre-blending style and global reach.
Karen Smith
A New York Native/Philadelphia Transplant, Karen Smith is a percussionist, playwright, director, producer, and poet.