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What on earth is the Philadelphia Art Hotel?

POSTED: Monday, July 13, 2009, 10:01 PM

Filed Under: Arts

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A multimedia projection by Renetta Sitoy.

It's an innovative artist residency program that's only one to weeks long, and is run in Krista Peel and Zak Starer's home. Soon, Peel and Starer hope to find a building to house the program, which will eventually include a gallery, lecture space and (perhaps) a miniature golf course. The ladies over at the artblog have a nice interview with the two:

When did you start the Philadelphia Art Hotel?
We put out a call 6 months ago and got 12 to 13 responses and this year we selected 5 artists.

Why did you start PAH?
In Philadelphia, we are filling a gap. We picked artists whose work we liked, who we wanted to support, who need 2 to 3 weeks free rent.'Our accommodations are free.

So if they're staying in your space where are you going?
Zak is Jewish and from a very large family. We will be family hopping. We are looking for a real house, 3 stories, with one or two spaces available for resident artists.'We're trying to take advantage of that first time home buyer money. We want to create a space where you can live with art. I can't wait to have art.'We're looking at the Kensington area. We can afford that.

The current artists-in-residence (literally!) are Gigi Gatewood, Kelly A. Mueller, Eric Reyes-Lamothe, Renetta Sitoy and Carla Sonheim. And, coolest of all, Peel and Starer convinced the Free Library to allow two of the artists to speak there in August for free. Look out for Sitoy on the 19th, and Reyes-Lamothe on the 31st.

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