Tag Archives: UArts

Inflatable Vermin

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Joe_Williams

This inflatable vermin continues to make appearances at Broad and Spruce Streets outside of the Atlantic Building which once housed the classrooms of The Philadelphia College of Art. PCA has left the building and discarded the name a few decades … Continue reading →

Posted in News, Philadelphia | Tagged Broad Street, inflatable, PCA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philly, rat, Spruce Street, UArts, union, vermin | 2 Comments

Above Broad & Spruce in 1983

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Joe_Williams

This is a photograph I shot from what was once Anderson Hall on the Northwest corner of Broad and Spruce which once housed The Philadelphia College of Art. This is probably the 7th floor where the illustration majors were situated. … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Illustration, Philadelphia | Tagged 1980s, 1983, 35mm, aerial, analog, Anderson Hall, cigarette advertising, heights, Illustration, Joe Williams, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, UArts, University of the Arts, USA, vintage | 2 Comments

PCA – The Class of ’68 – Motion Picture

Posted on October 21, 2014 by Joe_Williams

A few weeks ago, Tony Visco handed me a blast from our Alma mater’s past — The Philadelphia College of Art’s yearbook from 1968!This collection of film makers had special significance to me because I recognized one of the graduates … Continue reading →

Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia | Tagged 1968, art school, explotation, film, Joe Dante, Joe Williams, motion picture, PCA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, photography, Roger Corman, The Howling, Twilight Zone, UArts, University of the Arts, USA, vintage | 2 Comments

PCA – The Class of ’68 – Environmental Design

Posted on October 14, 2014 by Joe_Williams

As I said in recent weeks, Tony Visco handed me a blast from our Alma mater’s past — The Philadelphia College of Art’s yearbook from 1968!

Posted in Blast from the Past, Curious Clutter, Philadelphia | Tagged 1960s, 1968, art school, artists, PCA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, UArts, yearbook | Leave a comment

PCA – The Class of ’68 – The Painters

Posted on September 23, 2014 by Joe_Williams

As I said in recent weeks, Tony Visco handed me a blast from our Alma mater’s past — The Philadelphia College of Art’s yearbook from 1968!

Posted in Blast from the Past, Philadelphia | Tagged '60s, 1960s, 1968, art school, painters, PCA, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, UArts | 4 Comments

The Arco Park Preservation Society

Posted on September 16, 2014 by Joe_Williams

Posted in Blast from the Past, News, Philadelphia | Tagged art school, Broad Street, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia College of Art, UArts | Leave a comment

Up on the 7th Floor on an Evening in ’85

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Joe_Williams

One evening back in April of 1985 rather than do work that was due for one of our classes at the Philadelphia College of Art a group of guys up on the Illustration Floor decided to procrastinate by doing some … Continue reading →