{"id":44117,"date":"2024-11-21T16:12:32","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:12:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=44117"},"modified":"2024-11-21T16:14:20","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T21:14:20","slug":"mr-mambo-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2024\/11\/21\/mr-mambo-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Mr Mambo Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/p>\n

It’s always when you’re looking for something else when you unearth a treasure you forgot you had. Truth be told, with The University of the Arts (formerly Philadelphia College of Art) closing it’s doors, I’ve been feeling a little sentimental lately. Rob was a sweetheart and this was the invitation to his senior thesis as a printmaker. Unfortunately, Rob was taken from us too soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s always when you’re looking for something else when you unearth a treasure you forgot you had. Truth be told, with The University of the Arts (formerly Philadelphia College of Art) closing it’s doors, I’ve been feeling a little sentimental … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[77,7,104,700,757],"tags":[255,5894,137,5893,5892],"class_list":["post-44117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-adventures-in-commuting","category-illustration","category-philadelphia","category-pixels-versus-pigment","category-truck-mascots","tag-255","tag-mr-mambo","tag-philadelphia-college-of-art","tag-printmaking","tag-rob-boyes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/MrMambo.jpg?fit=640%2C434&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-btz","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":38520,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2022\/08\/21\/17th-and-walnut\/","url_meta":{"origin":44117,"position":0},"title":"17th and Walnut","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"August 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Here's another Photo Elective shot taken of a reflection in a florist's window in the vicinity of 17th and Walnut in downtown Philadelphia, PA. I took this photograph as a sophomore at The Philadelphia College of Art. The Photo Elective All students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Philadelphia"","block_context":{"text":"Philadelphia","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/philadelphia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"17th and Walnut 1981","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/52277690351_80869e93b5_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":20455,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2016\/03\/16\/looking-west-from-broad-and-spruce\/","url_meta":{"origin":44117,"position":1},"title":"Looking West from Broad and Spruce","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"March 16, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking out the back or West side of the Atlantic Building which was known as Anderson Hall at the time and housed the Philadelphia College of Art. The 20 story skyscraper that once was a business office for the Atlantic Richfield Oil Company became The Philadelphia College of Art when\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blast from the Past"","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/schoolcatalog198081phil_bw-10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/schoolcatalog198081phil_bw-10.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/schoolcatalog198081phil_bw-10.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17330,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/09\/23\/pca-the-class-of-68-the-painters\/","url_meta":{"origin":44117,"position":2},"title":"PCA – The Class of ’68 – The Painters","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 23, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"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! Here's another group of graduates from 1968 class of The Philadelphia College of Art. This time we have the painters! The list of names\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blast from the Past"","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Painting-list.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Painting-list.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Painting-list.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19504,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/08\/25\/across-the-street-from-philadelphia-national-bank\/","url_meta":{"origin":44117,"position":3},"title":"Across the street from Philadelphia National Bank","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"August 25, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Here\u2019s another Photo Elective shot by Tina Garceau. As I\u2019ve said before, all sophomore students majoring in illustration at The Philadelphia College of Art were required to take a minor course in photography where the students would take and process black and white, 35mm images. I lived in South Jersey\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Philadelphia"","block_context":{"text":"Philadelphia","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/philadelphia\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Across the street from The Philadelphia National Bank","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/606\/20235838903_73bc18d73c_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/606\/20235838903_73bc18d73c_z.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/farm1.staticflickr.com\/606\/20235838903_73bc18d73c_z.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17477,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/10\/14\/pca-the-class-of-68-environmental-design\/","url_meta":{"origin":44117,"position":4},"title":"PCA \u2013 The Class of \u201968 \u2013 Environmental Design","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"October 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As I said in recent weeks, Tony Visco handed me a blast from our Alma mater\u2019s past \u2014 The Philadelphia College of Art\u2019s yearbook from 1968! The Philadelphia College of Art Annual 1968 is a slipcase containing a paperback and a hardbound book. The paperback is the yearbook, but it\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blast from the Past"","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ED-pic.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ED-pic.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ED-pic.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ED-pic.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":17237,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2014\/09\/09\/pca-the-class-of-68-photography\/","url_meta":{"origin":44117,"position":5},"title":"PCA \u2013 The Class of \u201968 – Photography","author":"Joe_Williams","date":"September 9, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"As I said last week, Tony Visco handed me a blast from our Alma mater's past -- The Philadelphia College of Art's yearbook from 1968! They didn't call it a yearbook. It was a battered slipcase containing two books and titled The Philadelphia College of Art Annual 1968. It features\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Blast from the Past"","block_context":{"text":"Blast from the Past","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/blast-from-the-past\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Photog.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Photog.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Photog.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}