Restoring Ideals: First Person Arts

First Person Arts believes you have a story worth telling. That simple belief has grown since First Person Art's founding in 2000 and they now offer an entire range of writing classes and workshops, Story Slams, and an annual First Person Arts Festival. Throughout all of these events the common goal is to create an equal and supportive platform that celebrates everyone's individual voice, because real life is always more entertaining.

Funded by The Barra Foundation, Restoring Ideals began as a question raised by Temple Contemporary's Advisory Council that addressed Philadelphia's evolving relationship to its founding ideals of tolerance, equality, and independence. Inspired by this question, Temple Contemporary (the gallery at Tyler School of Art) and a consortium of partners including the Conservation Center of Art and Historic Artifacts and WHYY, responded by designing the Restoring Ideals project. It is our hope to open a dialog that refers to the honorable declarations of the past, as well as connecting these ideals to the needs of Philadelphia's living communities and the organizations that serve them.

Director: Steph Irwin
Producer: Temple Contemporary
Editor: Meredith Nutting
Music: "Chasing Butterflies" by KRACKATOA