Philadelphia festival takes art into the open

By Sally Friedman
For The Inquirer

Ah, the Left Bank in spring . . . . A century or more ago, that would have meant Parisian strollers in their finery watching artists at their easels, painting en plein air - outdoors.

This week, Philadelphia sets that scene on its urban ear, offering the same concept, 2010 style. The city's first Art in the Open festival, Wednesday through Saturday, will feature knitting-needle symphonies, tree-wrapping, floating sculptures, and bird-house neighborhoods, along with more traditional artistic expressions.

In this incarnation, artists will be out on both the right and left banks (of the Schuylkill), and strollers are earnestly invited to bear witness - no finery required.

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