La Frontera

artists Ernel Martinez Keir Johnston

Part of Open Source

Keir Johnston & Ernel Martinez at the site of La Frontera. Photo by Steve Weinik.

  • location 2200 North 8th St.
  • Neighborhood

    North Philadelphia

  • completion date

    November 01, 2015

The Philadelphia-based artists converted a warehouse on 8th Street and Susquehanna into a community center dedicated to capturing stories of migration and immigration into Philadelphia. Information from the captured histories were rendered visually inside and outside the building. The goal of the center was to bridge the African American and Hispanic communities that are divided by the 5th Street corridor through sharing of personal histories. The community was brought together through a series of lively events highlighting the culture of both groups such as music, food, and art.

 

  • La Frontera. Photo by Steve Weinik.

  • North Philadelphia Block Party. Photo by Steve Weinik.

  • M.A.K.U. Soundsystem at the North Philadelphia Block Party. Photo by Steve Weinik.

  • La Frontera. Photo by Steve Weinik.

  • M.A.K.U. Soundsystem at the North Philadelphia Block Party. Photo by Steve Weinik.

  • La Frontera at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Photo by Steve Weinik.

  • La Frontera at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Photo by Steve Weinik.

  • La Frontera at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Photo by Steve Weinik.

Open Source is presented by: 

Lead corporate support provided by 

Generous additional support provided by: 

Christian R. & Mary F. Lindback Foundation, City of Philadelphia, Ford Foundation, The Barra Foundation, Sadie Coles HQ London, Paula Cooper Gallery New York, and Blum & Poe Los Angeles, New York, and Tokyo.

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