In the News: Surface interviews ArtPhilly founder Kathy Sachs

Surface spoke with ArtPhilly founder Kathy Sachs about the festival's essential question — "what now" — and Philadelphia's creative community.

What made us realize we were on the right track happened at our very first one-day festival a few years ago. On that day we had brought together all the artists who had been chosen and many of them spoke about or performed what they were hoping to present at the festival.

One of them, a filmmaker, Walé Oyéjidé said the following: “I think what this upcoming festival will remind us—and remind the world—that Philadelphia is not a place to be by-passed. It is not a kid brother to other cities. It is a world city on its own with a striving artist community who needs nothing but a reminder of who we are and who we can be to blossom.” That pretty well sums up all we had hoped for. Through ArtPhilly we could have a transformational impact on our artists and on our city.

Read the whole interview HERE.

Image: Walé Oyéjidé's "Displaced Flowers; Still in Bloom," via REC Philly.