Works Cited

Zwerling, Sarah. Personal interview. 23 March 2022.

This is an interview that I had with Sarah Zwerling, a digital collage artist in my neighborhood. She described her process of how she gets inspired to make a print, and how her ideas get turned into art. She talked about her backstory as an artist and how she went from metalwork and glassblowing to making digital colleges. She talked about what she loves about her process and why the labor-intensive work that she does is fulfilling for her. She draws a lot of inspiration from Powelton and shared why living there has made a difference in her life.

Jennifer Johnson. Personal interview. 26 March 2022.

This is an interview that I had with Jennifer Johnson, an artist who works with clay and ceramics. She invited me to tour her studio and showed me some of her workspaces and the different renditions of her final pieces. During the interview she explained her motivation behind some of her installations and talked about her inspirations from past and present events. I learned about her process and the amount of planning that goes into creating her installations. She spends much of her time researching the buildings that her work is going into so that she can incorporate some of that history into the final display.

Sewell, Leo. Personal interview. 27 March 2022.

This is an interview that I had with a man named Leo Sewell, who lives just a few blocks from my house. He was the only artist that I reached out to that I didn’t know personally. However, he was also the most famous of the five with his work appearing in over 40 museums and personal collections worldwide so I felt that he would make a great addition to the project. He let me into his workshop where I was able to capture stunning shots of his thousands of drawers and hundreds of thousands of objects. An image of his workshop became the cover art for my website.

Wing, Roger. Personal interview. 28 March 2022.

Ever since Roger moved to my neighborhood many years ago, he has had his work on display in front of his house. He was one of the first names to pop into my head when I thought of the different stories to be told in Powelton. He invited me to his studio and showed me many of his sculptures and tools. Through his interview, he shared with me his passion for woodworking and why sculpting human figures in wood is so meaningful to him. He described why he prefers chisels and rough surfaces over smooth, finished ones. His interview made me feel like I could really understand his artistic vision and mindset.

Schlesinger, John. Personal interview. 03 April 2022.

John Schlesinger had the most experimental art out of all of my interviewees, but some of the most captivating that I had seen. He combines neon lights, metal, glass, and photography into large-scale installations. I thought it was important to showcase some abstract art that didn’t fit the traditional representational work that many of the other artists I interviewed did. John was also unique because his art also involved a performance aspect where he would invite different musicians to play in his space. His art felt very interactive and immersive. During his interview, he also explained how he likes to incorporate photography into his work and how the frame of neon light and metal serve to help bring the photograph to life.

Department of the Interior. National Park Service. “National Register of Historic Places--Nomination Form.” National Archives Catalog, 2017, catalog.archives.gov/id/71997160.

This is the national register of historic places from the national archives. The document I chose lists every historic building in Powelton. Because almost every building is historic, they are all listed. It gives a description of the property, when it was built, what additions and features it has, and what it looked like when it was entered into the register of historic places. This will be helpful for my project because it gives me a short, but detailed description of each house so it will be easy to skim through the hundreds of houses in the neighborhood. It will help me decide which houses I like and want to do more research into.

Dominick, Tony, and Douglas Ewbank. “Powelton History Blog: A Collective Biography of a Philadelphia Neighborhood.” Powelton History Blog, 2009, poweltonhistoryblog.blogspot.com/p/about-powelton-village.html.

This is a blog written by two men who live in my neighborhood. The entire blog is dedicated to the history of Powelton Village and is an incredible resource as they have been posting regularly since 2009. It covers numerous topics but the page that I cited specifically outlines the history of Powelton and how it came to exist. It mentions important people and streets which is good because I want to see if I can incorporate the past and current residents somehow. I also know who these people are so if I want to set up an interview with them, it is totally possible.

Ewbank, Douglas. “3502 Spring Garden St., Philadelphia.” Old.poweltonvillage.org, 20 Dec. 2014, old.poweltonvillage.org/interactivemap/files/3502springgarden.htm.

This is a document that lists census data about my house specifically since the time it was built. It gives a brief description of the house, shows all of the past residents, what their occupations were, and how the house transferred ownership over the years. It even talks a little about the different families. With this information, I can do more research into the specific families if I find that I want to do that later on. Fortunately, one of these documents exists for every single house in Powelton. The website that I found this on will be extremely useful for my project and gives me almost everything that I need about the houses.

Satterfield, Phoenix. A City, a Lens and Some History. Science Leadership Academy, 2021.

This is a capstone project that was made last year from Phoenix Satterfield. He created a photobook where he compared old photos from historical monuments in Philadelphia to pictures that he took now. He then discussed the history of these places and gave historical context to explain why the places have changed over the years. I took a lot of inspiration from his project and want to make it my own by exploring houses in Powelton Village. While I am experimenting with different mediums for my final project to make it more personal to me, I am definitely considering consulting him for advice and just to talk to him about what steps he took for his own project.

University City Historical Society. “Powelton Village.” Uchs.net, 1963, uchs.net/Rosenthal/powvil.html.

This is an article published in 1963 by the University City Historical Society about the history of Powelton Village. It shares some similarities with the blog above but it is equally valuable when piecing together a full story. Corroborating this source with other sources will vastly improve the quality of my project. It gives a much longer and more detailed description of its history and mentions more names that I can investigate further. This article names specific areas where the founders began and it will be interesting to find photographs of what these places looked like in the past and compare them to photos that I take now.