Termite TV Toolkit Release Party

Termite TV Collective is excited to announce the print version of our Termite TV Toolkit: How to Make a Termite Show. The Toolkit is meant for teachers and creative facilitators interested in integrating the Termite model of making thematic 30-minute, multivocal shows in which multiple creators uniquely interpret one central theme. into their curriculum. Termite […]

Inciting the Body Workshop

Cherry Street Pier 121 N Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Continuing our Understories Workshop series, this workshop will focus on awakening, enlivening, and thanking the body for the many ways it supports and moves us. The goal is for everyone to be in a deep state of observing their bodies and how they are always in dialogue with others, and the environment around them. **This […]

First Friday: Plant Imprint & Tea Ritual

Join us in celebrating the prints from our August workshop with Ampersand Textiles, People’s Kitchen Philly and Termite TV Collective — organized by Gabe Castro with Nicole Duprée, and Gabrielle Patterson — at Cherry Street Pier’s Studio 101 The collective anthotype work will be on display with a wall of prints and rubbings for others […]

Places of Power: El Bembé Celebration

 Watch our celebration of El Bembé! A gathering of friends to celebrate “Places of Power: Villa Africana Colobó Garden” A project of Termite TV Collective & Norris Square Neighborhood Project Presented by the 2024 Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival, Leeway Foundation Media Artist + Activist Residency and Mural Arts Philadelphia El Bembé is […]

Artist Talk: Archival Stories – How Contemporary Design Can Illuminate the Past

  In honor of American Archives Month and DesignPhiladelphia, Lisa Marie Patzer and Deb Rudman share about their creative work incorporating archival material in contemporary design and multimedia storytelling. The conversation, moderated by Chase Dougherty, The Delaware Contemporary, Gretchen Hupfel Curator of Contemporary Art, will touch on themes of storytelling, memory, technology, and preservation of […]

Phytography Workshop with Craig Scheihing

Craig Scheihing, artist in residence at the Dunu On The Road, will instruct a series of 16mm filmmaking workshops exploring direct and photographic approaches to the medium, alternative non-toxic development, and various botanical interventions. On October 6th, Craig will lead participants in a one-day workshop using plant materials harvested from the garden and the sun […]

Direct Animation on 16mm Workshop with Craig Scheihing

Join us in this one-day workshop at Cherry Street Pier – Termite TV Collective’s studio 101 – where participants will use additive and subtractive methods of directly effecting and animating on the 16mm film surface. We will use paints, markers, stickers, scratching, and other methods to explore the potentials of film as a physical medium […]

First Friday: Gallery Opening with Lisa Marie and Deb Rudman

Join us October 4, 5pm – 8pm for the First Friday opening reception at Cherry Street Pier’s Studio 101. In honor of American Archives Month, Termite TV Collective will showcase work by Deb Rudman and Lisa Marie Patzer at Cherry Street Pier, October 4-31. The show features reflections on an archive of 35mm slides by […]

Augmented Reality Workshop with 20/20 Photo Festival

We are thrilled to be participating in the 20/20 Photo Festival! Learn how to design Augmented Reality artwork with Termite Tv Collective. We will demonstrate how to expand the storytelling power of photography through our Places of Power project from 4-5pm. This year’s 20/20 Photo Festival explores this evolution and influence of technology on contemporary […]

Exhibit Opening Immersive Lens: Places of Power & Community Storytelling

In honor of the 20/20 Photo Festival our collective is hosting an exhibit of photography from our members Anula Shetty, Michael Kuetemeyer and Alan Powell.  In the Immersive Lens: Places of Power & Community Storytelling series, artists Anula Shetty and Michael Kuetemeyer present selected works co-created with community groups. “Villa Africana Colobó Garden” in collaboration […]

Plant Imprints Workshop with People’s Kitchen Philly, Nicole Duprée and Gabrielle Patterson

Register Here  In collaboration with Nicole Duprée (Indigo in Green/Ampersand Textile,) Gabrielle Patterson (People’s Kitchen Philly) and (Gabe Castro) Termite TV Collective, join us for a two-part workshop and celebration around plant-printing and relationship-building. On Saturday, August 31st: Share plant stories and create two kinds of botanical prints: sunprints using turmeric and rubbings using color […]

ScreenPrint with Termite: August First Fridays

Cherry Street Pier 121 N Christopher Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Termite TV Collective is hosting a screen-printing activity on our August First Friday. We’ve been hosting a myriad of workshops with folks in our community all related to themes of the Understory, the ecosystems that are unknown or unseen to the eye yet still alive. In April, we hosted a poetry workshop and from there, […]