About Adam Mazur
Adam Mazur is an artist and museum curator. He was the Exhibitions Manager at Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG), a nonprofit museum and mosaicked art environment on Philadelphia’s famous South Street. Mazur was part of PMG since 2011, working alongside the Executive Director to curate exhibitions of local, national, and international artists whose work reflects upon themes found throughout the PMG site in a unique and exciting way.
In Philadelphia, Mazur has curated over thirty exhibitions and helped organize over twenty public programs and events at various arts organizations. For three years, Mazur was a Steering Committee member of Philadelphia Sculptors and was the Project Manager for their 5 into 1 exhibition, which celebrates the sculpture work of students from five Philadelphia art colleges and universities post-graduation. He has also sat on the Board for Emerging Arts Leaders: Philadelphia as the the Chair of the Programming Committee.
About Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens
Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens (PMG) is an art museum, community arts centre, and an art environment that is covered entirely in mosaics. PMG’s founding artist, Isaiah Zagar, has been working in this style of mosaics since 1968, and has covered over 200 public and private walls, alleyways, and buildings throughout Philadelphia. Zagar started building Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens in 1991, and it continues to be a work in progress.
The space consists of two indoor galleries, a fully mosaicked basement, and a bi-level mosaicked labyrinth for people to explore.
As an art environment, Zagar built walls, archways, and paths that contain personal anecdotes, folk art collaborations with people he’s met from his travels around the world, influences of other art environment builders, and tributes to historical figures in the art world.
As a museum, PMG exhibits the works of local, national, and international artists whose art responds to the space and who create a world of their own. PMG is experienced by over 165,000 visitors annually.
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