Preserve Dox Thrash's Art & Legacy

Built in 1895, the Dox Thrash House has endured neighborhood disinvestment, civil unrest, a tangled title, and decades of vacancy and neglect despite being placed on the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places in 2013. The preservation effort for the Dox Thrash House Project includes promoting and disseminating Dox Thrash’s legacy as well as supporting the community’s larger arts and culture needs, interests and initiatives.

In 2020 the Thrash home was bought by Black owned developer Beech Interplex. The DTHP, Black Futures Campaign raised over $100,000 dollars to support an arts centered tenet in the first floor commercial space of the home. 

The DTAP will launch a placemaking initiative in North Philly which will serve as a drop-in and structured learning safe space.

To solidify commitment to the support of the Dox Thrash Collection, we will invite two artists to view the collection to create an original design for sweaters. For those who donate at the 60 dollar level you will receive a custom shirt!

The goal of this capital campaign is to raise the funds necessary for the appraisal, conservation, and housing of the Dox Thrash Collection, as well as support our robust community programming beginning Spring 2023. 

The collection will be used for grass roots educational purposes with school children and the community at large through several initiatives like:

1. Zine making workshops in cooperation with the local community and businesses with topics to support residents staying in their homes, preserve their rich cultural and oral histories, and provide residents with affordable preservation resources. 
2. Providing hands on art, printmaking, and design workshops and discussions within North Philadelphia free of charge. 
3. The exhibition of select pieces from the collection with local education institutions in 2023. 
4. Support local black teaching printmakers artists and designers. 
5. Partner with local schools 
6. Promote a tradition of black resistance and printmaking