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05/23/2026

This year I entered my college’s writing contest and I won third place for scripts! This is a one act play about an imagined meeting between the father of modern philosophy Rene Descartes and the great environmentalist Alexander von Humboldt. Humboldt’s life was so interesting that there should be a Hamilton-style musical written about him. Here, however, I reimagine only the day he died. Maybe I will expand it one day. There is a critical typo in the republication of my play in the magazine “The Match Factory” (the typo is “yourres extensadeparture”). I suggest through this play that death should be called a “res extensa departure” referencing Descartes’ coined phrase “res extensa” for the material world, rather than using the term “death” meaning an end to life. This play takes place on the last day of Humboldt’s res extensa existence, the day people recognize as the day he died.

Galliard Spirits by Marcy Fiorentino—link to the play below

https://sva.edu/features/galliard-spirits

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It is May 6, 1859, a warm spring day in Berlin, Prussia. HUMBOLDT is sitting in his parlor sipping rose-scented tea while ...

04/20/2026

Today I was invited to display my photographs of horseshoe crabs and speak about my advocacy for them and the amazing work of Return the Favor NJ in the SVA Student Center. My photos display a beach with trash and debris causing fatal impingements for our beloved sea creatures vs. a beach free of impingements and trash where horseshoe crabs can spawn and do their happy dances in the sand. Happy S/Earth Day Week! Friends of reTURN the Favor The Wetlands Institute

03/14/2026

Happy Pi Day! Here’s the stop motion I wrote, directed, and starred in for Pi Day when I was 7! School of Visual Arts

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03/13/2026

Rolling on into Friday like….

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03/04/2026

My window box and hanging basket exhibit has gone through the rigorous passing requirement to be displayed at the world renowned Philadelphia Flower Show! The theme of the show is “Rooted” and the theme for this category is “Lighting the Future.” My exhibit pays tribute to the first flower grown in space, 10 years ago, and shared with the world by International Space Station Commander Scott Kelly. My exhibit imagines a future where window box gardening occurs inside the ISS. All the plants in my exhibit are drought tolerant requiring minimal water and they are edible, with the intent to both sustain and lift the spirits of the astronauts working on the ISS. I hand painted the backdrop, viewed through the window, using acrylic paints. Judging is later today. Stop by and see it and the rest of this magnificent show if you are in Philly. The show is open through Sunday at the Philadelphia Convention Center. Marcy Fiorentino SVA 3DVFX ‘29. Fleisher Art Memorial School of Visual Arts
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NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration VASA SVA International Space Station

01/16/2026

On this day in history 10 years ago, Space Station Commander Scott Kelly shared with the world the first flower ever to bloom in space! I am exhibiting a tribute to this magnificent accomplishment at this year’s Philadelphia Flower Show! Come see it! The Philadelphia Flower Show NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration International Space Station School of Visual Arts

On Jan. 16, 2016, Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly shared photographs of a blooming zinnia flower in the Veggie plant growth system aboard the International Space Station. Kelly wrote, "Yes, there are other life forms in space! "

11/15/2025

I usually book RecPhilly for the art spaces but this week I’m checking out the editing studio in preparation for my final projects for the semester. I love creating at REC! School of Visual Arts

10/22/2025

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NYC will honor one of its most influential artists tomorrow! 😱 Read more: bit.ly/Jean-Michel-Basquiat-Way

10/02/2025

I am so sad about the passing of Dr. Jane Goodall today. She was an amazing force and so important to the environment, animals, and all of us. I was fortunate to be invited to her 89th birthday party/lecture at the Brooklyn Museum and to have been a recipient of several grants from her organization for youth, Roots & Shoots, for my film festivals over the years. Dr. Jane Goodall, you were the ultimate changemaker for good! Here is a post her institute published for my first film festival. the Jane Goodall Institute Roots & Shoots USA Dr. Jane Goodall Wagner Free Institute of Science Fleisher Art Memorial

Marcy Fiorentino saw that the problems in the world are big, but that solutions start by understanding. So she created a youth film fest!

09/27/2025

In NJ, there are no federally recognized Native American tribes. That is because of the forced removal of Indigenous Peoples and attempts to eliminate their history. In order to become federally recognized and invoke benefits such as laws that protect Indigenous families, there must be “evidence” which really means documented evidence. It is important that oral histories are treated with the respect and legitimacy they deserve.

Sacagawea's story was mostly told by the white American and European men who kept journals of the expedition, but the Hidatsa tribe and other tribes have a long oral history that tells a different story of her life.