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WEXLER GALLERY

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:38:34 -0400

Wexler Gallery presents an exhibition of Historic glass works from The Collection of Ted Nash. Recent works by emerging glass artists Nicole Ayliffe, Holly Grace, Taliaferro Jones, Josh Cole, and others will also be on view. Show runs from July 1 – August 30, 2008.

Former board member of the Pilchuck Glass School, Ted Nash established himself as a champion of the contemporary glass movement. His comprehensive and significant collection includes excellent examples from master glass artists Howard Ben Tre, Harvey Littleton, Dale Chihuly, Tom Patti, Dan Dailey, Jose Chardiet, and more.

VOX POPULI

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:38:09 -0400

Exhibition Dates: Friday, June 6– Friday, June 27
Opening Reception: First Friday, June 6 FROM 6-11 PM

This month Vox Populi presents Solid Gold, a group exhibition juried by
Adelina Vlas, Assistant Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at the
Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Sarah McEneaney. Artist.

Solid Gold

Vox Populi is proud to announce the opening of its 4th Annual Juried
Exhibition. This years exhibition entitled Solid Gold brings together 24
emerging artists from Philadelphia area and from around the country. Since Vox’s inception in1988, Vox Populi’s mission has been to support the work of new and emerging artists and to show new and emerging art forms. With this exhibition, the tradition continues.

This year’s show includes work by: D. B. Stovall, Mike Smith, Daniel
Payavis, Serena Perrone, Corrie Tice, Cara Erskine, Robert Goodman, Emily Denlinger, Nathan Prouty, Amy Lincoln, Rachel Frank, Jonathan Schoff, William Lohre, R. Nick Barbee. Mark Klassen, Daniel Gerwin, Hannah Smith Allen, Abby Donovan, Lee Arnold, Bang-Geul Han, Pamela Sunstrum, Edward Carey, Samuel Ekwurtzel, and Zach Rockhill.

The artists were selected from a pool of over 250 applicants by Adelina
Vlas, Assistant Curator for Modern and Contemporary Art at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Sarah McEneaney, Artist.

Vlas and McEneaney selected a wide range of mediums- painting, sculpture, photography, drawing, interactive installation, video, ceramics- and artists who were investigating, challenging, and mastering those mediums the materials and techniques they employ. Concurrently, the artists in Solid Gold represent a broad range of subject matters, ranging from serious questioning of social issues and investigation of language and gender, to the creation of humorous and at times absurd scenarios.

At Screening

George Stadnik
Primordial Soup

George Stadnik’s 1975 video Primordial Soup, represents an early building block of video-art-history. Fusing the synaesthetic experiments of Thomas Wilfred (the creator of a form of light sculpture called Lumia) with the pioneering video synthesis techniques associated with Nam June Paik and Peter Campus, Stadnik’s combination of electronically-manipulated imagery and sound references the corporeal as well as the very genesis of video art.

Primordial Soup was created on the Paik Abe Video Synthesizer at WGBH’s legendary program for the creation and development of experimental video art, the New Television Workshop, under a Rockefeller Foundation Grant. An original electronic score was provided by Bill Gangi, founder Kasner Gooch Multi Sensory Arts.

In conjunction with International House, Philadelphia and Center for Visual Music:

Friday, May 23 at 7pm
Essential Visual Music: Rare Classics from CVM Archive

Friday, May 30 at 7pm
Essential Visual Music: New Visions

REBEKAH TEMPLETON CONTEMPORARY ART

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:37:53 -0400

Dirt Made My Lunch
An exhibition highlighting some of Philadelphia's most promising first year Master of Fine Arts Students in all media.

Curated by Todd Keyser

Featuring the work of
Kurt Freyer, Erin M. Riley, Robert Scobey, and Michael Treffehn

Runs May 8th through June 21st
Opening Reception: Thursday May 8th, 6-9 pm

PROJECTS GALLERY

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:37:09 -0400

Henry Bermudez “Con La Mirada en el Cielo” & Paul Santoleri “Subterranean / Basement”. For May 2008 each artist exhibits their second solo show at Projects Gallery.

Henry Bermudez presents “Con La Mirada en el Cielo”, a continuation of his exploration of spiritually surreal imagery, combining his vision of pre-Colombian and Christian iconography. Utilizing the unique exhibition possibilities of Project’s lower level, Paul Santoleri features his site-specific wall paintings, as well as a body of work created with day-glow paint.

Both Con La Mirada en el Cielo and Subterranean / Basement open First Friday, May 2nd with artist receptions from 5-8 p.m. The exhibitions continue through May 31st, 2008.

PRINT CENTER

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:36:47 -0400

Opening Reception/Gallery Talk
May 31 – August 2, 2008
The Triumph of Democracy: Inside the Studio: Benjamin Edwards

82nd Annual International Competition: Photography
Juried by Joel Smith, Curator of Photography, Princeton University Art Museum
Saturday, May 31
Opening Reception 3:00–5:00pm
Gallery Talk by Juror & Awards Ceremony: 3:30pm

PENTIMENTI GALLERY

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:35:27 -0400

Pentimenti Gallery is pleased to present 2 solo shows by artists: Matthew Kucynski, You’re Apocalypse, paintings in the Main Gallery & Project Room and David Ambrose, The Braille Landscape, works on paper in the Annex Gallery. The exhibitions open on Monday, April 21, 2008 and continue through May 31, 2008, with a reception to meet the artists on Friday, May 2, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM.

Matthew Kucynski. You’re Apocalypse. Paintings in the Main Gallery & Project Room.

Matthew Kucynski uses a range of mixed media including, acrylic, oil, graphite and ink on wood panels to imply a narrative. Kucynski’s stories are based on children’s pop-up books and religious icons.
In You’re Apocalypse, his characters rely on the comfort of modern technology to deal with a fictitious war within a ghost land. Each stories are interpreted and expressed with great fantasy and mystery.
Matthew Kucynski is a graduate of the University of the Arts, Philadelphia (BFA). Kucynski exhibited in both one person and group exhibitions on the East Coast and in several art fairs: Scope, NY; Aqua Art Miami’07, FL; University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA; Sundance Film Festival UT and Perkins Center for the Arts, NJ.

David Ambrose. The Braille Landscape. Works on paper in the Annex Gallery.

David Ambrose’s new watercolor on paper works are composed of intricate patterns. His patterns and shapes resemble in elements found in or on architectural facades, interiors or floor plans, paintings on hand stitched lace or pierced paper. Ambrose begins each composition by piercing repeatedly with a pin hole through a thick piece of paper building and repeating patterns as he goes. Eventually, once the entire surface of the paper has been worked over. The artist applies color to the surface. Control and chance are an integral element of the artwork.
David Ambrose studied at Universita Italiana Per Stranieri, Italy and graduated at Muhlenberg College, PA (BA) and at the University of Pennsylvania, PA (MFA). Awards received: Rutgers Center for Innovative Prints & Paper; New Jersey State Council on the Arts, (Painting Fellowship). Ambrose’s exhibitions include: Kaiserslautern, Germany; Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art, NJ; Jersey City Museum, NJ; Noyes Museum of Art, NJ and more. His work is in the following collections: Jersey City Museum, Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum; Atlantic Academy, Germany and Newark Public Library.WHEN: April 21 - May 31, 2008. Reception to meet the artists: Friday, May 2, from 6:00 to 8:30 PM.HOURS: Tuesday by appointment, Wednesday - Friday 11 AM to 5 PM, Saturday noon to 5 PM.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY GUILD OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:34:49 -0400

"Through The Eyes Of An Artist" is a juried exhibition presented by MCGOPA (Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists). Patrick Connors is the juror. He is a painter, author, instructor and lecturer. He will jury for entrance as well as prizes.

This show and sale consists of paintings, mixed media, and sculpture. It runs from April 18 to May 31, 2008. There will be an Artists’ Reception on Saturday, May 3 from 5 to 7 PM. Everyone is welcome to attend and bring friends. There will be wine and hors d’oeuvres. The galleries are always free and open daily. A representative will be present on Mondays and Fridays from 11 AM to 1 PM.

MAIN LINE ART CENTER

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:33:33 -0400

Spring Fine Crafts Sale – April 29-May 4
Opening reception: Tues., April 29, 6-8 pm
Wed. & Thurs., 10 am-7 pm
First Friday May 2, 10 am-9 pm
Sat., 10 am-5 pm
Sun., 11 am-3 pm

Main Line Art Center presents our Spring Fine Craft Sale. New artists and old favorites welcome you to view and buy beautiful jewelry, ceramics for the home and garden, hand-painted silks, fibers, glass, wood, hand-milled soaps, handmade paper and much more. Proceeds from the sale help support the Art Center’s outreach programming, which helps bring art to diverse and deserving populations. Visit www.mainlineart.org or call 610.525.0272 for information. All of the Art Center’s exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Main Line Collects Philadelphia - May 13-June 10
Reception, Thursday, May 15, 5 – 7 pm. RSVP by May 7 to info@mainlineart.org or 610.525.0272
First Friday June 6, 6-9 pm
Mary Anne Dutt Justice, Curator

Local collectors have long recognized the talents of artists who have lived and worked in Philadelphia's vibrant art community. Anchored by the excellence of its academic institutions, many fine artists have flourished here. This exhibition, a selection of distinctive choices from Main Line private collections, focuses on works created since 1950 by Philadelphia artists. Sponsored by Bryn Mawr Trust Company. Visit www.mainlineart.org or call 610.525.0272 for hours and additional information. All of the Art Center’s exhibitions are free and open to the public.

Children’s Art Festival – Saturday, June 7 from 10 am -3 pm

Join the Main Line Art Center as we “Go Green” to celebrate nature and the environment. Art projects and entertainment take place throughout the day in our beautiful garden – the perfect inspiration for fun and exciting projects. Rain or shine, come for a fun-filled and FREE day of creativity and excitement. Visit www.mainlineart.org or call 610.525.0272 for more information. Sponsored by PECO.

GALLERY JOE

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:33:05 -0400

Samantha Simpson and Rachel Perry Welty at Gallery Joe

Philadelphia, PA. Gallery Joe is pleased to present a two-person show with artists Rachel Perry Welty and Samantha Simpson. The exhibition opens in the Front Gallery on First Friday, May 2 and runs through June 28, 2008.

Contemporary culture is a motivating force for both Simpson and Welty. The detritus of modern life provides Welty with a rich source of inspiration. In her first show with Gallery Joe Welty will show drawings, sculpture, and video, created from the wealth of materials that come into her life uninvited including fruit stickers, email spam, discarded packaging, and telephone messages.

Simpson constructs her drawings with language and verbal cliché. Rendered in ballpoint pen they conjure up turn of the century carnival posters, ads, and political broadsides. Closer inspection reveals Simpson’s concerns with identity and personal revelation in a world where the macabre takes its place gracefully alongside flowers, birds and bugs.

Simpson’s work is included in the collections of The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete & Visual Poetry in Miami and the Rene & Veronica DiRosa Foundation, Napa, CA. among others. She lives and works in Philadelphia.

Welty lives and works in Boston, MA. Her work is included in the collections of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. She is a winner of Boston’s prestigious Foster Prize and is represented in Boston by the Barbara Krakow Gallery.

EDGE GALLERY

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:32:55 -0400

Daniel Phill: Purely Abstract running through June 1st, 2008

CERULEAN ARTS

Fri, 30 May 2008 14:32:20 -0400

JUDITH JACOBSON
FRAGMENTS: NEW MOMENTS

April 18, 2008 through May 30, 2008
Opening Reception: Friday, April 18, 5pm – 9pm
Meet the Artist: Sunday, May 4, 1pm – 4pm; Gallery Talk at 2pm

Cerulean Arts is pleased to present Fragments: New Moments featuring new paintings and drawings by Judith Jacobson. Jacobson’s work speaks of change, metamorphosis, and transcendence – encouraging a dialogue about the inevitable, gradual evolution that we experience as we grow older. Ultimately, she seeks to create an environment that will embrace more dignified values and standards of beauty, transcending the superficial.

DELAWARE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:43:53 -0400

Tuesday October 9, Women in Art Lectures with Executive Director Maxine Gaiber 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Women behind and in front of the camera.

Wednesday October 10, Art Salad: Preview screening of Art21: Art in the 21st Century Season 4, Protest

October 20: TropiCabana, a night in 50’s Havana; art auction/salsa dance party http://www.dcca.cmarket.com

October 26-28: Stuart Shils painting intensive. hbennett@thedcca.org

October 27: Tai Chi and breakfast; in the galleries with the Ben Whitehouse exhibition. hbennett@thedcca.org

Gallery Listings for Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 200 S.
Madison St., Wilmington. 302 656-6466. $5 adults, $3 students (with ID)
and seniors (65 and up), children under 12 free.
Free admission, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays.
www.thedcca.org

Opening this week, “New Works (Untitled: ceiling)” Sharyn O’Mara

Through Oct. 20, TropiCabana Art Auction Exhibition

Through October 28, “Paintings and works on paper,” Charles Burwell

Through October 28, “Double Take,” Dolores Cowan and Delainey Barclay

Through November 4, “Symbiosis,” Dale Shuffler, ceramic vessels

Through January 6, “Revolution,” Ben Whitehouse

TWENTY TWO GALLERY

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:43:38 -0400

Dale Levy, "Recent Work."

Paintings and Monotype Prints.

Opening Reception "Second Friday", 10/12/07, 6 PM to 9 PM. Exhibit runs thru 11/8/07.

ART IN CITY HALL

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:41:45 -0400

ART ABILITY IN PHILADELPHIA’S CITY HALL

Philadelphia – Art In City Hall proudly hosts Art Ability, a juried
exhibition from Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital by artists with disabilities. As
part of the Independence Starts Here: A Festival of Disability Arts and
Culture, the exhibition is located on the fifth floor of City Hall,
northeast corner, and runs from October 3 - December 21. A reception is
scheduled for Thursday, November 8th from 5-7pm.

Established in 1994 by Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital, Art Ability provides a
showcase and a marketplace for talented artists while educating the
community about the remarkable capabilities of people with a wide variety of disabilities, including spinal cord injuries, multiple sclerosis, visual impairments, amputations, stroke, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, chronic back pain and hearing impairments.

Art Ability utilizes the visual arts to expand and enhance the lives of
people with disabilities. Through art, the hospital hopes to inspire
patients to reach beyond their limitations and to encourage people with
disabilities to explore their own creativity. This satellite exhibition at
City Hall celebrates the 12th year of the annual, international, juried
exhibition and sale at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital. Over 60 works of art are showcased on the fifth floor of City Hall.

Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital is one of nearly 50 participating organizations in the month-long Independence Starts Here: A Festival of Disability Arts and Culture. The festival is organized by VSA arts of Pennsylvania and
Art-Reach. Events run from October 18 through November 20, 2007 in a
variety of venues across the Greater Philadelphia region.

NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR TODAY'S ART

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:40:07 -0400

Metaphoric Vinyl
10 Artists use the Roland Camm-1 Servo Sign Making Cutter

(Philadelphia) Ten invited artists have been asked to produce work using a Roland Camm-1 Servo, a machine commonly used in the sign making industry. Though the participants have certain things in common as contemporary artists and printmakers, the only specific thing they share is that they have all utilized this versatile industrial instrument to produce beautiful and imaginative new artwork and explore its possibilities and limitations. Metaphoric Vinyl opens Thursday, October 11 and runs through Friday, November 2.

Under the careful guidance of master vinyl maker & NEXUS executive director, Nick Cassway, they have all tried various methods and cross uses for the equipment and material while reconsidering the notion of digital versus analog process. Because the method of production is specified, the theme then becomes one of collaboration and shared process within a certain range of commercial print technology. After scanning an initial idea, designs are vectorized (turned into discrete linework) and then manipulated via Adobe Illustrator or Photoshop. They are then cut by "Roland" into a vast array of vinyl films and heat transfer materials. The results vary to the whims of each individual artist, but the work all plays with exploration of the possibilities of a newly accessible medium.

Some of the artists were chosen because they have had significant design experience and the rest have an experimental approach to all media with a specific focus on printmaking. The gallery then becomes the site for exploration, intervention and installation. Nick Cassway's brush and ink drawn portraiture is transferred into large-scale images documenting his cohorts in different situations as they blow him a kiss or flip him the bird. Chris Vecchio has re-engineered vinyl to make it conductive for electricity. Candy Depew's work astounds with her decorative bent, a perfect match for this process. Peter Duffin's exploration of cryptic graphic language and wood patterned vinyl film make an extreme visual dichotomy. Sam Larson experiments with language and a 3-dimensional application of cut vinyl and Alyse Bernstein extends her printmaking vocabulary into new realms using heat transferred flocking. Matt Brownlee's tattoo influenced designs are reworked for applications with the material and process while Matthew Pruden does a new take with anamorphic imagery. Nic Coviello continues his exploration of botanicals through a highly charged graphic application and James Rosenthal may have taken the theme literally by forfeiting some of his record collection and writing with plastic on plastic.

Metaphoric Vinyl
Thursday October 11 through Friday November 2, 2007
Opening Reception - Thursday October 11, 6 to 9 PM
New performance series paraphrase/nexus - Wednesday, October 24, 8 PM

MONTGOMERY COUNTY GUILD OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:37:24 -0400

"ART FOR YOU" will be presented by MCGOPA (Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists). MCGOPA Artists plus invited artists will show their work. There will be art for holiday gift giving consisting of paintings, sculptures, mixed media, jewelry, drawings, and prints, etc. The show runs from November 26, 2007 to January 13, 2008. There will be an Artists' Reception on Saturday, December 1 from 5 to 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome to attend and bring friends. There will be wine and hors d'oeuvres. The galleries are always free and open daily. A representative will be present on Mondays and Fridays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Due to the holidays there will not be a representative on December 24 or 31.

SCHUYLKILL GALLERY

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:32:55 -0400

Jena Campbell - Recent Paintings
September 15th - October 13th, 2007
Artist Reception: Saturday, September 22, 4-7pm

Jena Campbell's most recent abstract paintings on display are the result of numerous applications of color and texture, which evoke a sense of depth, light and movement. Campbell's use of color and texture create an atmosphere that is ever changing and moving. Each image is an intention "to create an experience between you and the canvas" to foster self-reflection and awareness. Also included is Claire Shenk Rodgers most recent functional ceramic works.

VOX POPULI

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:32:30 -0400

This month Vox Populi presents exhibitions by Vox Populi members Anita
Allyn, Leah Bailis, and Charles Hobbs. The Video Lounge features a group show entitled Surveil, and in the 4th Room, work by Alexandra Newmark.

Anita Allyn
Periphery
Anita Allyn's video projections imagine garden landscapes as cyclical,
creepy and fantastical.

Leah Bailis
Stand Still
Leah Bailis constructs inaccessible spaces – a chain-link fence, a
window-less façade – the surfaces of which act as protective barriers
between public and private spaces. These barriers underlie the tension
between that which is judged worthy of protection or containment, and the
perceived danger or risk, which the contained is protected from.

Charles Hobbs
Ain’t Lookin’ Back
Ain’t Lookin’ Back presents a collection of ink drawings watercolor/ gouache works produced in rapid succession exploring death, god, relationships, nature, landscapes, and any other personal and embarrassing thoughts that crossed the artist’s mind.

IN THE FOURTH ROOM

Alexandra Newmark
In the Forest
Since 2001, Alexandra’s work has been solely made from Mohair yarn. The work is focused on narratives of interdependence, and a framework of self-containment. Her work reflects the conventional expectations of
womanhood—caretaker, mother. The forms themselves conjure thoughts of motherhood gone awry, at the same time the work serves as a remembrance of the extreme vulnerability of childhood while the softness of the mohair yarn evokes the innocence of that time. Alexandra Newmark received her MFA in Sculpture from Bard College in 2001, and her BFA from Parsons in 1998. In 2005, she was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.

In the Video Lounge

Noah Klersfeld, Luciana Lamothe, Bennett Morris, and Raphael Zollinger
Surveil
Surveil features work by a diverse group of artists who analyze how we
experience, comply with and relinquish our privacy to the camera. Noah
Klerfseld's (USA) I Want to Get You Out of my Head walks us through life
with the intimate voice of the Big Brother. Negotiating visibility, Luciana
Lamothe (Argentina) broadcasts her trangressive acts of mischief with Testa, a record of an accion against the 70s Brut architecture of famed Buenos Aires architect, Clorindo Testa. Bennett Morris's (USA) Intercept Station Version 2.0 Feed 00.00-09.31 hypothesizes our fate when we relinqush our privacy and information to inanimate technologies. Raphael Zollinger (South Africa) spotlights our continuous coverage of individuals, events and locations and resulting (mis)information with the interactive installation, Ignoratio Elenchi: A News Feed.

Screening

Takeshi Murata
Untitled (Pink Dot)
Screening is very proud to present Takeshi Murata's Untitled (Pink Dot) in
the artist’s first solo exhibition in Philadelphia. Building on a keen
knowledge of avant-garde film history (including a particular affinity for
psychedelic auteurs Jordan Belson, the Whitney Brothers and Stan Brakhage) and a staggering command of digital video techniques, Murata creates vivid, lysergic videos that oscillate between damaged representation and pure abstraction.

Untitled (Pink Dot) employs action-hero imagery from Sylvester Stallone's
1982 cult/camp/classic First Blood as fodder for an eye-popping electronic meltdown in which images of our war hero John Rambo collapse under their own weight, transmuted to the point of obliteration, leaving an American icon reduced to a puddle of rainbow pixels.

Takeshi Murata was born in Chicago in 1974 and currently resides in
Saugerties, NY. Since earning a B.F.A. in film, video and animation at The
Rhode Island School of Design, his work has been shown widely, at venues including the Museum of Modern Art (NY), Museum of Fine Arts (Houston, TX), Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco, CA) and Taka Ishii Gallery (Tokyo). Murata’s distinctive approach to the medium most recently earned him a solo exhibition at the Hirshorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Washington DC), and can be seen currently in the exhibition Mail Order Monsters at Deitch Projects (NY).

SERAPHIN GALLERY

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:25:47 -0400

Seraphin Gallery announces two exhibitions of new and recent works by young Philadelphia artists Robert Goodman: Night Vision; and Hiro Sakaguchi: Traveler's Tale. Seraphin continues its commitment to fostering the careers of emerging artists, and is especially proud to open its 2007-2008 season by presenting both artists' first solo exhibitions in a commercial art gallery.

An abstract painter of commanding vision and formidable compositional abilities, Goodman's intense canvases are full of unexpected dynamics, jagged forms, hard calculated rhythms, and surprising, spontaneous bursts of color. Informed by the art historical discourses of abstraction, impressionism and surrealism, these works explore the sometimes violent, always intense processes of rupture and transition. When one spatial order is replaced by another, what is created? What is destroyed? How much of the doomed order will remain? How do you navigate the newly unfamiliar, and negotiate the conflicting senses of apprehension and optimism inherent in a fresh terrain?

Taking an altogether different approach to a similar theme, Hiro Sakaguchi makes autobiographical work based on his bi-cultural experiences as a modern-day Japanese émigré in the United States. Drawing on his everyday experiences as an artist in Philadelphia and on a rich reserve of memories of his native Nagano, Sakaguchi infuses his often delicate, emotionally charged drawings, watercolors and acrylics with nostalgia and longing. These contrasting surroundings - tempered with a fair dose of representational imagination - often appear in tandem in his work, connected by recurring motifs such as airplanes, ships, and a lone, backpacked hiker.

PROJECTS GALLERY

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:25:32 -0400

Projects Gallery is pleased to announce the First Friday reception celebrating the continuing exhibition of Jen Blazina's "Recollection" and the opening of Frank Hyder's "Odyssey", Friday October 4th from 5 to 8 P.M. There will also be a Second Thursday Artist's reception for "Odyssey" Thursday, October 11th from 5 to 8 P.M. The receptions are free and open to the public.

In Projects Sotano will be "Recollection", a mixed media installation by Philadelphia-based artist Jen Blazina that makes use of the gallery's unique subterranean space. A new artist to Projects Gallery, Blazina’s installation will feature glass and resin objects that incorporate vintage images. "Recollection" crafts an experience that investigates issues of memory and the communal personal past. While on a glass fellowship at the Creative Glass Center of America, the artist was inspired by its one-room schoolhouse. Using steel and cast glass, Blazina fabricated replicas of the antique desks with old class photographs as the desktops. Internal lighting projects these images as an ethereal presence in the nostalgic environment.

Frank Hyder's Odyssey takes us on a journey through his use of the woodblock and gives a glimpse into his experimental three-dimensional forms. The work, as a whole, is strongly connected to the Taoist philosophy of man's place in nature and the role of energy in nature's composition. The rhythmic images of his painted wooden carvings present a poetic reference to Hyder's time spent living in the jungles of South America and experiencing space without a horizon. His contemplative mark and overlapping figures reflect insight and energy while providing a sense of serenity. The spiritual essence of this work is revealed as we are pulled into the depths of the quiet. In Hyder's woodcuts, what appears close is incised and what appears flat is lush and heavily layered. The carved lines are gilded, suggesting a divine presence as they twist and turn forcefully before us, creating an image both visual and visceral. As remarked by Edward Lucie-Smith in Hyder's catalog from his recent New York solo exhibition, "Hyder is a master of . . . woodcut."

Known for his color and mixed media reconstructed images, this body of work is pared down to an elegant, minimal simplicity. Borrowing construction strategies from indigenous cultures, the artist assembles simple structures. Reminiscent of forest shelters, the sculptural pieces also connect to modern architectural forms such as those found in the works of Gego. Exhibiting these core architectural works together with the carved blocks creates a poetic balance between flat and round, finished and raw. Hyder steps into new terrain here neither as solely painter, printmaker or sculptor. Odyssey is truly a spiritual and intellectual quest that the artist has undertaken through his use of the block, the print and now the elemental form.

Concurrent with Projects Gallery's Odyssey, Hyder will be exhibiting across the U.S. with solo shows in Portland, OR and Atlanta, GA, as well as being featured in both the Toronto and Maracaibo international art fairs. Hyder has participated in over 80 solo exhibitions and 150 group shows throughout North, Central and South America. A Senior Fulbright Award in 2001 sent the artist to Venezuela for a year, where his experiences abroad inspired him to produce a prodigious body of work, which was displayed in Venezuela's three major Contemporary Art Museums.

ALLENS LANE ART CENTER GALLERY

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:18:04 -0400

PEACE: Cut-outs by Robert Fluhr

Opening Reception: Sat., September 29 from 1 - 3 pm

This is the first exhibit after major building renovations. Proceeds from artwork sales will go toward outstanding renovation costs. Mr. Fluhr began doing paper cut-outs while the building was closed. He teaches the Vision Thru Art program, a weekly sculpture class for the blind and visually impaired, that will resume when classes begin in mid-October.

Exhibit dates: Sept. 29 - Oct. 29, 2007

CERULEAN ARTS

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 14:14:32 -0400

Cerulean Arts is pleased to present Sense and non: Prints, Drawings & Sculptures by Ron Wyffels from September 28 - November 9, 2007. Issues of logic and illogic are at the heart of Wyffels' work. Wyfflels simultaneously compares and contrasts representation and abstraction, which to him are different aspects of the same image-making process.

Opening reception is September 28 from 5-9pm. Meet the artist: Mr. Wyffels will discuss his work & be available for questions October 21 from 1-4pm.

UNIVERSITY CITY ARTS LEAGUE

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:14:56 -0400

University City Arts League (UCAL) presents
The Brandywine Photo Collective in a group exhibition titled
THE SECRET LIFE OF WATER
October 5- 27, 2007

University City Arts League (UCAL) is pleased to present The Brandywine Photo Collective in an exceptional group exhibition, THE SECRET LIFE OF WATER featuring works by several award-winning local photographers. The photo show debuts Friday October 5 with a reception 5:30pm -7:30pm and runs through October 27. UCAL's gallery is located at 4226 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA.
Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.

For more information, contact 215-382-7811 or www.ucartsleague.org.
THE SECRET LIFE OF WATER features works by 14 photographers: Sarah Barr (show organizer), Kathy Buckalew, R. A. Ciurlino, Lisa Tyson Ennis, Mickey Freed, Jim Jones, Kitty Jones, Peter B. Kaplan, Stephanie Kirk, David McClintock, Bill Pepper, Danny N. Schweers, Jeffrey Steen, and Beth Trepper. Based on the theme of water, the show consists of 16” by 20” or smaller framed photographs showing a plethora of techniques, subject matter and aproaches. Selected images include Barr’s Playing Out Back (2007) a chromogenic print made from a 4” by 5” negative featuring two young girls playing. Ciurlino’s Bohomia River detail (2005), on traditional silver gelatin photographic paper, reflects water’s mysterious power. Ennis’ Nine Poles (2007) focus on the reflective quality of water. She notes, “Water can be like a giant mirror reflecting the sky, doubling images -- like a shadow with detail that offers a unique upside down look at the world.” Kitty and Jim Jones are boaters and their work investigates the calming and healing power of water. Mickey Freed’s images reflect his early days in the Pine Barrens. Beth Trepper is a NEA Opportunity grant awardee who resides in Delaware and the Caribbean. Her Waveny, as the fog lifted… (2007) is part one of a triptych, 10" x 20", original hand-bleached black & white photograph portraying her fascination with fog.

Another distinguished highlight will be viewing work by long-time photographer Peter B. Kaplan. Kaplan’s credits include studying with Ansel Adams, having his photos placed in time capsules under the Empire State Building for its 50th Anniversary and the Brooklyn Bridge for its 100th Anniversary, and also in the spire of the Chrysler Building during its 50th Anniversary Restoration. Kaplan has been featured on the Today Show, Good Morning America, Sunday Morning with Charles Karult, P.M. Magazine, Cable News Network and Real People just to name a few. He has appeared as a spokesperson for Eastman Kodak, Nimslo 3D Camera, Soligar Lens and Nikon Cameras and his photos have appeared in photography magazines worldwide.

Kaplan is also the President of The Brandywine Collective, a loose-knit band of photographers intent on learning to see better and, through the medium of photography, to share that vision. The group of (at times) more than 20 photographers are active in the Brandywine area called a river in Pennsylvania and a creek in Delaware.

In addition to the UCAL exhibition, the collectives’ works can be seen at the Delaware Art Museum (The Cultivated Eye), the 100th Arden Fair and the Great Neck Center for the Visual and Performing Arts. For more information on the collective and artists, visit www.brandywine.org.

NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR TODAY'S ART

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:14:43 -0400

Elaine M. Erne - Mr. Bunny and Friends

Elaine M. Erne be exhibiting her large-scale graphite pencil drawings of Mr. Bunny and Friends. This group of drawings, from the series The Lives and Traumas of Stuffed Animal, uses toys as allegories for children and their fears.

Jody Sweitzer - Crowd: Stumbling through Displaced IntimacyMember artist Jody Sweitzer new exhibition "Crowd: stumbling through displaced intimacy" is an investigation of the human reaction to the invasion of personal space using giant inflatables, which are then combined with ambient sounds collected from various "crowded" events.

Friday September 7 through Friday October 5, 2007
Opening Reception - Thursday September 13, 6 to 9 PM
Closing reception - Friday October 5, 6 to 9 PM

ABINGTON ART CENTER

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:12:37 -0400

Magical Realism
You may not believe what you see

The artists in the fall group exhibition at Abington Art Center use allegory, fantasy, and myth to convey a sense of "otherworldliness." Nature is often predominant and people, places and things take on heightened presence beyond the literal realm.

With roots in 1920s Europe, magical realism initally described painters trying to show reality in new ways. Unlike surrealism which focused on the subconscious world, in the work of these artists, magic is inherent in everyday reality - events that seem impossible are commonplace, and common things are not as they first appear. Perhaps best known as a literary genre, works of magical realism employ skillful time shifts, convoluted narratives and plots as well as elements of myth and dream represented in conventionally realistic terms. The results are artworks rich in imagery and meaning that challenge our definition of reality.

Magical Realism features 6 contemporary artists with visually powerful artworks.

Marilyn Holsing's recent paintings are intimate works on paper where the imagery is narrative, figurative, and usually placed in landscape settings. The work alludes to fairy tales but the stories are totally Holsing's invention and cannot be easily deciphered. The influences on her recent work come from old etchings, illustrations, toile fabric, and wallpaper. Holsing received her Masters Degree at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, and has been living in Philadelphia since 1973 when she became a Professor at Tyler School of Art, Temple University.

Susana Viola Jacobson's paintings involve fantastic narrative or personal myths shown as events using representations of humans or animals. Her narrative paintings make reference to the early Italian Renaissance as well as to other periods of art history. Originally from Utah, Jacobson received her MFA at Stanford University. She has been living in Philadelphia since 1993. She is a Professor of Painting at The University of Pennsylvania.

In his paintings, Steven Kenny combines detailed realism, surrealism, and symbolism to convey the universal language of nature. Kenny's paintings inspired the title and inception of this exhibition. Kenny received his BFA from Rhode Island School of Design, he currently lives in Washington, VA.

Deirdre Murphy's paintings deal with that moment in time when something ordinary becomes extraordinary. The imagery can transport the viewer to new sensory places. For a moment, our beliefs are suspended, and we are allowed to slip into a realm where anything is possible. Murphy is a Philadelphia-based painter. She received her MFA from The University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Fine Arts.

Aaron Delamatre contributes the only work in the exhibition that is not painting, but rather an artist-made fantasy card game. OMNIANA is a series of philosophical debates in which players argue battles between strange and absurd characters. Delamatre received his BFA from the Art Academy of Cincinnati and exhibited his work recently at Vox Populi in Philadelphia. He lives and works in Bellevue, KY and is Creative Director of Part Drama. Part Drama is a podcast founded in 2007 that conceives and produces original serialized audio dramas in collaboration with other artists and writers.

MONTGOMERTY COUNTY GUILD OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS

Sat, 08 Sep 2007 11:09:44 -0400

DEFINING MOMENTS - paintings, sculpture, mixed media, etc
October 8 - November 11, 2007

2 ARTISTS' RECEPTIONS - SATURDAY, OCTOBER 13, 5 - 7PM
and WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 4 - 7PM
FREE - OPEN DAILY (Representative present: 11am - 1pm Mondays & Fridays)

AXD GALLERY

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:41:30 -0400

AxD Gallery presents Monsters from Under the Bed, a group exhibition featuring contemporary works by Michael Broderick, Mike Manley, Kimberlee Traub, and Tom Whalen.

From Manley's comic art to Broderick's satirical gay monster erotica, all four artists explore the impact of monsters on the cultural and artistic imagination.

Exhibition opens Thursday, September 6th and runs through September 29th. Opening reception Friday, September 7th from 5 to 7pm.

TWENTY-TWO GALLERY CAFE

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:32:31 -0400

Alfred Ortega, "Selected Works."
Paintings and Monotype Prints.

Opening Reception "Second Friday", 9/14/07, 6 PM to 9 PM.

Exhibit runs thru 10/11/07.

CHELTENHAM ART CENTER

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:29:30 -0400

Through the Lens: 12 Photographers Exhibit at Cheltenham Center for the Arts

Join Cheltenham Center for the Arts as we welcome 12 photographers to display their mutual passion of photography. Each artist captures the world, big and small, as magic exists through the lens.

Exhibit Runs September 09 - October 06, 2007
Opening Reception: Sunday, September 09, 2-4pm
Gallery Hours:
Mon & Fri: 9am-5pm
Tues, Wed, Thurs: 9am-8pm
Sat: 9am-3pm

Photographers Include:
Art Brener, Melvin Chappell, Robert Cassway, Diana Hochner, Deb Hughes, Caryn Koffman, Aaron Miller, Gene Pembroke, Mickie Rosen, Neal Siegel, Robert Wentzel and the late Emanuel Weiss.

The Cheltenham Center for the Arts nurtures the creative spirit of the community through instruction in the visual and dramatic arts, exhibitions, and theater performances.

GALLERY JOE

Fri, 31 Aug 2007 10:29:18 -0400

ASTRID BOWLBY: A certain density
September 15 – October 27, 2007
Reception: Saturday, September 15, 4 – 6 pm

Gallery Joe is pleased to announce a show of ink drawings by Astrid Bowlby. A certain density, Bowlby’s third solo show at Gallery Joe features 18 pen and ink drawings, ranging in size from 8 ½ x 11 to 30 x 40 inches, her largest works to date.

In the Front Gallery Bowlby introduces a new series of drawings called “Dark Garden,” suggesting a primordial soup, hovering between a fecund sea floor and a mysterious midnight garden. In addition, she shows new variations on several familiar series, including “Strange weather”, and “Variegated lace”.

In the Vault Gallery is a group of seven drawings from “A certain density,“ a series of densely drawn black rectangular grids Bowlby began developing in 1999. Line upon line, layer upon layer, she methodically applies the ink to the paper creating rich surfaces of extreme density. While it remains apparent in some of the drawings, in others the grid appears to fade into a solid black field.

Bowlby is a recipient of a Pew Fellowship in the Arts for works on paper, 2005 and four Pennsylvania Council on the Arts fellowships, 2000, 2002, 2004, and 2007. Recent exhibitions include: This Place is Ours! Recent Acquisitions at the Academy, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Recent Acquisitions: Prints and Drawings from Dürer to Doig, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, and 2007 Portland Museum of Art Biennial, Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME. Astrid Bowlby lives and works in Philadelphia.

PROJECTS GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:16:45 -0400

For the Autumn season Projects Gallery announces three new shows. "Night Watch", a solo exhibition of paintings by Steve Cope. Cope, a Philadelphia-based artist, initially began his artistic career as a landscape painter although his current subjects are of unusual celestial compositions, rather than grassy fields. To view Cope's orb paintings is to unexpectedly witness something beautiful and mysterious in the celestial heavens. "Recollection", a mixed media installation experience by Philadelphia-based artist Jen Blazina that makes use of the gallery's unique subterranean space. Featuring glass and resin objects and incorporated vintage images, "Recollection" crafts a moving experience that investigates issues of memory and the communal personal past. "Paper Cuts", is a multi-artist exhibition showcasing the works of Henry Bermudez, Florence Putterman and other artists who make their mark on paper.

These three shows open Friday, September 7, with a First Friday reception from 5-8 p.m. The exhibitions continues through September 29. Projects Gallery is located at 629 N. 2nd Street in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia. Gallery hours are Tuesday through Thursday noon to 5 p.m., and Friday and Saturday noon to 7 p.m. For more information, please contact Projects Gallery at 267-303-9652 or info@projectsgallery.com.

UNIVERSITY CITY ARTS LEAGUE

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:16:31 -0400

University City Arts League’s Open House
a free interdisciplinary event
September 8th 2-4pm
4226 Spruce Street

UNIVERSITY CITY ARTS LEAGUE (UCAL) announces an Open House event on Saturday September 8th from 2-4pm. This free event will take place at their building, 4226 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA.

The Event is designed as a unique form of 'Open House'. Rather than a series of demonstrations, the range of classes held at the 41 year-old community arts center, will be illustrated in offbeat eccentric ways using interdisciplinary dance, visual and performance art. The unifying theme of all the performances will be 'Walls', the primary focus being: what happens within these walls and our perception of walls, both physical and psychological. This event is being held in conjunction with the city-wide Philadelphia Fringe Festival. Technological assistance will be provided by University of Pennsylvania and members of Scribe Video Center.

Performances occurring in and around the building will be viewable at the site and within hours on the website www.ucartsleague.org The aim is to promote classes in the Fall semester (September 9th-Nov 3rd 2007). UCAL offers an eclectic roster of 72 classes weekly taught by experienced professionals for student-of-all-ages and skill levels. Classes including ballet, modern, jazz, hip-hop, flamenco, belly, and ballroom dance, workouts, yoga, tai-chi, capoeira, pilates, poetry, pottery photography, puppet-making, painting, playwriting, drawing, sewing, stained glass, jewelry, magic, music, mosaics, crochet as well as Italian, Spanish and French languages to name a few.

Performance Highlights include:

Underground DanceWorks will be presenting a stylistically riveting and spatially provocative, site specific dance experience entitled ‘Assume Tha Position’ in the alleyway beside the building.

Anne-Marie Mulgrew and Dancers Co., an experimental modern dance troupe, recognized for its visually arresting and site-specific productions, will perform “The Wall” a re-imagined piece created in 1994 for The Arts League, 2nd Floor dance studio.

KrazzyK will perform with Versatile showcasing raw talent Hip Hop dance style.

Kelly Ray and Lesley Mitchell will illustrate how to tear down the walls of your inhibitions with the fiery passion of Latin dance and will offer a free dance lesson from noon-1pm.

Tom Droppelmann and Marie Evenson will be the mystical Hairy Potter and friend illustrating the magic of creation and destruction in our basement pottery studio.

There will be a kids zone in the backyard with a Free Expression Art Wall and Mosaic demonstration by Abby Gordon.

Inside the building the gallery walls will be covered with multimedia works by UCAL faculty artists displayed together with information about the classes that they teach. Remember to leave your thoughts on the dynamic word wall. This gallery exhibit will be on display until Sept 29th. UCAL Gallery hours are M-T 12-7, F 12-6 Sat 11am-1pm. Sundays by appointment.

ABINGTON ART CENTER

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:09:45 -0400

Magical Realism
September 8 - November 24, 2007

A group painting exhibition of artists whose quasi-narrative works use allegory, fantasy, myth and natural elements to convey a sense of otherworldliness. In these pictures, nature is predominant and people, places and things take on heightened presence beyond the literal realm. Magical Realism includes works by Aaron Delamatre (OH), Marilyn Holsing (PA), Susana Jacobson (PA), Steven Kenny (VA), Deirdre Murphy (PA) and Walter Benjamin Smith II (NY).

GALLERY SIANO

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 12:02:31 -0400

DAVID FOSS
MICHELLE MARCUSE
Present Tense
August 23 - September 22, 2007

Artist Reception: Thursday, August 23, 6:00 - 8:30.pm.
First Friday: September 7, 6:00 - 9:00 pm.

DAVID FOSS

My paintings for Present Tense utilize an intuitive and improvisational
process of pouring and staining the canvas with oil, acrylic, and enamel
paints. The canvases strive for a sense of order to counterbalance the
spontaneous, chaotic surfaces. Geometric structures and organic forms
take on symbolic significance.

Vibrant colors speak of sensual pleasure, states of consciousness, and the present moment through the passage of time. With the tensions of war and global warming; there continues the human need and desire for harmony, order and the values of individual self-expression. The beauty of the here and now, as well as the struggle between order and chaos, create meaning in the Present Tense.

MICHELLE MARCUSE

For the Present Tense, I have combined encaustic wax with new technology (digital imaging) and monoprints. To create my source material, I photographed the small overlooked pieces of my world in digital format which I then amended for my purposes. My recordings are of water and molten wax. I chose these elements because of their metaphorical and visual interest. Transferring them by way of monoprint to the skin of the wax, they are seamed together in their entirety and sometimes re-conceived/recycled numerous times within other frameworks.

My subject matter is focused on the raw, sometimes ugly beauty and mystery that can be found in the gaps of a world filled with global anxiety,
uncertainty and lack of time.

DELAWARE CENTER FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:55:19 -0400

Through September 2, " THIS YEARS MODEL", PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS BY STUDIO ARTISTS GREG BARKLEY AND KEN MABREY IN THE HATCH GALLERY

Through September 9, MFA Biennial, 35 artists from 8 institutions, including Natasha Bowdoin, recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

Though September 9, “Witness/Diary (There’s a million things I would like to tell you...but I don’t want to wake you up)”, Rebecca Dietz, Photography

Through September 23, “The Administrator,” Michael Aurbach, interactive installation

Through November 4, “Symbiosis,” Dale Shuffler, ceramic vessels

VOX POPULI

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:50:36 -0400

Exhibition Dates: Friday, September 7 – Sunday, September 29
Opening Reception: First Friday, September 7 FROM 6-11 PM

This month Vox Populi presents exhibitions by Vox Populi members Gabriel Boyce and Xiang Yang, and Queens-based guest artist Allison Owen. The Video Lounge features work by both Lydia Moyer and Hope Tucker, and in the 4th Room, works by Alexandra Newmark.

Gabriel Boyce
Istrouma Bluff

For his second show at Vox, Boyce presents a diorama of works, drawn from observations of the animals that live in his backyard, his upbringing in southern Louisiana, and the everyday territorial conflict.

Xiang Yang
The Remains

The Shadow of the Empire is compromised of wall-sized carved with an image of the national map of the United States. The peeled-off scraps from wall spread out on the floor and form an image of the national map of China, which symbolizes a tightly followed super nation—like a shadow—to the United States. The second part is the back of this work. It is an installation/sculpture resembling the inner side of a super nation—the United States. This body physically represents, in an abstract form, the current situation and conflict within the nation.

Allison Owen
Retrace

Alison Owen's installations develop a parasitic relationship with the host
space. They quietly invade the environment, altering it in subtle yet
significant ways. Only upon close inspection can the elements of the
installation be parsed from their environment- painted shadows lurk behind pedestals, extensions are added to the walls' molding, compositions extend past the borders of a frame. Owen shifts her focus to the peripheral, creating installations that invite the viewer into the slow process of investigation.

IN THE FOURTH ROOM
Alexandra Newmark
In the Forest

Since 2001, Alexandra’s work has been solely made from Mohair yarn. The work is focused on narratives of interdependence, and a framework of self-containment. Her work reflects the conventional expectations of
womanhood—caretaker, mother. The forms themselves conjure thoughts of motherhood gone awry, at the same time the work serves as a remembrance of the extreme vulnerability of childhood while the softness of the mohair yarn evokes the innocence of that time. Alexandra Newmark received her MFA in Sculpture from Bard College in 2001, and her BFA from Parsons in 1998. In 2005, she was awarded a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant.

IN THE VIDEO LOUNGE
Double Feature: Lydia Moyer and Hope Tucker

Lydia Moyer
Paradise

In September of 2006, a man walked into a one room Amish school house in rural Pennsylvania, sent all the boys and teachers out of the building, barricaded the doors and took all the young girls hostage. The man, rather than surrender to police, chose to shoot the girls, killing five of them, and then shot and killed himself. In the aftermath of the violence, the Amish community responded with extraordinary forgiveness, reaching out to the family of the man who had killed their children and maintaining an unshakable dignity in the face of intense media attention. Paradise is an attempt to make sense of the generosity of that response through secular eyes.

Lydia Moyer grew up in Lancaster County, PA. She earned her BFA from Alfred University and her MFA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her video work has been screened both nationally and internationally. She currently heads up the new media programming the art department at the University of Virginia.

Hope Tucker
Selections from the Obituary Project

An obituary whittles one’s social contribution down to its barest form. Like
all obituaries, the 15 or so films and videos that make up Hope Tucker's
OBITUARY PROJECT are selective interpretations of rich and complex lives. Sometimes these are lives of people, other times places or objects whose time has or will soon pass.

Hope Tucker is an American artist currently working in Norway on
environmentally focused obits for Scandinavian traditions and landscapes.

AT SCREENING
Pascual Sisto
28 Years In the Implicate Order

Pascual Sisto's '28 Year in the Implicate Order' is a work based on the
concepts of Quantum Theory and Quantum Mechanics as described by David Bohm. The video opens with a fixed locked off shot of an empty parking lot. A centered sodium vapor light illuminates the desolate landscape. 28 red balls bounce up and down in a chaotic, random manner—each ball performing as an individual entity bouncing at its own rate and speed. The unexpected climax occurs at the midpoint of the video when the balls align themselves in a single synchronized bounce, only to resume bouncing in a random manner.

Raised in Barcelona, Spain, Pascual Sisto graduated with a BFA from the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and a MFA from the
University of California, Los Angeles. His film and video work has been
shown widely, including the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Museum of Latin American Art (MALBA) in Buenos Aires, TVE (Spanish Television) and the Los Angeles International Short Film Festival. Recent exhibitions include the LA Freewaves at the Hammer Museum (Los Angeles, USA), Reencontres Internationales Paris. Berlin Festival (Paris, France), Viper Festival (Basel, Switzerland), AKA Gallery (Rome, Italy), Ego Park Gallery (Oakland, USA), MAK Center for Art and Architecture (Los Angeles, USA), Telic Gallery (Los Angeles, USA) and Bitforms Gallery (New York, USA).

MONTGOMERY COUNTY GUILD OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:55:24 -0400

LISTING FOR SEPTEMBER 2007

DEFINING MOMENTS will be presented by MCGOPA (Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists). This show and sale consists of paintings, mixed media, and sculpture. It runs from October 8 to November 11, 2007. There will be 2 Artists Receptions. The first will be Saturday, October 13 from 5 to 7 PM. The second one will be on Wednesday, October 17 from 4 to 7 PM. Everyone is welcome to attend either or both. There will be wine and hors doeuvres. The galleries are always free and open daily. A representative will be present on Mondays and Fridays from 11 AM to 1 PM.

MCGOPA is a 501c3 non-profit organization. It is located in the SPP Galleries in the Philadelphia Inquirer Building, on Routes 23 and 320, 1.5 miles from Route 76s Conshohocken exit just after Route 320.

THE PRINT CENTER

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:55:13 -0400

September 14 – November 21, 2007
BLACK PULSE 2000-2007: DOUG + MIKE STARN

Friday, September 14:
Opening Reception 5:30-7:30pm
Private Dinner with the Artists 8:00pm

PHILADELPHIA –The Print Center announces Black Pulse: 2000-2007 by internationally recognized artists Doug + Mike Starn. The exhibition will feature the Black Pulse series which explores the multiple layers of meaning inherent in the dualities of light and darkness, mortality and decay as well as the impermanence of beauty, through the investigation and deconstruction of foliate imagery.

Twins Doug + Mike Starn work collaboratively making constructions which blur the lines between photography, painting and sculpture, with an emphasis on the physicality of the photographic print. Their underlying concept is cross-disciplinary spanning the fields of art, science and philosophy, and investigates the inherent tensions which arise from combining photography and sculpture, art and science, reality and metaphor, nature and technology. The Starns’ images resonate with the poetic tension which exists in the space between presence and absence, darkness and enlightenment. Black Pulse: 2000 - 2007 offers a complete presentation of the scope of this series, from the initial photographs of flatly presented leaves on small sheets of gampi paper, through wall-scaled leaf imagery modeled three-dimensionally, to the most recent work - a digital projection adding movement and color modulation to the depictions. This is the first solo exhibition of the Starns’ work in Philadelphia.

The Starns have established an international presence in museums and galleries since first receiving critical attention for their unconventional approach to the photograph as art object in 1985 when they had just completed art school. Their works, which are often torn, taped, torqued and intentionally distressed, have been included in numerous exhibitions domestically and abroad. Their pieces have been acquired by more than 30 public permanent collections including the Museum of Modern Art (NYC), the Metropolitan Museum of Art (NYC), the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum (NYC), the Whitney Museum of American Art (NYC), the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (CA), the Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C.), the Jewish Museum (NYC) and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (CA). They have received two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts (1987,1995) and The International Center for Photography’s Infinity Award for Fine Art Photography (1992).

Doug + Mike Starn’s Black Pulse: 2000 - 2007 will be on view at The Print Center from September 14 – November 21, 2007. The opening reception is Friday, September 14 from 5:30-7:30pm followed by a private dinner with the artists at 8:00pm.

DELAWARE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:55:28 -0400

YO! GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:55:31 -0400

SCOTT BICKMORE: REDROOM, REDROOM
Opening Reception: August 17, 2007, 8-11PM
Exhibition: August 17 31, 2007
Gallery hours: Wednesday-Friday: 5-11PM, Saturday-Sunday: 1-11PM

Lose your mind this August with Redroom, Redroom, conceptual artist, Scott Bickmores exhibition at the newly launched Yo! Gallery. Referencing the film, The Shining, and the line: Redrum, Redrum, the two-room installation signals the psychological space people inhabit while experiencing a psychotic episode.

By replacing every light bulb in the gallery with red painted light bulbs, Bickmore bathes both rooms and their inhabitants in a blood stained glow that floods visitors consciousness and spills out into the street. Eliciting murder and emergency, this red environment also calls to mind the safelights that illuminate the sites darkroom connected to the gallery, which in this context, seems to operate as a manufacturer of violent film stills extracted from 35mm reels.

Taking the Measure
Dates: September 7 - Oct 5
Opening Reception: Friday, September 7, 6-9 p.m.

PENTIMENTI GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:55:33 -0400

WHAT: Group exhibition: “In Summer, The Song Sings Itself “. Paintings, photographs & sculptures.
WHO: Gabe Brown - Sarah Daub - Thomas Doyle - Cara Enteles - Matthew Fisher - Deborah Hamon - Kirk McCarthy - Scot Wittman.
WHEN: July 1 - September 15, 2007. Reception: Friday, July 6 from 6 - 8:30 PM

EXHIBITION NOTE: “In Summer The Song Sings Itself” presented by Pentimenti Gallery introduces a group of new artists who bring variety, energy and important contemporary voices to the “summer scene”. The exhibition includes paintings, photographs and sculptures; all remarkable in the ability to delight, inform and inspire.

WHO: Rachel Bone.
WHAT: Solo exhibition: Remedies.
Works on paper in the Annex Gallery.
WHEN: September 24 - October 27, 2007. Reception: Friday, September 28 from 6 - 8 PM.

EXHIBITION NOTE: Rachel Bone’s new works on paper are inspired from a great variety of places, from myths, fables, and traditional folktales to personal experiences and current events.
Attachment: Milking Time, 30 x 22 inches, gouache, ink on paper / Rachel Bone.

WHO: Kevin Finklea.
WHAT: Solo exhibition: I Know What I Want and I’m Certain I Can’t Have It.
Paintings in the Main Gallery and Project Room.
WHEN: September 24 - October 27, 2007. Reception: Friday, September 28 from 6 - 8 PM.

EXHIBITION NOTE: In his new series, Kevin Finklea integrates the presence of the landscape, memory of specific places into his paintings.
Attachment: Studio installation view / Kevin Finklea

WOODTURNING CENTER

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:55:36 -0400

allTURNatives: form + spirit 2007
August 3 September 22, 2007

Opening reception First Friday, August 3
5:30 - 7:30pm; 6:30pm Gallery talk and dance performance

Saturday, August 4
2pm - 4pm The resident artists return for a second gallery talk.

This is the presentation of the new work created during the 2007 International Turning Exchange program. Three-dimensional work will be accompanied by photos and/or films depicting the summer experience and the artists statements sharing their experiences and work process.

During the opening weekend, meet the international residents and hear the creativity behind their old work and the collaborations in the new work created during the residency. This will be the first time one of the residents is a dancer who will perform on opening night.

This year's International Turning Exchange residents include:
Elisabeth Agro, scholar, United States
Jean-François Delorme, artist, France
Peter Harrison, furniture maker, United States
Sean Ohrenich, artist, United States
Lesya Popil, dancer, Group Motion, United States
Siegfried Schreiber, artist, Germany
Lynne Yamaguchi, photojournalist & wood artist, United States

DELAWARE CENTER FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:09 -0400

Through July 27, “Summer Balance,” Studio artists in the Hatch Gallery

Through August 5, “Contemporary Woodcuts,” Phillia Yi, woodcut prints

Through August 5, “Duped: Prints by Alison Saar,” Alison Saar, woodcuts, etchings and monotype prints

Through September 9, MFA Biennial, 35 artists from 8 institutions, including Natasha Bowdoin, recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

Though September 9, “Witness/Diary (There’s a million things I would like to tell you...but I don’t want to wake you up)”, Rebecca Dietz, Photography

Through September 23, “The Administrator,” Michael Aurbach, interactive installation

Through November 4, “Symbiosis,” Dale Shuffler, ceramic vessels

CHELTENHAM ART CENTER

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:11 -0400

Horseshoe Crab Exhibition at Cheltenham Art Center

Have you ever walked along the beach to see a Horseshoe Crab struggling as it lays on it?s back? Often enough ignoring the needs of the helpless Horseshoe Crab and deciding not to flip it over. Horseshoe Crabs carry on a greater existence beyond being stranding on local beaches.

The Ecological Research and Development Group?s belief is that one of the greatest threats towards the continued survival of horseshoe crabs is public indifference. Through the annual ?Horseshoe Crab and the Arts? juried art competition, ERDG offers youth the opportunity to realize how their heartfelt expressions can be powerful tools to awaken interest and change the understanding of adults. The competition, open to students in grades Pre-K ? 12, challenges young people to learn about horseshoe crabs, and then tap into the thoughts and feelings they?ve developed about this amazing creature. Artistic expression is invited in the forms of visual representation, short stories and/or poetry. In 2007 35 young artists from PA, NJ, DE and Japan, were selected from among over 600 entrants. Selected artists and their teachers receive an anthology of the works as a limited edition artist?s book, while the artworks are posted on ERDG?s web site. There is also a culminating exhibition of student work and a community awareness/celebration day held at local museums and festivals. This year the art appeared at the opening of the Dupont Nature Center in Milford, DE, the International Horseshoe Crab Symposium in Oakdale, NY, and Perkins Center for the Art, Collingswood, NJ. Works are on view at Cheltenham Art Center, Cheltenham, PA for the first two weeks in August, then they travel to Japan?s National Horseshoe Crab Association meeting. When the exhibit returns to the states, the exhibit will be at the Noyes Museum in Ocean County, NJ. To learn more about horseshoe crabs visit ERDG?s award winning web site, www.horseshoecrab.org

Exhibit Runs August 06-17, 2007
Cheltenham Art Center Small Gallery
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm

Public education program on August 17th from 12-1pm.

The ERDG's In-School program is developed and conducted by master papermaker and teacher Winnie Radolan, a nationally known papermaker/artist/educator who runs ?Winnie?s Paperworks,? an itinerant teaching papermill. For sixteen years she has been involved with papermaking as an art form and educational vehicle. Former Director of Papermaking and Education at Historical RittenhouseTown, she teaches and conducts many workshops locally and nationally for artists of all ages. Winnie is a faculty member of the Cheltenham Art Center. She is an Artist-in-Residence for both New Jersey and Pennsylvania Councils for the Arts, and teaches at University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is Founding Director of the Guild of Papermakers and former officer in the Friends of Dard Hunter Inc., a national papermaking organization. Her paper and book works have been exhibited internationally and are in private collections. She received her BS in Art Education from Moore College of Art and has done Graduate studies at U of Arts.

The Cheltenham Art Center nurtures the creative spirit of the community through instruction in the visual and dramatic arts, exhibitions, and theater performances.

Visit Cheltenham Art Center online at www.cheltenhamarts.org or contact the center at 215.379.4660. Cheltenham Art Center is conveniently located at 439 Ashbourne Rd., Cheltenham, PA 19012 with plenty of free parking! Easy to reach with Septa!

DAVINCI ART ALLIANCE

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:15 -0400

"Harmony" a juried multi-media exhibition
August 4-26, 2007
Opening reception: Saturday, August 4th 6:00 to 9:00 pm

During the month of August, the Da Vinci Art Alliance will be exhibiting its annual juried show, a multi-media exhibition open to all visual artists. The subject, Harmony, focuses on themes of music or accord. The show will run from August 4-26, and an Opening Awards Reception (free and open to the public) will be held on Saturday, August 4, 6-9 pm.19 artists were chosen for the Harmony exhibition by jurors: Art Historian Debra Miller (Rutgers University, Camden, and Hussian School of Art, Philadelphia, and Board of Directors, Da Vinci Art Alliance) and Roy Harker (Director of Music and the Arts, The Church of St. Asaph, Bala Cynwyd); Harker will also serve as awards judge, and will host the exhibition at the Gallery at St. Asaph’s in 2008.

Special programming related to the theme of Harmony will be offered on Sunday, August 19, noon-5 pm. The symposium will include a presentation by Dr. Miller on "Musical Themes and Symbolism in Dutch Baroque Art;" an autobiographical reading by artist and Sarajevo native Lilliana Didovic based on her affidavit for political asylum in the US; a short set of inspirational songs of peace by artist and musician SiriOm Singh; and a lecture by Pennsylvania Commonwealth Speaker, musician, and instrument-maker Tom Jolin on "Traditional American Folk Music." As a melded culture, the United States is fortunate to have music and instruments that come from around the world. Mr. Jolin will perform a number of traditional songs, and explain the origins of the hammer dulcimer (Iran), the banjo (West Africa), the bowed psaltery (the Middle East), and the mountain dulcimer, button accordion, and harmonica (all Germany). This presentation is a program of the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, supported in part by a grant from the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission. The PHC inspires people to come together to share a life of learning. Since 1973, the PHC has provided resources that empower local groups to help their communities explore history, literature, the arts, and the ideas that shape the human experience.

Gallery Hours: Wed. 6-8 pm Sat. and Sun. 1-5 pm

THE PRINT CENTER

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:16 -0400

August 8 – 18, 2007
TIME AFTER TIME: COMMUNITY PINHOLE PROJECTS
Wednesday, August 8: Opening Reception 5:30-7:30pm

PHILADELPHIA – The Print Center announces Time after Time: Community Pinhole Projects, an exhibition of photographs created in response to The Print Center’s recent exhibition Taken with Time: a camera obscura project which featured work by Ann Hamilton, Vera Lutter and Abelardo Morell. Time after Time includes photographs made in collaboration with The Print Center’s Artists-in-Schools Program by students at Benjamin Franklin, Frankford, West Philadelphia and William Penn High Schools and CHANCES, an outpatient substance abuse treatment program for women and women with children. The Print Center’s Artists-in-Schools Program brings art education and awareness to underserved young people in The Philadelphia Public School System, while increasing their self esteem and encouraging them to think more expansively about their lives and the world around them.

As part of The Print Center’s Artists-in-Schools Program, coordinated by Tina Zavitsanos, artist educators Simona Josan, Nick Lally, Shalya Marsh and Stacy Treier worked with high school teachers Caroline Allen, Nina Gordon, Robin Lane and Vanessa Marshall to help student artists explore issues of identity and self-representation by producing self-portraits using the camera obscura or pinhole cameras.

Participants in the CHANCES workshops explored self-identity in response to their addiction recovery through art making. The upside-down to right-side up nature of working with the camera obscura or pinhole camera was parallel to the way participant’s lives have been affected by substance abuse and the road to recovery. The Print Center’s collaboration with CHANCES, to provide art education and life management skills, was made possible by a partnership with Art-Reach, a nonprofit organization that joins the performing and visual arts with special needs audiences through organizations serving people with disabilities or economic disadvantages.

The exhibition will be on view August 8 – 18, 2007 with an opening reception Wednesday, August 8 from 5:30 – 7:30pm.

LINEAGE GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:18 -0400

Damon Soule
Lacksadayscycle
7/13/07 - 8/12/07

Lineage Gallery is pleased to welcome back to the gallery; New York City based artist Damon Soule. In this much anticipated show Soule returns to Lineage Gallery and brings along an impressive collection of new work that is sure to excite everyone who sees it.

Damon Soule’s work challenges many of the myths perpetuated by the scientific establishment. Drawing inspiration from the world of alternative sciences, Soule uses fractal patterns and intricate designs along with a carefully chosen color pallet to help further explore the scientific universe.

Soule’s paintings are often filled with curious creatures that charge their way through his graphically dense landscapes. Over the years they have evolved in many ways and are often a blend of organic and robotic elements. These “hybrid” creatures become activated in the complicated geometrical landscapes that Soule provides for them.

In “Lacksadayscycle” Damon Soule brings with him a new cast of characters that are in many ways “cut from the same cloth” as his earlier work. These creatures are similar to the ones that we have grown to love over the years but carry a very different emotional weight as Soule infuses each one with its own personality.

Much of Soules new work is mixed media that he creates on found surfaces including wood, boards, and existing canvases. Using cut paper and applying it onto found objects Soule has unlocked a whole new dimension in his work. The results are very exciting and Soule has produced impressive collection of over 40 new works of art that will be debuting in “Lacksadayscycle.”

This unique style and approach has made Damon Soule a widely recognized figure in contemporary art. He was recently a featured artist in two books (“4 words”, and “Convergence”), and his work appears in publications, galleries and private collections all over the world.

This spring he released a new vinyl toy series called “Life in Ventsville” with Kid Robot as well as two new exclusive prints with Lineage Gallery.

Damon Soule lives and works in New York City. “Lacksadayscycle” is his first major solo show with Lineage Gallery.

Audrey Kawasaki & Randy Noborikawa
The Innocents
7/13/07 - 8/12/07

“The Innocents” features the work of Audrey Kawasaki and Randy Noborikawa, two California based artists whose work (in part) focuses on a common theme of innocence- lost and found. These two extraordinary artists with their unique styles and equally unique conceptual approach offer viewers a moment of reflection in “The Innocents” at Lineage Gallery.

Audrey Kawasaki grew up in southern California. As the daughter of Japanese immigrants she spent much of her childhood reading magna (Japanese comic books), listening to Japanese Pop music, and watching Japanese television.

Her first drawings were inspired by the sensual and erotic female faces that she saw in Magna comic books. She was instantly attracted to that style and began collecting images, and color studies from other sources and found ways to infuse them into her drawings. Her attraction to drawing female figures and faces became one of the early marks of her signature style.

As her style grew, delicate and deliberate lines become beautiful wide eyed woman. Through a process of light washes her figures are bathed in colors and textured by the wood grains that lay beneath the surface.

In her recent work Audrey Kawasaki continues to captivate her viewers with voyeuristic images of young woman caught in seemingly very private moments. She explores (and challenges) the innocence of her subjects by placing them in suggestive environments and provocative poses. At first glance they seem harmless and innocent but upon further investigation they can also appear to be mischievous and naughty. These stylized figures often seduce viewers with their “melancholy” expressions and “bedroom eyes.” This mixed with Kawasaki’s soft and subtle style creates a tension in her work and makes her paintings irresistible to anyone who encounters them.

Audrey Kawasaki studied at the Pratt Institute of Art and Design in Brooklyn, New York but returned to here roots in Southern California where she lives and works today. Recent sold out shows and appearances in art publications has kept her very busy. Her work are in private collections all over the world.

Also in “The Innocents” we have Randy Noborikawa who comes to Lineage Gallery with a body of work that has a much harder and more youthful edge. His work explores a chaotic freedom that that is often associated with the Southern Californian surf and skate culture. This is a world that Randy Noborikawa knows well and is still very much a part of.

Born in Southern California Randy was immersed in the 1970’s/ 80’s so-cal lifestyle which included skim boards, skate boards, surf boards and keyboards. These are things that would stick with him for the rest of his life in work and in play.

In his work Noborikawa is able to lock into a moment when being young means being free and he brings his viewers back to a special place in time where everyone can share in that freedom. To do this Noborikawa pulls from a variety of influences that include Latin flavors, hip hop culture, graffiti writing, rock and roll, skate and surf culture, comics and other contemporary artists. With a visual vocabulary that includes everything from skeletons, animals, religious icons, weapons, wall paper pieces, typographical and figurative elements (just to name a few), Noborikawa is able to build strong compositions creating what seems to be a perfect state of chaos and order.

Noborikawa’s attitude is the primary subject in his work and his holds bar approach makes his work hard to put into any one category- allowing for even more freedom.

Randy Noborikawa is classically trained but claims to be “unlearning” what he was taught. He continues to work and live in Southern California. He travels the world as a part of the Quiksilver clothing design team and shows regularly in group shows in the United States and beyond.
Lineage Gallery is pleased to welcome back to the gallery; New York City based artist Damon Soule. In this much anticipated show Soule returns to Lineage Gallery and brings along an impressive collection of new work that is sure to excite everyone who sees it.

TWENTY-TWO GALLERY CAFE

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:20 -0400

Michael Smith, "The Shape of Things." Paintings and Prints. Opening Reception "Second Friday", 6/8/07, 6 PM to 9 PM. Exhibit runs thru 7/12/07.

DAVINCI ART ALLIANCE

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:22 -0400

BATIK PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBIT AT DAVINCI ARTALLIANCE SET FOR JUNE

Batik Paintings and Photography will be featured at the DaVinci Art Alliance for themonth of June by two Pennsylvania artists, Lenore Fiore Mills and Francine Douaihy.The exhibit will open with a meet-the-artists reception on Sunday, June 3rd from 1 to 5p.m., 704 Catharine Street.Batik is the medium associated with designing fabric for functional purposes. TheProcess is an ancient one of applying wax and dye in alternating layers to completion.Ms. Mills early work in batik did consist of simple designs, but her style has emerged asa more intricate one. The knowledge of what to expect after repeatedly combining andlayering dyes provides for harmonious compositions.Many of the paintings are based on the diversity if city neighborhoods and the eventsindigenous to them. Ordinary, contemporary life is represented in this unusual medium,difficult to grasp and perfect. Ms. Mills captures the intrinsic essence of the moment.

The photography of Francine Douaihy encompasses surrealism and abstraction, as well asrealism, unretouched and of the moment. Using a digital camera, she uses thephotograph to create a painting-like essence emphasizing texture, color and composition.She is also inspired by the writings of Edgar Allen Poe, Kahil Gabran, and CharlesDickens and incorporates these writings in her work.Douaihy also features the beauty and grandeur of cities and has photographed London,New York and Ottowa, Canada. She captures the details that sometimes go unnoticed butare of artistic merit to her.She is especially fond of photographing grafitti, dissecting and reinventing its imagery.Natural objects and events are another subject for Ms. Douaihy—a puddle of rain water,A river bed near a coal mine, pond scum—all are subjects for the natural abstractionsDouaihy seeks to photograph.

The DaVinci Art Alliance is a non-profit organization headquartered in SouthPhiladelphia with a history dating back to1931. It is dedicated to all forms of art andartists and holds various programs and exhibits throughout the year.The Mills/Douaihy exhibit continues through June 24th and is open on Saturday andSunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information, call 215-829-0466.

CHELTENHAM ART CENTER

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:27 -0400

63rd National Open Print Exhibition of the American Color Print Society, June 10 ? 29, 2007

Opening Reception: Sunday, June 10, 2-4pm

The American Color Print Society 63rd National Open Print Exhibition features traditional and experimental printmaking techniques with 80 prints on display.

For more information please contact Cheltenham Art Center at 215.379.4660 or visit online at www.cheltenhamarts.org

JMS GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:29 -0400

Summer Group Show. Featuring: Michael Cohen, Pavel Efremoff, John Greig, Peter Miraglia, Opening Reception: Saturday June 23rd from 4pm to 7pm. Exhibit: June 23rd – August 11th.

JAMES OLIVER GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:31 -0400

James Oliver Gallery presents, Occupations, a show with three varying
interpretations of the subconscious. Including painting and sculpture,
Occupations, demonstrates different ways in which art inhabits a
space, impacting the way in which one views art, in addition to the
way art impacts the subconscious. Artists Mathew Davis, James Enders,
and Shane Leddy contribute three diverse styles to the show; each
revealing the artists' own subconscious layers. Please join us for the
opening reception of Occupations, Saturday, June 23rd, from 6-11 pm.
The James Oliver Gallery is running the show through July 28th.

Mathew Davis, a former architect, has transformed his talent for
creating new spaces for people to occupy into an emerging art career.
After working across the globe, observing the way in which other
countries and cultures occupy their own space, Davis began working
with video and multi-media, but is currently exhibiting in painting.
Davis categorizes his own work for this show as the "emergent
topography of the subconscious". Using his former skills as an
architect and urban designer, Davis maps out his paintings in such a
way that the viewer moves through his work in one fluid motion.

James Enders incorporates both sculpture and painting in Occupations,
using an awakening range of colors. Citing nature and the subconscious
as his inspirations, Enders constantly shifts is color palette, media,
and design scheme; believing that it is quite unnatural to remain
stagnant in one specific genre, media, and mindset. Claiming that he
uses the brush as an extension of the subconscious, Enders allows his
brush to travel through many different moods and styles. Enders looks
to Dada as one of his favorite movements, and it is clear that artists
such as Marcel Duchamp, Pablo Picasso, and Keith Haring influence some of his work.

Shane Leddy creates images influenced by tiles, piecing together
similar blocks of colors and images to form one cohesive piece.
Attempting to search and travel through the subconscious through
meditation, Leddy's paintings pursue an essence of truth and peace
only found in the subconscious. While more spiritual, and much less
biased, than Freud, Leddy similarly believes that the subconscious
controls one's impulses and actions. Leddy's paintings tell a story,
an arc of the subconscious and how it impacts us. Also active in
music, Leddy combines his talents in music and art, each one affecting
the other, both occupying equal places in the subconscious.

Open gallery hours are Wednesday through Friday 5-8 pm and Saturday
12-8 pm, or by appointment – please call 267-918-7432 or 215-923-1242, or visit us on the web at jamesolivergallery.com.

LISA M REISMAN ET CIE

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:33 -0400

Inaugural exhibition of original period art nouveau and art deco lithographs, posters, and decorative art. Fine examples of Mucha, Privat-Livemont, Cassiers, Toulouse-Lautrec, Cappiello, Grasset, Dupas, Iribe; among others.

SCHUYLLKILL GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:34 -0400

Schuylkill Gallery Presents
Sherman Mills 2nd Juried Group Show

June 2 ? July 1, 2007
Artist Reception: Saturday, June 2, 4-7pm

The Schuylkill Gallery at Sherman Mills in the East Falls neighborhood of Philadelphia, invites the public to the second annual Sherman Mills Juried Group Show. This exhibition features a juried collection of works by the exclusive artists within the Sherman Mills community. This diverse group of artists will exhibit a number of various mediums in this exhibition such as, but not limited to, painting, glass, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry and mixed media.

Featured Artists include:

Elise S. Arnold | Andrew Rodgers
Arielle Azeez | Selvin Glass
Wendy Bankoff | Deb K. Simon
Damini Celebre | Nancy Tabas
Jon Goldberg | Pam Taggart
Marjorie Grigonis | John Turner
Elaine Lisle | Philip Vinson
Gigi Naftzger | Carol Wisker
Matthew Naftzger | Mike Zerbe
Owen Pach

Group Show Jurors:
Heather Bryson of B Square Gallery
Jen Mayberry of Hand Impressions

DELAWARE CENTER FOR CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:36 -0400

Through June 17, “Tessella,” Michele Kong, multimedia installation

Through July 8, “Advance & Retreat,” Karin Birch, embroidery

Through July 15, “Dialogue with Objectivity,” Jason Ferguson, video and altered objects

Through August 5, “Contemporary Woodcuts,” Phillia Yi, woodcut prints

April 20-August 5, “Duped: Prints by Alison Saar,” Alison Saar, woodcuts, etchings and monotype prints

Through September 9, MFA Biennial, 35 artists from 8 institutions, including Natasha Bowdoin, recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

3RD STREET GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:37 -0400

JUNE EXHIBITION
May 30 thru July 1, 2007
First Friday: June 1, 5-9 pm

Kristine Flannery New Works - The Third Street Gallery presents a one woman show of the recent work of longtime Philadelphia resident artist Kristine Flannery. The exhibit features her current portfolio of Cityscapes, the world of Fish as interpreted through her unique eye, and a return to Abstract Expressionism.

F.U.E.L. COLLECTION

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:40 -0400

JUNE>>Drexel University: Senior Photography Exhibition
June 1 ? 30, 2007 Opening Reception: Friday, June 1 @ 6PM.

The exhibition will showcase the photographs of seventeen different emerging artists. This work represents a year-long project by the students, whose diverse interests are evident in the wide range of ideas and approaches seen in this exhibition. The Drexel University Senior Photography Show has been an annual event for over a decade and has gained the attention of critical praise. Drexel?s student work have won numerous awards including publication such as Communication Arts Magazine, Graphis Design Annual, The PDN Annual Awards and The New York Times Magazine. For more information about the show contact Paul Runyon 215-895-2932.

ART IN CITY HALL

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:42 -0400

WHO: Art In City Hall in collaboration with the Philadelphia Prison
System.

WHAT: An art exhibition by prison employees and their families
in celebration of Correctional Employees Week.

WHERE: City Hall, 4th Floor hallway, N.E. entrance.

WHEN: An art reception open to the general public is scheduled for
Thursday, May 31, 2007, 6:00 - 8:00 pm. The exhibition runs until June
22nd.

2007 Prison Employee Art Exhibition in City Hall

The Philadelphia Prison System, located in the northeast section of the
city, consists of six main institutions and several satellite facilities
throughout the city. It is the mission of the PPS to “provide a secure
correctional environment that adequately detains persons accused or
convicted of illegal acts; to provide programs, services, and supervision
in a safe, lawful, clean, humane environment; and to prepare incarcerated
persons for reentry into society in a frame of mind that will facilitate
their becoming law-abiding citizens.”

The 2300 employees of the PPS work in a wide variety of fields ranging from security and social services to health, education and industries. Yet, they are united in one common goal; to prepare incarcerated men and women to reenter our community. In addition to their commitment to the security of our city, the PPS employees have an abundance of gifts and talents which come to light one special week each year: Correctional Employees Week. During these seven days the System celebrates the unique profession its employees dedicate their lives to. The Prison campus comes alive with softball games, picnics, banquets and in recent years, an employee art exhibit.

This year the PPS has worked in conjunction with the Art in City Hall program to share this exhibit with the people of Philadelphia. We invite all to enjoy the talents of the public servants who work each day to keep our city and its citizens safe.

LARRY BECKER CONTEMPORARY ART

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:45 -0400

SOME: A Changing Selection of Work by Gallery and Invited Artists,
and Special Projects - June 1st - 30th

Includes Andrew Graham, Mel Davis , Howard Smith, Marcia Hafif,
Jon Poblador, Jim Lee, John Zurier and others

LINEAGE GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:58:25 -0400

Forgotten Lands features the work of Greg Craola Simkins and Naoto Hattori, two modern pop surrealists who use their unique visions to take viewers into a world of endless possibilities where logic and reason become obsolete and bizarre creatures become commonplace.

In these fantastic journeys you will discover a world full of new species, mutated creatures and lost civilizations living among the fauna of these Forgotten Lands.

Greg Craola Simkins paintings are full of curiously playful characters that are carefully designed to capture viewers imaginations. With his cartoonist sensibility, fresh visual vocabulary and razor sharp design Simkins brings a fresh new style to Forgotten Lands.

Simkins has his own blend of character based surrealism. Old cartoons, books, animal documentaries, and music become the inspiration for Simkins wonderful world. In his world you will find a whole new cast of odd little creatures that find refuge in the equally odd environments that he invents for them.

These paintings come together only after a long process of observing the world, sketching ideas, taking notes and searching out visual materials to use as a reference. All of this is done before he even puts a brush to canvas.

Once the concept is realized Simkins builds his image from the ground up and the composition begins to take shape as he adds layers upon layers to allow all of the pieces to come together. He then adds a final layer of clear finish to help even out the surface.

The long and involved process is somewhat unconventional for a painter. But this designers approach is just one of the many things that sets his work apart from the rest. His paintings are like fully realized dreams that Simkins is able to bring to the surface and each one has its own wonderful story within a story.

In recent years Greg Simkins work has appeared on skateboards, album covers, clothing and most recently on a limited edition lunchbox series. His work can be seen in galleries all over the country and is much sought after by collectors. Simkins is published regularly in magazines such as High fructose, Beautiful Decay, Concrete Wave and Juxtapoz (just to name a few).

Greg Simkins is a graduate of California State University Long Beach. He currently lives and works in Southern California. This is his first major exhibition on the east coast.

Enter the world of Naoto Hattori where imaginary animals, peculiar objects, and extraordinary environments make their way from the pages of the artists mind, through his brush and on his canvas.

Hattori is continually searching new frontiers within his own imagination. He paints what he sees and uses this as a way to express ideas that sometimes can not be put to words. He finds his inspiration in some very unusual places. Nature plays a huge role in shaping Hattoris imagery. He focuses his attention on details including anatomy, color, light and shadow. Having a strong understanding of how these things work in nature helps him to better understand how to manipulate them later on his canvas.

Naoto Hattori studied at both the Tokyo Design College, in Tokyo, Japan as well as the School of Visual Arts in New York City where he graduated with a B.F.A in Fine Arts and Painting. This unique educational background and set of influences has helped Hattori to develop his signature style and his own method of storytelling. This is all reflected in his work that seems to be equally influenced by Japanese design as well as western traditions in modern art.

In his new work Hattori explores the landscape in which these creatures live and breathe. He continues to experiment with biomorphic forms and finding interesting ways to present them on his canvas. His work appears in magazines, galleries and in private collections all over the world. He calls both New York City and Tokyo, Japan home. Forgotten Lands is his second major exhibition with Lineage Gallery.

DELAWARE CENTER FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:56 -0400

Opening May 25, “Dialogue with Objectivity,” Jason Ferguson, video and altered objects

Through June 17, “Tessella,” Michele Kong, multimedia installation

Through July 8, “Advance & Retreat,” Karin Birch, embroidery

Through August 5, “Contemporary Woodcuts,” Phillia Yi, woodcut prints

April 20-August 5, “Duped: Prints by Alison Saar,” Alison Saar, woodcuts, etchings and monotype prints

Through September 9, MFA Biennial, 35 artists from 8 institutions, including Natasha Bowdoin, recipient of the Joan Mitchell Foundation Grant

FABRIC WORKSHOP AND MUSEUM

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:56:58 -0400

Currently on view in FWM’s windows at 1222 Arch Street:

Store Front
by Mark Bradford in collaboration with Juan Carlos Avendano and The Fabric Workshop and Museum
May 19 – August 31, 2007

Also on view:
Work by Venturi Scott Brown and Associates and Tristin Lowe

Upcoming Exhibition: at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Morris Gallery:

Senga Nengudi: Warp Trance
June 9 – August 26, 2007

Opening Reception and Artist Lecture
Friday, June 8, 2007. Reception: 5:30-8 p.m. Lecture: 6 p.m.

Senga Nengudi’s new installation Warp Trance, created in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, employs a 3-channel video projection of rhythmic sounds and images derived from industrial weaving mills to evoke ritual and trance.

Exhibition Location
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Morris Gallery, Historic Landmark Building
118 North Broad Street (corner of Broad and Cherry Streets)
Philadelphia, PA 19102 [T] 215.972.7600 www.pafa.org

Pennsylvania Academy, Morris Gallery Hours
Tuesday - Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sunday, 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Closed Mondays and legal holidays.

UNIVERSITY CITY ARTS LEAGUE

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:00 -0400

University City Arts League (UCAL) presents
West Philadelphia visual artist and writer Jill Maio
in a solo exhibition titled: Jill Maio Constructions 2004-2007
June 8- July 7, 2007

University City Arts League (UCAL) presents local artist Jill Maio in Constructions 2004-2007, a collection of wood/mixed media works, sculpture and paintings. Jill Maio’s ambitious exhibition debuts Friday, June 8 with a reception at 5:30pm and runs through July 7. UCAL's gallery is located at 4226 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA. Admission is free and the public is invited to attend.

For more information, contact 215-382-7811 or www.ucartsleague.org.

Jill Maio’s process begins with salvaging found objects such as wood from renovated or destroyed houses. Materials are sawed and whittled into scraps that are then assembed in a relief form on a plywood base. The process occurs in several stages that include breaking down the object into smaller parts, rebuilding, reshaping and painting. Maio notes, “To me, a piece under construction is the world in which I reside in for the months it takes to make it, and the forms are the architecture of that world: generally simple in shape but mysterious in function.” Maio’s works are large scale featuring paintings/constructions 24”x 60” and 48”x 60” and smaller sculptures approximately 24”x 8”x 8” that hang on the wall. Commanding pieces such as Oddgard #6 are circular in structure with numerous layers of wood, some portions reminiscent of a rustic and secretive world.

Maio earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and graduated with Highest Honors. She received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from the University of Virginia, where she was a Henry Hoyns Fellow and a Jacob Javits Fellow. She has been awarded residencies at Vermont Studio Center, Can Serrat International Arts Centre, and Santa Fe Art Institute, published in literary journals such as Ploughshares and Virginia Quarterly Review, and shown artwork in galleries and museums from Boston to New York to Houston. Locally, Jill was a resident artist in Philadelphia’s 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program and has recently shown work at the AIRspace Gallery and at Woodmere Art Museum

UCAL Gallery hours are Mon.-Thurs. 1PM-6PM; Friday 1PM-5PM; Saturday 9:30AM to noon and Sunday by appointment. Next at the gallery opening Friday, July 20, 5-7pm is 'Animal Art Adventures' A collection of art created by participants in the UCAL Animal Art Adventures Summer Camp, a joint program presented by UCAL and The University of Pennsylvania's Veterinary School.

NEXUS FOUNDATION FOR TODAY'S ART

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:01 -0400

NEXUSselects is a juried competition for seniors graduating from the many art colleges and universities in Philadelphia and the surrounding region. The juried exhibition seeks out the best and most compelling young artists and at the same time illuminates the trends and styles emanating from our region’s art schools. The opportunity to install and exhibit work in a high profile gallery serves as a milestone in these young artist’s careers. Nexus member artists Jennie Thwing and Bilwa served as jurors for NEXUSselects 2007 along with Greg Kelly and Steve Weber from 201 Gallery and Nexus executive director Nick Cassway.

Nine artists working in five different mediums from four different schools were chosen to exhibit a body of work for NEXUSselects 2007. This year’s exhibitors include: Melissa Biddle – Tyler School of Art, Photography; Jennifer DiCocco – University of the Arts, Photography; Raphael Fenton-Spaid – Temple University, Art and Art Education; Jennifer Gin – University of the Arts, Crafts; Colleen Keihm – Drexel University, Photography; Jong Kyu Kim – Tyler School of Art, Sculpture; Sarah Koziol – Tyler School of Art, Fibers; Penelope Reichley - Tyler School of Art, Sculpture; and Missy Sweet – Drexel University, Photography.

NEXUSselects was developed as a vehicle to help situate graduating art students in the professional art world at this transitional point in their careers. NEXUSselects also includes an educational component, which takes place every spring in the form of a comprehensive schedule of professional development workshops. These workshops are open to all graduating art school students and are presented free of charge by Nexus’ education committee. Students gain crucial knowledge and experience in such areas as writing artist statements and resumes, preparing media/press packets, publicity and networking and learn what it takes to establish a successful art practice after college.

NEXUSselects 2007
Friday June 1 through Sunday July 1, 2007
Opening Reception – Thursday June 7 - 6 to 9 PM also open First Friday 6 to 9 PM

The Gallery's regular hours are 12 to 6 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.

Admission is free.

F.U.E.L. Collection

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:03 -0400

MAY COLLECTIVE
The first floor of the gallery features works ranging from two dimensional mixed media paintings to three dimensional wood and string sculptures from four Philadelphia based artists: Justin Berger (painting), Maggie Casey (sculpture/installation), Jungmi Lim (painting) and Kelly Turso (photography).

DELAWARE CENTER FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:04 -0400

DCCA Events:

Tuesday, May 15, 5:30 –6:30 p.m. - second lecture in series “Tree Souls and Iconic Souvenirs: Recurring Themes in the Work of Alison Saar”
Professor Amalia Amaki. Call 656-6466 x 7112 to register. FREE to students. Fee for general public.

Wednesday, May 16, noon: Art Salad, DCCA studio artist Felise Luchansky will discuss her digital work. (photo: Waxing and Waning, attached)

Thursday, May 17, 5:30- 8 p.m.: Young Contemporaries’ Night featuring Foolscaps and Inkshed with special guests A.R.S. Trio. An interstate historical romp of an evening curated by Robert Wuilfe and presented by
Philadelphia’s Landmarks Contemporary Projects. FREE to DCCA YC members and Philly Car Share members. $10 general public.
(photo: playing telephone with ghosts, attached)

Gallery Listings for Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts, 200 S.
Madison St., Wilmington. 302 656-6466. $5 adults, $3 students (with ID)
and seniors (65 and up), children under 12 free. Free admission, 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. Saturdays. www.thedcca.org

Opening May 18, MFA Biennial (photo: Paul DeMarco, Earthly Delights, 2006, Mixed Media, 96 x 69 x 72 inches)

Through June 17, “Tessella,” Michele Kong, multimedia installation

Through July 8, “Advance & Retreat,” Karin Birch, embroidery

Through May 20, “Virtues and Vices,” Carrie Ann Baade, paintings

Through August 5, “Contemporary Woodcuts,” Phillia Yi, woodcut prints

April 20-August 5, “Duped: Prints by Alison Saar,” Alison Saar, woodcuts, etchings and monotype prints

VOX POPULI

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:06 -0400

THIS IS NOT THE FUTURE

Featuring work by Sam Belkowitz (Philadelphia, PA), Brendan Britton
(Providence, RI), Daniel Davidson (Brooklyn, NY), Aaron Delamatre (Bellvue, KY), Erica Eyres (Glasgow, Scotland), Rachel Frank (Brooklyn, NY), Dawn Frasch (Oakland, CA), Greg Gagnon/RPL (Somerville, MA), Talia Greene (Philadelphia, PA), Heather Hilsinger (Philadelphia, PA), Elizabeth K. Hironaka (San Diego, CA), Pernot Hudson (New York, NY), Seth Johnson (Portland, ME), Ethan Aaro Jones (McLean, VA), Thad Kellstadt (Pittsburgh, PA), Alexi Kukuljevic (Philadelphia, PA), Preston Link (Check, VA), Ryan McCartney (Philadelphia, PA), Neighbors Allied for the Best Riverfront (NABR) (Philadelphia, PA), Will Pappenheimer, (Brooklyn, NY) Nicki Stager (Bethlehem, PA), Kirsten Ullrich (Philadelphia, PA), and Ye YeZi (Astonia, NY).

Exhibition Dates: Friday, June 1 – Friday, June 29
Opening Reception: First Friday, June 1, 6-11 PM
with a performance by Triangle Forest
Gallery Talk: Sunday, June 17, 4 PM
with Andrew Suggs, Vox Populi Exhibitions Coordinator

Vox Populi is pleased to present This Is Not the Future, a unique curatorial project by Vox Populi’s artist-members. Twenty-three artists have been invited to exhibit new work that explores the vague and shifting concept of “the future.” The works on display are an extraordinarily diverse selection of u/distopic investigations that probe or transform personal and collective histories, contemporary mores, methods of image making and consumption, and new technologies – all through the guise of sometimes strange, sometimes beautiful divinations.

The curatorial process that resulted in This Is Not the Future reflects the
cooperative nature of Vox Populi: Vox’s members have independently chosen work they feel interestingly engages the theme, as they interpret it. Thus rather than a singular guiding curatorial vision, there is a variation of conceptual concerns and a diversity of techniques which allow for a
productive dialogue instead of a prescriptive curatorial message. The
exhibition features works in sculpture, painting, drawing, video,
music/performance, architecture, and design that examine the future of
social life, communication, politics, nature, and/or representation.

Salient themes do emerge among the grouping. For one, the works chosen for “This Is Not the Future” say as much (or more) about our contemporary situation and our past as they might hint at our future. These “forward-looking” works ironically upset the very idea of discrete temporal categories; they spiral from present to past to future and question the boundaries among those categories. This is not only the future; it is something (some place, some time) else.

The works here attempt to complicate ideas of progress and history in
general. Their engagement with time, as we understand it, is complicated,
expansive and challenging. Even as they astutely plumb history for its
treasures and problems, they seem free in imagining and imaging “the new” and the “not yet,” whether darkly or with a colorful optimism.

Vox Populi is a non-profit artist's collective that was founded in 1988,
that features regular exhibitions, gallery talks, performances and lectures,
to support the work of emerging artists. Vox is located at 319A N 11th
Street, Philadelphia. Artist’s receptions are free and open to the public,
and take place on the first Friday of each month, from 6 - 11pm.

THE FABRIC WORKSHOP AND MUSEUM

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:11 -0400

The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents
Senga Nengudi: Warp Trance
9 June – 26 August 2007
Opening Reception: Friday, 8 June 2007, 5:30 – 8 p.m.

Artist Lecture: Friday, 8 June 2007, 6 p.m.

Exhibition Location: Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Morris Gallery

he Fabric Workshop and Museum is pleased to present Warp Trance, a new project by Senga Nengudi on view at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts' Morris Gallery. Nengudi, an artist-in-residence at The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM), collaborated with FWM to create an installation that employs a 3-channel video projection of rhythmic sounds and images derived from industrial weaving mills to evoke ritual and trance. Senga Nengudi: Warp Trance opens on Friday, 8 June with an artist lecture at 6 p.m. and a reception from 5:30 – 8 p.m. The exhibition is on view through 26 August 2007 at the Pennsylvania Academy.
Nengudi is best known for her performance, installation, and sculptural work involving movement and the body. During her residency at The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Nengudi became interested in Pennsylvania's, and FWM's, rich history with textile production. She visited several local textile mills including MTL, in Jessup, PA, and Langhorne Carpet in Penndel, PA, as well as Scalamandre in Long Island City, New York, and was fascinated by the repetitive motion and sounds of the mills. During these visits, with the generous cooperation of the mills, Nengudi collected video footage and sound recordings as well as hundreds of Jacquard punch cards. She then asked the composer Butch Morris to take the audio recordings from the textile mills and turn the ambient sounds into a composition to accompany the video projections. The resulting installation, Warp Trance, leads the viewer into an almost trancelike state through repetitive motion and audio and visual rhythm.

Warp Trance is Nengudi's first work involving video. She has primarily been drawn to discarded, everyday materials with farther reaching associations than the viewer might initially assume. The Jacquard punch card panels onto which the video footage is projected in Warp Trance fit perfectly into this category. As well as being a revolutionary step in textile production, the Jacquard loom was also the first machine that used punch cards to control a sequence of operations. Consequently, the cards are considered the first important step in the history of computing hardware as well as a key conceptual precursor to the development of computer programming.

Nengudi's Warp Trance touches on the history of technology, ritual dance, contemporary music, and the politics of labor, but, for the artist, it's really about the interaction between the viewer and the piece. Nengudi wants the work to encourage us to move and dance removing us from the everyday through Warp Trance's mesmerizing rhythms and visual patterns.

About the Artist
Born in Chicago in 1943, Senga Nengudi currently lives and works in Colorado. She received a B.A. in art and dance and a M.A. in sculpture from California State University in Los Angeles, CA. She also studied Japanese Culture at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan. Nengudi was at the forefront of the African-American avant-garde in New York and LA in the 1970s and 80s and has had solo exhibitions at various locations including Thomas Erben Gallery (which represents Nengudi) in New York (2005). Her work has also been included in numerous group exhibitions including Out of Action: Between Performance and Object, 1949-1979, Museum of Contemporary Art, (LA MOCA) Los Angeles, CA (1998), the 54th Carnegie International 2004-2005, Carnegie Museum of Art (2004), Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970 at the Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas (2005), and Role Play: Feminist Art Revisited 1960-1980 at Gallery LeLong, New York (2007). In 2005, Nengudi received both the Anonymous Was a Woman Award and the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation Award. Nengudi's work is featured this spring and early summer at LA MOCA in the traveling group exhibition WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution (2007). The exhibition's next venue is P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City.

Exhibition Location
Pennsylvania Academy Morris Gallery, Historic Landmark Building
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
118 North Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
[T] 215.972.7600 [F] 215.569.0153
www.pafa.org

Morris Gallery Hours
Tuesday - Saturday, 10am–5pm
Sunday, 11 am–5 pm
Closed Mondays and legal holidays

Admission: Adults: $7, Seniors & Students: $6, Youth ages 5-18: $5,
Members & Children under 5: FREE

Also on view
At The Fabric Workshop and Museum's temporary space, 1222 Arch Street, through the summer are rotating window installations by contemporary artists including Mark Bradford and Marie Watt, as well as selections from The Fabric Workshop and Museum's permanent collection.

PROJECTS GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:13 -0400

Projects Gallery proudly presents Philadelphia artist Jim Brossy’s “Unentitled”, in his premier solo exhibition with Projects. This Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts M.F.A. recipient crafts highly textured, mixed media, assemblage paintings using artistic, construction and found material. Tar, latex, cement, wax, string and steel all make appearances in his paintings, in addition to the more traditional acrylic, pastel, pencil and oil. Found objects such as newspaper and old clothes augment the richness and narrative of the work. The mixed media aspects add a literal and figurative gravity to the subjects. His paintings speak to the prevailing social issues and injustices of contemporary society.

There is a strong urban language, a rhythm of signs and buildings that resonate throughout the work. The complex, linear compositions evoke a sense of cityscapes. Bulldozers, clothes lines and tight fences appear as unusual subject matter. The duality in his use of black and white striping evokes imprisonments as varied as the holocaust to ghettoizing socioeconomic disparities. Figures read newspapers bearing headlines manipulated by the artist, satirizing media paranoia and frivolity. A woman hoists a sagging sheet to dry on a clothesline while nearly being enveloped by the chore. Garish machinery plows through old buildings, hinting at urban sprawl and gentrification. Brossy’s paintings focus on the dispossessed, highlighting the inequality in our culture between those who are presumed entitled and those who are not.

“Unentitled” opens Friday June 1st, with a First Friday reception from 5-9 p.m. The exhibition continues through July 29th. Projects Gallery is located at 629 N. 2nd Street in the Northern Liberties section of Philadelphia. Summer gallery hours for June and July are Thursday and Friday 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturday noon to 7 p.m. A preview of this artist’s works may be viewed on the gallery’s website at www.projectsgallery.com. For more information on the artist or high resolution images, please contact Projects Gallery at info@projectsgallery.com or 267-303-9652.

PROJECTS GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:15 -0400

Projects Gallery proudly presents . . . and dont forget to rescue the princess! a solo exhibition of work by artist Orly Cogan. Cogan uses found vintage linens that once served as table runners or bureau scarves in a more modest age. To these quaint decorative items the artist adds a layer of contemporary attitude that updates a traditionally feminine craft with what critic Margaret Hawkins describes as a kind of happy-go-lucky post modern perversity. Cogan's work addresses issues of identity, transformation, physiology, fantasy, humor, irony and the boundaries between the fictional fairytale and the mundane, as well as provocative power issues between the sexes. The result is a portrait of girlhood womanly ambitions as well as womens girlish ambivalence, creating an image of public intimacy.

As Cogan explores this inter-generational connection, she also examines archetypes of femininity, mythology, and the nature of intimacy, at the heart questing for understanding of identity. . . . and dont forget to rescue the princess! celebrates Thursday, May 10th with an artists reception from 5-9 p.m. The exhibition continues through May 27th.

Opening May 4th, 2007
First Friday Opening May 4th, 5 - 9 PM,
Second Thursday artist reception May 10th, 5-9 PM
Exhibition continues through May 27th, 2007

FABRIC WORKSHOP AND MUSEUM

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:17 -0400

Simply Red
7 April – 19 May 2007

Simply Red draws from the collections of the Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA) and The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) to explore the effects of a single design element: color. The exhibition includes work by Renée Green, Anish Kapoor, Gaetano Pesce, Ettore Sottsass, Robert Venturi, and Yukinori Yanagi. Curated by Donna Corbin, Associate Curator, PMA.

Will Stokes Jr.
February – 19 May 2007

This retrospective exhibition commemorates self-taught artist Will Stokes Jr.'s thirty years at FWM, and includes a selection of the artist's dynamic figurative silk screen prints, paintings, and drawings.

On view at FWM’s 1222 Arch Street windows: installations by Venturi, Scott-Brown and Associates, Virgil Marti, and Tristin Lowe.

JMS GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:18 -0400

David Foss, Claire Giblin, Joe Mooney and Kimberly Stemler.
Group Exhibition of abstract art by Pennsylvania artists.
Opening Reception: Saturday, May 12th from 4pm to 7pm.

DELAWARE CENTER FOR THE CONTEMPORARY ARTS

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:20 -0400

Through May 6, “Constructs,” group exhibition related to Constructivism, paintings and sculpture by Robert Straight, Thomas Vance and Eric Garner

Through June 17, “Tessella,” Michele Kong, multimedia installation

Through July 8, “Advance & Retreat,” Karin Birch, embroidery

Through May 20, “Virtues and Vices,” Carrie Ann Baade, paintings

Through August 5, “Contemporary Woodcuts,” Phillia Yi, woodcut prints

April 20-August 5, “Duped: Prints by Alison Saar,” Alison Saar, woodcuts, etchings and monotype prints

TWENTY-TWO GALLERY

Fri, 24 Aug 2007 11:57:22 -0400

Lauren Sweeney, "Natural Selections."
Portrayed in watercolor.
Opening Reception "Second Friday", 5/11/07, 6 PM to 9 PM.
Exhibit runs thru 6/7/07.