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Marjorie Grigonis : Present Tense at 3rd Street Gallery

exhibition

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Sunday, May 27, 2012

New abstract oil paintings and collages will be shown the month of May at 3rd Street Gallery. Anxiety, both personal and global, with which we all live, has informed many of these paintings and mixed media pieces.

The Drexel Improvisational Ensemble will be featured as part of the Third Street Gallery’s First Friday festivities. They will improvise works inspired by artists Marjorie Grigonis and Kristine Flannery.

Beginning at 6pm

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Carol Wisker, Strings + Things

exhibition

Wednesday, April 4, 2012

Sunday, April 29, 2012

New works by Carol Wisker and Melissa Maddonni Haims.

Carol Wisker is a member of the 3rd Street Gallery, a co-operative artists space in Old City. Wisker's abstract sculptures and paintings explore the use of line in the fluidity of paint and in the combination of fiber with a variety of diverse materials, including silk cocoons, hand-cast paper, wood, bamboo and metal.

Stella Untalan new drawings in Spring Awakening

exhibition

Monday, April 2, 2012

Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Painting and works on paper by Stella Untalan, Lorraine Gessner, Linda Dubin Garfield, and Mary Kane

Stella Untalan will be showing new drawings from her just completed Soundings Series.

Philadelphia Board of Ethics
The Packard Building
1441 Sansom Street, 2nd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19102
215 686 9450

Ladies of Leonardo : Francesca Costanzo and Carol Wisker

exhibition

Friday, February 17, 2012

Tuesday, March 13, 2012

HERSTORY IV: Fourth Annual Celebration of Female Artists curated by Rachel Citrino & Liz Nicklus. Featuring the multimedia art works of 13 women members of the Da Vinci Art Alliance,a Philadelphia cooperative.

Panoramic Philadelphia : Anne Saint Peter

exhibition

Thursday, March 1, 2012

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Panoramic images of Philadelphia

Reception
Friday March 2, 5-7 PM

Caroline Furr in American Impressions 2012

exhibition

Monday, January 30, 2012

Friday, March 9, 2012

Juried printmaking & Book Art Exhibition : All Traditional and Digital Print Media
American Impressions 2012, a national juried exhibition of traditional and digital print media and book art by 28 professional artists from across the United States, will be on view at the William Paterson University Galleries

Reception Date
Sunday, February 5, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

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Reception, Exhibition, Celebration : Spring Awakening

Spring Awakening is a group exhibition of paintings and works on paper by Lorraine Gessner, Linda Dubin Garfield, Mary Kane and Stella Untalan. Please join us for the reception honoring Ed Bronstein, who started art exhibitions at the Philadelphia Board of Ethics.

Stella Untalan will be showing six drawings in her new Soundings Series.

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Anne Saint Peter photographs at the Cosmopolitan Club

Went over to The Cosmopolitan Club today to see photos by Anne Saint Peter. A wonderful exhibition of Philadelphia. Take a moment to stop in and see the show at a Philadelphia Landmark.

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Artist talk. Ke Sook Lee, Sense of Place

FiberPhiladelphia is an international biennial and regional festival for innovative fiber/textile art. Exhibitions are planned for 40 locations including major institutions and independent venues. They include work by renowned international artists and a new generation of artists breaking into the field.

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Discovering the work of Catherine O’Connell.

Catherine O’Connell | What Alice Wanted | Cut rice paper, acrylic & colored pencil on rag paper | 12.5″ x 15″ | 2012

We liked her paintings when L G Tripp showed them last year. In this works on paper show Catherine O’Connell has only a few small and intriguing works. Go and see them.

WORKS ON PAPER

March 2 – 31, 2012
Artist Reception, Saturday, March 3, 5 – 7 p.m.
First Friday, March 2, 6 – 8:30 pm

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Create Change Public Artist Residency, The Laundromat Project

The Laundromat Project (The LP), in collaboration with Leeway Foundation and in partnership with The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Asian Arts Initiative, and PhillyCAM, has announced a call for proposals from Philadelphia based artists of color interested in mount

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Call for entries : Meta-Fiber

Meta-Fiber
Art In City Hall &
FiberPhiladelphia2012
Philadelphia, PA
March 12 — May 11, 2012

Deadline: February 20, 2012 by 4:00 p.m.

Meta-Fiber, part of FiberPhiladelphia2012 is open to artists working in non-traditional ways and with non-traditional materials that utilize fiber and textile art making techniques such as weaving, sewing, applique‘, quilting…Non traditional materials may include: recyclables, post-industrial, organic, or repurposed products.

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Humble: Photography Small Works Exhibition Open Call

Deadline for submissions: February 28, 2012, 11:59 PM

This June, Humble Arts Foundation, in conjunction with Magenta Foundation, will present Small Works, an exhibition of 50, 8 x 10 inch photographic prints curated by Jon Feinstein and Amani Olu. Feinstein and Olu will select works from an international open call to exhibit at the Flash Forward Festival in Boston.

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Drawing Sol Lewitt at MoCA

This exhibition is massive.

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Eastern State Penitentiary, Call for Proposals

Proposal Deadline (for all funding and approvals)
Wednesday, June 13, 2012, 4:00 pm
At Eastern State Penitentiary
Art Proposals — 2013 Season

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site
2027 Fairmount Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19130

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Call for Entries: Take a Seat!

Adirondack Chairs reinterpreted.

The Morris Arboretum and Woodmere Art Museum, located in Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia, are collaborating to organize an outdoor exhibition during the summer of 2012.

Call for Artists

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