artLIFE at heavybubble

Welcome to artlife where we post a curated selection of events, exhibitions, workshops, and doings by heavybubble and artists that use our services. Check out the  artist opportunities and events that catch our eye.

Space
 1026
 Studios 
& 
Gallery
 is
 holding
 an
 open 
video 
call
 for
 the
 upcoming 
screening
 series 
Traps. 
Work
 submitted
 will 
be
 shown
 on 
one
 of
 three
 screening 
dates (August 8th, 15th, 22nd) 
and
 should 
address 
themes 
related
 to
 physical
 or 
psychological
 entrapment:
 the
 notion 
of 
being
 hemmed‐in 
or 
tied
 down; 
issues
 of
 deception 
and
 struggle; 
the
 nature
 of 
control
 as 
it 
relates 
to 
capture
 and
 possession;
 getting
 stuck
 and
 becoming
 unstuck.
Guidelines

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exhibition
December 7 January 18, 2013

365 is the result of a drawing-a-day project — a daily constancy in drawing. Experimenting with a foreign surface and unfamiliar tools, Stella drew with sketch software on her iPhone. A step outside the studio and away from the comfort of familiar, analog tools. 

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University of the Arts MFA Program in Studio Art's 18th Annual Summer Lecture Series

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Precisely nowhere by Edith Newhall (Philadelphia Inquirer June 17, 2012)


Josette Urso's oil paintings on panels conjure things and places in her real life quickly and democratically jotted down, but without a there there. The mutable areas between her gestures, lines, and scaffolding-like shapes suggest the time, as much as the physical space, that lies in between each observance.

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Density by Carol Wisker
exhibition
April 4 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.

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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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Soundings #1 by Stella Untalan
exhibition
April 2 May 22, 2012

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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exhibition
April 6 May 19, 2012

Instinctual connections pull us toward conclusions. The work in this exhibition involves curiosity, reaction, and natural repetition. It is an abstract conversation in the absence of color. 

Paintings by Tom Hlas, drawings by Trish Thompson, and an installation by Wendy Wolf. 

 

About Tom Hlas

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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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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.

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

 

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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Logan Circle by Anne Saint Peter
exhibition
March 1 February 26, 2012

Panoramic images of Philadelphia

Reception
Friday March 2, 5-7 PM

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Brown Zen _ Francesca Costanzo
exhibition
February 17 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.

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