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.
Extended hours
Sunday, Sept. 25 and Sunday Oct. 23, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Artists’ Reception
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2 - 4 p.m.
Totally Exposed is a photographic exhibition of work by emerging artist Sarah R. Bloom.
Bloom’s work is revealing, challenging, and disarming. As the setting for her nude self-portraiture, Bloom has chosen some of the most dramatic elements of America’s decaying industrial landscape — from abandoned mental asylums and churches to the wasteland of Detroit’s once thriving automobile factories. Her work is raw and often brave. The depth of her images reveals genuine beauty in the aesthetics of decay.
Exhibition Dates: December 1 – 30, 2011
Reception: December 8th, 6-8pm
Out of Context Skye Gilkerson & Sarah Steinwachs We found a wonderfully curated show at Grizzly Grizzly. You’ve only a few more days to see it. The works of artists Skye Gilkerson and Sarah Steinwachs compliment each other in scale and in craft. Both artists embrace the absence of mass in delightfully different ways. Skye Gilkerson’s removes typography from it’s literary place, out of context, to create discrete marks that dance across space. Sarah Steinwachs adds mass to empty space with layer after layer of cut out nets.
One Part Plaster New Mixed-Media Sculpture August 31 – October 2, 2011 You wouldn’t even know this work was in the gallery from the street. A big surprise in small packages can be found in the back half of 3rd Street Gallery. Seemingly scattered the hidden gems are earthy hold-in-the-palms-of-your-hand sized sculptures. We love the simple stacked forms and an occasional foreign object attached to the stone, wood, or one part plaster. The work is delightful you’ll want to take at least one home with you.
We've been looking forward to experiencing Continua by Philadelphia's Katie Murken — we weren't disappointed.
Upon entering the exhibition space you are surrounded by columns of hue. Their scale and saturation create a heightened energy seducing you toward one column, then another. Moving from one column to the next and back again, inspecting the lusciously stacked color-saturated leaves is a intoxicating journey. Their contruction brings to mind a cairn. Something mystical is going on here.
Deadline September 30, 2011
Denali National Park and Preserve is seeking applications from visual artists and writers for the 2012 Artist-in-Residence Program. This will be the first season with an open call to writers to submit for a residency. The program is in its eleventh year at Denali, and many of the works created by artists-in- residence from previous years are on display in the Denali Visitor Center and the Eielson Visitor Center.
SUBMIT YOUR WORK.
GET JURIED IN NOVEMBER 2011. VOTE.
GET A SOLO SHOW IN 2012.
For the November 2011 exhibition ‘Other Possible Titles,’ Grizzly is looking for inventive work for inclusion in a juried, group show. Work in any medium – sculpture, wall work, video art, installation, etc- is encouraged.
There is a catch. Throughout the duration of the exhibition, Grizzly Grizzly will allow visitors to vote on their favorite work. The artist receiving the most votes will receive a solo exhibition in the 2012 gallery season.
This is an interactive art piece consisting of a grid of 96 guitar effects pedals that are wired together. The piece has multiple levels of experience. The pedals are arranged in a grid and are vibrant in color. The installation also includes a guitar and amplifier. People step on the different pedals to activate various effects, which multiply over one another, creating a dynamic sonic experience.
Thirteen paintings from the Roots series are currently showing at Green Line Cafe.
Mon-Sat 7am-10pm
Sun 8am-8pm
Through the end of September.
Sarah R. Bloom is an artist, portrait & event photographer, and writer whose work has appeared in The Art of the State show at the Pennsylvania State Museum in both 2008 and 2010, and most recently had a piece in the Photography 30 exhibition at The Perkins Center for the Arts. She has been a member of the Da Vinci Art Alliance for 2 years, showing in several of their group shows.