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.
artLIFE at heavybubble
Recent Works by Isaiah Zagar Friday, September 9 - Sunday, October 9
The 2011 Bike Part Art Show October 12 - 22, 2011
Closing Reception and Auction Saturday October 22nd from 6-10pm.
Open for the POST on October 15 and 16 from Noon to 6pm
Philadelphia painter, Diane Lachman will exhibit Color Conversations at the MUSE Gallery which features new oil paintings and watercolors that that explore color as a means of visual communication. Lachman is interested in how color defines our idea of form and meaning. Her intuitive approach complements her years of teaching color theory at Penn Design at the University of Pennsylvania.Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday 12 to 5 pm or by appointment.
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.