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Call for artists: Residency Program, Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts

The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts has reopened the application process for the Art & Community Visual Arts Residency Program! Letters of Intent and curriculum vitae are being accepted through midnight, May 31, 2010. Letters of Intent should include a brief personal history of your involvement in the arts as well as your interest in partnering [...]

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Scapes and Circumspections : Carol Wisker and Howard Brunner

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May 13 – June 7, 2010

Abstract artists Carol Wisker and Howard Brunner will present new paintings and new digital prints at the Smile Gallery.
This show is the couple’s first exhibition together as well as Brunner’s return to creating images generated from his inner vision. Howard, who is well known for his abstract urban photography, says of his latest work: ”In my photography work I go looking for pertinent visual experiences while in this new body of work I can build internal experiences that are hopefully moving and emotionally engaging”.

Changing Landscapes is a 6-week residency based on the premise that Southern Louisiana can be seen as a microcosm of the global environment, manifesting both the challenges and possibilities inherent in human interaction with the natural world. We ask artists to propose a new work creatively using A Studio in the Woods’ resources including its natural [...]

Vox Populi has announced an open call for VOX VI — their sixth annual juried exhibition of emerging artists. The exhibition will take place July 9 — August 1, 2010. Deadline for submissions: June 18, 2010. This year’s jurors are artists William Powhida and Jennifer Dalton. For complete information visit the open call at the vox populi [...]

Barry McGee : art in flux

Barry McGee was born in 1966 in California still lives and works there. His drawings, paintings, and mixed-media installations are inspired by contemporary urban culture. In the 1980’s he was known by the tag name Twist.

Call for entries : Art Ability

Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital’s Art Ability program is now accepting artist entries for the 2010–2011 Exhibition and Sale. Eligibility The call is open to artists with physical, cognitive, visual and hearing disabilities. Only work executed after the onset of disability or injury is eligible. All works must be for sale. Art previously exhibited in Art Ability is [...]

Max Cole Sandspit, 2009 Just around the corner from us on Second street is Larry Becker Contemporary Art. The gallery is currently showing Max Cole: Light and Line. The exhibition includes 13 works. From outside the gallery you wonder: are these weavings? Linen fabric? The art feels like landscapes I have experienced on cross [...]

What is an Art-o-mat? Art-o-mat machines are retired cigarette vending machines that have been converted to vend art. There are 82 active machines in various locations throughout the country. Are you interested in being an Art-o-mat artist? Here’s the submission guidelines: http://www.artomat.org/guidelines.html

On Thursday, May 13th at 7:00 pm the Chester County Art Center will be hosting it’s Artist Fellowship, a community of artists who gather for the purpose of networking, support, and sharing information. Heavy Bubble will be there to talk to artists about our services and answer general questions. There will be a pot of coffee [...]

video : Jackson Pollock, 1951

Jackson Pollock 51, 1951 (excerpt) Hans Namuth and Paul Falkenberg (directors) Morton Feldman (composer) A peek into Pollock.

Heavybubble is happy to announce our new exhibition space. Visit us in Old City, Philadelphia. We’ll have the doors open for First Friday in May 2010 stop by and say hello. We’ve signed a multi-year lease and are working on an extended calendar. We are looking forward to showing site spacific works and unseen work [...]

Talking about art : Louis Kahn

The creation of art is not the fulfillment of a need but the creation of a need. The world never needed Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony until he created it. Now we could not live without it. – Louis Kahn

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