Humans are complex creatures and metabolize experiences in different ways. Artist Agnes Varda summed it up beautifully when she wrote, “If we opened people up, we’d find landscapes.” Multidisciplinary artist Julie Woodard processes life through songwriting, time in nature, and the creation of textile terrains. Her work explores themes of loss, the search for hope, […]

Phantastic Phibers creates an atmosphere of industrial, fiber optic, hyperbolic, puppetry, soft sculpture, no waste weaving,  and non traditional textiles.  The exhibition  transports the pier into a nautilus full of suspended materials including recycled electronics and bicycle parts, a nine foot tunnel, a series of birds, a cursed sweater, enormous weavings, a tower of electrical […]

Pathways features a selection of Philadelphia’s cherished educators, art workers, and artists: Morgan Hobbs, Kate McCammon, Kate Moran, Eileen Neff, and Kaitlin Pomerantz. Guest curated by Melanie Delach, coordinated by Addison Namnoum. How do we become who we need to be? And how do we find our way into our work? Although the act of […]

Celebrate the opening of "Embodied Sound" + "The Earth Has A Fever” at Da Vinci Art Alliance! In her upcoming exhibition at Da Vinci Art Alliance, “Embodied Sound,” artist Julie Woodard uses her long-standing textile art practice to explore these questions. Beginning with her own original music as source material, Woodard transforms the sonic into […]

For the July 2024 show, artists are invited to share landscapes - exploring the fields, forests, seas, cites and towns of travels and imaginations. All are welcome to the opening reception on Sunday, July 7, from 2-5 PM. Exhibit runs through Thursday, July 25.

Juried landscape painting show at The Plastic club

SUMMER FLOWERS July 11 - September 2, 2024 opening reception Thursday, July 11th from 6-8pm An explosion of dynamic color and texture to beat the heat! SUMMER FLOWERS is the first of two group exhibitions highlighting the artists who work out of CCW's Philadelphia studio. Featuring new and original artworks by Aaliyah Bush, Alexa Sekula, […]

YOU ARE HERE at Box Spring Gallery not only invites the viewer to join artist Michael S. Heitler on city tours and site-seeing, but demonstrates ourselves as a visual culture, where signs, directions and advertising dominate. The exhibition runs from July 11 to August 31, 2024.

July 12 - August 25, 2024 First Friday Opening Reception, Friday, July 12, 6-9 pm Joseph Kattou makes Vejigantes, a type of traditional Puerto Rican mask typically made from the outer husks of coconuts. Their devilish visages, horrific amalgams of horns and fangs covered in colors and patterns, were meant by colonists and religious fanatics […]

Bring your party hats and come up the hill to join us in celebrating Wharton Esherick’s 137th birthday on July 13, 2024, from 12:00 – 3:00 PM. Festivities include artist demonstrations, a pop-up exhibition of tools from the 1956 Workshop, timed walkthroughs of the Studio, and live music. We’ll be celebrating alongside our friends from […]

Joined by musical friends Nate Gonzalez and Wendy Gaynor, Julie Woodard will perform the original songs that are paired with works throughout exhibition! The live music will be interwoven with personal narratives that are represented both visually and sonically through Embodied Sound. Just as the exhibition is a conversation between artistic practices, this informal event […]

It’s that time of year again! Barnes on the Block presented by PNC Arts Alive, and in partnership with Mural Arts Philadelphia, returns for another round of outdoor fun for the entire family. This year we’re offering a fresh perspective on two important modern painters with our newest exhibition, Matisse & Renoir: New Encounters at the Barnes, on […]