Visual Poetry: Jerry DiFalco, a Life in Art

DVAA (Da Vinci Art Alliance) 704 Catharine Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Visual Poetry: Jerry DiFalco, a Life in Art AN INSTALLATION CURATED BY VIRGINIA MAKSYMOWICZ AND BLAISE TOBIA IN MEMORY OF JERRY DIFALCO   ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: This exhibition “recreates” the spare bedroom Jerry DiFalco used as his studio. Besides a selection of his artwork, there are strategically placed artifacts, such as paintbrushes, tools and Jerry’s […]

We Three Kings

Moody Jones Gallery 107b South Easton Road, Glenside, PA, United States

Moody Jones Gallery opens 2024 with “We Three Kings”, celebrating the legacy of three Philadelphia artists. It will run from February 1 to March 9.   An artist reception will be held on Saturday, February 3 from 4:00pm to 8:00pm. The “We Three Kings” exhibition honors James Atkins, R.L. Washington and Richard J. Watson, renowned […]

Opening Reception and Panel for Edna Andrade: Space Dreams

Locks Gallery 600 Washington Square South, Philadelphia, PA, United States

As part of (re)FOCUS 2024 and coinciding with the opening of "Edna Andrade: Space Dreams" join us on Friday, February 2nd from 5pm to 7pm for an exclusive panel featuring curators Shelley Langdale and Mitra Abbaspour who will discuss the life and work of Edna Andrade (1917-2008). The conversation will explore the Philadelphia artist's multifaceted […]

ALHAMDU | MUSLIM FUTURISM

12 Gates Art 106 North 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

ALHAMDU | MUSLIM FUTURISM   Twelve Gates Arts is proud to present the immersive installation “The Mirage” from the ALHAMDU | MUSLIM FUTURISM exhibit created and curated by the Muslim arts and culture collective—MIPSTERZ,  opening on Friday, February 2nd, 2024. Opening Reception: February 2nd, 2024, 5-8pm Philadelphia, PA, February 2, 2024 — “The Mirage” is a single-user immersive […]

First Friday February @ Arch Enemy Arts

Arch Enemy Arts 109 Arch St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Arch Enemy Arts invites you to join us in celebration of four new exhibitions opening this First Friday, February 2nd from 5PM - 9PM. We welcome 2024 with solo features by Dewi Plass, Rachael Bridge, and Rebecca Reeves; a gorgeous new group exhibition “Elixir”; and, for the first time on our own walls, an exciting […]

Brie Ruais Solo Exhibition at Contemporary Craft

Contemporary Craft

Contemporary Craft is excited to announce Oneness: Brie Ruais, the first in its new Tomayko Solo Artist Elevation Series. Featuring the work of New Mexico based ceramic artist Brie Ruais, the exhibition will open on Friday, February 2 and will be on view through May 4, 2024.   In her work, Ruais focuses on ideas around […]

Opening Reception for “All Things Considered” Retrospective Exhibition

Paradigm Arts Building 12 N 3RD ST, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Paradigm Gallery + Studio is pleased to present All Things Considered, a retrospective collection of lenticular images spanning 15 years by conceptual artist Anna Tas as part of (re)FOCUS 2024. All Things Considered will feature several of Tas’s popular lenticulars as well as a collaboration with artist Diane Burko, one of the original organizers of […]

Totem

Pink Noise Projects 319 N 11th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Totem the wrong new media biennial // Pink Noise Projects/319 N 11th Street, 2L/Philadelphia, PA 19107 // Opening Reception: February 2nd Exhibition dates: February 2nd-February 25th , open weekends 2-6 or by appointment 215 840 7239 Klecksography Workshop Feb 25th, materials provided Curator: Tyler Kline Virtual Reality Development: Isla Xi Han, Sophie Mengzhu Jiang, Genyuan […]

Back to Basics

The Plastic Club 247 South Camac St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join us at the opening reception for our February show, Back to Basics, on Sunday, February 4 from 2-5 PM. Free and open to the public! Artists focus on using elemental shapes and geometric motives in strategic themes like composition, pattern and line. Work may be purely abstract or representational, all the while showing command […]

Arlene Love at the Interactive Museum of Contemporary Art

Interactive Museum of Contemporary Art 1230 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

OPENING RECEPTION: Arlene Love at the Interactive Museum of Contemporary Art February 9 @ 4:30 pm – 8:00 pm The opening reception for a solo exhibition by the renowned Philadelphia artist, Arlene Love, presented at the Interactive Museum of Contemporary Art. The exhibition will feature Love’s pioneering sculpture in resin, feminist works in leather, figurative drawing, and photography spanning […]

DETERMINED TO BE | JOHN RHODEN CATALOGUE SYMPOSIUM

PAFA 118-128 North Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

DETERMINED TO BE | JOHN RHODEN CATALOGUE SYMPOSIUM The John Rhoden Catalogue Symposium launches Determined To Be: The Sculpture of John Rhoden (2023, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts), a generous publication that accompanies the first comprehensive retrospective of twentieth century African American sculptor, John Rhoden (1916-2001), curated by Dr. Brittany Webb, the Evelyn and Will Kaplan […]

TWO YEARS GONE: Exhibition of Contemporary Ukrainian Artists Opening Feb 7

TCNJ Art Gallery AIMM Building, 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ, United States

TCNJ Art Gallery is pleased to present TWO YEARS GONE, a group exhibition of Ukrainian artists, curated by Dylan Siegel. The artists in the exhibition, including Maya Hayuk, Maria Kulikovska, Dana Kavelina, Katerina Ganchak, Sasha Kurmaz, and Anton Varga, work in a range of media including watercolor, photography, video,and installation, and their work reflects upon […]

Fleisher Printmaking Studio Tour in memory of Jerry Di Falco

Jerry DiFalco was a painter, sculptor, photographer and printmaker, who created a diverse body of work he called “visual poetry.” He was a member of the DaVinci Art Alliance from 1997 to 2007. In 1995 he began working as a monitor and mentor for professional artists in the Open Etching Studio at the Fleisher Art […]

Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe and Dominique White & Alberta Whittle: Sargasso Sea – Opening

Institute of Contemporary Art - University of Pennsylvania ICA 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

The solo exhibition Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe is the first to bring together paintings, video, prints, and sculpture from different bodies of work Jackson has created over the past eight years, providing an overview of the threads in her practice and her use of materials. Approaching her video works as “moving paintings,” the exhibition presents examples of […]

Spring 2024 Opening Celebration @ ICA

Institute of Contemporary Art - University of Pennsylvania ICA 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Celebrate the opening of Tomashi Jackson: Across the Universe and Dominique White and Alberta Whittle: Sargasso Sea An evening of music, performances, and refreshments! The evening will feature performances by Philly’s newly inaugurated poet laureate, Kai Davis, and cultural treasure and Phillys 2016-2017 poet laureate, Yolanda Wisher. In addition to the performances, DJ Lola Kinks will be spinning […]

Fun-a-Day Philadelphia

Studio 34 4522 Baltimore Avenue, Philadelphia, PA, United States

GET READY FOR FUN-A-DAY! The Fun-A-Day Community Art Show is BACK in 2024, once again hosted by Studio 34 Yoga | Healing | Arts. We've got 1 month to prepare, start thinking about what project you will be working on come January 1, 2024! Sign up form is here: https://forms.gle/NuNs8dNGoGFPKddv7

Closing Reception and Artist’s Talk

Chimaera Gallery 3502 Scotts Lane #2113, Philadelphia, PA, United States

"Ravel is an interesting word. A contranym. It can be both a noun and a verb. It can mean both tangle and untangle. And isn’t that how life can be sometimes? We find ourselves in a great big mess. And the more we try to tease the mess apart and get everything back in order, […]

Ann Lofquist: Passing Observations, Nasir Young: Excursions, & (re)FOCUS 2024: Fortitude at Fifty | Opening Receptions at Gross McCleaf Gallery

Gross McCleaf Gallery 127 S 16th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Saturday, February 10, 1–4 pm @ Gross McCleaf Gallery 127 S 16th St Join us for the in-person Opening Reception of our February exhibitions! Celebrate (re)FOCUS Fortitude at 50: A Resilient Five Decades at Gross McCleaf Gallery as the gallery spotlights a multitude of women and BIPOC artists that have contributed to the gallery's half-century […]