La La Lil Jidar : 2nd Thursday Opening Reception

InLiquid Gallery 1400 North American Street, Studio #314, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join us on September 14th, from 6-9 PM, for the opening reception of La La Lil Jidar: 20 Years Behind the Apartheid Wall in Palestine, featuring the powerful photography of Dr. Aisha Mershani. Dr. Aisha Mershani’s work documents nearly 20 years of the Israeli Apartheid Wall, Israeli violence, and Palestinian resistance. This exhibit is a […]

La La Lil Jidar: 20 Years Behind the Apartheid Wall in Palestine

InLiquid Gallery 1400 North American Street, Studio #314, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Aisha Mershani’s photography documents nearly 20 years of the Israeli Apartheid Wall and exposes the tumultuous recent history surrounding the wall. She most recently returned to the Occupied West Bank in summer 2022, finding countless people she photographed in 2004/2005. By photographing people again, Mershani shows a timeline of the ‘then and now’ behind the […]

Invasive Species: Eco/Systems Land Based Initiatives

Asian Arts Initiative 1219 Vine Street
, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Asian Arts Initiative is pleased to present Invasive Species: Eco/Systems Land Based Initiatives, a series of projects and events that are the culmination of the two-year collaboration with Dr. Ashley Gripper (of Land Based Jawns) and Sonia Galiber (of Soil Generation), with Eto Otitigbe and eo Studio as the artistic director and production partner. The presentations […]

Margin|Margin

William Way LGBT Community Center 1315 Spruce St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Opening reception September 15th 2023, 6pm-8pm. Margin/Margin is a multimedia project that highlights QTBIPOC in leather culture. Through film and photo, the featured participants share personal pleasures and challenges as people navigating sexual dynamics within marginalized BDSM communities. It's also a glimpse into a microcosm that reflects larger, systemic issues laden with ism’s and phobia’s. […]

Containing Multitudes: Anne Minich’s Head Series, 1974 – 2023

Commonweal 1341 North Mascher Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

COMMONWEAL’s fall season will open with Containing Multitudes: Anne Minich’s Head Series, 1974 - 2023, which be on view from FRI•SEPT•01 through SAT•OCT•28, with an opening reception on FRI•SEPT•15 from 18:00 to 21:00. For our friends observing Rosh Hashanah on the evening of the 15th, we invite you to please stop by the gallery on […]

Containing Multitudes: Anne Minich’s Head Series, 1974 – 2023

Commonweal 1341 North Mascher Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

In 1974, Anne Minich (b. 1934) crossed the country and found herself sitting in the kitchen of a Berkeley apartment, covered with a towel, while photographer William Bruce Hale proceeded to shave her head and document the results at her request.   This radical act of depersonalization emphasized a break with social norms, while her […]

All Fun and Games: The Cat Collaborative Adoption Event at the Paradigm Arts Building Featuring Artworks by Katherine Fraser

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

Join us at this FREE event to enjoy art, pet kittens, and learn about fostering and adoptions as The Cat Collaborative and Paradigm unite for a good cause. Refreshments will be provided! Please visit https://www.shelterluv.com/matchme/adopt/PRR/Cat for pre-approval for adoption and https://www.paradigmarts.org/collections/katherine-fraser to buy Katherine's work.

Stuart Rome: Oculus

Oculus by Stuart Rome Solo Exhibition Curated by Christopher Brown Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Saturday, September 23, 2023 (2-5 pm) Stuart Rome: Oculus is a solo exhibition of photographs made from with-inside ancient, living redwoods and sequoias in the American west. These giant trees are hollowed-out from millennia of lightning strikes and fires, and […]

FRIEDAcommunity – A Reading + Poetry debut from Kay Cosgrove

FRIEDAcommunity 320 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Please join us for a very special literary event celebrating ANYBODY HOME? (Blue Edge, 2023), the poetry debut from Kay Cosgrove. This event is made possible thanks to donations from our annual fundraiser. The poems in Kay Cosgrove’s first collection are driven by curiosity – about herself, the world, and her place in it. Witty […]

HEEL: A Performance

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

HEEL: A Performance About Dancer, composer, and movement educator Sigrid Lauren activates exhibiting artist Hannah Levy’s meticulously crafted stainless steel stilts through a choreographed performance. This collaborative performance is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Moveables which brings together the work of five artists — including Levy — who are rethinking functional design and its intimate relationship […]

CADO Market

CADO Market N 33rd St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

CADO Market is a celebration of Black creativity and a platform for growth, all captured in a marketplace experience. Explore a carefully curated selection of products from local entrepreneurs, designers, and artists, including home decor, clothing, art, goods, jewelry, apothecary items, and more. During the day-long market, CADO also hosts an array of cultural programming […]

Philly AIDS Thrift 18th Anniversary Block Party

Philly Aid's Thrift 710 S. 5th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Philly AIDS Thrift presents their 18th Anniversary Block Party and Halloween Kick-Off on Saturday, September 30th from 12:00pm to 6:00pm, on the 700 Block of S. 5th and East Passyunk. Enjoy a celebrity dunk tank, games, face painting, food trucks, carnival games, shopping, pie eating contests, dozens of craft vendors, and more.  Look for Peabody […]

Film Screening : Walled Citizen

InLiquid Gallery 1400 North American Street, Studio #314, Philadelphia, PA, United States

As a part of the La La Lil Jidar: 20 Years Behind the Apartheid Wall programming, InLiquid invites you to join us on Thursday, October 5th, in the InLiquid Gallery for a screening of Walled Citizen, directed and produced by Palestinian filmmaker Sameer Qumsiyeh. Walled Citizen documents Sameer Qumsiyeh as he attempts to explore the […]

Opening Celebration: Jessica Campbell: Heterodoxy

The Fabric Workshop and Museum 1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Experience Jessica Campbell: Heterodoxy, an exhibition exploring the complex personal, political and professional relationships facilitated by the twentieth century secret radical feminist debate club named Heterodoxy. Produced in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, this presentation will take the form of a gathering space—an interpretation of Polly’s Restaurant in Greenwich Village, NY, an early […]

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Kickoff Party @ The Trestle Inn

The Trestle Inn 339 N 11th St., Philadelphia, PA, United States

Join The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) at The Trestle Inn for The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Season Kickoff and Pick-up Party! Enjoy a cocktail (or two...) with friends and see incredible artwork all night long, by artists opening their studios this fall for the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours. Bring your friends, and leave […]

Framing Nature’s Paradox: Neil Jenney & Donald Sultan, 1969-2023

Morris Museum 6 Normandy Heights Road, Morristown, NJ, United States

The Morris Museum proudly announces the exhibition, Framing Nature’s Paradox: Neil Jenney & Donald Sultan, 1969-2023 will be on view from Friday, October 6. The exhibition explores the intersection of contemporary practice with keen observation of the natural world and human nature through the works of two acclaimed artists, Neil Jenney and Donald Sultan. Framing Nature’s Paradox features 27 […]

AUTOMAT Open Call 2023

Crane Arts LLC 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia, PA, United States

AUTOMAT announces a call for artworks for their 2023 Open Call exhibition, open to emerging and mid-career artists working in any medium in the Philadelphia region and beyond. This group exhibition will be curated by our members, and will run from December 14th 2023 - January 6th 2024. Please see submission requirements on the AUTOMAT […]

12th Annual Art Market at Tyler

Tyler School of Art and Architecture - Temple University

Tyler School of Art and Architecture Alumni Association hosts a juried show of artwork by Tyler alumni and others at the 2023 Art Market at Tyler, Friday October 6 from noon-8 pm. This year marks the 12th anniversary of Art Market at Tyler, held during Temple's annual Homecoming and Family Weekend. This year’s Art Market will […]