Best Laid Plans

See Here Now Pop-Up Gallery 2237 North Front Street, 1st floor, Philadelphia, PA, United States

"The standard visual art exhibition traditionally presents polished objects and ideas, ready to be considered and defended. This is not that. Eight artists present a room full of abandoned projects, suspect ideas, unworkable proposals, and folly that suggests the residue of struggle can still yield poetry." - 2023 Philly Fringe Festival Guide By presenting drawings […]

Body/Building

Gallery 26 26 East Baltimore Avenue, Lansdowne, PA, United States

Gallery 26 is pleased to present Body/Building, a solo exhibition by visual artist Anna Guarneri opening on Saturday, September 9th and running to Sunday, October 15th. In this exhibition, Guarneri presents a collection of sculptures and works on paper that continue her exploration of suggestive forms and stretch the possibilities of stained glass, her primary […]

Mary Gamble Barrett: Transcendence

No. 5 Butchie Alley Behind - 1175 S 13th St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

Mary Gamble Barrett’s paintings and ceramic tiles reach beyond the physical, parting the heavy curtains leading to the metaphysical world. Inspiration for the works comes from sacred geometry (found in mentor Bill Daley’s sculpture and in Byzantine Iconography) and in the magic of color and clay. The creation of these works was both meditative and […]

The World Around Us

Pentimenti 145 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

SEPTEMBER 12 - OCTOBER 28, 2023 The World Around Us AMY BOONE-McCREESH AZADEH GHOLIZADEH MEET THE ARTISTS & RECEPTION: Thursday, September 14, 6 - 8 PM | Talk at 7 PM Pentimenti Gallery is thrilled to open the fall season with The World Around Us, a two-person exhibition by Amy Boone-McCreesh and Azadeh Gholizadeh. The […]

Much Depends on Where You Stand

Pentimenti 145 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

SEPTEMBER 12 - OCTOBER 28, 2023 Much Depends on Where You Stand TED LARSEN MEET THE ARTIST, RECEPTION & BOOK SIGNING: Thursday, September 14, 6 - 8 PM | Talk at 7 PM The new fall art season will officially begin with Much Depends on Where You Stand, a solo show by Ted Larsen. The […]

Off-Kilter, On Point: Art of the 1960s Opening Reception & Talk with Dean Pamela Barnett

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

Off-Kilter, On Point: Art of the 1960s Opening Lecture with Dean Pamela Barnett September 13, 4:00 Reception to follow The College of New Jersey Art Gallery AIMM Building 2000 Pennington Road, Ewing, NJ Join us to celebrate the opening of Off Kilter, On Point: Art of the 1960s from the Permanent Collection. Featuring painting, sculpture, […]

Chasing LOVE: a Welcoming Week Global Cultural Celebration

Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy City Hall, Room 116, Philadelphia, PA, United States

On September 14, follow Little Amal—a 12-foot puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee girl and global symbol of refugee rights—on a journey down the Benjamin Franklin Parkway to retrieve her heart-shaped necklace, with Philadelphia artists BalletX and Mad Beatz Philly, and artwork by Ife Nii-Owoo. Chasing LOVE is the concluding event with Little Amal in Philadelphia, and is an official City […]

Much Depends on Where You Stand

Pentimenti 145 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

SEPTEMBER 12 - OCTOBER 28, 2023 Much Depends on Where You Stand TED LARSEN MEET THE ARTIST, RECEPTION & BOOK SIGNING: Thursday, September 14, 6 - 8 PM | Talk at 7 PM The new fall art season will officially begin with Much Depends on Where You Stand, a solo show by Ted Larsen. The […]

The World Around Us

Pentimenti 145 N 2nd St, Philadelphia, PA, United States

SEPTEMBER 12 - OCTOBER 28, 2023 The World Around Us AMY BOONE-McCREESH AZADEH GHOLIZADEH MEET THE ARTISTS & RECEPTION: Thursday, September 14, 6 - 8 PM | Talk at 7 PM Pentimenti Gallery is thrilled to open the fall season with The World Around Us, a two-person exhibition by Amy Boone-McCreesh and Azadeh Gholizadeh. The […]

MYTHOGEMS Opening Reception at AUTOMAT

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

MYTHOGEMS September 9 - October 7, 2023 Viewing hours: Sat 12-5pm Opening Reception: Thursday, September 14, 6-9pm Featuring: Philippa Beardsley Alex Griffin Jackie Shatz Zachary Simonson Curated by Kimi Pryor AUTOMAT Collective Crane Arts building 1400 N. American St. Philadelphia, PA 19122 Kimi Pryor and AUTOMAT Collective are pleased to present work by Philippa Beardsley, […]

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 […]