JUNE 19 - JULY 20, 2024 Inside the Picnic Basket Works by: Steven Baris - Michelle Benoit - Edgar Diehl - Kevin Finklea - Kiki Gaffney - Judy Gelles - Mark Khaisman - Ted Larsen - Lauren Mabry - Donald Martiny - Jackie Milad - Raymond Saá - Erik Spehn - Derrick Velasquez - Jan […]

Rhythms of Liberation - Celebrating Juneteenth Through Music Save the Date: June 19, 2024 ​Join us for our annual Juneteenth Block Party in partnership with Wawa Welcome America on Wednesday, June 19th. Let's come together to celebrate freedom through music as we honor the theme "Rhythms of Liberation" during Black Music Month. Follow us on socials at @aampmuseum. We can't wait to celebrate […]

Join us for a conversation with Henbo Henning in a more intimate and relaxed setting. Following the talk, dinner will be served allowing for more discussion with the artist and among guests. A talk with Henbo Henning Date: Wednesday, June 19, 2024 Talk: 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm Dinner: served at 7:00 pm Location: FRIEDA, […]

JUNETEENTH WEEKEND PREMIERE: THE RE-EMANCIPATION OF SOCIAL DANCE, CELEBRATES THE PHILLY HOUSE PARTY Intercultural Journeys is Producing a Groundbreaking New Dance-Theater Work that Highlights a Communal Black Art Form On Juneteenth weekend, Intercultural Journeys will debut The Re-Emancipation of Social Dance, an interactive dance party throughout five “living rooms.”   Created by star choreographer and director Raja Feather […]

Whiskey Rebellion by Local Contemporary Artist John Y. Wind on Display Through June 30 The Museum of the American Revolution will feature new artifact displays, a contemporary art installation, and special programming to mark Pride Month this June. Throughout the month, the Museum is pleased to present Whiskey Rebellion, an installation of sculptures by Philadelphia artist John […]

Member artists Clement DaVinci and Nicole Patrice Dul Artist Talks on their shows currently on exhibit at 3rd Street Gallery, on Sunday, June 23, from 2:00-4:00 p.m. Artists will host a reception. 3rd Street Gallery is located at 610 S 3rd Street.

COMMONWEAL is excited to announce Plantasia, our next exhibition opening on Saturday, June 29th from 5p to 9p. The exhibition, inspired by Mort Garson's beloved 1976 album of the same name, features 11 Philadelphia-based artists focusing on flora and the organic world. Produced on a Moog synthesizer, which was a new technology at the time, […]

It's the early '90's. Communism has fallen, the president is a playwright and the wild east is open for business. Fearless western twenty-somethings head east with the promise of opportunity, prosperity, and cultural awakenings in a not-so-brave visa-free world where conversational English teachers make more than doctors, beer is cheaper than water, and law enforcement […]

Join award winning Black Trans poet, author, educator and filmmaker J Mase III (he/him) for an evening of poetry rooted in community care. Featured on MSNBC, Essence Live, Buzzfeed, Blavity, the Root, and TED, J Mase is the winner of a Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Non-Fiction and a Creative Capital Award. He is co-director of the […]

SOUND TYPE Seminar: GENG PTP aka KING VISION ULTRA & John Morrison Tuesday, July 2, 4:00–5:30PM Join us in this third SOUND TYPE Seminar, which brings into conversation experimental hip hop artist GENG PTP aka KING VISION ULTRA and writer and DJ John Morrison. Geng and Morrison will be talking about cultural history, musical identity […]

“Lick My Wounds” is Boehmer’s first solo show at SATELLITE LES. The exhibition features recent works on canvas and an installation artwork that explore themes of anxiety, fantasy, and nostalgia. Brightly colored faux fur and yarn are sewn by hand together with taxidermy to depict gory imagery with art historical references. The soft sculptures have […]

Asian Arts Initiative SOUND TYPE Concert: KING VISION ULTRA Tuesday, July 2, 8PM KING VISION ULTRA will perform live at Asian Arts Initiative on July 2 at 8pm in the third exposition of the SOUND TYPE FESTIVAL. KING VISION ULTRA is a project by Manhattan-born and Queens-based DJ, producer, and artist GENG PTP. KING VISION […]

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: Our dependence on carbon-based energy has given the Earth a fever. Our relationship with the natural world is out of whack. By using nature as something to dominate and exploit, we have despoiled the Earth for our short term needs. The Earth has responded to this exploitation with a devastating cycle of […]

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, […]

Works created by artists from Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Guild program and SCI Phoenix. Visions is an exhibition of original artwork created by participants in Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Guild program and artists at SCI Phoenix, southeast Pennsylvania’s maximum-security prison for men. The Guild is a paid apprenticeship that gives justice-impacted young people the opportunity to develop marketable […]

Member shows at 3rd Street Gallery. Joe Klaus’s "Without you on my mind" and Youngmin Jahan’s "Recent Works" opens on Friday, July 5, and will run through Sunday, July 28. Opening Reception, Sunday July 7, 2:00-4:00 p.m. 3rd Street Gallery is located at 610 S 3rd Street. Gallery hours: Fridays, 4:00—7:30 p.m., Saturdays, 1:00—5:00 p.m., […]

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 […]