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In Unison: Ceramic Sculptures by George Rodriguez
All day Event Description On view: July 21 – September 10, 2023 Born and raised in the border city of El Paso, Texas, George Rodriguez creates large-scale decorative ceramic sculpture addressing his identity and community as a Mexican-American artist. In the exhibition In Unison, Rodriguez constructs a bridge between the past and present through symbols […]
Depth of Field
Philadelphia Sculptors and the PL130 Gallery at PhotoLounge present Depth of Field, a unique exhibition of 23 artworks by 18 local and regional artists that combine photography with sculpture. On view from August 7 - September 30, 2023, at PhotoLounge in Philadelphia, PA, the exhibition celebrates the unexpected and the irreverent as artists display original […]
Little House @ Peep
Peep is proud to present a two-person exhibition by artists Robin Cameron and G. William Webb titled Little House, alongside the concurrent public sculpture Monument to Reproduction installed at Race Street Pier and supported by DRWC (Delaware River Waterfront Corporation) in Philadelphia, PA. Robin Cameron and G. William Webb August 10 - September 14, 2023 […]
New Now VI
Since 1999, InLiquid has connected artists and audiences in Philadelphia and the surrounding region. In the sixth installment of its new member showcase, New Now VI, 31 artists of diverse mediums, inspirations, and histories, come together in the InLiquid Gallery. Though distinct, they are linked by the local community and a shared interest in the […]
BILLY BOLDS
Center for Creative Works is thrilled to present a solo exhibition by Billy Bolds. Known for his signature mark — which has been interpreted alternately as a tree, a person, a balloon, a lollipop, a lightbulb — Bolds’ compositions are occupied by layers and layers of mark in vivid colors. For his first exhibition at […]
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The Arts League Annual Artist Convening
The Arts League Annual Artist Convening
Celebrate Innovation and Creativity with The Arts League's First Annual Artist Convening! Artists are the backbone of our creative economy and culture. Join local institutions in a daylong un-conference style gathering to share resources, make connections and build community. Guest speakers include experts from; the Institute of Contemporary Art, Commonweal Gallery, Fleisher Art Memorial, Da […]
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Opening Reception for Danielle Clough’s “Some Strings Attached
Opening Reception for Danielle Clough’s “Some Strings Attached
Paradigm Gallery + Studio is pleased to present Some Strings Attached, a solo show of new embroidered paintings by teaching artist, Danielle Clough. Some Strings Attached will feature 13 pieces, including Clough’s signature watercolor and embroidered portraits and extensions of her ongoing Girl Dust series in print and wallpaper form. Clough indulges in saturated color […]
Opening Reception for Han Cao’s “Silhouettes”
Opening Reception for Han Cao’s “Silhouettes”
Paradigm Gallery + Studio is pleased to present Silhouettes, a solo show of new embroidered works by fiber artist, Han Cao. Silhouettes will feature 13 pieces, including Cao’s signature series of embroidered vintage photographs. Cao recontextualizes personal and social histories embedded within found objects by using thread and collage methods to create new narratives with […]
Opening Reception for “Motley Multiples”, Curated Dennis McNett
Opening Reception for “Motley Multiples”, Curated Dennis McNett
Paradigm Gallery + Studio is pleased to present Motley Multiples, a group exhibition curated by Dennis McNett featuring artwork by Marwin Begaye, Samantha Mendoza, Annalise Gratovich, Jun Lee, Cassie Normandy White, James Rose, Raj Bunnag, Johanna Mueller, Reinaldo Zambrano, Kathryn Polk, Vanessa Jo Bahr, Dylan Goldberger, and Violeta Juarez. The exhibition will be on view […]
City in Transmutation: AI Vision of Philadelphia
City in Transmutation: AI Vision of Philadelphia
Local artist Mark Henninger debuts AI photo-paintings of Philadelphia at First Friday gallery reception on North Broad Street, with cheesesteaks and prosecco.
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https://davinciartalliance.org/calendar/sept-23
https://davinciartalliance.org/calendar/sept-23
Come celebrate the Opening of our two September Exhibitions on Saturday, September 2, from 5-8PM! In gallery 1 will be our Fellow mai eltahir's "terrains: into black existence" and in gallery 2 will be the Jessica Jane Julius juried glass exhibition "Lineage"
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The Lightness of Bearing
"The Lightness of Bearing" is a solo show of works by Virginia Maksymowicz that consider the resilience of women as keepers of the social order. Exhibition reception: Thursday, September 14, 5:00 - 7:00 PM; artist's talk at 5:30 PM.
Neil Anderson (1933-2021) Earth Songs: Last Paintings
Philadelphia, PA – August 1, 2023. For our first Autumn show, Bridgette Mayer Gallery is proud to celebrate the life and artistic legacy of Neil Anderson (1933-2021) in Earth Songs: Last Paintings. The solo exhibition will be on view from Tuesday, September 5 to Saturday, October 21, 2023. On Friday, September 8th, the gallery will […]
In Search of Meaning, Memory Becomes Us
An exhibition illuminating the role memory plays in relation to who we are. Patricia Moss-Vreeland’s paintings, prints, artist books, poetry and videos are metaphoric responses and reside in concert with the interlacing of science texts, connecting the personal to the universal. In a series of conversations, Moss-Vreeland has with Dr. Dasa Zeithamova, University of Oregon, […]
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Screening of Quentin Morris + Reception
Screening of Quentin Morris + Reception
Screening of Quentin Morris (2018) by filmmaker Brice Goldberg, followed by a discussion with Goldberg and Morris Wednesday, September 6 at 6:30 PM, Great Room, University Commons Event to be followed by a reception. This event is free and open to the public.
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Gallery Talk + Opening Reception
Gallery Talk + Opening Reception
Join The Print Center for a Gallery Talk and Opening Reception on Thursday, September 7 for two new exhibitions, "Raque Ford: Where do I start?" and "Kat Richards: Shapes of Change." The Gallery Talk, with Raque Ford and exhibition curator Lauren Rosenblum, will begin at 5:30pm, with the Opening Reception following from 6 – 7:30pm. […]
Artblog 2023 Auction and 20th Birthday Celebration
Artblog 2023 Auction and 20th Birthday Celebration
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Artblog Auction 2023 post 2
Artblog Auction 2023 post 2
Come to the party to celebrate Libby and Roberta and Artblog, and to celebrate the great art and wonderful people in our community. Let’s raise funds to continue building Artblog’s future! Obviously, there will be birthday cake! And snacks and beverages. This is our major fundraiser for 2023 and our goal is $10,000 to build […]
Artblog auction post, #3
Artblog auction post, #3
We can’t wait to welcome you to Artblog’s 20th Birthday celebration and fundraiser auction on Thursday, September 7, 2023, at Moore College of Art and Design! This year will be special, as we celebrate 20 years of Artblog and honor two great women artists who created our great little publication! That’s right, Libby Rosof and […]
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Echo Broadcast
Practice Gallery is pleased to present Echo Broadcast, an exhibition exploring fear of and reverence for our complex relationship to ubiquitous technologies. The show highlights artists whose works are grounded in material reality, debunking the effortlessness of the cloud, examining techno-spiritualism, tech-capitalism, and the idea of the techno-utopian future. Artists and organizations involved in the […]
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Best Laid Plans
"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 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 […]
The Delaware River Festival
The Delaware River Festival
PHILADELPHIA – End summer with a splash on Saturday, Sept. 9 with the 2023 Delaware River Festival. Penn’s Landing and Wiggins Park will come alive with activities that you won’t want to miss, all in celebration of the beautiful, wild Delaware River. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., we’ll have activities for all ages. Goof around with […]
Mary Gamble Barrett: Transcendence
Mary Gamble Barrett: Transcendence
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 […]
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Much Depends on Where You Stand
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
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 […]
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Off-Kilter, On Point: Art of the 1960s Opening Reception & Talk with Dean Pamela Barnett
Off-Kilter, On Point: Art of the 1960s Opening Reception & Talk with Dean Pamela Barnett
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, […]
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La La Lil Jidar: 20 Years Behind the Apartheid Wall in Palestine
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 […]
Chasing LOVE: a Welcoming Week Global Cultural Celebration
Chasing LOVE: a Welcoming Week Global Cultural Celebration
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 […]
The World Around Us
The World Around Us
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 […]
La La Lil Jidar : 2nd Thursday Opening Reception
La La Lil Jidar : 2nd Thursday Opening Reception
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 […]
Much Depends on Where You Stand
Much Depends on Where You Stand
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 […]
MYTHOGEMS Opening Reception at AUTOMAT
MYTHOGEMS Opening Reception at AUTOMAT
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, […]
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Containing Multitudes: Anne Minich’s Head Series, 1974 – 2023
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 […]
Invasive Species: Eco/Systems Land Based Initiatives
Invasive Species: Eco/Systems Land Based Initiatives
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 […]
Containing Multitudes: Anne Minich’s Head Series, 1974 – 2023
Containing Multitudes: Anne Minich’s Head Series, 1974 – 2023
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 […]
Margin|Margin
Margin|Margin
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. […]
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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 […]
All Fun and Games: The Cat Collaborative Adoption Event at the Paradigm Arts Building Featuring Artworks by Katherine Fraser
All Fun and Games: The Cat Collaborative Adoption Event at the Paradigm Arts Building Featuring Artworks by Katherine Fraser
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.
FRIEDAcommunity – A Reading + Poetry debut from Kay Cosgrove
FRIEDAcommunity – A Reading + Poetry debut from Kay Cosgrove
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 […]
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HEEL: A Performance
HEEL: A Performance
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 […]
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Philly AIDS Thrift 18th Anniversary Block Party
Philly AIDS Thrift 18th Anniversary Block Party
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 […]
CADO Market
CADO Market
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 […]