At the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (and spilling into the adjacent hallways of the Crane Arts building) is the massive sampling platter that is the 3rd Annual Photography exhibition. The exhibit showcases a wide variety of contemporary photography in many different forms. Present in the show are abstractions, portraits, manipulated images and documentary photos, to […]
Article · August 2, 2012 by CSchwartz
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education is one of the first urban environmental education centers in the country. Founded in 1965 by sisters Eleanor Houston Smith and Margaret Houston Meigs from former family land in the Roxborough area of Philadelphia, the Schuylkill Center provides an island of green and accessible ecology programs to the city […]
Article · July 31, 2012 by CSchwartz
William Shakespeare’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor” premiered in the Bowl at Clark Park on Wednesday July 25th to a crowded hillside of attendees. Families on blankets, couples, picnickers and dogs alike came out to catch the seventh summer of Shakespeare in Clark Park, a free outdoor theater production in West Philadelphia. The Merry Wives […]
Article · July 26, 2012 by CSchwartz
North Philadelphia’s quintessential “undefined exhibition space” Little Berlin has been busy breaking ground on their newest project, the Little Berlin Fairgrounds, located just adjacent to their Viking Mill building in East Kensington. The Fairgrounds are one of the Knight Arts Challenge 2012 winners, and the Berliners are currently working to match the grant. Little Berlin […]
Article · July 24, 2012 by CSchwartz
In Gallery 102 of the Crane Arts Building, artist Fabian Lopez has organized a group exhibit called “Dirty Pretty Things,” which includes eight artists working in the vein of abstraction. As the curator, Lopez selected artists he knew that lived in geographical proximity to himself and one another. All of the work on display was […]
Article · July 19, 2012 by CSchwartz
Every week at PhilaMOCA, Tuesday night becomes a multimedia mixture of live music and film. The event is called Tuesday Tune-Out, which brings in a local musical act to perform followed by a film or video screening of their choice. Generally, the film selection is some type of inspiration or thematic crossover for the musicians […]
Article · July 17, 2012 by CSchwartz
At James Oliver Gallery, there is presently a rather impressive exhibit by sculptor, installation and performance artist, and Bucknell University professor Joe Meiser. The show is called “INFLUX” and it features a number of large-scale skull sculptures, some smaller constructions, photos and videos. Joe Meiser, “Hominid and Simian Souls.” Stealing the show are Meiser’s massive […]
Article · July 12, 2012 by CSchwartz
The recently relocated Philadelphia Sculpture Gym is beginning to thrive at its new home on Frankford Avenue in Fishtown. This Knight Arts grantee began its move back in March after receiving a $20,000 Knight Arts Challenge grant in 2011. In the works for the new location are gallery space, lockers, a large work area with equipment […]
Article · July 10, 2012 by CSchwartz
Found Theater Company was born back in 2009 at Temple University after Felipe Vergara challenged some undergraduates to create a play based around the concept of myth. Originally a nameless apparition, the group produced “The Myth Project.” Inspired by the work, the students continued the project into the summer and by the summer of 2010, […]
Article · July 5, 2012 by CSchwartz
If you wander the roads of Philadelphia, there is plenty of street art to discover among the boarded windows, cinder block facades and bridge underpasses. Anyone who keeps an eye peeled for this sort of thing knows the lay of the land a little bit. So when strong, new art starts taking up spaces around […]
Article · July 3, 2012 by CSchwartz
In The Hall at the Crane Arts Building in Fishtown is an exhibit featuring the work of Delainey Barclay called “air and space.” The Delaware-based artist’s work is presented by InLiquid Art & Design, whose mission is to provide exposure for visual artists and designers. Barclay’s work is humble and somewhat natural-looking but also immersive […]
Article · June 28, 2012 by CSchwartz