The exhibit “String + Things” at the 3rd Street Gallery is apparently what happens when you cross existentialism with fabric. Artists Melissa Maddonni Haims and Carol Wisker both have new work on display in conjunction with FiberPhiladelphia 2012 as part of this show, which straddles the fence between conceptual and comfy. Some of the first pieces […]

If you attended the Painted Bride Art Center this past weekend, you could have been reborn. For three nights, March 29 through 31, the acclaimed Philadelphia dance company Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers graced the stage at the Bride for an evocative performance that drew audience members into a physical and primal world, but one, which also hearkened […]

Three artists take the stage in a collaborative show of huge proportions at PhilaMOCA. David McShane, Willis Nomo and Paul Downie mostly display pieces of their individual work, but also join forces for a big three triptych of sorts, which dominates the front of the gallery space. While all of the artists have very distinct […]

If the FiberPhiladelphia 2012 festival had a crown jewel it would almost certainly be “Outside/Inside the Box.” This massive exhibit at “The Icebox” room of the Crane Arts Building in Fishtown showcases fiber work in many mediums, including fabric, glass, leaves and newspaper, to name only a few. There are nearly 70 artists demonstrating their skills […]

As the name suggests, “Paper Fortress” at Pterodactyl is a bastion for the many faces and uses of wood pulp in art and in print. The show runs until April 22 as part of FiberPhiladelphia 2012 — Philadelphia’s regional fiber arts festival — and there will be a reception at the gallery on March 31 from 6 […]

In a show that is both primitive and idolized, Tyler Kline is currently exhibiting new sculpture and installation as part of “Celestial Subterrane” at Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art. His creations are composed of all types of recognizable materials recycled into a new life as part of an immersive, modern day shrine of kinetic sculptures and […]

The windows of the Philadelphia Traction Company — a collaborative workspace and art center in West Philly — have just begun the newest chapter in their lives courtesy artist Ryan Hinkel. The nine, four-by ten-foot covered spaces and two, seven-foot squares, which now house prints, have been transformed into “Skyscapes” with the support of NextFab Studio. Hinkel’s […]

The show “Message & Medium” had its opening at PhilaMOCA on Thursday, March 1. Its name is taken from the famous assertion by Marshall McLuhan that “the medium is the message.” In this exhibit, assembled by artist and curator Gaby Heit, some 20 artists display work, which is in some way based in textual elements. […]

Philadelphia has been hit by a flood, and this time not the Hurricane Irene variety. The Little Berlin collective in North Philly has just initiated a semi-secretive project called “Flashfl00d,” in which artists, hackers and just about anyone can participate by exchanging digital data in the physical world. Based on the concept of Dead Drops, […]