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CLOTHESLINE MUSINGS

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Artwork credit: Jamaican Laundress Ekua Holmes at Painted Bride Art Center

CLOTHESLINE†MUSINGS† – †ART†INSPIRED†BY†THE†CLOTHESLINE

Exhibition includes art, images, artifacts, and stories from the The Clothesline Muse PHILADELPHIA, PA—The Painted Bride Art Centers Gallery is the setting for an exhibition of more than 100 works that explore historical and contemporary visual artists’ relationship to the Clothesline. On view March 7 – April 12, 2014, Clothesline Musings | Art Inspired by The Clothesline includes artists Allan Freelon (1895-1960), Earl Horter (1881-1940), Beverly McIver, Howardena Pindell, and Maya Freelon Asante, as well as artwork selected from a national call for artists.

DEBUTS†AT†THE†Painted Bride Art Center†ON†MARCH†7¨†2014

This multimedia, interactive exhibition is inspired by the grind and grace of domestic life. A diverse range of visual media is presented: fine art, photography, prints, sculptures, installations and digital art created by artists’ interpretations– literal, figurative, and abstract– of the clothesline, hand washing and line drying, clothesline games and memories, and the environmental impact of taking in the wash. Clothesline Musings | Art inspired by the Clothesline will run in tandem with thepremiere of The Clothesline Muse, a multi-disciplinary theatrical production that explores the clothesline as a metaphor of our community lifeline and its ties to our environment. The exhibition will also take a closer look at the set and stories behind The Clothesline Muse– showcasing archival images, artifacts from hand washing, visual projections and music from the production.

Clothesline Musings | Art inspired by the Clothesline will run in tandem with the premiere of The Clothesline Muse, a multi-disciplinary theatrical production that explores the clothesline as a metaphor of our community lifeline and its ties to our environment. The exhibition will also take a closer look at the set and stories behind The Clothesline Muse– showcasing archival images, artifacts from hand washing, visual projections and music from the production.

Clothesline Musings | Art Inspired by The Clothesline Receptions: Fri March 7th & April 4th, 2014 | 5pm – 7pm More info on The Clothesline Muse performance: www.clotheslinemuse.com

The Painted Bride Art Center – 230 Vine Street Philadelphia, PA 19106 – 215.925.9914 – info@paintedbride.org

Clothesline Musings | Art inspired by the Clothesline

MEDIA CONTACTS: Elliette Johnson | 339-927-6724, info@clotheslinemuse.com. The Painted Bride Art Center, 215-925-9914

Clothesline Musings | Art inspired by the Clothesline

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Me

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All of a sudden my artwork is everywhere! Today is the artist reception for Home Fine Art and Framing Gallery at 2 Church Street, Mount Holly, NJ 08060 (609) 261-8634. I was invited by the irrepressible Ben Cohen and proprietor Kathryn Spear to be a guest artist. I have three photographic prints and a digital print of QR codes that links to websites, animated gif and videos.

Thanks to Pauline Jonas and Jeff Stroud my photography is included in the Photographic Society of Philadelphia group show at Galleria Deptford, 1011 Cooper Street, Deptford NJ. Read my review of the show on DoNArTNeWs here.

light beings (Nana and Dada), digital photograph, 20′ x 30″, Photographic Society of Philadelphia group show at Galleria Deptford

The Plastic Club small WORLDS 2014 show includes a basket of five one sheet books. Three of the books were originally included in the 110 Church Gallery RiTUAL Reading Room show. Read my review of the show here. I created two more books including a tribute to my beautiful Lady Doofus, the St. Bernard/Chihuahua who passed away almost two years ago, I was inspired to write the story because kids in my neighborhood still ask where Beethoven is which makes me very happy.Photo by Morris Klein at small WORLDS 2014 at The Plastic Club

The Plastic Club also has a group show at National Penn Bank at 21st and Market Streets in Philadelphia.MacBeth, digital photograph, inkjet print, 20″ x 16″, The Plastic Club also has a group show at National Penn Bank at 21st and Market Streets in Philadelphia

And this week I’ll be installing four large photographic prints at the Bargain Book Warehouse, 121 East City Line Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, in the Bala Shopping Center, thanks to my good friend Eva Preston. Read my profile of Eva here.

The Gathering, digital photograph, 20″ x 30″, Bargain Book Warehouse

Thanks to all my good friends for making wonderful art opportunities happen. I hope to see you there or there or there.

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small WORLDS

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small WORLDS 2014, Annual Small Works Exhibition, March 2nd – 27th, 2014, The Plastic Club Art Studio and Gallery, 247 Camac Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107, 215-545-9324.

Artist Reception and Awards: Sunday, March 2nd, 2:00 – 5:00pm

Since 1897, The Plastic Club has been devoted to the promotion and preservation of the visual (plastic) arts in Philadelphia. The busy gallery schedule offers several annual exhibitions for members and non-members, as well as invited artists in solo and group exhibitions. Members include well-known Philadelphia artists.

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Frost

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Amie Potsic: ENDANGERED SEASONS – Winter. A site-specific installation involving silk imprinted with imagery from the forest canopy.

Artist Reception: Saturday, March 1st 4 – 6pm, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 8480 Hagys Mill Rd, Philadelphia, PA 19128, (215) 482-7300. The exhibition is on display through April 18th, 2014. On view Monday – Saturday 9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Admission is free.

Two Philadelphia artists take on winter as their subject in installations in the renovated gallery at the Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education in Philadelphia. Amie Potsic’s photographs and installations focus on the intersection of the physical, socio-political, and natural worlds, highlighting the change of seasons as indicators of ecological wellbeing. Nancy Agati’s sculptural installations use natural materials to create forms which resonate with the patterns, shapes and complex structures of the natural world. Both Nancy Agati’ and Amie Potsic have shown their work extensively in Philadelphia, and previously at the Schuylkill Center, so it is a thrill to welcome them back.

Image and text provided by Amie Potsic.

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RENEWAL STREET

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Anthony C and Karen M at Jed Williams Gallery , Cola

Jed Williams Gallery is proud and excited to present its first exhibit of the ground breaking work of Philadelphia’s own street-art collaborative duo Anthony C and Karen M. The exhibition’s title, ‘RENEWAL STREET‘, alludes to the coming of Spring and the importance of street art in Philadelphia’s current artistic zeitgeist; as well this it points to Jed Williams Gallery‘s own renewal through a new gallery-space look and expanded gallery hours, and is a playfully ironic reference to the concept of urban renewal.

Anthony C and Karen M are a collaborative duo that specializes in stencil art that is hand-drawn and hand-cut with without digital or electronic assistance. The stencils are used to create artwork on different surfaces such as cardboard, found wood, and other types of seemingly unglamorous supports. These also include sculptures and various types of constructions, a selection of which will be featured in the ‘RENEWAL STREET‘ exhibit.

Anthony C and Karen M at Jed Williams Gallery , Chinese Truck

The mission of Anthony C and Karen M is to elevate Street Art to a higher level, to educate the populace and be the voice of those who have none in our political world. According to the artists:

“Leaving our gallery forced us to try different means of getting our political messages out to the public. We also give away art by hanging in public places and encouraging people to ‘steal’ it. Our current project is transforming a North Philadelphia warehouse into a complete art installation using cardboard paintings and sculptures…We are collaborating artists working with cast off materials such as cardboard to create a statement about the tension in our nation. We go under the names Wisdom, Live Nation, 11 and Anthony C and Karen M.”

Anthony C and Karen M were educated, respectively, at the University of the Arts and the Art Institute of Philadelphia. They have exhibited widely, including at the Rodger Lapelle Galleries, the 3rd St. Gallery, Graffiti of War Tour, Pterodactyl Artist Space and the streets of Philadelphia and NYC. They were awarded “Best in show-Works on Paper Exhibition” at the Philadelphia Sketch Club in 2008. And they have been featured in many publications and blogs including International Contemporary Masters vol. VII, Important American Artists Vol. 1, Art Matters (“Urbana – Dynamic Duo Goes With The Streetwise Flow” by R.B. Strauss) and the blogs Streets Dept, Side Arts and DoNArTNeWs.

Anthony C and Karen M at Jed Williams Gallery , Chinese Truck Graffed Up