Category Archives: Philadelphia Artists

Artists DoN has met in and around Philadelphia.

Objects & Things @ The Plastic Club

Curator Alan Clawens insisted all entries must be work created outside of the historic art club on Avenue of the Artists, Camac Street, the theme being still life in any media; the Plastic Club artists reached deep into creative reserves to bring work that represents they’re own style yet meet the criterion of the show.  There’s nothing like listening to an artist explain how they’re work meets the rules – it would make a great reality show but in this case everyone seems sincere in bringing their best.

Objects & Things - Marie Davis Samohod

Marie Davis Samohod, Parting of Ways, acrylic.

Objects & Things - Elizabeth H Macdonald

Elizabeth H. MacDonald, Tin Can, relief print.

Objects & Things - Michael Kuncevich

Michael Kuncevich, Facets, monotype.  Kuncevich took first prize in the Philadelphia Sketch Club’s Miniatures Show.  The delicate coloration and high concept of this print is a master class in composition, technique, style and skill.

Objects & Things @ The Plastic Club

Debra Campbell Goodyear, Lemon Aid, photograph, Veronica Schmude, Wheel, digital print and Alden Cole, …And Delicious, mixed media.  Isn’t this a beautiful tableau?  DoN LoVeS that Veronica & Alden are hanging together since they’re both DoN faves.  DoN‘s looking for Ms. Goodyear.

Objects & Things - Mina Smith-Segal

Mina Smith-Segal, Terracotta Head, watercolor.

Objects & Things - Anders Hanson

Anders Hansen, Wild Onions, ink & graphite.

Object and Things @ The Plastic Club

E.S. Holmes, Pipes, acrylic, Thelma Segal, Mexican Paper Flowers, watercolor, Paul Perez, Artist, photograph and Dom Loschiavo, Lunch at Le Magnolie, color print.

Objects & Things - DoN Brewer

DoN Brewer, light being (David Arneson), digital photo.

The Plastic Club is an oasis of creativity, friendship, camaraderie and support; not just a club, it’s a think tank, a hide-out, a studio, a gallery, a place to learn and experiment without fear.  Fear is the mind-killer.

Morris Klein @ Bonte’s 17th Steet

Photographic Society of Philadelphia VP, Morris Klein‘s one-person photo show at Bonte’s Cafe is très chic.  The space is below street level, the warm smell of waffles and coffee waft up to greet you, immediately transporting you to Belgium.  The intimate space offers the artist an opportunity to exhibit a good selection of larger scaled work – in this case Morris Klein features richly saturated landscapes with a particularly poetic palette of color and hue, DoN’s eye was fooled a few times into thinking the images were paintings, the lush view of Boathouse Row is certainly painterly.

Morris Kein @ Bonte’s Cafe

Schuylkill Boathouse Row, photograph, Morris Klein @ Bonte’s 17th St.

Morris Kein @ Bonte’s Cafe

Atlantic – Amusement Pier, photograph, Morris Klein.

Morris Kein @ Bonte’s Cafe

Morris Klein of PSoP @ Bonte’s Cafe.

PSoP has a great new friend in the Bonte Cafe’s in Center City: 922 Walnut has 8 x 10″s, 13th & Walnut is 16 x 20″s and 17th Street is solo shows.  Klein currently has a call to PSoP artists to submit show proposals – a big thank you to Morris & Eilleen Eckstein for maintaining such a high level of public visability for Philly photographers.

CFEVA Artist Opportunities Listing for September: Career Development Program Application, Deadline Oct. 1st

CFEVA Artist Opportunities Listing for September: Career Development Program Application, Deadline Oct. 1st

CFEVA Artist Opportunities Listing for September: Career Development Program Application, Deadline Oct. 1st

Career Development and Exhibition Fellowship – Apply Now

Deadline:  October 1st

 

Call for Artists:  FREE Career Development & Exhibition Fellowship for Emerging Artists.  For a select group of highly talented artists, our Two-Year Career Development Program includes: exhibitions and exposure opportunities around the region and beyond, a three-person exhibition in the second year of the fellowship, individual career counseling, professional development workshops, mentorship, networking, community service opportunities, and alumni solo exhibitions and travel grants. This program serves artists residing within a 100 mile radius of Philadelphia.  For an application and further eligibility requirements, go to http://www.cfeva.org/cfeva_programs_career.aspx .  For assistance or inquiries, please contact Amie Potsic, Director of the Career Development Program at: amie@cfeva.org or 215-546-7775 x 12.

 

 

 

Long version:

 

Open Call for Artists:  Apply Now!

 

Career Development and Exhibition Fellowship for Emerging Artists

 

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists™ strives to provide the essential support services and programs emerging artists need to build sustainable careers.

 

Our FREE two-year Career Development Program offers a select group of highly talented artists:

 

·                Two-year fellowship period and lifelong alumni affiliation

·                Group Exhibitions around the region and beyond

·                Three-person show in the second year of the fellowship

·                Professional development seminars

·                Opportunities to meet patrons, gallerists, and curators

·                Assistance with the marketing and sale of artwork

·                Individual career counseling sessions

·                One-on-one sessions with mentors, chosen from the Board of Artistic Advisors

·                Opportunities to gain career experience while giving back to the community 

·                Alumni exhibition series

·                Alumni goal-setting group

·                Alumni Travel Grant Program

·                Monthly newsletter updating fellows and alumni on regional, national and

international opportunities for artists. 

 

Eligibility requirements include:

 

Applicants cannot be in school full time.

Applicants must live within 100 miles of The Center (Artists in Baltimore, Harrisburg, and the

five boroughs of New York City are eligible; Washington, DC artists are not).

Applicants cannot have an ongoing contractual agreement with a commercial gallery.

 

For an application and further eligibility requirements, got to http://www.cfeva.org/cfeva_programs_career.aspx

 

Contact:  AMIE POTSIC, Director of the Career Development Program (amie@cfeva.org) or 215-546-7775 x 12.

Mid Summer Show @ Off the Wall Gallery in Dirty Frank’s Bar

Rick Wright @ Off the Wall Gallery

DoN‘s photo does no justice to Rick Wright‘s pristine photographs of hair balls shot against a stark white background now on display at Off the Wall Gallery @ Dirty Frank’s Bar. The first time DoN saw Wright’s compositions at The Center for Emerging Visual Artists he got kind of pissed off – is this what the competition in the art world is?  WTF are a bunch of hair balls doing in an art gallery?  And then they showed up in Dirty Frank’s Mid-Summer show and over drinks Rick explained the origins of the anamorphic fibrous images – a person who used to be in Wright’s life had Trichotillomania, an impulse control disorder manifested in hair pulling, twirling and twisting their hair into knots to be left sitting on tables, dressers, the mantle…It turns out the creepy little hair balls have a poignant back-story while transmitting secret messages.

A. Celeste Hardester @ Off the Wall Gallery

The gorgeous flower photos by A. Celeste Hardester are simultaneously decorative and technical, impeccably presented and meticulously composed, botanical yet romantic.  Flowers are thought to emanate energy associated with particular stars; Hardester’s photos capture the star power of flowers.

Mid Summer Show @ Off the Wall Gallery in Dirty Franks Bar

The salon style hanging @ Off the Wall allows a good number of works to be shown in a limited space; Mid-Summer @ OTW was curated by Jody Schweitzer, hand picking pieces from the studios of former OTW award winners including Robert Bohne, Bob Jackson, Debbie Bonacci, Annette Saggiomo, Avalon Clare, Susan Stromquist, A. Celeste Hardester and Rick Wright.  Through October 2, 2009.   

Parallel Lines: Kathryn Pannepacker & David Foss @ Smile Gallery

David Foss @ Smile Gallery

David Foss, The Grid, acrylic on wood panel, plastic, foam, 2009.

David Foss & Kathryn Pannepacker @ Smile Gallery

David Foss, Between I and Thou, acrylic on canvas & foam.  Kathryn Pannepacker, Art Trick & I Am A Magnet, embroidery coated with wax.

Kathryn Pannepacker @ Smile

Kathryn Pannepacker weaves anything within reach, including yarn, rags, thread, rope, book matches, even left over aluminum foil creating other-worldly decor as if for a Star Trek set.  Both Pannepacker and Foss have an aura of tranquility and inner peace causing DoN to wonder if maybe they have been taken up, up, up…each donates much of their time doing outreach in the community.  Foss is Executive Director of Da Vinci Art Alliance mentoring and promoting art carreers and Pannepacker has created several public murals and is currently weaving art with homeless people as part of Activities and Advocacy to End Homelessness every Thursday & Friday @ Arch Street Cafe, 740 Arch Street.

David Foss @ Smile Gallery

David Foss, Field Shift, acrylic on canvas, plastic & foam, 2009.

David Foss & Kathryn Pannepacker @ Smile Gallery

Kathryn Pannepacker & David Foss at the opening of Parallel Lines @ Smile Gallery.  Matt Lyons calls the art space “the biggest little gallery in town“; the gallery continually shows modern, edgy, sometimes difficult art by a continuum of Philly’s best artists.