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Philadelphia Open Studio Tours

light beings – DoN Brewer @ The Coffee Bar, Radisson Warwick Hotel

light being (Diana), DoN Brewer, digital photograph.

light being (Carl Sagan), DoNBrewerMultimedia Photography @ The Radisson Warwick Hotel, The Coffee Bar.

light beings (May & Andy), DoN Brewer, digital photograph.

The Coffee Bar at The Radisson Warwick Hotel @ 17th & Locust Streets in Philly is spotlighting fourteen photographs from DoN‘s series titled “light beings“, February 26th through July 30th, 2010. Strictly landscape, the images of reflections on urban surfaces seem mysterious or manipulated, the photographs evoke thoughts of what we may become – beings of light traveling at unimaginable speeds in all directions of the universe at once.

DoN was contacted by Amy Potsic of the Center for Emerging Visual Artists inquiring if he could mount a one person show with only two weeks notice? Duh? Amy and Ann Koivunen selected 14 images out of twenty-two, Rob Stauffer helped DoN with framing, custom mats & non-glare glass, Shoshka, Aldy & Les helped install the show – art is hard work, man! You have to know math!?! The Coffee Bar space is fabu, good light, great Einstein coffee, yummy food and it’s a bar at night! How cool is that?

Artist Reception: April 7, 2010, 5-7PM.

Photos by DoNBrewerMultimedia Photography.

DoN Brewer – Philadelphia Open Studio Tours 2009

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DoN Brewer with artist Arthur Ostroff @ DoNBrewerMultimedia, POST – X, 2009.

Artist, Mina Smith-Segal checking out DoN’s central command post. Mina leads the studio workshops at the Philadelphia Sketch Club.

Artist, Clif Anderson visited DoN‘s open studio with his lovely wife Henny. Clif is a terrific musician and artist, his work will be on display at Bryn Mawr Rehab Center’s annual exhibit, Art Ability fearturing work by artists from around the world – opening 11/7/2009.

Neighbor Melody, DoN & artist/framer/teacher Rob Stauffer @ DonBrewerMultimedia POST-X 2009.

Photographer, Morris Klein @ DoN‘s POST open house. Klein is VP of The Photographic Society of Philadelphia.

Saturday afternoon, DoN hosted more than 25 visitors to his studio – art dogs KaTy & Doofie (the St. Bernard/Chihuahua mix) guarded the gate and made sure all visitors are dog lovers.

DoNBrewerMultimedia – POST-X 2009

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DoN Brewer, self portrait, acrylic, collage, 1976.

Ben Cohen, pastel, 2008.

Kim Martin, oil, 2009.

Mike Guinn, pencil, 2009.

Karl Olsen, oil, 2009.

Paul DuSold, oil, 2007.

Alden Cole, oil on wood, 2008.

Michael Tantaros, pencil, 2009.

Participating in the annual Philadelphia Open Studio Tours means really putting yourself out there for all to see. Being an artist model also puts one under a focussed gaze, the experience inspired DoN to ask some of his artist friends to contribute works created when DoN modeled at The Plastic Club and the Philadelphia Sketch Club. Thank you to all the fine artists who provided their work, it feels so narcissistic but DoN LoVeS the attention!

DoN Brewer, self portrait, charcoal, chalk & conte on paper @ The Da Vinci Art Alliance.

It’s a PARTY @ The ICA – POST 10th Season

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Amy Stevens cakes @ POST 10 party at the Institute of Contemporary Art.

Amy Stevens – CFEVA 2008 Alumni – made the art cakes for the POST 10th Anniversary party in University City.

Art Party People – Ed Bronstein (a POST founder), photographer Danny Reilly (who’s having a one-person show @ Bonte’s on 17th this October), Ron (we studied together @ Fleisher with James Dupree), Andrew Pirie (former CFEVA rep)…Shoshka, Alden & DoN ate cake & sipped wine with Margaret Anderson of heavybubble.com, Brooke Hine, CFEVA director Holly Lentz, Genevieve Coutroubis (with her pretty baby), Tremain Smith (encaustic artist), and so many more. Hopefully the tradition of having the kickoff parties for future POST events at the ICA continues since it’s the epitome of contemporary art spaces in Philly.