The Philly art scene is vibrant, filled with characters who create innovative, avant garde art in the 21st Century. New techniques and technologies are converging to develop a new vision of reality.
236 South 22 Street, Philadelphia. PA, 215 772 1911, hours Wednesday through Sunday 12:00 – 6:00pm.
“Elisabeth began painting with watercolors at a young age and became very serious about her art in high school. She spent high school weekends and summers studying at Moore College of Art in Philadelphia.” – Elisabeth Oliver
The Oasis (RHD) community is seeking investment and support in the Shoe In to raise funds, social empathy and awareness for some of our society’s most vulnerable and valueable citizens. Your investment will help create both sustainability and continuity of essential programming for the voices of these Outsider Artists. Support these artists to strive for independence on their own terms.
The Shoe In is a political exhibition designed to counteract the erosion of funding for day services for PA citizens with intellectual disabilities.
Oasis is a one-of-a-kind experience for individuals of diverse abilities. The only organization of its kind, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Oasis offers group instruction in art, technology, literacy and life-skills
Oasis (RHD) is a studio art and life skills program staffed by artists that nurtures the talents, skills, and creativity of individuals living with mental illness and/or intellectual disabilities. We offer programs and services that support people with developmental and intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for employment, community connections, and personal development through the arts. Oasis (RHD) is a part of its parent company Resources for Human Development.
The Benefits of Our Project: The Shoe In
Every pair of shoes brings with it an opportunity and benefits for the members of the Oasis (RHD) community to study:
Formal academics in a venue that uses the arts to communicate foundational cognitive adaptive skills needed to increase independence.
Concrete participation in collaboration and planning
Support for development in ‘activities of daily living’ (ADL)
Opportunity to develop an understanding of Empathy
Participation in the regional art community through exhibitions and partnerships with established innovative artists and institutions.
Help Us Raise Our Game
The Oasis (RHD) community is seeking investment and support in the Shoe In to raise funds, social empathy and awareness for some of our society’s most vulnerable and valueable citizens. Your investment will help create both sustainability and continuity of essential programming for the voices of these Outsider Artists.
Contributing to Oasis (RHD) to fund ‘The Shoe In’ will assist us to continue essential day programming services for the emerging Outsider Artists we serve. We are a small service provider to over 100 adults whose needs are difficult to meet elsewhere.
Policy changes, financial miscalculations and proposed budget cuts by the Pennsylvania state government continue to ravage services that fell short of current needs even during fiscally flush times. What does this mean for the 2.3 million citizens served and the approximately 16,000 people waiting for services, 4,000 of which are people whose situations are considered emergencies?
Funding cuts hurt all of us. Not just those of us with disabilities.
Whether the shortfalls are attributed to the budget crisis, a shift from county-run to state-run services, and the states belief that providers, as a whole, can operate more efficiently, the message is still the same: slashing our funding slashes the quality of service provision needed for the artists that call Oasis home.
“I imagine that you caught a glimpse of the new portrait of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge – it caused quite a stir when it was unveiled last week. My blog post puts this new Royal Portrait in historical context, with a look at a few prominent Royal Portraits in history and some entertaining, puzzling, quirky, interesting recent additions to the Windsor Family gallery, including one of Prince Philip as you’d never expect to see him!” Click on the link to go directly to the Post http://www.artsmarttalk.com/3/post/2013/01/royal-portraits-the-grand-and-the-odd.html The latest ArtSmart Trivia question is up and it’s a tasty one! Try it at http://www.artsmarttalk.com/triviaquiz.html Teaching news: I’ll be teaching two community classes – open to all – in Chestnut Hill in the coming months. Contact me for details or email chenrichment@cavtel.net
1. Artists of the Barnes, a 4 week look at the Barnes Collection in regards to individual artists, artists from certain places and periods, Dr. Barnes’s relations with artists, and the ideas that drive the unusual arrangements
Wednesday February 13- March 2 from 2:00-3:30 cost: $55
2. Midnights in Paris: Great Periods of French Art and Culture – 5 weeks of time travel through the greatest epochs in French history, full of amazing art, interesting personalities, fascinating events.
Tuesday March 5 – April 2 8:30 pm $90
I expect to be able to offer these classes in Center City Philadelphia soon – stay tuned! Paris Small Group Arts Tours
I’ve just added a page of Details: Costs and Activities to give you a clear idea of what these very special trips entail. The first, Paris Arts & Pleasures, is scheduled for May. Please take a look and consider joining me! I’ll be running a Valentine’s Special very soon with a discount – I’ll let you know! http://www.artsmarttalk.com/details-costs-and-activities1.html Valentine’s Day cards from MacGregor-ART! Find my cards and prints on my Esty shop http://www.etsy.com/shop/MacGregorArt and at www.macgregor-art.com
All best wishes
Marilyn
A recent Broad Street Review article – Drawing at the Morgan Library
“One of the best reasons to visit ROADS LESS TRAVELED this weekend — if you didn’t make the Opening Reception — is to experience SUSAN STROMQUIST’s amazing installation. Our 3-D space has rarely hosted an installation that is so expertly integrated, narrating, to the extent possible, the complex path Susan has taken in developing her own brand of experimental art. You can see the unique tools — one person last night likened them “something out of Duchamp” — she has used to turn her body into an art-making apparatus. Three major physical creations, a canvas, a scroll and an accordion book, are on display. And a looping DVD of three videos, available for $20, captures vividly the artist at work on three projects: CLIMB, GIVE & KEEP and DRAWN.” Like Off the Wall Gallery on facebook.
Metropolitan Gallery 250 Presents “Second State, Second Edition”
The Crane Arts Second State Press to show new print work from emerging local talent
PHILADELPHIA (January 8, 2013) Philadelphias print artist community has been livened by the sustainable workspace provided by Second State Press, a workshop based at Crane Arts in Kensington. Metropolitan Gallery 250 is happy to host them for the first time in Rittenhouse Square, debuting the group’s “Second State, Second Edition” show running January 19th to February 24th, 2012.
The exhibition is comprised of forty-six, 8x10 prints created by the members of Second State Press, and includes work within a number of mediums, including intaglio (etching), relief, screen printing and lithography. A special First Friday reception that is free and open to the public, will he held inMetropolitan Gallery 250 on February 1st from 6-9pm.
Second State, Second Edition is an exciting and unique continuation of the annual Print Exchange, where Second State Press volunteers known as Fob Holders have the opportunity to create and show new bodies of work for their peers and their community. The Fob Holders hold coveted spots as members of this competitive program, having unlimited access to the Second State Press workspace in exchange for twelve hours of volunteer work per week within the space.
McTague elaborates, The Print Exchange is a key component to Second State Press. This year, we doubled the number of members participation and with the addition of our Fob Holders work inMetropolitan Gallerys Second State, Second Edition, we are especially able to highlight the accomplishments of these breakout artists.
Second State Press is the premier printmaking workshop in greater Philadelphia. Located on the bottom floor of the Crane Arts building in the South Kensington neighborhood, Second State Press serves as a creative workspace that fosters the development of ideas and innovation for emerging artists. Spearheaded by the Second State Press Directors, Jennifer McTague and Zach Lindenberger, the group provides their artists with printmaking tools, presses and inks through its membership program, paired with the opportunity to continuously grow their work through their annual Print Exchange exhibit.
“The idea is to give artists a professional workshop thats also affordable, says Jennifer McTague, Co-Director of SSP. There are some interesting things that happen when printmakers from all different backgrounds come to together and share ideas, creating an amazing dialogue around contemporary print making.
The exhibit will show on Saturdays and Sundays from 12-5pm January 19th through February 24th, and by appointment on weekdays.
For a private showing or information about Second State Press/Metropolitan Gallery 250, please contact Dani Sigel at 508-523-9796.
About Metropolitan Bakery
Since 1993, Metropolitan Bakery has been tempting Philadelphians with their handmade all-natural breads, pastries, snacks and world-famous granola. Known for their intense, earthy flavors, crackling crusts and complex texture,Metropolitan breads are baked in over thirty varieties at a 10,000-foot baking facility in Fishtown and then delivered to five neighborhood shops and to more than 90 of the Philadelphia areas best restaurants and gourmet markets. And now, Metropolitan‘s products are available nationwide Call 1.877.41.BREAD or visit the online shop atwww.metropolitanbakery.com.
