Category Archives: Photographic Society of Philadelphia

Frank Rausch – PSoP Photographer

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Frank Rauch

Frank Rausch @ The Marketplace at East Falls.  Rausch is a member of the Photographic Society of Philadelphia; his dream like images of rippling water are easily recognizable as Rausch’s style.  The Marketplace at East Falls was the home of the first computer, ENIAC, but is now a great farmer’s market with a bakery, coffee, food court, craftspeople and vendors.  Rausch has prime display space with a great view of Laurel Hill – it’s so cool to go to a new space and find art made by friends.

Frank Rauch - PSoP Photographer

Frank Rausch @ PSoP 16×20 show in Bonte’s Cafe, 1321 Walnut Street.  The current show will be on exhibit through October.

Frank Rauch - PSoP Photographer

Photographic Society of Philadelphia @ Bonte’s 13th & Walnut.

Morris Klein @ Bonte’s 17th Steet

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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.

PSoP @ Bonte’s 9th & Walnut – Inaugural Installation

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Photographic Society of Philadelphia @ Bonte’s

The Photographic Society of Philadelphia installed their inaugural show of small scale photographs at 922 Walnut Street.  The board of directors arranged for the picture hangers to be laid out in advance and then with specific framing & wiring instructions, like a flash mob, a gang of photographers swarmed the contemporary space, jovially jostling each other for prime real estate on the warm toned walls.  The range of subject and style considering the parameters of inclusion is mind expanding and hanging out with fellow photography enthusiasts is artistically satisfying.

Photographic Society of Philadelphia @ Bonte’s

Eileen Eckstein (left) and Morris Klein are primarily responsible for developing the multiple venues Bonte Waffle Restaurants has offered to PSoP, the cafe at Walnut & Juniper even advertises the show on their sidewalk sandwich board claiming it draws customers.  While Shoshka & DoN installed his latest photograph, light being (Max Ernst), they both were struck by people actually looking attentively at the art – it’s fun being a fly on the wall.  The cafe at 17th & Walnut will promote one person shows soon, the Walnut & Juniper location features 16×20″ works.

Photographic Society of Philadelphia – Waffle, Waffle, Waffle!!!

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Photographic Society of Philadelphia @ Bonte’s

Thanks to the tireless efforts of Morris Klein, PSoP now has shows running at all three Center City Bonte’s Waffle Cafe’s.  For several year’s the society had an ongoing exhibition @ Joe’s Coffee on Walnut which ended recently; there is an excellent article in the Philadelphia Gay News about how Joe lost the lease on his business, it’s illogical to have all these vacant storefronts.  But the new spaces Bonte’s is offering America’s oldest photography society are modern and loungy – DoN observed patrons checking out the photos while munching waffles, after all some of Philly’s most creative photographers are in the club – John Bacille, Jym Paris, Ed Snyder, Veronica Schmude, Bonnie Schorske..

Photographic Society of Philadelphia @ Bonte’s

Photographic Society of Philadelphia @ Bonte’s Waffle Cafes.

 

DoNArTNeWs

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DoNArTNeWs has been getting a record number of visitors even though DoN has been busy with art instead of blogging:

  • Philadelphia Sketch Club Members show @ Newman Gallery 6/6
  • Workshop Show 6/6 @ The Plastic Club
  • Photographic Society of Philadelphia @ Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse
  • Art in City Hall’s In Your Dreams – DoN has three pieces in the show, 6/11 – 9/11, 2009.
  • DoN is now a Board Member of The Philadelphia Sketch Club & member of Exhibitions Committee – this past weekend we installed Phillustration ’09, a great selection of the art of illustration by Philadelphia area artists, June 12 – 27, 2009, Reception & Awards, Sunday, June 14th, 2 – 4 PM., chaired by Rich Harrington.
  • Completion of new website for neo-expressionist artist Alecia D’Alonzo – DoN LoVeS the final version.
  • New website & blog in process for NUVISIONS for Disabled Artists.

DoN has plans to visit Tiger Strikes to see David Guinn’s paintings, new photos @ Gallery 339, Fishtown Airways new show, the Romeo & Juliet show @ Da Vinci Art Alliance and more.

DoN Brewer “light being (Chink)” @ Penn Medicine

DoN Brewer “light being (Chink)” @ Penn Medicine at Rittenhouse.

DoN Brewer “In Your Dreams” Art in City Hall

“Shell Game“, scanner/Photoshop collage by DoN Brewer @ Art in City Hall’s – In Your Dreams – reception 6/11.

DoN Brewer @ Newman Gallery

DoN Brewer‘s Philadelphia from Bartram’s Garden, panoramic photograph @ Newman Gallery.