Category Archives: Public Art

Art events, installations and creations by Philadelphia area artists in public spaces

Local Art, Open Call Art Exhibit at Highwire Gallery

Pinheads, Tara Vargas, mixed media quilt, Local Art, Open Call Art Exhibit at Highwire Gallery Pinhead(s), Tara Vargas, mixed media quilt, Local Art, Open Call Art Exhibit at Highwire Gallery, 2040 Frankford Avenue. Tara Vargas‘ quilt, Pinhead(s), takes an old fashioned task and injects punk. An homage to The Ramones, the quilt has zippers, ripped denim, duct tape border and portraits of the band. DoN was transfixed by the time trip aspect of the piece mixing the Victorian era with Seventies squalor in a 21st Century artwork. The effect is sublime combining metaphors for youthful anarchy with artful utilitarianism, it’s extraordinary. Read more about Local Art at the new www.DoNArTNeWs.com Philadelphia Art News Blog

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InLiquid Art + Design Benefit V

InLiquid Benefit v.13, Friday, February 15, 6:30 - 9:30 pm

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Saturday January 19th’s NYC BUS TRIP- “Bus Trip to NYC IS TO MOMA-MORROW!”

Millville 3rd Friday Update for Glasstown Arts District- This is all happening at Ivy Chaya Art Gallery!

Millville 3rd Friday Update for Glasstown Arts District- This is all happening at Ivy Chaya Art Gallery! 

106 East Pine Street, Millville, NJ 08332 

(609)425-3510 www.ivychayaart.com


FREE SKETCH-IN for ALL AGES, dancer aerialist Christine Morano artfully poses in dance-wear for your drawings and entertainment! 6-8pm Friday 18th, 2013 (*painters welcome too!)  “She’s a delightful person, and an amazing performer; come meet my dear, talented friend!” ~Ivy Chaya


PAJAMA PARTY for out of towner’s coming to buy a bus ticket for 

Saturday January 19th’s NYC BUS TRIP- “Bus Trip to NYC IS TO MOMA-MORROW!” 

LIVE MORE THAN 20 MINUTES AWAY? FRIENDS WELCOME TO SLEEPOVER IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE ALL INCLUSIVE BUS TRIP!

Celebration includes:  FREE Sketch-in art party Friday Night with surprise guest artists and the arts district’s very own super hero has RSVP’d! Snacks and drinks available for gratuity, as well as bake sale items for suggested donation*, Free Coffee, Food and Drinks on the bus (made by Wildflower Vegan Cafe, Apron Strings& local shops) we feed you from the time you buy your ticket to the time we get home from THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART in NYC. PLUS+ Eddie Shiffler live Music 8:30 – 9:30pm Saturday Evening @icag!


HOW TO FIX A BROKEN WING BENEFIT: Sequel Art Auction to help christine!  http://www.indiegogo.com/HelpChristine 

Couldn’t make it all the way to Philadelphia last weekend?  No sweat, stop on by to Ivy Chaya Art Gallery to get a taste of the arts action, and support a good cause- FREE ADMISSION!  Artists include: Dennis Tawes, Linda Allen Tawes, Fred Kramer, Cindy Davis, Susan Rau, Nadine LaFond, Ivy Chaya, and many more!  6pm – 10pm Ivy Chaya Art Gallery!

 

BUS TRIP PRIZES for BUS TRIP GOERS:  Anyone who buys a ticket Friday night gets a free prize donated by Bogarts Bookstore, PLUS+ the first 30 bus trip goers will be entered in a drawing to get a free trip!  Call now to reserve your seat, order your lunch http://www.menupages.com/restaurants/cafe-metro-3/menu & for a chance to win your $75 back!  609-425-3510

 

RRCA SHOUT OUT! RIVERFRONT RENAISSANCE CENTER FOR THE ARTS– Debuting their “NEW LOOK” on third Friday, January 18th 2013.  Go meet the new, young executive director, Rebekah Lyons, and enjoy the styling new ambiance inspired by acting director, Brandon Smith. http://www.rrcarts.com/

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The Plastic Club New Members 2013

Terrance Smith, The Plastic Club New Members 2013

Terrance Smith, Some Are Dead, charcoal, The Plastic Club New Members 2013

The New Members 2013 ExhibitThe Plastic Club introduces thirty-eight new members – Norman Tomases, Rik Viola, Elizabeth Hughes, Roderick Schichtel, Ellen LoCiceroJohn Attanasio, Lori Balistocky, Gail Morrison – Hall, Sung Ham, Mark Ciocca, Victoria Nevins, Joan McGraneAlice K. Chung, Jordan Artim, Meri Collier, Janice Ward, Cayla Belser, Kelly McCaughern, Alexis Turner, David Katz, Tilda Mann, Rose Maria Kalogerakis, Aimee GoldsmithTerrence Smith, Robert Kallish Robert Allen, Judy Engle, Ruth Formica, Neil C. Johnson, Veronica Kelly, Carol Magakis, Rosa Kim Paik, Frank P. Rausch III, Constance Rea, Ruth E. Rineer, Ed Snyder, Sanny Williams and Sheila Fox.

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Wishes/Lies/Dreams, Alison Stigora and Jay Walker at 1616 Walnut Street

Wishes/Lies/Dreams, Alison Stigora and Jay Walker

Wishes/Lies/DreamsAlison Stigora and Jay Walker

Alison Stigora has created large scale installations for the Crane Arts Center Icebox GallerySkybox and Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts. For those projects she gleaned the forests to find logs to scorch black then arrange in flowing meditative assemblages arranged like a flood of logs through large spaces. By concentrating on wood her attention would naturally be drawn to paper products in the urban environment. Philadelphia has fallen wood but not enough to build an Alison Stigora sculpture, at 1616 Walnut Street she shows how recycling materials can expose the spark of enlightenment she experienced when she wanted to make art. The crystalized idea culminates in a structure that transforms the trash we create into something as luxurious and lustrous as gold.

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