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Linda Dubin Garfield, 10 years of Art and Caring @ Philly Fringe Festival

John Thornton Films

“For the past 10 years on her birthday, Linda Dubin Garfield has a party and asks her guests to make collages on a theme. Months later, at the Book Trader, as a part of the Philly Fringe Festival,Linda exhibits these, as well as her own art, and invites the public to participate. All of the proceeds from sales go to charity. This year’s theme is “Family”, and the recipient is Family Support Services.” – John Thornton

Linda Dubin Garfield, printmaker/mixed media artist/blogger
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The Philadelphia Sketch Club 155The Philadelphia Sketch Club 155th Anniversary Gala, Diane Burko, Vincent Desiderio, Garth Herrick, Barbara and Richard Rosenfeld

Please join us for our 155th Anniversary Gala on Saturday, October 17th. The Gala will be held at The Philadelphia Sketch Club, 235 S. Camac Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, from 7:00 to 11:00 PM. You will have a fun time and get to mix with many prominent members of the artistic community.

The Philadelphia Sketch Club will honor three of America’s top artists, Diane Burko, Vincent Desiderio and Garth Herrick, with the presentation of the Philadelphia Sketch Club Medal. We will also present medals to Barbara and Richard Rosenfeld who ran the prominent Rosenfeld Gallery for nearly forty years. Many members of the Honorary Gala Committee will also be present. The Honorary Gala Committee includes: David R. & Holly Trostle Brigham (David is CEO of PAFA and Holly is an artist); Donald R. & Linda Aversa-Caldwell (Donald is Chair Emeritus of PAFA’s Board of Trustees); Bill Scott, artist; William R. Valerio, Director & CEO, Woodmere Art Museum; Kathleen A. Foster, Senior Curator of American Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art; David Weiss, Vice President at Freeman’s Auctions, Fine Art and Antiques and a specialist on the Antiques Roadshow; Dr. Luther Brady, MD and art patron; Liz Price, artist and former Fleisher Art Memorial President; Dick Ranck, artist; Cindy and John Affleck, President of Woodmere’s Board of Trustees; art patrons Joseph & Pamela Yohlin (Joe is on Woodmere’s Board of Trustees); Frank Giordano, CEO of Philly Pops; and Dianne Semingson, art patron and Chair of the Avenue of the Arts, Inc; and Derek Gillman, former CEO of PAFA and the Barnes Foundation and currently Distinguished Visiting Professor of Visual Studies at Drexel University.

In addition to the medal presentations, highlights of the evening will include an unreserved live auction of artworks by the honored artists as well as some contemporary and historic works by Ranck, Bye, DiStefano, Lear and Ricciardi and Simon. The live auction will be led by David Weiss, Vice President at Freemans and a specialist on the Antique Roadshow. There will be an open bar, hors d’oeuvres and a buffet dinner. The Gala is on the same weekend as PAFA’s Family & Alumni weekend. Given the strong connection between The Philadelphia Sketch Club and PAFA, and the number of PAFA individuals being honored at this year’s event, PAFA has agreed to promote the Gala as part of the schedule of events so we may be honored by a good number of PAFA alumni.

You can order tickets at www.sketchclub.org or by calling 215-545-9298. Please order tickets promptly as we must provide a headcount to our caterer plus our capacity may be exceeded by the demand for tickets. The Philadelphia Sketch Club 235 South Camac Street, The Avenue of the Artists, Philadelphia, PA, 19107

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Joseph Opshinsky Here & ThereFrameWorks Studio & Gallery presents: Joseph Opshinsky Here & There

October 10 – November 28, 2015. Opening Reception: Saturday, October 10, 2015: 5-8 P.M.

On display beginning October 10th, FrameWorks Studio & Gallery proudly presents Here & There, a solo exhibition featuring twelve new cut-paper collages by Joseph Opshinsky. From the artist who created last spring’s popular Philadelphia A to Z series, Here & There showcases large-scale collages inspired by two Pennsylvania cities significant in the artist’s life – Scranton and Philadelphia.

The exhibition runs October 10 to November 28 with an artist’s opening reception on Saturday, October 10, 2015, from 5-8 p.m. The exhibition and opening reception at FrameWorks Studio & Gallery are FREE and open to the public. Through Here & There, Joseph Opshinsky invites the viewer to explore the two locales through the eyes of one who has called both cities, “home”. Though connected to each city, Opshinsky’s depictions juxtapose the observations of a native resident, intimately tied to the region’s heritage, to that of a transplanted inhabitant – observing and creating history anew.

In Here & There, Joseph Opshinsky demonstrates an evolution of his unique medium, cut paper collage, elevating his craft with the increased intricacy and delicacy. The vibrant color palette further enhances the divergent perspectives. In the Scranton works, Opshinsky’s palette – a stark contrast from the traditionally muted colors of post-industrial representations – challenges the viewer to discover the unexpected beauty in forgotten or overlooked settings. In contrast, the bold assemblage of cut paper revealing Philadelphia’s most iconic landscapes offers the historic landmarks a renewed vibrancy, created by fresh perspective.

Joseph Opshinsky’s award-winning work has been selected for regional exhibitions at galleries, including the State Museum of Pennsylvania, Savery Gallery, Roberson Museum, and GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, since 2004. Most recently, Opshinsky’s small scale cut-paper collage series, Philadelphia A-Z, was featured in a joint exhibition with Philadelphia-artist, Mark Price at FrameWorks Studio & Gallery. In addition, Opshinsky has completed seven public murals for the City of Scranton. Opshinsky is a fine arts graduate of The University of the Arts and Keystone College.

FrameWorks Studio & Gallery, serving the Philadelphia community since 2008, is located at 2103 Walnut Street in Philadelphia. FrameWorks Studio & Gallery is open Monday-Thursday 11 a.m.-7 p.m., Friday and Saturday 11 a.m.-6 p.m. and Sunday by appointment. For more information on Here & There, call 215.567.6800 or visit www.JosephOpshinsky.com

Thank you to Kylie P. Grant, UArts BFA ’03 (Painting & Drawing), Owner,FrameWorks Studio & Gallery for the content of this post.

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Bruce Garrity

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Bruce Garrity, 3rd Street Gallery

Bruce Garrity, Recent Work at 3rd Street Gallery, Old City, Philadelphia

Bruce Garrity‘s life long affair with art is passionate and romantic. Like Jean-Antoine Watteau the natural world is lush and colorful, surprises and mysteries in the forest. Each color is all colors, the brushwork layers paint in concentrated tones of color. Paul Cezanne comes to mind, too, when observing Garrity’s artwork, the geometry of the landscape has layers of information in color and hue in a masterful way. The large painting of the bathers is unforgettable, the figures populate the landscape in a powerful, one of the faces is just a swirl. The references to influencers is authentic and heartening expressing emotion, feelings and imagination.

Bruce Garrity, 3rd Street GalleryBruce Garrity, Recent Work, 3rd Street Gallery, photo Jeff Stroud

“I have these two photographs and the fact is I like the way people interacted with the painting, they walked right up to them, the took selfies as close as they could to be part of the painting. The guy in front of the large bathers was walking back and forth in intellectual conversation about the piece.” – Jeff Stroud

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Bruce Garrity, Recent Work, 3rd Street Gallery, photo Jeff Stroud

“Garrity’s poetic figurative paintings utilize a broad vocabulary of painterly means in the pursuit of visual drama. The surfaces of the works range from light washes, direct drawing, scumbles and layerings to heavy impastos of the mostly saturated color palette. Garrity draws on various methods of construction, to bring the works to fruition: direct perception, memory, invention and combinations of these. The paintings, some as large as eight by 10 feet, depict figures and objects life size at the picture plane so one feels they can be entered and engaged directly. They are autobiographical of interests over a long period of time.” – Bruce Garrity

Garrity received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Painting and Drawing from the University of Delaware, and a Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He teaches at Rutgers University in Camden.

Today is the last day of the show at 3rd Street Gallery due to the Papal visit.

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Bruce Garrity, an Artist in Good Company, John Thornton Films

“Bruce Garrity paints very colorful and dynamic still lives, portraiots, nudes, and reimagines some of the great works by Post Impressionist artists like Cezanne and early Modernists like Matisse. After growing up in Alaska, Bruce eventually found himself teaching art at Rutgers University.” – John Thornton Films

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Cathedral

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Marilyn MacGregor, Philadelphia

Marilyn MacGregor, Philly artist and designer, has created a special limited edition print in honor of Pope Francis’s visit to Philadelphia, with sales to benefit the hungry and homeless. Her series Philadelphia: Famous Sites & Famous Places, a fresh new take on well-known landmarks and neighborhoods in Philadelphia, combines her original, on-site sketches with appealing colors and crisp design.  The series is readily available as cards and prints in stores around the city as well as from her Friday merchant cart at Reading Terminal Market.

This signed limited print, in an edition of 50, honors Pope Francis’s work on behalf of the poor and needy and the environment, and will benefit Philadelphia’s hungry and homeless through the Francis Fund. This offer is made independently and was not commissioned by any agency.

 “I don’t believe one needs to be a Catholic or a churchgoer to understand that this Pope is using his voice and his position in an important way in a time of great need. This is my artist’s way of supporting him and his work with my work.”

The print, in Marilyn’s loose contemporary style, shows Philadelphia’s Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul and has a commemorative message for the Pope’s historic visit. See details at http://www.macgregor-art.com/benefit-prints-for-good-causes.html

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