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Andrea Krupp, NORTH of HEREAndrea KruppIrongrim, 20 x 16, woodcut with transfer drawing

NORTH of HERE at Twenty-Two Gallery

The Biggest Art Event of the Fall is begins this weekend: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours and NORTH of HERE at Twenty-Two Gallery. Philadelphia artist Andrea Krupp is exhibiting Iceland-inspired woodcuts in conjunction with POST, in an exhibit titled “NORTH of HERE“. A bold, graphic collection of 24 works on paper that distills the artist’s experience of a 2-month painting residency in Iceland. at Twenty-Two Gallery, located near Rittenhouse Square, Twenty-Two Gallery, 236 S. 22nd St, Philadelphia, PA 19103.

  • October 10th through November 9th, 2014.
  • Opening Friday October 10, 2014, 6:00 – 9:00 pm.
  • Gallery Talk “Iceland, Inspiration and Insight into the Artistic Process” Saturday, October 11, 3:00pm.
  • Win a color woodcut, business card drawing, free to enter. Sunday, October 12, 5:00pm

“Philadelphia artists like me are thriving in their careers by using a creative approaches to marketing their artwork and funding their projects. I am leveraging the popularity of the well-established Philadelphia Open Studio Tours program to bring new audiences to Twenty-Two Gallery. I have designed special POST weekend events, all free and open to the public. Your audience will want to know!

I used Kickstarter for two successful fundraising and client-base-building campaigns in 2013 and 2014. The woodcut that I am offering at the business card drawing is one of my 2014 Kickstarter “rewards”. Most artists cannot depend on just gallery sales to make a sustainable living as an artist.   Most artists need to think outside-the-box to create opportunities for themselves.   I think it would make a great segment. Thanks for your consideration!” – Andrea Krupp

“Visit during POST Weekend, October 11 and 12, and and receive special discounts on every piece in Andrea Krupp‘s exhibition. Take $50 off framed artwork over $300, $20 off framed artwork under $300. Purchase an unframed piece and get 15% off professional framing by B and K Fine Arts. Also, enter to win a hand-printed, limited edition color woodcut, every visitor is eligible, just stop in and drop your card in the box.”

Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, a program of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, is the largest tour of artist studios and creative workspaces in the region and one of the premier open studio tour events in the country. Join us for the 15th Anniversary Party on Thursday October 9! This milestone Tour season also includes weekend self-guided tours East and West of Broad Street from Noon to 6pm; a series of special events; and Guided Trolley ToursNeed more info on how to navigate the Tour? Check out the Tour Planner.

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Brenna K. Murphy

Solo ExhibitionHome Imagined, Brenna K. MurphyOpening This Saturday at Metropolitan Gallery 250located at 250 S. 18th Street, Unit 102 (on Rittenhouse Square, across the street from the Art Alliance)

Brenna K. Murphy, Metropolitan Gallery 250Brenna K. MurphyDetail from “Home Imagined (Dollhouse),” 4×6 feet, 1,154 strands of the artist’s hair stitched into paper. Click the image for a larger view.

Please join Brenna K. Murphy for the Opening Reception of “Home Imagined” on May 3rd, from 3 – 6pm. Presented by The Center for Emerging Visual Artists and Metropolitan Gallery 250, this exhibition includes 24 new small hair embroideries and “Home Imagined (Dollhouse),” a 4 x 6 foot hair embroidery created over five-months at artists residencies in France last year.

Exhibition Dates: May 3 – June 1, 2014

Special Gallery Hours and Opening Reception on May 3rd: 11:00am-6:00pm (Opening Reception from 3:00 – 6:00pm)

Regular Gallery Hours: Saturdays and Sundays, 11:00am – 4:00pm and by appointment (contact jessie@metropolitanbakery.com)

Metropolitan Gallery 250 is located at 250 S. 18th Street, Unit 102 (on Rittenhouse Square, across the street from the Art Alliance)

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Art in the Open 2014

Art in the Open, CFEVA

Art in the Open Application now due January 3rd, 2014

Professional artists working in all media are invited to participate in Art in the Open 2014. From Friday, May 16 through Sunday, May 18, 2014, artists will use Philadelphia’s Schuylkill River Banks as their studio space, creating new works of art ‘outside, on-site.’

Art in the Open re-frames the plein air tradition in a contemporary context, encouraging both artists and audiences to draw inspiration from the city’s natural and urban landscapes. Using the Schuylkill River Banks Park as studio space, participating artists will have the opportunity to explore new or extend current working methods, develop process-oriented projects, and respond to a compelling intersection of urban and natural spaces in the public realm. Selected artists will have the opportunity to participate in complementary programming, public engagement events, and to exhibit artwork created during AiO in the gallery at The Center for Emerging Visual Artists. For more information about the event and to view a gallery of AiO 2012 artists visit http://www.artintheopenphila.org.

 AiO Statistics:
• 8-12,000 visitors per year (on the Schuylkill Banks)
• 30+ Organizational Partners 25 Related programs off and on-site

2014 Art in the Open Jurors 
 
Gerard Brown Tyler School of Art at Temple University’s Center for the Arts 
Harry Philbrick Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum,
 Christine Pfister Pentimenti Gallery, 
Theresa Rose, FringeArts
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Final application deadline is January 3, 2014. Local, national and international artists are invited to apply.
 To apply visit  https://cfeva.slideroom.com/#/login/program/17400 or

CLICK HERE TO APPLY

For more information or questions, contact Genevieve Coutroubis at Genevieve@cfeva.org.

Juror Information

Gerard Brown writes about art and makes pictures about language. His work has been exhibited in group- and one-person shows nation-wide. As an   independent curator, he has organized exhibitions throughout the Philadelphia region and has been the recipient of a Pennsylvania Council on the Arts Grant in Visual Arts Criticism. He earned his BFA from Boston University and his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently an Assistant Professor and the Chairperson of Foundations at the Tyler School of Art at Temple University’s Center for the Arts.

Christine Pfister studied at Christie’s Education at Christie’s in New York and since 1995 she has been the Co-Owner and Director of Pentimenti Gallery in Philadelphia. She has given many lectures, and participated on panels, in the Philadelphia area. Lectures/panels include the University of Pennsylvania, the University of the Arts, the American Association of Museums, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Art, Moore College of Art & Design, Kutztown University, Kutztown, and more. She is active in a variety cultural organizations including CFEVA, ArtTable and the Maurice Rohrbach Fund.

Pentimenti Gallery exhibits contemporary art by emerging to mid-career artists. The gallery’s exhibitions were reviewed in major magazines and newspapers, such as Art in America, The Art Economist, Timeout New York, the Brooklyn Rail, USA Today, Philadelphia Style Magazine, Philadelphia Inquirer, and more. The gallery has exhibited nationally at various art fairs: Pulse NY, Volta NY, Texas Contemporary, Miami Project and CONTEXT Art Miami.

Harry Philbrick, Edna S. Tuttleman Director of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, directs a museum known internationally for its collections of 19th- and 20th-century American art. The museum’s archives house important materials for the study of American art history, museums, and art training.  Mr. Philbrick is spearheading a revived engagement with contemporary art at PAFA, creating a substantial endowment to rekindle the Museum’s program of actively collecting contemporary art and curating an ambitious series of contemporary exhibitions.  Under his guidance the Museum will open a dedicated Works on Paper Gallery in September, 2013.

Mr. Philbrick has twenty-plus years of experience in museum management, exhibition curation, development, and educational programming and was the Director of The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum from 1996 – 2010.  Mr. Philbrick furthered The Aldrich’s mission of exhibiting provocative and significant contemporary art and establishing education programs that serve as national models in museum education. Mr. Philbrick received his Master of Fine Arts from London University’s Goldsmiths’ College.  His own artwork has been exhibited in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Theresa Rose is currently the Visual Arts Program Director for FringeArts. From 2007-2012, Rose was Public Art Project Manager for the City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture & the Creative Economy where she managed the Percent for Art program and lead the City’s first temporary public art commission, Soil Kitchen, by the artist team Futurefarmers. Independently, Rose is the founder and one of the organizers of Philly Stake, a micro-granting program for relevant & creative community engaging projects. She is also a Knight Foundation grantee for her upcoming participatory art and food series entitled Operation Food for Thought. Prior to her employment at FringeArts and city government; Rose worked on several projects as an independent curator and artist including exhibitions at Crane Arts, Seraphin Gallery and Little Berlin. She received her MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, where she co-chaired the Visiting Artist Lecture Series Program. 

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LandLab

Kept Out, Stacy Levy, LandLab, CFEVA, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, DoNArTNeWs

New Visual Art Program to Improve Environment and Educate Public

PHILADELPHIA — The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) and The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (SCEE) announced today the launch of an innovative artist residency program designed to address local environmental issues.  LandLab, a joint project of SCEE and CFEVA is funded in part by a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.

The program will bring the artists’ creativity and curiosity to bear on solving environmental problems and promoting environmental stewardship.  Artists will collaborate with environmental scientists to create real solutions to local environmental problems, such as rainwater runoff or habitat loss.  Each art project will also engage the public in meaningful way, either actively involving them in the scientific and creative process or with a strong educational component in the final project.

“The ultimate goal of LandLab is to engage more people in the effort to protect the environment and to foster new ideas,” said Jenny Laden, Director of Environmental Art at the Schuylkill Center.  “By bringing different perspectives to a problem, we gain new ways of looking at it—and new solutions.  Environmental art can also help engage the public with an issue in a very personal and meaningful way.”

Four artists will be granted six-month paid residencies to explore the Schuylkill Center’s property, conduct research, and develop and create installations which intervene with the land and demonstrate ecological solutions.  Residencies will run from April through October of 2014.  The final artworks will be on view to the public at the Schuylkill Center free of charge, and all four projects will be presented at the 2015 Science Festival.

CFEVA will help manage the recruitment and selection of artists and provide expanded exhibition opportunities.

“I’m thrilled to work with CFEVA” said Laden.  “Their stature in the art community and their resources will significantly expand the reach and impact of the project.”

LandLab is one of 48 winners of the prestigious Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia.

“At its core, great art inspires us, to be better people and to build stronger communities,” said Dennis Scholl, VP for arts at Knight Foundation.  “We hope that by using the arts as a lens to look at our greatest challenges, like the Schuylkill Center is doing, we can draw more people into designing creative solutions.”

About The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education

The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education (SCEE) was founded in 1965 as the nation’s first urban environmental education organization.  Its 365-acre sanctuary serves as a living laboratory to foster appreciation, deepen understanding, and encourage stewardship of the environment.  SCEE reaches over 15,000 Philadelphia-area residents each year with an array of educational programs, including standards-based programs for schoolchildren, continuing education for teachers, and a full calendar of events for the public.  The environmental art department sparks awareness of the natural environment with exhibitions of the highest quality that attract, educate and inspire the public.

About the Center for Emerging Visual Artists

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists™, formerly Creative Artists Network, was founded in 1983 by Felicity R. “Bebe” Benoliel to encourage the career development of emerging visual artists. Since then, the organization has worked steadily harder to provide the support essential to talented individuals building careers in the visual arts. The Center dedicates itself to making art careers viable for those who choose them, helping emerging artists reach their audiences, and promoting interest and understanding of emerging visual art among citizens of the community.

About the Knight Foundation

Knight Foundation supports transformational ideas that promote quality journalism, advance media innovation, engage communities and foster the arts.  The foundation believes that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged.  For more, visit KnightFoundation.org.

Contacts

Schuylkill Center, Jenny Laden, Director of Environmental Art, 215-482-7300 x 113, jenny@schuylkillcenter.org

Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Ann Peltz, Director, Studio Tours & Exhibitions, 215.546.7775 ext. 13, Ann@cfeva.org.

For more information: http://www.schuylkillcenter.org/departments/art/LandLab-Program.html

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The Galleries at the Chamber

Maggie Mills, The Galleries at the Chamber

Maggie Mills, New House, oil on linen, 44″ x 52″, Center for Emerging Visual ArtistsThe Galleries at the Chamber, Arts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia

Lori Dillard Rech, President and Chief Executive Officer of Center for Emerging Visual Artists addressed the assembled guests for the innaugeral art show at the Arts and Business Council of Philadelphia’s offices on the Avenue of the Arts. The Galleries at the Chamber is showcasing contemporary Philadelphia artists in the lobby, board rooms, meeting rooms and offices on the 7th floor of the grand Bellevue-Stratford Hotel, designed in the French Renaissance style by G.W. & W.D. Hewitt.

“I am with the Center for Emerging Visual Artists and we’re really thrilled to be invited to present this show. I want to thank the Karin Copeland and Miriam DeChant who really had the vision for being able to enhance these spaces, enliven these spaces in a way that’s so enriching. We’re very appreciative.”

Tremain Smith, Arts and Business Council

Tremain Smith, Mercy, oil, wax and collage on panel, Center for Emerging Visual ArtistsThe Galleries at the ChamberArts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia

Genevieve Coutroubis, Director, Regional Community Arts Program has been with CFEVA for about twelve years and she really began the program of starting to look at trying to customize exhibitions for businesses. We go into lobbies, hospitals, office spaces, all kinds of different non-profits use us and many businesses. We would hope that many of you would consider having an exhibition in your space. We would be more than happy to come out to talk to you about what that means. The way we curate the shows is we bring in a group of artists and we allow you to look at the works and help you find something appealing to you. And hopefully will be appealing to to your clients and what’s appropriate for you and your clients.

For many years we’ve been providing programs just like this, a wide variety of exhibitions in spaces throughout the Philadelphia area. And one of the most important things for us, in terms of our mission, is that this also gives us the opportunity to showcase the amazing artistic talent of this region. And we can give you that opportunity to do that as well. Thank you to the Arts and Business Council for this incredible opportunity to bring artists into these spaces so that the wider business community can look at it and appreciate it. And think about it for themselves.” – Lori Dillard Rech

Gregory Brellochs, The Galleries at the Chamber

Gregory Brellochs, The Hallow, Soma, Sign ink and vanish on panel, Center for Emerging Visual ArtistsThe Galleries at the ChamberArts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia

Gregory Brellochs, The Galleries at the Chamber

Gregory BrellochsThe Hallow, ink and vanish on panel, Center for Emerging Visual ArtistsThe Galleries at the ChamberArts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia

Genevieve Coutroubis introduced the artists in attendance but first pointed out that all of the artwork is for sale. The represented artists include photographer James B. Abbott, Gregory Brellochs, Kirsten Fischler, Tish Ingersoll, Eric Kennedy, Shalya Marsh, Maggie Mills, Tremain Smith and Michael Yoder.

Shalya Marsh, The Galleries at the Chamber

Shalya Marsh, ceramic, Center for Emerging Visual ArtistsThe Galleries at the ChamberArts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia

“The Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia (ABC) strengthens our creative sector, including arts, culture and for-profit creative businesses, by engaging the business, legal & technology communities, providing capacity-building services, and serving as a thought leader and a convener. ABC, with the support of the Greater Philadelphia Chamber of Commerce, is uniquely positioned to actively connect the creative sector with the business, legal and technology communities.” – The Arts & Business Council of Greater Philadelphia mission statement.

Shalya Marsh, The Galleries at the Chamber

Shalya Marsh, ceramic (click the picture) Center for Emerging Visual ArtistsThe Galleries at the ChamberArts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia

DoN asked Miriam DeChant what the Philadelphia arts community should know about the Philadelphia Arts and Business Council and Philadelphia Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts?

“What I think I want them to know the most is we are available for them. And we prefer to be a vaccine instead of a bandage. So, I would like them to ask questions, even if they’re not sure of what the question is because if you’re a little wiser about getting things in writing, being more careful about paying their taxes, working within copyright laws. But, in the future, we want to help people determine whether this is a legal problem or not, before it gets to the point where something actually goes wrong.

I’ve been here for five years and in the last ten years our case load had indicated that with the internet people are more aware that there might be a problem. And if they take risks they’re likely to get caught. So, there’s actually a bit of a chilling effect because people are hesitant to appropriate because they’re afraid to use other people’s work in a way their personal rights might not let them allow them to use in a ‘fair use’ way because it’s such a gray area.”

Shalya Marsh, The Galleries at the Chamber

Shalya Marsh, ceramic, Center for Emerging Visual ArtistsThe Galleries at the ChamberArts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia

“It would be useful to talk to a lawyer about these gray areas. It’s important to talk to a lawyer and ask, ‘How big of a risk is this?’ “Is it worth getting permission or is this enough of a commentary that it’s fair use?

Appropriation is an art form of it’s own, absolutely. There’s a very large case in the Appeals Court of the 2nd Circuit involving prints about photography and approbation in a very interesting way so we’re waiting to see if that goes up to the Supreme Court or not. There’s been progress but it’s a very gray area.

If an artist has a question, they need to submit to me, to us, the work that they’re worried about that’s their’s and whatever it is that they think they are using or gaining inspiration from is legal to share. And then we can talk to them about the therapy. They can call us, there’s an application on-line, We primarily help artists in a pro-bono way for artists who have a low income or modest income, collectors and non-profits, so it’s a bit of paperwork but we’ll work with you on it.

And everyone in the office is really passionate about art.” – Miriam K. DeChant, Esq.

Michael Yoder, The Galleries at the Chamber

Michael YoderCenter for Emerging Visual ArtistsThe Galleries at the ChamberArts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia

Written and photographed by DoN Brewer except where noted.

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