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monochrome8Monochrome Visions

By Laura Storck

The Monochrome Visions photography exhibition of silver emulsion prints is nothing short of a visual feast.  This show features handcrafted black and white prints made by the students of Fleisher Art Memorial‘s ‘Art of the Fine Print’ class taught by the venerable Rick Wright. As a former member of Rick’s darkroom, I’m always amazed at the quality and nuances of the beautiful images produced by the talented individuals in this class.  Fascinating and thought-provoking are the slices of life that are captured from each photographer’s perspective, and subsequently coaxed into physical manifestation through the combined magic of light, chemicals, and paper.

Monochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and TeaMonochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and Tea, Paula Brumbelow Burns, Fire, 2014

This exhibit contains approximately 40 photographs which adorn the walls of Red Hook Coffee and Tea arranged salon style on rustic brick.  Each black and white image has an amaranthine quality and evoke simple yet powerful feelings of connection with the photographer. What was he or she thinking at this exact moment of capture? What message is being conveyed? Every piece – each moment – seems to have a special meaning to each photographer as he or she spent the time to enlarge, transfer, and develop each image to perfection on photographic paper. Simply put, the photograph contains an emotional investment of time and artistry.

Monochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and TeaMonochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and Tea, Ed Keer, Philadelphia Walk #1

Developing a picture in a darkroom for the first time is a timeless experience that everyone should experience at least once in their life. The cathartic feeling that you get when you first see an image appear on a once blank sheet of paper is simply magical and spellbinding.  Nothing can compare.

Monochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and TeaMonochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and Tea, Amanda Abramson, Shadfest, Lambertville

Monochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and TeaMonochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and Tea, Carlos Chan, Azulejos

Stop into Red Hook to see the Monochrome Visions exhibit between now and June 18th and experience it for yourself.  Sit on a comfy chair in this charming cafe, enjoy a deliciously crafted Iced Honey Mint Latte or a tasty bowl of corn chowder, and allow the colorful panorama of Monochrome Visions to wash over your soul.

Monochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and TeaMonochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and Tea, Andrew Siegel, Capri, Italy

Monochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and TeaMonochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and Tea, Gene Renzi, Heavenly

Red Hook Coffee and Tea, 765 S. 4th St. Philadelphia, PA, 215-923-0178

Participating artists:

  • Amanda Abramson
  • Paula Brumbelow Burn
  • Carlos Chan
  • Chrissie DiAngelus
  • Edoarda Frangi
  • Rachel Glidden
  • Eddie Goldstein
  • Ed Keer
  • Katie Marcucci
  • Scott McClellan
  • Alexandra Orgera
  • Gene Renzi
  • Andrew Siegel
  • Rick Wright

Monochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and TeaMonochrome Visions, Red Hook Coffee and Tea

Written by Laura Storck

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The Philly Five

The Philly Five

Susan Barnes, Tony Cirineo, Patrick Monaghan, Doris Peltzman, and Reta Sweeney at Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ, 08055, 609-654-2598. Hours by appointment.

“The Philly Five, a group of artists that met over 15 years ago while attending Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia, are exhibiting a diverse selection of oil paintings and other works…Each has a distinctive style and their own preferred subject matter, although they all paint a variety of subjects. – The Medford Sun

The Philly Five, April 10th through May 31st, 2015.

Artist Reception Sunday, April 12, 3:00 – 5:00pm

“Fleisher Art Memorial is a source of inspiration, creativity and community. Every year, more than 17,000 people experience the transformative power of art by participating in our studio classes, exhibitions, and community-based programming. Founded in 1898, we are a nonprofit organization committed to advancing the vision of our founder, Samuel S. Fleisher, who believed that art is one of society’s greatest assets and equalizers, and from the doorway of his Graphic Sketch Club, “invited the world to come and learn art.” – Fleisher Art Memorial

“Susan Barnes, a native of New Jersey, has been painting in oils actively since the mid 1990’s and is the recipient of numerous awards. Seeking her own educational path at Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia and by attending various workshops, she has learned from a generation of painters that studied under the tutelage of Arthur DeCosta at PAFA.” – Susan Barnes

“Patrick Monaghan began his art education at Fleisher Art Memorial School in Philadelphia, PA in 1994.  He received instruction in painting the figure and portraiture from such notable artists as Stanley Bielen, Paul Dusold and Carolyn Pyfrom.  Also, he was instructed in still life painting and continued his education in this genre with Lousie Clement-Hoff, Nathan Rutkowski and Christine La Fuente.” – Patrick Monaghan

“I am a direct painter, painting from life to capture the moment.  The excitement of the moment and the immediacy are what drive me. It is that total impression that creates the completed painting. I focus on color, harmony, light, mood, texture, composition and the calligraphy of my brush strokes. I love to experiment with a variety of palettes and surfaces.” – Doris Peltzman

Fleisher Art Memorial creates an environment where over time artists become dear friends, companions, confidantes, supporters and collaborators. I know almost all of the Philly Five from taking painting classes in the early 21st Century. Before they put the elevator in at Fleisher and you had to carry your gear up the stairs and grab a spot with the best views. The instructors or monitors are some of Philadelphia’s most accomplished artists and educators and the classes would fill up fast. The vibe in the classes was as intense as going to PAFA or UArts, critiques can be so painful to watch but so personal to experience.

I distinctly recall seeing Doris Peltzman the first time at Fleisher Art Memorial. She came into the studio wearing a tweed jacket and skirt, a very elegant silhouette, and she proceeded to get oil paint on it. It’s funny but she was so happy to get paint on her clothes. Doris Peltzman‘s been painting with oils ever since, studying with the best, participating in the competitive art scene, exhibiting across the region, and is considered one of Philadelphia’s finest painters.

The Philly Five: Susan Barnes, Tony Cirineo, Patrick Monaghan, Doris Peltzman, and Reta Sweeney at Medford Memorial Community Center, 21 South Main Street, Medford, NJ, 08055. April 10th through May 31st, 2015. Artist Reception Sunday, April 12, 3:00 – 5:00

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Responce Time, Scott McMahon & Ahmed Salvador

The University of the Arts Presents Photographers Scott McMahon ’95 & Ahmed Salvador ’95: Response Time

January 9 – February 6, 2015, The Sol Mednick Gallery of Photography, Terra Hall, 15th floor, 211 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, Pa.

With “Response Time”, University of the Arts alumni Scott McMahon & Ahmed Salvador (both ’95) continue to refine their collaborative photographic explorations. The process involves one of them sending to the other bits of traditional silver based photographic paper or film in the mail and in the process exposing them for days. Once the parcel is received, it is opened, developed, and the results sent back to the sender. At times, initial lens exposures were made, but the material and/or packaging was later subjugated to light leaks from violently made drill holes or cutmarks. In a way, these perverse techniques push these factory-made films and papers to the end of their silver tether, and also squeeze the true nature of ‘writing with light’ out of them. However brutal, the end result is still a vestige of the first 150 years of traditional photography’s innovation grasping, but not gasping, for relevance. Their performative approach argues against the strict engineering controls that photographic media is designed to adhere to, with results that are always unique, and whose humor and capricious intent are infectious.

Ahmed Salvador received his MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan and his BFA in Photography from The University of the Arts in 1995. Salvador’s work has been exhibited in solo and collaborative shows in Philadelphia, at venues including The Lightroom, Bridgette Mayer Gallery, The University City Arts League, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, Nexus Foundation for Today’s Art, and a Challenge show at Fleisher Art Memorial. Most recently his work was exhibited at Space 1026, and a solo show at Columbia College’s Hardwick Gallery in Missouri. He is an exhibitions preparator at the Philadelphia International Airport Art & Exhibitions Program and a wet-process photography instructor at the Fleisher Art Memorial in Philadelphia.

Scott McMahon received his MFA from Massachusetts College of Art in Boston and his BFA in Photography from The University of the Arts in 1995. Recent exhibitions include the Palace of the Governors New Mexico History Museum, Santa Fe, NM; PS Gallery, Columbia, MO; Galeria Pusta, Katowice, Poland; Three Columns Gallery, Harvard University; Bridgette Mayer Gallery, Philadelphia (collaborative) and The Bioluminescent Firefly Experiment, University City Arts League, Philadelphia (collaborative). McMahon’s work has been published in Pinhole Photography: Rediscovering a Historic Technique by Eric Renner, The Book of Alternative Photographic Processes by Christopher James, Anthotypes by Malin Fabbri, and Poetics of Light –Contemporary Pinhole Photography by Eric Renner and Nancy Spencer. He was a resident artist at Haystack Mountain School of Crafts in Deer Isle, Maine; çin East Haddam, CT; and Border Art Residency in La Union, New Mexico. He is an Assistant Professor of Art at Columbia College in Missouri.

There will be a reception for the artists from 4:00 to 7:00pm for “Response Time” in the Mednick Gallery on Thursday, February 5th.

The Sol Mednick Gallery offers a year-round regular schedule of exhibitions of contemporary photography. This exhibition is concurrent with “Tom Young: Timeline: Learning to See with My Eyes Closed” in Gallery 1401 (the Sol Mednick Gallery’s sister space) on the 14th floor of Terra Hall. The UArts Photography program operates both galleries.

2015 is The Sol Mednick Gallery’s 37th year of operation and Gallery 1401’s 17th year. The only endowed gallery in Philadelphia dedicated solely to the exhibition of photography, the Mednick Gallery earned the Photo Review Award for service to photography. Associate Professor and former director of the Photography program Harris Fogel has been director/curator of both galleries since 1997 and founded Gallery 1401 in 1999. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday and Sunday by appointment. Call 215-717-6300 for more information. Images are available upon request.

About the University of the Arts

The University of the Arts is one of the nation’s only universities dedicated to the visual and performing arts, design, and writing. More than 1,800 students are enrolled in undergraduate and graduate programs on its campus in the heart of Philadelphia’s Avenue of the Arts. The institution’s roots as a leader in educating creative individuals date back to 1868.

Thank You to Harris Fogel for the content of this blog post.

CONTACT: Harris Fogel, University of the Arts

Tel: 215-717-6301 Email: hfogel@uarts.edu

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Marilyn Lavins, Bernice Paul and Priscilla BohlenActive Adults: Marilyn Lavins, Bernice Paul and Priscilla Bohlen at Center on the Hill, 8855 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia, Pa. 19118

Three visual artists will be showing their paintings at Center on the Hill…the place for active adults. This art show runs from December 2nd until Dec. 29th 2014 and can be viewed for no charge at any time during ‘Center on the Hill’ business hours: Monday through Friday, 9:00am until 4:00pm.

Marilyn Lavins has recently had her ‘Water Works‘ painting selected for the cover of the Surrey Services 2015 calendar. Lavins was awarded first place by Richard Rosenfeld, at Einstein Hospital in Elkins Park, for her collage necklace made from a coat hanger, pearls, silver, and copper. Marilyn has won many prizes and has shown throughout this area. Marilyn Lavins has a BFA degree from Tyler School of Art, has studied at Moore College of Art and Design, and at The Barnes Foundation in Merion with Violetta de Mazia and with Angelo Pinto. 

Bernice Paul is 97, still painting, and still showing her work. She emigrated with her family, to the US from Moscow, in 1929, at age 12. She has studied art extensively at PAFA, The Barnes Foundation, Fleisher Art Memorial, and The Philadelphia Sketch Club. Bernice’s work has been shown at Woodmere Art Museum, Villanova University, Rosemont College, Inliquid, The Philadelphia Art Alliance, The Philadelphia Museum of Art, and Crane Arts. Bernice Paul’s vibrant style has earned many awards; Best in Show at Main Line Art Center and also at Tri-State Artists Equity Association, for her “exciting composition and the physicality and joy of her brush strokes.”

Priscilla Bohlen is a professional visual artist who works on canvas using acrylic paint, with resist. Bohlen applies the resist to a colorful background, then with a palette knife, she covers it all with a complementary color. When the resist is removed, part of the underneath activity is revealed. From there Priscilla enjoys the challenge of resolving the painting, which involves many layers. Priscilla Bohlen loves the surprise element that comes about through this method of painting. Priscilla is a juried member of Delaware Valley Art League, of ARTsisters, and of Tri-State Artists Equity Association. Bohlen is actively involved with the workings of all three groups, when she is not painting.

“Center on the Hill…the place for active adults“, is a vital outreach center. The director, Leslie Lefer has worked to build the center to its current level of excellence. Be sure to visit this gem of an outreach center, right here in Chestnut Hill at 8855 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia, Pa. 19118. You may want to sign up for an exercise class, or listen to a speaker. For more information, call 215.247.4654 or email Llefer@chestnuthillpres.org.

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