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In a show that is both primitive and idolized, Tyler Kline is currently exhibiting new sculpture and installation as part of “Celestial Subterrane” at Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art. His creations are composed of all types of recognizable materials recycled into a new life as part of an immersive, modern day shrine of kinetic sculptures and [...]
By TheArtBlog.org staff On Friday March 2, theartblog.org launched its brand new First Friday Art Safaris which seek to expose audiences to the far-flung art around Philadelphia that they may otherwise not be aware of. With galleries and underground locales dotting the city, many of these spaces are difficult to access in one night. The chauffeured van [...]
The windows of the Philadelphia Traction Company — a collaborative workspace and art center in West Philly — have just begun the newest chapter in their lives courtesy artist Ryan Hinkel. The nine, four-by ten-foot covered spaces and two, seven-foot squares, which now house prints, have been transformed into “Skyscapes” with the support of NextFab Studio. Hinkel’s [...]
The show “Message & Medium” had its opening at PhilaMOCA on Thursday, March 1. Its name is taken from the famous assertion by Marshall McLuhan that “the medium is the message.” In this exhibit, assembled by artist and curator Gaby Heit, some 20 artists display work, which is in some way based in textual elements. [...]
Philadelphia has been hit by a flood, and this time not the Hurricane Irene variety. The Little Berlin collective in North Philly has just initiated a semi-secretive project called “Flashfl00d,” in which artists, hackers and just about anyone can participate by exchanging digital data in the physical world. Based on the concept of Dead Drops, [...]
By Aaron Wolf, Musicopia Musicopia is a nonprofit organization that works with approximately 100 of our region’s professional musicians to present a wealth of music education programs and it is also dedicated to restoring and improving in-school music instruction throughout the Greater Philadelphia area. On Wednesday, February 22, 2012 the Temple Performing Arts Center teamed up [...]
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is presently showing six different projects by seven different artists in the show “Of the Ordinary.” At a time when the medium of photography is constantly in flux, this exhibit tackles the topics of appropriation and source material as ways to alter the context of images. The idea that modern photos [...]
Shelley Spector’s show “Dreck Groove” in the Esther Klein Gallery at University City Science Center is as much a statement about the environment and consumption as it is a study in abstraction and fiber art. The name is a take on the Yiddish word “dreck” which generally means rubbish, while “groove” hints at what someone [...]
By Emma Gibson, Tiny Dynamite Productions 2011 Knight Arts Challenge winner Tiny Dynamite Productions is getting ready for the second season of ‘a Play, a Pie and a Pint,’ which will begin on March 6th 2012 at The Red Room of The Society Hill Playhouse. The season will run for four weeks on Tuesday and Wednesday evenings [...]
In Gallery 102 of the Crane Arts building in Fishtown, Second State Press is currently displaying prints by 16 of its members. Located in the basement of the building, Second State is a communal printmaking studio that offers members an affordable and supportive network of like minds and equipment to practice their craft. The members [...]
