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Olivia Robinson has taken over the Grizzly Grizzly collective through the month of March for her solo show “Concatenation.” The white-walled space of the Grizzly gallery is subsequently transformed into an immersive installation in which Robinson, as the show’s name implies, pieces together a singular experience from a number of divergent elements. Really, there are [...]
The internationally active and conceptually provocative Philadelphia-based Kun-Yang Lin/Dancers (KYL/D) graced Drexel University’s Mandell Theater on March 22 and 23 with their spring appearance. Those in attendance were fortunate enough to witness not only the world premiere of “One – Immortal Game” but also a return of the 2011 “Mandala Project,” which served as a [...]
Once again, Rebekah Templeton Contemporary Art on the fringes of North Philly highlights quality local art in the solo exhibition “Can I Live To My Last Day” by Daniel Petraitis. Here, Petraitis who works in both sculptural and photographic mediums for this show, examines the symbols of life in culturally and visually saturated urban areas [...]
Tiger Strikes Asteroid (TSA) is in the midst of a dialogue with their newest manifestation – a second gallery located in Bushwick, Brooklyn. TSA NY, as it has become known, was started after founding member Alex Paik made a move to New York, but continued corresponding with the original Philadelphia TSA space. Throughout March, the [...]
The Center for Art in Wood in Old City (formerly the Wood Turning Center) is a non-profit community space that, since its inception in 1986, has provided wood turning, woodworking and exhibition opportunities for local artists working in the medium of wood. Currently, the Center is hosting a two-part show in its first-floor gallery, featuring [...]
Up on Frankford Avenue, nestled in among North Philly row homes and art galleries, exists a Philadelphia icon-in-the-making: Pizza Brain, the world’s first pizza museum. Within its walls is held a treasure trove of pizza-related paraphernalia – the largest in the world, in fact, as certified by Guinness World Records – and an attached artisan [...]
While it is true that the map is not actually the territory, a group of artists at the AIGA Philadelphia Space prove that these useful representations can serve as much more than orienteering tools. For the show “MAPnificent: Artists Use Maps,” some 15 individuals and a couple of groups including the Brooklyn Art Library and [...]
Moore College of Art & Design has released a call for submissions for the upcoming “Film al Fresco” juried competition and outdoor film series. The Galleries at Moore received a $20,000 Knight Arts Grant to establish the series in response to Knight’s question: “What’s your best idea for the arts in Philadelphia?” Out of over [...]
By Linda Harris, Center City Philadelphia Accessible fountains in city parks draw people of all ages, as the Center City District experienced once again when it transformed Sister Cities Park and reopened it in 2012. This 1.3-acre park at 18th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway was an abandoned and forgotten park in a strategic [...]
The University of Delaware Art Department’s space in the Crane Arts Building (UD@Crane) has a new nine-artist exhibition underway that seeks to examine the role of surfaces in visual creations. The show “Surface as Signifier,” curated by Peg Curtin and Bruce Garrity, manages to delve into conceptual territory by judging these books (or rather artworks) by their [...]
