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What exactly is the role of abstraction in our contemporary world? This is one of the big questions being posed in the show “Documents: Abstraction, Landscape, Culture” at LG Tripp Gallery. The exhibit features artists Anthony Vega, Paul Fabozzi and Seonglan Kim Boyce, and makes no reservations in dissecting abstract art and its broad social [...]
By Julia Rubio, Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra This Saturday the Black Pearl Chamber Orchestra launches its iConduct Festival at the Mann Center for the Performing Arts, 3pm on the main stage. Audience members will get a chance to conduct Beethoven’s 5th Symphony. Come early! Participation is on a first come, first served basis. Plan to bring your camera and capture [...]
Over the weekend at Penn’s Landing – and just in time for Mother’s Day – was the Art Star Craft Bazaar. The beautiful weather drew out a crowd to the waterfront to see more than 140 local and national vendors. Consisting of art, design, clothing, music and smoothies aplenty, the bazaar has a little something [...]
Downtown at Le Meridien Hotel at 1421 Arch Street, curator Gaby Heit has organized a small show of work by local artists. All of the showcased artists besides Liz Goldberg have formerly exhibited at Prelude, Heit’s gallery, which focuses on promoting and displaying work by students and recent graduates. Other highlighted artists include: Bradford Carmichael, [...]
On Saturday, April 28, the Opera Company of Philadelphia surprised diners at Geno’s Steaks with a side of Verdi as Random Acts of Culture™ arrived at a Philadelphia icon. Enjoy the video above. Why Does Knight Foundation Fund Random Acts of Culture™? Knight Foundation, like its founders Jack and Jim Knight, focuses on promoting informed [...]
Grizzly Grizzly is currently exhibiting a two person show called “Microwave” that demands attention. On display are an installation by Charlotte Hallberg and a short video by Johannes DeYoung. Conceptually, each artist only has one work apiece, although in the case of Hallberg, the installation is quite large and spills over onto three walls. Immersing [...]
UNfestival is a short film and music video show with an emphasis on Philadelphia filmmakers. The third manifestation of the festival screened videos at PhilaMOCA on Friday, April 27th to a standing-room only crowd. The event is presented by Fractal Circus, a local filmmaking and video consultation group. The idea is to gather all of [...]
The 2012 Knight Foundation’s Philadelphia Arts Challenge has awarded a $400,000 grant to Center City District to construct the innovative public artwork of artist Janet Echelman to help transform historic Dilworth Plaza (Philadelphia City Hall) into a focal point for the city’s thriving downtown. Echelman created “Pulse”, an artwork inspired by the site’s historic association transportation, [...]
Through June 10th at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, you can catch the show “Remainder.” Four artists make up this group exhibition of photographic abstractions: Amy Beecher, Aspen Mays, Klea McKenna and Brent Wahl. All of the artists wield process in intriguing, yet entirely divergent ways. Brent Wahl has two stylistically opposed images near the [...]
By Margie Salvante, Theatre Alliance of Greater Philadelphia This past winter, the Arden Theatre’s hugely successful production of Charlotte’s Web completed a run of 98 performances. It set records for attendance and revenue—not just for the Arden’s children’s theatre but for all its theatre. Thirty-four thousand people came to see the family play, generating nearly [...]
