Friday, September 28, 2012

POTLUCK this Saturday! 6-9pm


Hey guys! We've been so busy here working on the space that we almost forgot that Saturday night is our September potluck! Come by with some food or drink to share and check out the space from 6-9pm. The Philadelphia Sculpture Gym is located at 1834 E. Frankford Avenue in Fishtown. Hope to see you there!

Monday, September 24, 2012

Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia Town Hall Meeting

Save the date! The Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia is having a town hall meeting to answer your questions! If you are applying, I highly suggest going! Check out the details below:


Join us for a Town Hall Meeting on Wednesday, Oct. 3 at 6pm at the Philadelphia Center for Architecture, 1218 Arch St, Philadelphia to have your Knight Arts Challenge questions answered by representatives of the Knight Foundation.

We’re ready to hear your best ideas to engage and enrich the city’s vibrant arts scene. Applications are now being accepted through Oct. 15. We believe the arts can engage and enrich communities and that your ideas can make an impact. That’s why the John S. and James L. Knight F
oundation is investing $9 million in innovative arts ideas. To date, 71 ideas have been awarded $5.4 million.

What can these ideas look like? The possibilities are endless, and no idea is too large or too small. There are only three rules for the challenge:

Your idea must be about the arts.
Your project must take place in or benefit Philadelphia.
You must find funding to match Knight’s commitment, within a year.
For more information and an application, visit www.knightarts.org

Friday, September 21, 2012

LAST CALL! Process Show: Wood Call for Artists


Check out the Call for Artists for Process Show: Wood!

The entry deadline is today, September 21st, 2012.

The show will be open during the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours this October!

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Monday, September 17, 2012

KNIGHT ARTS CHALLENGE NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!


It's that time again! The Knight Arts Challenge Philadelphia is now accepting applications! This grant is a life changer, so if you have an idea that involves the arts in Philadelphia, I highly suggest giving it a shot. For more info, check out Knightarts.org...and good luck!!!!

Friday, September 14, 2012

Make It, Break It, Rebuild It...Final Weekend!

Be sure to check out Make It, Break It, Rebuild It this weekend before it's over! While you are there, look for work by PSG Charter Member Michael Konrad!



MAKE IT, BREAK IT, REBUILD IT

September 7, 8, 13, 14 & 15th

at Oxford Mills, 100 W. Oxford St. (between the Berks & Girard stops along Front St.)
Exhibition hours are 6pm - 10pm each night; performances are timed events.

Exhibiting Artists:
Jaime Alvarez, Nick Auman, Marcus Balum, Patricia Barrera, Emily Bowser, Brad Carney, Christina P. Day, Nicole Donnelly, Jenna Efrein, Keith Hartwig, Delia King, Mike Konrad, Ron Longsdorf, Chloris Lowe, Lisa Murch, Daniel Ostrov, Ryan Parker, Damon Reaves, Mary Tasillo, Mat Tomezsko, Jason Varone, Bonnie Whitfield, Jared Wood, Tara Wosiski, and Summer Yates, as well as Emerging Muralist teams Golden Brush Design, Collective Waters, Art Inception, and Junk of Kings.

Performance Schedule:
Sept. 13th at 8pm - || Lincoln-Line || an interactive fashion show and live music
Sept. 14th at 7pm – Ellie Goudie-Averill, Olive Prince, Zornitsa Stoyanova
Sept. 15th at 7pm - Ellie Goudie-Averill, Olive Prince, Real Live People(in)Motion

Set in the raw warehouse space of an old lamp factory, MAKE IT, BREAK IT, REBUILD IT is a two-week art happening featuring site-specific installations and performances that reflect society’s need to create, destroy, and reuse. This show brings together the work of over 30 artists and performer/choreographers speaking directly to the purpose of rebuilding -- not simply as it applies to physical objects but to the greater community. Artists examine the purpose of re-purpose through object-based media, structured and improvisatory performance, and audience-interactive installations that discuss society’s need to Make It, Break it, and Rebuild It.

The 25 visual art installations run the gamut of large scale audience-interactive woven sculpture (Tara Wosiski) to discreet 2-D and 3-D artworks (Ron Longsdorf, Jared Wood), from a technology-focused live twitter feed video projection (Jason Varone) to the tactile smashing and reassembling of bottles (Jenna Efrein) and of hand papermaking (Mary Tasillo), from exquisitely rendered depictions of discarded materials (Mat Tomeszko) to the construction of livable spaces from discarded materials (Mike Konrad, Christina Day).  Including artwork of nearly every medium -- from painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, light and space, and interactive installations--, the exhibition will be in a state of continual flux and progression over the course of two weekends.

The performances of Dance Amidst Art at MAKE IT, BREAK IT, REBUILD IT, part of the Philly Fringe Festival, are the largest series of collaborations between dancers and visual artists under one roof, occurring within the art installations as well as on stage.  Cross-pollination is a term that gets bandied about when artists from different disciplines are asked to collaborate, to digest and to respond to another artist or artwork in the process of their creative act.  At its root, cross-pollination expands the conversation between disciplines, and at its best, it creates new work that extends the boundaries and possibilities of both art forms.


For details about the events, artists, or location:


ALL EVENTS ARE FREE!!

For tickets, contact the Festival Box Office at (215) 413-1318 or visit www.livearts-fringe.org

Monday, September 10, 2012

Busy weekend!


This weekend was especially busy! Friday night was the opening for First Timer Solo Series: What if...by Terri Aluise. A huge thanks to everyone who came out!


Then we wasted no time over the weekend on finishing the office we started earlier in the week.


Molly and Brynn got to work placing our lockers and they look awesome.


Our big wall (FINALLY) got drywalled and this guy taped it so insanely fast...it was amazing!


Olivia also found time to play with some of my work that I just picked up from the Schuylkill Center...!

Hope everyone had a great weekend!!


Thursday, September 6, 2012

Press for First Timer Solo Series: What if... By Terri Aluise

City Paper Article on First Timer Solo Series: What if... By Terri Aluise

Check out the above link to the  City Paper Article on our upcoming show, First Timer Solo Series: What if... by Terri Aluise, which opens this Friday, September 7th.


Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Drywall!

They put up our drywall yesterday on the big wall and it makes such a difference in the space! I can't wait until it's mudded and painted! Yay!



Tuesday, September 4, 2012

CALL FOR ARTISTS! Process Show: WOOD


Check out our Call for Artists page for info on submitting work to our next juried process exhibition!