CFEVA's Visiting Curator Exhibition

Jen Mergel is the Beal Family Senior Curator of Contemporary Art at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Since joining the MFA in 2010, she envisioned and organized the inaugural installation of the Museum’s first contemporary collection galleries, open in September 2011, and developed a new solo exhibition series, including the shows "Kristin Baker: New Paintings" (2010) and "Jedediah Caesar: Soft Structures" (2011). Currently on view is her installation "Sparking Dialogue," featuring three generations of contemporary text-based works, and "Passages: Felix Gonzalez-Torres," the 20th-anniversary serial installation of all five of the artist's beaded curtains. She is now organizing first solo shows in Boston for numerous artists, including Ridley Howard, Sarah Braman, and Shinique Smith, as well as a thematic exhibition of contemporary Latin American art entitled “Message in a Bottle.” Previously, she was curator for many exhibitions at Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art, including “Tara Donovan,” “Momentum 13: Eileen Quinlan” and “Charles LeDray: workworkworkworkwork,” and at the Addison Gallery of American Art, Andover, including “Chance Encounters” and “Defying Distinction.” Mergel has taught at Harvard and Boston University.

Dates
Application Deadline: March 15th
Digital Portfolio Reviews: March 16 – April 9
Exhibition: June 6 – July 26, 2013

Details and Requirements
To apply please visit <https://cfeva.slideroom.com/>. Artists will be asked to provide a resume, artist statement, image list and five images. The total application fee is $20 (this includes the fee to use Slideroom). Artists must reside within 100 miles of Philadelphia and must not currently be a student.

For more information please contact Genevieve Coutroubis at (215) 546-7775 x11 or genevieve@cfeva.org.

Charter Member Stephen Millner TONIGHT at the Autumn Invitational at Off The Wall Gallery at Dirty Frank's

Check out PSG Charter Member Stephen Millner at his opening tonight at Dirty Frank's Off The Wall Gallery. Visit the Facebook event page for more details.

Dirty Frank's Off The Wall Gallery  
347 South 13th Street 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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:

www.facebook.com/makeitbreakitrebuildit

http://livearts-fringe.ticketleap.com/make-it-break-it-rebuild-it/#view=calendar

ALL EVENTS ARE FREE!!

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

Animal Show Opening at Pterodactyl this Saturday 7/14

If you are in the area this Saturday evening, come to the Animal Show opening at Pterodactyl Philadelphia! My zombie cat and I will be there to say hi!

Animal Show

July 14 - August 18

Reception: July 14 / 7-10 PM

Pterodactyl Philadelphia

3237 Amber Street, Fifth Floor North
Philadelphia, PA 19134

Featuring work by:
Allison Louise Nitch // Jennifer Rockwell // Caitlin McCormack
Katie Innamarato // Kaitlyn Coppola // Bruce Humphries
Ashley Caferro // Brooke Somers // Darla Jackson
Tamara Suber // Jeremy Golub // Jesse R Lentz
Cait Courage // Erica Harney // Kristen Egan
Hilary White // Scott Dupree // Jerry Kaba
Eric Remer // Jeff Leake

Music by:
Ben Cady
Ted Nguyent
Horse Thieves and Other Villains
The High Five

Process Show: Casting Install shots

Tonight is the opening for Process Show: Casting and I am super excited! We spent all day installing yesterday and everything is looking pretty amazing. Come by and see the show tonight from 6-9pm. In case you haven't been by the space yet, we are at 1834 E. Frankford Avenue (between Norris and Berks). The First Friday scene in Fishtown is awesome these days (maybe we'll see the Pitruco Pizza Truck...???) Hope to see everyone there!!!!

This Friday! Process Show: Casting

The work has been coming in for Process Show: Casting and its going to be a fabulous show. We'll be installing over the next few days and getting ready for the opening on Friday, so be sure to stop by on Friday to check it out! The reception will run from 6-9pm and we'll have some food and booze to celebrate! Also, because this is a process based show, we'll have a binder of process photos and some casting videos on display, so if you are interested in learning a bit more about how to cast in plaster, concrete, bronze, iron or sugar (yes, sugar!) come to the opening this Friday!

Out of Bounds opening reception at the Schuylkill Center this Saturday!

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists and
The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education are pleased to present:

OUT OF BOUNDS


Outdoor installation by Scott Pellnat

Featuring CFEVA Career Development Program Fellows & Alumni:


Susan Benarcik    Ana B. Hernandez    Brooke Hine


Darla Jackson    Mami Kato    Scott Pellnat    Caleb Nussear


Curated by Jenny Laden & Amie Potsic


Artist Talks & Reception:

Saturday, June 23rd  5 - 7pm

June 23 - September 2, 2012
 

The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
In and around the Main Building
8480 Hagy’s Mill Road
Philadelphia, PA  19128
http://www.schuylkillcenter.org


Hours:  Monday – Saturday, 9am – 5pm


Out of Bounds will be installed in a variety of settings around SCEE’s main building: in the large pond that greets visitors at the front of the building; in the Center’s new sensory garden; and in the wooded picnic grove that lead to the forest behind the building.  Many of the works recreate and reimagine forms typically seen outdoors, such as Susan Benarcik's knotted droplets, Ana Hernandez's bright red fabric fungi, and Scott Pellnat's giant boat.  Others interact with the natural elements, giving the viewer a new perspective on familiar landscapes.  Mami Kato's work floats on the pond, kept company by a community of frogs, snakes and turtles.  Caleb Nussear’s installation plays with mirrors amongst the trees, layering the visual experience of the woods. The one indoor installation in the exhibition, Darla Jackson's "Surprise Party," enlivens the Center’s foyer with sculptural animals, welcoming visitors and marking the 25th anniversary celebration of the Schuylkill Center's Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic, which treats and rehabilitates thousands of animals each year.

Shiny Monster at the Philadelphia Art Alliance

  
Shiny Monster: An Installation by Adam Wallacavage opens tomorrow night at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Looking forward to seeing his chandeliers all over the place!

Thursday, May 17th, 6-8pm
Philadelphia Art Alliance
251 South 18th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103


More info from Philadelphia Art Alliance's Facebook event page:

Inspired by the Gothic interiors of now-closed Catholic churches he visited throughout Philadelphia, Adam Wallacavage channeled his fascination with chandeliers by creating Jules Verne-inspired lighting for the dining room in his Victorian brownstone. To construct these octopus sculptures, Wallacavage taught himself the traditional techniques of ornamental plastering, which includes large-cast plaster work and hand-sculpted pieces from epoxy-clay. Those initial sculptures inspired Wallacavage to continue to experiment in form, color, and technique, even developing his own unique glazes and application technique to give his pieces a unique vibrant shimmer.

More recently, Wallacavage has added his love of kitsch to his sculptures. Casts of cartoon bunnies and elephants, Hello Kitty heads, and vintage toys are incorporated into his pieces, which are then covered in bright glazes in shades such as bubble-gum pink and mint green. The resulting sculptures reflect his varied aesthetic interests, ranging from 16th Century Baroque opulence to 1940s Americana. For his first solo exhibition in Philadelphia, Wallacavage will take inspiration from his lavishly decorated home by presenting several new chandeliers within each gallery.

Sculptor's block? Batman to the rescue!

In progress...

Have you ever had a deadline looming with nothing worth showing and no inspiration headed your way? Yeah...So I had that this past month, which shouldn't have been the case. I had an idea for a piece that I loved and started it months ago...but it kept not looking the way I had planned and I was beyond frustrated with it and totally uninspired. Luckily I have a friend who sent me a picture of himself in a Batman mask (on Easter), which gave me an idea. I sculpted a Batman mask (using Magic-Sculpt sculpting epoxy) onto an extra rabbit I had lying around the studio. (The show, Empty Night Skies, is a group show of bat themed work and all proceeds to benefit Bat Conservation International to help combat the spread of White Nose Syndrome in bats.) It's totally weird, but I think its hysterical and it fits my whole "cute little animals doing strange things" vibe. I'm finishing it up tonight so we'll see how that goes...! If you want to see how it came out and/or really like bats, you should check out the show. Here is some more info:

Art + Science

There are so many things happening in Philly right now involving Science and the Arts!

Today is the last day to submit work to HACK: A Technology Based Design and Art Exhibition! Also, check out their Kickstarter campaign!!!

Our friends at Next Fab are looking for artists and designers to submit work for an exhibition at the upcoming preview party for their new space, Next Fab 2.  The deadline for applying is April 12th! More details here: Next Fab Call for Submissions
While you're at it, check out the info about the preview party for their new space, Next Fab 2!

Without Walls: Works from the muraLAB/Breadboard Residency opens on Friday, April 27th at Esther Klein Gallery!

And speaking of science...check out the Philadelphia Science Festival this month from April 20-29th!! They have tons of amazing events planned!

First Friday!

I know I've mentioned it before, but the Frankford Ave area has a great First Friday scene going on...check out this list of openings from Frankfordavearts.org! And our new friend Jon Miller, who we met recently at the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym, will have his piece Self Portrait at the Fairgrounds lot beside Little Berlin, on the corner of Coral and Boston streets. Check it out!

J. Miller
Self Portrait (2012)
Salvaged wood and ropes, plaster, gypsum board, latex paint
16' x 8' x 8'

 

I am Not Animal and Longing, Loss and Anger at UD@Crane

Save the date! I'll have a piece or two in this upcoming show at UD@Crane, in the Crane Arts Building on American Street. The opening reception is Thursday, April 12th (2nd Thursday!) Also showing that night are friends Steven Earl Weber and Shane Jezowski! Come check it out!

Philadelphia Sculpture Gym Summer Exhibition Schedule!

Here's the starting line up for the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym gallery space! May will showcase our Charter Members (if you are interested in becoming one, sign up soon to get in on this!)
June will be the Sculpture Derby Show, a juried exhibition of kinetic sculptures from the Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby (past and present!). July will be a juried exhibition focused on the process of casting in sculpture (all materials are welcome!). And August will be the first 'First Timer' solo show. Each summer we will showcase someone who has not previously had a solo show, and first up is Terri Aluise!

Check back tomorrow for the Calls for Artists for the Sculpture Derby Show, Process Show: Casting, and a September solo show that comes with a 1 month residency at Philadelphia Sculpture Gym!

Picks of the Harvest 2012 at Thinkspace Gallery

 

Picks of the Harvest 2012 was an incredible show...there was so much great work in one room! Check out images from the show on Flickr, Facebook, and Hi-Fructose! Below are some shots of me/my piece from the Thinkspace Facebook and Flickr pages!

Andrew Hosner, me, and LC

Emma Tooth checks out the Zombie Cat

 

This is pretty much what it looked like all night long!

 

Check out Flash Fl00d at Little Berlin...and at the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym!

Little Berlin just posted this image on their Facebook page that I recognized...it's the back of the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym building! Turns out that there is a flash drive back there that is embedded with artwork in conjunction with Little Berlin art space's "Flash Fl00d" exhibit. Check out the details below!

FLASHFL00D

March 2nd-24th 2012 at little berlin
OPENING on First Friday – March 2, 6-9PM

A semi-secretive mass public exhibition of rapidly-distributed hidden flash drives containing downloadable exhibitions. Curatorial members of Little Berlin along with other Philadelphia galleries, collectives, artists, hackers and members of the public are invited to embed USB flash drives known as ‘dead drops’ in public locations such as walls, phone booths and staircases. The drives’ contents can include photos, video, text or other items and will be listed online at Little Berlin’s website, in addition to the deaddrops.com database.

D R I V E S curated by little berlin members: Alana Bograd, Angela McQuillan, Tyler Kline, Kelani Nichole & Lee Tusman, along with Sean Stoops,  extraextra,  Girard Hall, Data Garden, gli.tc/h + many more…

A full and complete listing of the artists and collectives involved will be exhibited at Little Berlin’s exhibition space at the Viking Mills building. Throughout the month of March, Little Berlin will be holding related programs including performances, glitch symposia, and a DIY dead drop-building workshop.

Artists' Gallery Talk & Walk-through: "Of Myths, Metal & Mortar"

Join Julia Levitina and Katherine Stanek at the Noyes Museum for brief presentations about their work, process and aspirations as sculptors, followed by a guided tour of the exhibit, Of Myths, Metal & Mortar.

Where: Noyes Museum of Art, 733 Lily Lake Road, Oceanville, NJ 08231

When: Thursday, March 1st, 2012, 5:30-8:00pm

Launch at Space 102 featuring new work by Terri Aluise

The amazing and wonderful Ms. Terri Aluise (fellow sculptor and the fabulous Philadelphia Sculpture Gym intern) has a piece in this show at the Crane Building, which opens on March 3rd, 2012. The exhibition is part of FiberPhiladelphia 2012, a city wide celebration of fiber arts. Congrats Terri!!

Containment Policy at Pterodactyl this weekend!

curated by Dr. K. Malcolm Richards, Jon F. Allen, and Rodney Thoms
August 27 - October 1 2011

A multi-media event examining the general containment policy that confines, refines, and defines how humans conduct and are conducted through their lives in the early twenty-first century via institutions that bind. From carefully contrived cubicles in the work place and the processed packaged food we consume to the surveillance cameras ...that record our whereabouts and the psychiatric pills that standardize our minds and wills, this exhibition will explore and explode the categorical imperatives that rue and rule our daily existence.

Opening August 27 8-12

Opening Night Performances by: DV Nikt, Gruesome Twosome (Lora Bloom and Kenny Brown), Plum Dragoness, and Justice League of Adversaries
Also featuring sound man and DJ David S. Aponte

Closing October 1 8-12
Closing reception will feature the films Atom Egoyan's "Speaking Parts" and
Samuel Fuller's "Shock Corridor" with lecture/discussion by the curators.

Work by
Steven Dufala / Billy Dufala / Paul D'Agostino / Carolina Maugeri / Brian Spies / Dr. K. Malcolm Richards / David E. Williams / Ben Coover / Mary Coyle / Adam Simon / Jon F. Allen / Timothy Allen / DV Nikt / Jordan Graw / Joshua Borden / David S. Aponte / Tina Zavitsanos and S. O'Brien/Thomas Micchelli

More info at http://www.pterodactylphiladelphia.org/

Opening Tonight at Fleisher Art Memorial

Looking for something to do tonight? Check out the Fleisher Faculty Exhibition, opening tonight from 6-8pm. Here's some info from their website! Have a great weekend!!!

JULY 11 – AUGUST 19, 2011
Opening reception: Friday, July 15, 6:00 – 8:00 PM

The Fleisher Art Memorial is pleased to showcase the artwork of its teaching staff with the 113th Fleisher Faculty Exhibition, July 11th through August 19th, 2011. Each artist in the exhibition will show works selected from his or her current studio investigations—including painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, photography and installation. The opening reception will be held Friday, July 15th, from 6:00 to 8:00 PM. The reception will also feature the announcement of the 2011 Faculty Fellowship Awardees. Admission to the exhibition and reception is free and open to the public. Gallery hours at Fleisher are 10:00 AM to 9:00 PM Monday through Thursday, and 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM on Friday. The Fleisher Art Memorial is located at 719 Catharine Street.

The 99 professional artists who taught at Fleisher over the past year are dedicated to the high standards of art education that have characterized Fleisher's 113-year history. The active pursuit of dual professions in art-making and art education are evident in the busy teaching and exhibition schedules kept by the instructors. Many of the instructors serve on the faculties of area universities, colleges, and art centers in addition to helping Fleisher provide the highest quality art instruction to students of all ages.

The Fleisher faculty members included in the 113th Fleisher Faculty Exhibition come from all areas of the greater Philadelphia region:

Michael Ajero · Jill Allen · Bill Auge · Pat Aulisio · Katie Baldwin · Karen Baumeister · David Berger · Alyse Bernstein · Lisa Berry · Stanley Bielen · Christine Blair · Erin Broadhurst · Bill Brookover · Joanne Bryant · Quincy Carpenter · Giovanni Casadei · Louise Clement-Hoff · Elissa Collier · Bernard Collins · Benjamin Cromie · Sandra Davis · Jeff Dentz · Elyse Deroisa · Nicole Dul · James Dupree · Paul DuSold · Marie Elcin · Elaine Erne · Linda Fernandez · Gina Fisichella · Sarah Folger · Darien Fripps · Colette Fu · Michael Fujita · Fran Gallun · Emmanuel Gonzalez · Christina Groff · David Guinn · Sharon Gunther · Albert Gury · Geri Harkin-Tuckett · Sharon Hildebrand · Cathy Hopkins · Darla Jackson · Marilyn Johnson · Amber Johnston · Keir Johnston · Julieann Julia · Frederic Kaplan · Christianne Kapps · Jillian Kesselman · Rocky Kev · Dave Krevolin · Elizabeth Latham · Tom Leonard · Brad Litwin · Marc Lombardi · Emily Brett Lukens · Ernel Martinez · Joyce Mansfield-Divine · Samantha McConnell · Kathryn McFadden · Matt Miller · Liana Moskowitz · Cat Niallon · Lauren Parker · Michelle Platt · Kaye (Frances) Pullen · Doug Randall · Stephanie Renee · Robert Reinhardt · Ron Ribant · Hiro Sakaguchi · Ahmed Salvador · Tad Sare · Melanie Serkes · John Sevcik · Marisha Simons · Christopher Smith · Nancy Sophy · Emily Squires · Carol Stirton-Broad · Mike Storm · Brianna Tadeo · Tom Thomas · Stefani Threet · Josephine Tsai · James Victor · Nikki Virbitsky · Lisa Volta · Mariel Waloff · Jacob Wells · Lee Wilkinson · Michelle Wilson · Wendy Woloson · Joni Woods · Rick Wright · Chamroeun Yin · Constantina Zavitsanos