Thursday, August 29, 2013

*Workshops* September/October


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Welding 101
Instructor: Rea Walsh
Saturdays 1:00-3:00pm
9/21, 9/28, 10/5, 10/12
Price: $325.00 (includes materials)
Details: This 4 week class covers Oxygen-Acetylene welding and cutting, MIG, TIG, Plasma Cutter, and various grinding and metal finishing techniques.  Students will learn all the processes and have the opportunity to create a small scale sculpture or functional craft. No previous experience necessary.






















Welding 101
Instructor: Laura Conklin
Tuesdays 7:00-9:00pm
9/24, 10/1, 10/8, 10/15 
Price: $325.00 (includes materials) 
Details: This 4 week class covers Oxygen-Acetylene welding and cutting, MIG, TIG, Plasma Cutter, and various grinding and metal finishing techniques.  Students will learn all the processes and have the opportunity to create a small scale sculpture or functional craft.  No previous experience necessary.

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Blanket Molds 101
Instructor: Darla Jackson
Thursdays 6:30-9:30
10/3, 10/10, 10/17, 10/24
Price: $150.00 + $35.00 materials fee due upon first class
Details: This four week long class is an introduction to rubber blanket molds. Students will learn how to create a rubber blanket mold and plaster mother mold on a small sculptureNo previous experience necessary.

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Creative Brainstorming Techniques and Visual Problem Solving
Instructor: Kyle Keener
Saturday, September 21st
11:00-3:00pm
Price: $35.00
Details: For more than 30 years photographer / sculpture Kyle Keener has been a successful visual problem solver. Learn his techniques for creative idea generation to help bring your artistic vision to life.


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Photographing Your Art with Kyle Keener from KeenerVision
Instructor: Kyle Keener
Sunday, September 22st
3:00-7:00pm
Price: $60.00
Details:Once you have made your art it is important to market it with the help of great photographs. For decades Kyle Keener has been a leading photojournalist specializing in studio lighting techniques. Bring your camera and a piece of your art with you and learn to see and photograph it in it's best possible light.



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Animal Sculpture with Darla Jackson
Thursdays 6:30-9:30pm
9/12, 9/19
Price: $100.00 (includes materials)

Students will sculpt a small animal from life using clay. No previous experience necessary.

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Printmaking & Stationary Design with Elizabeth McTear from SquidWhale Designs
Saturday, September 28th & Sunday, September 29th
1:00-3:00
Price: $35.00 for one day, $60.00 for both days
Details: Use simple carving tools to carve easy-cut linoleum blocks, creating your own stamps. Your original designs can be used to customize stationary or create art prints. In this class, you will learn to carve simple block stamps, and learn tips and tricks to print beautiful postcards and wrapping paper, which you can then use to correspond to loved ones, or gift to a friend.

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Two Days




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We always offer One-On-One in the Weld and Metal Shop. 
$40.00 Per Hour
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Questions?  What to speak with the instructor of a class? Want to Sign up for a one-on-one? Want more info on the facility, membership options, space rentals, events, and/or take a tour? 

Contact Programs Manager Jenny Welsh 
Email: PSGJennyWelsh@gmail.com  
Phone: (215) 870-1081 

Tuesday, August 27, 2013

Gigantic Sequins and Philadelphia Sculpture Gym present: Impossible Books




IMPOSSIBLE BOOKS : a collaboration between visual artists & writers

This exhibition will explore the relationship between sculpture and physical printed matter by inviting writers and sculptors to collaborate on building—and writing elements of—an impossible book.

Visual artists and writers can enter ideas separately to be paired together or as a team.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTRY:

WRITER: Please submit 2-3 poems or up to 1000 words of prose plus a paragraph of why you would like to be a part of this project and what you would be looking for in a visual artist collaborator. OR submit a 1-2 page proposal of your IMPOSSIBLE BOOK idea and what you would be looking for in a visual artist collaborator. 
AND
VISUAL ARTIST: Please submit 2-3 sketches for an idea, proposed materials, installation requirements, and a brief explanation of what you would be looking for in a writer collaborator. OR submit 2-3 examples of previous work plus a paragraph of why you would like to be a part of this project and what you would be looking for in a writer collaborator. 

EXAMPLES:
  • A book of poetic dreams written in the sky as a series of linked constellations.
  • Too dreamy? How about a memoir written on a large cube that tells a variety of different stories depending on the path the reader takes.* 
  • Or a novel composed of "hinged doors and locked drawers... layered into" the book's structure as well as its narrative.**
  • Or anything you can come up with that would merge literature and sculpture in a new and interesting way.  


Eligibility
:

All work must be original and ready to hang.

 If you do not live in the area, artist must pay for shipping fees to and from the Philadelphia Sculpture Gym. Writers should be available for collaboration with an artist in-person or state how they will be able to stay in touch with the artist they are paired with within their entry. Writers should be available to attend the reading scheduled for opening night.

Entry Fee
:

Free entry, but donations for exhibition, opening night, and promotions are encouraged. Donate here.



Installation
:

Selected artists will be contacted with installation details.



Sales
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Members: Philadelphia Sculpture Gym will receive a 30% commission on work sold during the show.

Non-members: Philadelphia Sculpture Gym will receive a 40% commission on work sold during the show.


†Money for sold pieces will go to the visual artist to be distributed between artist & writer on their own terms.

Calendar
:

Submission due date: November 1st, 2013
Artist/Writer selection and/or pairing: November 15th, 2013
Artwork drop-off/Installation: February 1st-2nd, 2014
Opening reception and reading: February 7th, 2014 6-9 pm

Exhibition closes: February 28th, 2014
De-installation: March 1st, 2014

Donation Information:

Donations towards this project may be made online through this Paypal link or via check made out to ‘Philadelphia Sculpture Gym LLC’ mailed to: 



Philadelphia Sculpture Gym
 
Attn: Impossible Books 

1834 E. Frankford Avenue 

Philadelphia, PA 19125

Questions?

VISUAL ARTISTS: Contact PSG Gallery Manager Steven Earl Weber via PSGStevenEarlWeber@gmail.com

WRITERS: Contact GS Editor in Chief Kimberly Ann Southwick via giganticsequins@gmail.com

*IDEA via Craig Dworkin's "The Cube" p. 13 via THE OFFICIAL CATALOG OF THE LIBRARY OF POTENTIAL LITERATURE edited by Ben Segal and Erinrose Mager 

**IDEA via Adam Robinson's "Superstructure!" p. 66 via THE OFFICIAL CATALOG OF THE LIBRARY OF POTENTIAL LITERATURE edited by Ben Segal and Erinrose Mager 

To apply, go here on September 1st: https://philadelphiasculpturegym.submittable.com/submit

Thursday, August 22, 2013

Field Trip to Fazzio's




FIELD TRIP TO FAZIO'S METALS -- For decades Joseph Fazzio's Metals Inc. has been a trusted supply house for sculptors and industry in the Delaware Valley. On Saturday, August 31st PSG will sponsor a field trip to the 23-acre site in Glassboro, NJ, to shop their amazing selection of steel and industrial surplus materials. Anyone involved in the visual arts will find their well organized warehouses a feast for the eyes. PSG founder Darla Jackson and charter member Kyle Keener will lead a quick tour before you will be on your own to explore and shop till you drop. If you are interested please notify Darla ASAP at philadelphiasculpturegym@gmail.com or Kyle at jkylekeener@yahoo.com. Call Kyle with questions #215-990-0692. If we get enough reservations, our hope is to rent a van and make this an old school field trip. We will all split the cost of the van rental. We will be leaving the PSG promptly at 8 am and shop for several hours.

This Sunday - Art Talk and Mimosas with Jedediah Morfit


art talk & mimosas 

Find art-speak hard to swallow? Wash it down with mimosas!

Join us this Sunday at 12:30pm at Philadelphia Sculpture Gym for mimosas and an art talk. Jed Morfit will be speaking about his work, which is currently on exhibit in our gallery. 



Philadelphia Sculpture Gym
1834 Frankford Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19125


Wednesday, August 21, 2013

What we're up to...

Seren is painting signs for the studios...

Bevan's going cray cray on the grinder

Steven is making a mess...

I mean a sign...

I'm recycling clay...

Kyle is making one fancy lamp...

Lucy is slowly becoming a clay recycling expert...

And I'm just painting birdies...
A big thanks to J. Kyle Keener for keeping up on taking photos! We've all been crazy busy here and are having a good time making stuff, which is the whole point of this place, right? Right!

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Happy Birthday Jenny!!!


Happy birthday to one of the most badass ladies I know! Jenny, you are super amazing and PSG would not be what it is without you! We love you!!!!!

Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Apply now

Liz Afif Gallery
53 N. 2nd St. Philadelphia, PA 19106

Devotion
National Juried Exhibition
 
DEADLINE:  Saturday, August 24, 2013 
Exhibition Dates: September 6 – September 20, 2013
Opening Reception: Friday, September 6, 2013
 
About the Theme:
 
DEVOTION: This exhibition is about the idea of art as an act of devotion and looking at art can help create a sense of devotion in the viewer.  The theme is open to interpretation, but some ways devotion can be shown in art is through a process that is repetitive or meditative, through devotion to complicated, arduous process, ruthless self-examination or devotion to creating a feeling of peace and spiritual balance.
 
Entry Requirements for this Exhibition:
 
For this exhibition all media will be considered.  Art for this exhibition must not be larger than 48” in any dimension.  If art weighs more than 50 lbs please specify.  
 
Selection Process: 
 
Art will be reviewed by Gallery Owners: Liz Afif-Fisher and James Fisher.  Artists will be notified if they have been accepted on or by Monday, August 26, 2013
 
People’s Choice Award: The People’s Choice Award will be chosen by attendees at the opening reception by secret ballot. 
 
Entry Fee:  $35 for 1 – 4 entries ($5 each additional entry) email entries will be billed by paypal or may be paid for onlizafifgallery.com on the Devotion page.  Postal and Hand Delivered entries may be paid for by check or paypal if specified.  Please make checks payable to LIZ AFIF.
 
Submission Format: Art will be juried by jpgs. Each image must be no larger than 5 MB. The recommended size is 10” in the longest dimension 300dpi.   Minimum file size is 500kb. Please save your jpgs as your name (first and last) followed by the entry number.  For example: “sandrobotticelli1.jpg”
Please use “Devotion” and your last name as the subject of your email. For example: “Devotion Botticelli”
Please email submissions to lizafifgallery@gmail.com
 
Or you may hand deliver or mail your entries to
LIZ AFIF GALLERY, 53 N. 2nd ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA 19106
For mailed and hand delivered entries you may use a CD/DVD or color photographs
 
Drop off of Accepted work:  Saturday, August 31, 2013 from 12 – 5pm
Shipping:   Art must be received by September 3, 2013. Prepaid return shipping label must be provided.
Pick up of unsold work:  Saturday, September 21, 2013 from 12 – 5pm.


Square Inch Gallery a small works- member's wall $50/month-- 
Application fee to Devotion will be applied to future dues if you are accepted as a member of Square Inch.  
Juried show fee waived for all Juried shows during length of membership.