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The Clay Studio 3rd Floor Students and Artists Opening Reception
The Clay Studio 3rd Floor Students and Artists
Monday – Friday, noon-3pm
CFEVA presents Resources for Artists
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Resources for Artists
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Presenter: Rory Golden, NewYork Foundation for the Arts
NYFA, one of the country’s largest support organizations for artists, has many fundraising and support programs that are available to artists regardless of where they live. On March 18th learn about the two primary programs that NYFA makes available to artists nationally, NYFA Source and the Fiscal Sponsorship Program.
1521 Locust Street, Lower Level, Philadelphia, 19102
http://www.cfeva.org/
Grabados de Oaxaca
Grabados de Oaxaca
Graphic Works from Oaxaca, Mexico
Perro Jugueton Enrique Flores (Oaxaca, Mexico), Woodcut, 2010
The distinguished history of printmaking in Mexico is best represented today in the vibrant art center of Oaxaca. This exhibition is an Independent project of Philagrafika 2010 at the Indigo Arts Gallery in Northern Liberties.
Grabados de Oaxaca includes works by Fernando Andriacci, Enrique Flores, Abelardo Lopez, Eddie Martinez, Leovigildo Martinez, Felipe Morales, Rodolfo Morales, Fernando Olivera, Shinzaburo Takeda, Crispin Valladares & others.
Long renowned as a center for folk art production, the mountainous southern Mexico state of Oaxaca has a growing reputation for the fine arts as well. Birthplace of the late masters Rufino Tamayo, Rodolfo Nieto and Rodolfo Morales, Oaxaca has also produced such leading Mexican artists as Francisco Toledo. But it is the vitality of the younger generation of Oaxaca artists that has led critics to identify a distinct Oaxaca School of Mexican art. Oaxacan art draws its strength from native Indian culture, myths and legends. It is suffused with “magic realism” a folk surrealism in which people fly and mysterious juxtapositions are the norm. As poet Alberto Blanco has written, the artists of Oaxaca “all tend to depict one theme: the appearance in our history of another time and place. A space within another space. A time within another time.”
Indigo Arts has exhibited the fine arts of Oaxaca for over two decades including solo shows for Rodolfo Morales and Fernando Olivera.
Show dates: Thursday, March 11 through Saturday, May 8
Opening receptions: Second Thursdays, March 11 and April 8th, 6 to 9pm.
Gallery Hours: Wednesday through Saturday, 12 to 6pm.
Location: Indigo Arts Gallery
Crane Arts Building., #104, 1400 North American St. Philadelphia, PA 19122
Sweet Spot at CFEVA
Katie Baldwin, Julia Blaukopf, Andrea Cote, Oscar Muňoz,
Matthew Neff, Marisha Simons & Ben Volta
Curated by Amie Potsic
Sweet Spot
January 28 – February 18, 2010
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists
1521 Locust Street, Lower Level
Philadelphia, PA 19102
In conjunction with Philagrafika 2010 and Fiber Philadelphia 2010, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists is pleased to present Sweet Spot, an exhibition of works by Katie Baldwin, Julia Blaukopf, Andrea Cote, Oscar Muňoz, Matthew Neff, Marisha Simons, and Ben Volta, curated by Amie Potsic.
Selected especially for the Philagrafika 2010 and Fiber Philadelphia 2010 festivals, Sweet Spot features Colombian artist Oscar Muňoz and six CFEVA artists whose prints, sculpture, and installations incorporate printmaking and fiber in unusual and unexpected ways.
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival Second Thursdays Series
Philadelphia Live Arts Festival
Second Thursdays Series
Artists from the Live Arts Festival artist residency program or a guest artist from the region talk about their work process and share their musings, imaginings and ideas that are the inspiration for what will eventually evolve into a new work.
They’ll be casual, intimate gatherings, so anything goes. The artists may perform segments of new work, tell stories about their un-traditional research, or just discuss what they’re currently imagining for their upcoming piece. Your feedback and questions throughout are warmly welcomed and encouraged!
Why you should come:
- Free admission
- Free beer
- You’ll hang with the artists, meet new people, see cool stuff, and be part of amazing conversations (or just listen in if you’d rather!).
When you should come:
- The second Thursday of each month, October – June 7pm
Upcoming featured artists:
- January 14, 2010
- Whit MacLaughlin / New Paradise Laboratories (FATEBOOK, 2009)Dare to take a peek inside the brain of Whit MacLaughlin, the Artistic Director of New Paradise Laboratories and mastermind behind 2009’s FATEBOOK. Whit will give insight into his latest projects: FREEDOM CLUB (in collaboration with The Riot Group); MORT (the third part ofNPL’s American Party trilogy preceded by BATCH and PROM); and his newest idea, F@#CK COMPUTERS. For more advance details on the new works, visit http://www.princeton.edu/arts/news/archive/freedom-club/.Miro Dance Theatre
- Amanda Miller and Tobin Rothlein of Miro Dance Theatre will be showing a slideshow of their recent trip to India where they performed their newest work, How am I Not Myself?In the work, two classically trained dancers, one in Ballet and the other Bharatnatyam, examine the questions that come with dance, identity, and moving beyond the classical form. At the age of four Amanda Miller and Viji Rao began their classical training on opposite sides of the world. Now, thirty years later, following professional classical careers, they are both engaged in their own unique forms of contemporary dance. In How am I Not Myself? they join with video artist Tobin Rothlein to look at their transition from classical to contemporary with an exciting dialogue of movement and multimedia and a celebration of the contemporary and the unclassifiable.
- Makoto Hirano & Ben Camp
- Ben Camp and Makoto Hirano will be showing a few scenes that may or may not make it into their upcoming work, PunchKapow. PunchKapow is an original devised piece in development by Ben, Alex Torra, Makoto, Charlotte Ford, Mikaal Sulaimon, and Brett Cassidy. The piece is inspired by representations of violence and how much fun they can be – comic books, action movies, video games, and anime. People love violence, and we want to dive into the joy of fighting as much as the darkness. This piece is the first for an organization called Team Sunshine Performance Corporation, and will priemere in November.JANUARY PRE-SERIES BONUS EVENT:For this month’s Second Thursdays Series, you’ll enter the Festival studio through AREA 919’s gallery space. Between 6pm and 7pm, visit AREA 919 for a glass of wine and their Antique Collection of 18th and 19th Century works in stone, marble, iron, and wood from Europe, India, China, and America. For more information: www.area919.com.
- Where it all happens: The Festival Studio , 919 N 5th St Philadelphia, PA 19123, Free onsite parking + abundant neighborhood street parking
Holiday Sale at Print Center
Finish up your holiday shopping with our Holiday Auction Sale!
There are many great pieces of art and gift certificates available for the Minimum Bid Price.
No more bidding - first come, first serve.
Browse online or stop by the gallery to see the work in person.
Group Motion in City Dances / Parkway at the Rodin Museum
Group Motion in City Dances / Parkway at the Rodin Museum
Group Motion will next be performing on Saturday, December 12th (with a reception following the performance) and Sunday, December 13th; performances start at 8pm at the CEC Meetinghouse Theater at 3500 Lancaster Ave in West Philadelphia / University City.
For more information please visit www.groupmotion.org or ask me! (Rachel@philaculturati.com, subject line: “Group Motion”)