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Visual Arts
Personal Views: Contemporary Photographic Portraiture in Philadelphia
September 16-November 14, 2009
Personal Views is an effort to present the depth and richness of photographic portraiture that is being made by Philadelphia-area artists. The exhibition developed out of a recognition that some of the most accomplished and interesting contemporary portraiture is being made here, and features seven local female artists: Justyna Badach, Rita Bernstein, Jessica Todd Harper, Andrea Modica, Nadine Rovner, Sarah Stolfa, and Zoe Strauss. Each has received a level of national More
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The Jack Wolgin Fine Arts Prize, Finalists Exhibition
Temple University Tyler School of Art
October 1-November 14, 2009
The Jack Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts is an annual award and exhibition recognizing three emerging artists nominated by a jury of international art More

Philadelphia's Magic Gardens TacTile Tour
November 15, 2009
Get an insiders' feel of Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens! TacTile tours lead visitors that are blind or partially sighted through the Magic Gardens main site, allowing them to More

NEXT: Emerging Philadelphia Photographers Exhibition and Opening Reception
Philadelphia Photo Arts Center
September 10-November 29, 2009
What better way to start a new photography center than with new photography. Philadelphia Photo Arts Center is therefore excited to officially open their doors and launch the More

Early Furniture by George Nakashima: The Architect Designs
October 9-December 24, 2009
This much anticipated historic exhibit of early works by legendary furniture craftsman, George Nakashima, 10 years in the making, includes rare and seldom-seen works drawn from More

Whole of Nature and the Mirror of Art
January 1-December 31, 2009
Alchemy's most familiar pursuits--transmuting lead into gold and producing an elixir to prolong life--seemed reasonable in their day, though even then they were the subject of learned More

Kinetic Cinema
Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)
October 21, 2009-March 10, 2010
Kinetic Cinema is a New York based screening series that explores the intersection of dance and the moving image. Each month organizer Anne Brady Nuse invites a special More

Lace in Translation
Philadelphia University - Design Center at Goldie Paley House
September 24, 2009-March 31, 2010
The Design Center (TDC) presents Lace in Translation, a new exhibition of contemporary work that explores the intersection of luxurious hand-craftsmanship with modern, mass More
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OngoingDoylestown Exciting Childrens Art Gallery Once Upon a Gallery 10/04/08-
10/04/15Philadelphia Transmutations Chemical Heritage Foundation 01/01/09-
12/31/09Philadelphia Skin and Bones: Tattoos in the Life of the American Sailor Independence Seaport Museum 04/23/09-
01/03/10Philadelphia Frankford Avenue First Friday New Kensington Community Development Corporation 05/01/09-
OngoingGimme Shelter Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education 05/09/09-
05/09/10Philadelphia Art and Architecture Tours Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts 05/23/09-
OngoingPhiladelphia Visit The Barnes Foundation and Gardens The Barnes Foundation 06/03/09-
OngoingMerion 2nd Saturday Media Media Arts Council 07/02/09-
OngoingMedia Faces of a New Nation: American Portraits of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries from The Metropolitan Museum of Art Winterthur Museum and Country Estate 07/25/09-
01/24/10Winterthur First Friday in Old City Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance 09/04/09-
06/04/10Philadelphia Werner Pfeiffer: Book-Objects & Artist Books University of Pennsylvania 09/08/09-
02/12/10Philadelphia There’s No Place Like Here: Nadine Rovner The Print Center 09/10/09-
11/21/09Philadelphia Dance with Camera Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) 09/10/09-
03/21/10Philadelphia Video Art: Replay, Part 1, Asking Not Telling Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) 09/10/09-
12/06/09Philadelphia Painting Midrash Gershman Y 09/10/09-
11/22/09Philadelphia Muriel’s Moores: Works on Paper by Henry Moore Ursinus College - Berman Museum of Art 09/10/09-
11/15/09Collegeville Coney Island Always Gershman Y 09/10/09-
11/22/09Philadelphia Art & Soul: Picturing the Spirit Within Glencairn Museum 09/12/09-
11/14/09Bryn Athyn Endurance: Daring Feats of Risk, Survival and Perseverance Abington Art Center 09/17/09-
11/29/09Jenkintown State of the Union: Contemporary Craft in Dialogue Philadelphia Art Alliance 09/18/09-
01/03/10Philadelphia Fall Harvest Market Brandywine River Museum 09/19/09-
11/08/09Chadds Ford Watch Glassblowing Bernard Katz Glass 09/25/09-
11/28/09Philadelphia Catching a Shadow: Daguerreotypes in Philadelphia, 1839-1860 Library Company of Philadelphia 09/28/09-
02/26/10Philadelphia Your Mother Is In The Basement Art Exhibition La Salle University Art Museum 10/01/09-
12/11/09Philadelphia Paper Works! Art in City Hall 10/01/09-
01/15/10Philadelphia New American Voices Fabric Workshop and Museum 10/02/09-
11/22/09Philadelphia First Fridays Khmer Art Gallery 10/02/09-
05/07/10Philadelphia Fly Me to the Moon: Recent Work by Anthony Ciambella Cerulean Arts Gallery and Studio 10/07/09-
11/13/09Philadelphia Energy & Matter Twenty-Two Gallery 10/09/09-
11/08/09Philadelphia Steve Madsen: A World In Wood Wood Turning Center, Inc. 10/09/09-
12/19/09Philadelphia Solo Series 09 with Leeza Meksin Abington Art Center 10/10/09-
11/22/09Jenkintown Betsy Meyer Memorial Exhibition Main Line Art Center 10/16/09-
11/16/09Haverford Fall Juried Show Montgomery County Guild of Professional Artists 10/16/09-
12/05/09Conshohocken Embroidery & Beading Part II: Beading Pterodactyl Philadelphia 10/20/09-
11/10/09Philadelphia Barclay Friends Residents Exhibit Chester County Art Association 10/21/09-
11/12/09Exton Arshile Gorky: A Retrospective Philadelphia Museum of Art 10/21/09-
01/10/10Philadelphia IMAGINE Exhibition Community Arts Center 10/23/09-
11/24/09Wallingford Kalachakra Tibetan Sand Mandala: An Offering to the City of Philadelphia from Venerable Losang Samten Chenrezig Tibetan Buddhist Center of Philadelphia 10/26/09-
11/22/09Philadelphia Byers' Choice Christmas Market Byers Choice, Ltd. 11/01/09-
12/31/09Chalfont Painting Basics: Still Life & Beyond Fairmount Art Center 11/02/09-
12/07/09Philadelphia Other Worlds Exhibit by Michael McNelly Community Arts Center 11/02/09-
11/30/09Wallingford Drawing Out of the Box: Experiential Mixed Media Fairmount Art Center 11/03/09-
12/08/09Philadelphia Art Start: Age 2 Fairmount Art Center 11/03/09-
12/08/09Philadelphia Digital Photography Classes Fairmount Art Center 11/04/09-
12/09/09Philadelphia Clay Basics & Beyond Fairmount Art Center 11/05/09-
12/10/09Philadelphia Posters for the People- WPA Posters Exhibition National Constitution Center 11/05/09-
01/03/10Philadelphia Contemporary Daguerreotype Project Basho 11/06/09-
11/08/09Philadelphia Sugarloaf Crafts Festival in Oaks Sugarloaf Mountain Works, Inc. 11/06/09-
11/08/09Oaks Still Moving: Independent Animation Delaware College of Art and Design 11/06/09-
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