Rainbow Yarn: Navajo Rugs, Germantown Yarns and the Pennsylvania Connection

03-27-2009 - 12-31-2009

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum

http://www.quiltandtextilemuseum.com/exhibitions/current/current.php

Lancaster Quilt and Textile Museum -

Admission: $6 (Adult) $4 (Student with valid ID) FREE! for Members and Children ages 17 and under FREE! on First Fridays from 5-9 pm Contact the museum for group discounts

Start Time(s): Monday-Saturday, 9 am-5 pm First Fridays, 5-9 pm See the official website for holiday hours

Rainbow Yarn brings together rare examples of Navajo weavings from private collections and museums across the country This exhibition, guest curated by nationally recognized scholar and dealer Brant Mackley, focuses on the history and influence of the wool yarn produced in the Germantown section of Philadelphia upon Navajo weavings Featuring more than 40 weavings and a host of other objects including comparative materials, the exhibition chronicles how these brilliantly-colored, tightly-bound Germantown yarns were introduced by traders to Navajo weavers in the American southwest

Skin and Bones: Tattoos in the Life of the American Sailor

04-23-2009 - 01-03-2010

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Independence Seaport Museum

Independence Seaport Museum - 211 S Columbus Boulevard Philadelphia PA 19106

Admission: $12 for Adults $10 for Seniors (65 & over) $7 for Children/Students/Military FREE for Seaport members and children under 2

Start Time(s):

Be among the first to see the premiere of a provocative new exhibit that delves into the beliefs, traditions, and power of the tattoo in American maritime culture! Tattoos were introduced to this country by seamen, so if you have a tattoo today, thank a sailor

The exhibit features tattoo designs, tools, historic photographs and artifacts, along with video stories of contemporary tattooed sailors, and a unique interactive "tattoo parlor" dubbed the "Tattoo-a-Tron" Why a pig and rooster? Come to the exhibit and find out
 

Visit The Barnes Foundation and Gardens

06-03-2009 - 01-01-2037

Wednesday, Thursday

The Barnes Foundation

http://www.barnesfoundation.org/

The Barnes Foundation - 300 N Latch's Lane Merion PA 19066

Admission: $15

610-667-0290 x5

Start Time(s): 9:30 am-5 pm

Come see the world-famous art collection at the Barnes Foundation this summer and get a free docent-led tour focusing on their enormous collections of Cezannes Also enjoy their beautiful gardens and Arboretum included with your ticket

Faces of a New Nation: American Portraits of the 18th and Early 19th Centuries from The Metropolitan Museum of Art

07-25-2009 - 01-24-2010

Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Winterthur Museum and Country Estate

http://www.winterthur.org

Winterthur Museum and Country Estate - 52 Winterthur Rd Winterthur DE 19735

Admission: Included with all admission tickets, Members free

Start Time(s): 10 am

View masterpieces portraying the men, women, and children of early America These stunning paintings depict not only people from a particular time and place, but they also reveal the values of the nation across a span of nearly 150 years Winterthur is the only venue for this select group of portraits from The Met, which represents many of the young country’s great artists, including John Smibert, John Singleton Copley, Gilbert Stuart, and Samuel F B Morse

Curator Jenelle Porter discusses the inspiration for the work in this first ever exhibition on dance made for the camera

With iconic dance films, ranging from Busby Berkeley's Hollywood musicals to Maya Deren's avant-garde films, the screenings in this cinema program exemplify the ways dance has compelled visual artists to record bodies moving in time and space

Goshogaoka (Sharon Lockhart, 1998, 63 minutes)
Rosas Danst Rosas (Thierry De Mey, 1997, 57 minutes)
Water Motor (Babette Mangolte, 1978, 7:55 minutes)
Solo (Director: Thomas Lovell Balogi; Camera: Jess Hall, 1997,
7 minutes)

All screenings are held at International House, 3701 Chestnut Street

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 guest from the dance and film communities to share the films and videos that have inspired and influenced their own work The series kicks off with a night of dance on film curated by renowned choreographer and filmmaker Victoria Marks Look for the second evening of Kinetic Cinema in early 2010

Video Art: Replay, Part 1, Asking Not Telling

09-10-2009 - 12-06-2009

Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA)

http://www.icaphila.org

Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) - S 36th Street and Sansom Street University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia PA 19104

Admission: No tickets required

Start Time(s): Noon-8 pm (Wed-Fri); 11 am-5 pm (Sat + Sun)

ICA is pleased to present Video Art: Replay, a year-long, three-part exhibition offering a snapshot of current video art On view September 11, 2009-August 1, 2010 in ICA's Project Space, this exhibition, centered around three themes prevalent in video art—documentary, animation, and comedy—will further focus the wide-ranging field of single-channel, projected video

Part I: Asking Not Telling This fall, Part I presents videos by artists who use the tropes of documentary filmmaking to capture, record, (re)record and represent cultural memory Voice-over narration, found footage, and reenactments only confuse a sense of history What really happened? These works ask rather than tell They both assume and play with viewers’ knowledge of topics ranging from film and television to politics, art history, and sci-fi fantasy Throughout, the documentary’s hold on authoritative truth comes evocatively untethered

Dolce Suono Commissions and the Art They Inspire

04-14-2010 - 04-14-2010

Wednesday

Dolce Suono Chamber Music Concert Series

http://www.dolcesuono.com

Moore College of Art and Design - N 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway Philadelphia PA 19103

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 7:30 pm

This event, co-presented with Moore College of Art and Design, includes a Concert, conversation, and student exhibition This is the culmination of a season-long project, in which Moore College student artists created artworks inspired by the works of two composers commissioned by the Dolce Suono Chamber Music Concert Series, Charles Abramovic and Benjamin CS Boyle The Dolce Suono Trio - Mimi Stillman, flute; Yumi Kendall, cello; and Charles Abramovic, piano will perform music of Haydn, Barber, Abramovic, and Boyle Musicians, composers, student artists, and art historians will engage the audience in a conversation about the project, and the artworks will be exhibited Dolce Suono engages the audience in chamber music at a profound level through innovative, dynamic programming spanning Baroque to contemporary music, talks and panel discussions by performers, scholars, and guest composers, and post-concert Meet-the-Artists

The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) proudly presents New American Voices, an exhibition featuring the work of five recent artists-in-residence: Robert Chambers of Miami, Florida; Tommy Joseph of Sitka, Alaska; Rubén Ortiz-Torres of Los Angeles, California; Bill Smith of O’Fallon, Illinois; and Marie Watt of Portland, Oregon

State of the Union: Contemporary Craft in Dialogue

09-18-2009 - 01-03-2010

Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Philadelphia Art Alliance

http://www.philartalliance.org/exhibits.htm

Philadelphia Art Alliance - 251 S 18th Street Philadelphia PA 19103

Admission: $5 for adults $3 for students/seniors Pay what you wish on Fridays

215-545-4302

info@philartalliance.org

Start Time(s): 11 am-5 pm

Throughout the first and second floor galleries the Philadelphia Art Alliance (PAA) will present the group exhibition State of the Union: Contemporary Craft in Dialogue; featuring the work of 12 emerging artists in variety of media, questioning the fundamental assumptions of craft and its traditional parameters The exhibit was organized by Melissa Caldwell, Director of Exhibitions at the PAA An opening reception will be held on September 17 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm

Solo Series 09 with Leeza Meksin

10-10-2009 - 11-22-2009

Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Abington Art Center

http://abingtonartcenter.org/onview/

Abington Art Center - 515 Meetinghouse Road Jenkintown PA 19046

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 10 am

Recently relocated to Brooklyn, artist Leeza Meksin’s upcoming solo show “Spread” will be on view in Abington Art Center's gallery Artists in the 2009 Solo Series were selected through a competitive curatorial review process Meksin received her MFA from Yale School of Art in Painting and Printmaking and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago She exhibits paintings and installations

Coffee Break

12-05-2009 - 12-05-2009

Saturday

Abington Art Center

http://abingtonartcenter.org/

Abington Art Center - 515 Meetinghouse Road Jenkintown PA 19046

Admission: $5 per person/AAC members FREE

Start Time(s): 9 am

Join Abington Art Center for this relaxed “waking-up-to-art” morning in the galleries This month's Coffee Break will be feature fair trade coffee from GroundsForChangecom with "Solo Series" artist Kip Deeds talking about his illustration that Roberta Fallon called, "visionary art" No reservations required

Eureka Family Workshop

12-13-2009 - 12-13-2009

Sunday

Abington Art Center

http://abingtonartcenter.org/

Abington Art Center - 515 Meetinghouse Road Jenkintown PA 19046

Admission: $5 per person / AAC members FREE

Start Time(s): 11 am

Each month Abington Art Center hosts EUREKA! a fun workshop for families of any size, shape and artistic ability to play and make art together Sponsored by The Rotary Club of Jenkintown No reservations required

The La Salle University Art Museum presents the exhibition "Your Mother Is In The Basement" by Brooklyn-based artist Erika de V ries, October 1 - December 11, 2009 This multi-media installation was inspired by the artist's recent conversion of her basement into a workspace and the answer to her children's question "where is mommy?" The La Salle University Art Museum is located on the lower level of Olney Hall on the campus of La Salle University

Solo Series 09 with Kip Deeds

11-28-2009 - 01-31-2010

Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Abington Art Center

http://abingtonartcenter.org/onview/

Abington Art Center - 515 Meetinghouse Road Jenkintown PA 19046

Admission: $5 per person/AAC members FREE

Start Time(s): 10 am

Kip Deeds "Solo Series 09" exhibition is on view with his autobiographical, comic-like illustrations and paintings Deeds received his BFA from Tyler before heading to Illinois for his MFA He currently works at Princeton University as a Master Printer and lecturer

Annual Juried Show

12-12-2009 - 01-30-2010

Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Abington Art Center

http://abingtonartcenter.org/on-view/artist-guidelines/

Abington Art Center - 515 Meetinghouse Road Jenkintown PA 19046

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 10 am

Each year Abington Art Center hosts an Annual Juried Show filled with artwork by regional artists This year's show is juried by Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts since 2008

Annual Juried Show Opening & Award Ceremony

12-12-2009 - 12-12-2009

Saturday

Abington Art Center

http://abingtonartcenter.org/

Abington Art Center - 515 Meetinghouse Road Jenkintown PA 19046

Admission:

Start Time(s): 3 pm

Each year Abington Art Center hosts an Annual Juried Show filled with artwork by regional artists This year's show is juried by Julien Robson, Curator of Contemporary Art at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts since 2008 Join AAC for the opening reception and award ceremony

Endurance: Daring Feats of Risk, Survival and Perseverance

09-17-2009 - 11-29-2009

Sunday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday

Abington Art Center

http://abingtonartcenter.org/on-view/

Abington Art Center - 515 Meetinghouse Road Jenkintown PA 19046

Admission: Free

Start Time(s): 10 am

Some of the daring feats of artwork in “Endurance: Daring Feats of Risk, Survival and Perseverance” put the viewer in a moment of intense anticipation Others put the viewer through what could be described as repetitive stress Perseverance can be quite beautiful and choreographic, as other works show Curated by Sue Spaid, “Endurance” is an exhibition of photography and video that suggests the “X Games” of art

Steve Madsen: A World In Wood

10-09-2009 - 12-19-2009

Wood Turning Center, Inc

http://www.woodturningcenter.org

Wood Turning Center, Inc - 501 Vine Street Philadelphia PA 19106

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): Tuesday-Friday 10 am-5 pm, Saturday 12-5 pm

Organized by Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ, this exhibition is the first to present three decades of evolving work by playful wood artist Steve Madsen The exhibition displays pure wood boxes created with the care of fine furniture through large colorful contemporary sculptures fit to separate rooms and vitalize whole buildings

Art-at-Lunch: Horace Pippin's John Brown Going to His Hanging

12-02-2009 - 12-02-2009

Wednesday

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

http://www.pafa.org/aal

Hamilton Auditorium - 118 N Broad St Philadelphia PA 19102

Admission: Event is free and open to the public Seating is first come, first served

215-972-2105

mzimmerman@pafa.org

Start Time(s): 12 pm

This day marks the 150th anniversary of the hanging of John Brown, one of the most controversial and celebrated men of the nineteenth century, whose raid on Harper’s Ferry and subsequent execution caused stirrings across the nation For years, artists have depicted these events in myriad ways, including an iconic painting by Horace Pippin titled John Brown Going to His Hanging Join art historian and Pippin expert Judith Stein on this historic anniversary for a discussion of Pippin’s painting and the quietly heroic figure of John Brown that it portrays

Catch the holiday spirit when you bring your family to enjoy a collection of Nativity scenes from around the world Search the building on a scavenger hunt to discover wise men, shepherds, animals and all the other elements of the traditional crèche in Glencairn’s rich collection of Nativity art, dating from medieval times to the early twentieth century Bring your cell phone and take a tour of Christmas art, enjoy decorations, listen to seasonal music, and participate in a Christmas project Find the perfect gift at the Ten Thousand Villages sale, and then relax at the Castle Café with some seasonal treats!

Free Sunday Program: Video Screening: Scribe Videos Precious Places

11-22-2009 - 11-22-2009

Saturday

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

http://www.pafa.org/588

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) - 118 N Broad Street, N Broad Street & Cherry Street Philadelphia PA 19102

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 2 pm

Scribe Video Center has collaborated with dozens of community groups to produce neighborhood histories Precious Places is an opportunity for neighborhood residents to be the authors of their communities' histories Experienced videomakers and humanities/social science consultants work with each participating community group to facilitate the documentary process, neighborhood residents conduct the research about the place, arrange for interviews with elders and other neighborhood subjects, and operate the cameras, sound, and lighting equipment themselves The resulting video projects document a community’s past through a variety of techniques, including oral history narratives provided by neighborhood residents The stories and memories residents share capture the life of the community and provide an opportunity for all city residents to become aware of the area’s unique neighborhoods It also provides a chance to look at how development policies impact a neighborhood’s “precious places” While some communities are thriving, others face uncertain futures Producing a documentary videotape provides a chance to honor the local experience and to raise awareness about the richness of community histories

Free Sunday Program: Art Making Workshop: Portrait Painting

11-29-2009 - 11-29-2009

Saturday

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

http://www.pafa.org/588

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) - 118 N Broad Street, N Broad Street & Cherry Street Philadelphia PA 19102

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 2 pm

In the studio, learn to paint your own portrait with community members as models

Free Sunday Dance Performance: Become Your Dreams

12-06-2009 - 12-06-2009

Sunday

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

http://www.pafa.org/588

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) - 118 N Broad Street, N Broad Street & Cherry Street Philadelphia PA 19102

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 2 pm

Tracing hip hop dance styles from the late 60s to today, this acclaimed dance ensemble demonstrates locking, popping, breaking (break dancing), old and new school hip hop and house dance forms, while teaching the lesson that children can be whatever they want to be with hard work and perseverance The program spreads a message of peace, love and unity, as well as important lessons about curbing violence and drug use, and encourages children to get involved and join the performers on stage to practice the dance steps themselves

Free Sunday Program: Jazz Panel Discussion: The Cool Factor: Defining What is Hip

12-13-2009 - 12-13-2009

Sunday

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

http://www.pafa.org/588

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) - 118 N Broad Street, N Broad Street & Cherry Street Philadelphia PA 19102

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 2 pm

Four experts in the field of hipness come together to celebrate and discuss the distinctive look, feel and sound of what it means to be cool Panelists include: Aqueelah Jamal, host of WURD’s "Jazz and Conversation," Stanley Straughter, Chair of the Mayor's Commission on African and Caribbean Immigrant Affairs, and Antionette Dendtler, Founder and Head of ECO Charter School The session will be moderated by Shuna Ali Miah, Jr, Director of the Philadelphia Clef Club

Free Sunday Program: Art Making Workshop: Cool Caps

12-20-2009 - 12-20-2009

Sunday

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

http://www.pafa.org/588

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) - 118 N Broad Street, N Broad Street & Cherry Street Philadelphia PA 19102

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 2 pm

Hunt for cool caps in Barkley Hendricks portraits and make some hip hats of your own PAFA is offering free admission every Sunday during the run of the exhibition Barkley L Hendricks: Birth of the Cool

Free Sunday Program: Queen Nur, Storytelling: Tell a Story Build a Nation

12-27-2009 - 12-27-2009

Sunday

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

http://www.pafa.org/588

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) - 118 N Broad Street, N Broad Street & Cherry Street Philadelphia PA 19102

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 2 pm

Everyone has stories to tell This presentation engages the audience in interactive exercises Participants learn to tell stories from a familiar experience, emphasizing story elements, presentation skills and story enhancement techniques, including song, rhythms, and dance Queen Nur, a nationally renowned storyteller and teaching artist, enthralls audiences in the delight of the African Oral Tradition Sharing her gift, she has performed in venues from the Kennedy Center in Washington DC to Equity Theater on Broadway, from the National Black Storytelling Festival to the National Storytelling Festival in Jonesboro She has been the recipient of MidAtlantic Artist as Catalyst Grants for her work with Teens-at-Risk and Women’s Shelters Queen has become nationally known for her highly energetic, creative and expressive storytelling style Her tales celebrate storytelling’s ability to speak of values, history and universal truths

Free Sunday Program: Artmaking Workshop Basketball Paintings

01-03-2010 - 01-03-2010

Sunday

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

http://www.pafa.org/588

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) - 118 N Broad Street, N Broad Street & Cherry Street Philadelphia PA 19102

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 2 pm

View Hendricks’s Basketball paintings inspired by his love of the game In the studio, paint your own sports paintings from basketball playing models

Coffee Break

02-06-2010 - 02-06-2010

Saturday

Abington Art Center

http://abingtonartcenter.org/events/

Abington Art Center - 515 Meetinghouse Road Jenkintown PA 19046

Admission: $5 per person AAC members FREE

215-887-4882

programs@abingtonartcenter.org

Start Time(s): 9:30 am

CoffeeBreak is a relaxed “waking-up-to-art” morning and features a coffee tasting, pastry pairing and art 

New York Magazine called artist Walton Ford “Audubon-on-Viagra" His large-scale, highly detailed watercolors of animals may remind some people of the 19th-century illustrations by John James Audubon and Edward Lear But a closer look reveals a complex, sometimes disturbingly anthropomorphic universe full of symbols, sly jokes, and allusions to the 'operatic' nature of traditional natural history themes Ford, whose works are in the permanent collections of the Whitney Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum, will discuss the inspiration behind some of his paintings and sign copies of the recently published, beautifully illustrated retrospective of his work, Pancha Tantra This large-format edition will be available for purchase at the event 

New York- and San Francisco-based photographer Richard Barnes has a fascination with natural history exhibits His behind-the-scenes photographs are beautifully haunting reminders that there is nothing natural about a natural history museum Animal Logic, the recently published mid-career survey of his work, looks critically at both the natural world and the ways in which people attempt to institutionalize and classify nature within museums Through his lens, sights and objects normally hidden from public view—half-installed dioramas, exploded skulls, and taxidermied animals in shipping crates—take on a strange beauty Animal Logic will be available for purchase at the event RSVP requested: 215-299-1060 For more information: wwwansporg/adult-programs/lecturesphp

2009 PAFA Holiday Student Print Sale

12-04-2009 - 12-04-2009

Friday

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts (PAFA)

http://www.pafa.org

Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) - 118 N Broad Street, N Broad Street & Cherry Street Philadelphia PA 19102

Admission: FREE!!

Start Time(s): 5:30-8:30 pm

Printmaking Department's Annual Holiday Print Sale Exclusive Members' Shopping Hour Purchase original prints by PAFA students, all for under $100! This is the place to find that perfect holiday gift 

Ars Nova Workshop Presents: Hamiet Bluiett + Kahil El'Zabar

11-20-2009 - 11-20-2009

Friday

Ars Nova Workshop

http://www.arsnovaworkshop.org/events/hamiet-bluiett-kahil-elzabar-11-20-2009

Philadelphia Art Alliance - 251 S 18th Street Philadelphia PA 19103

Admission: General Admission $12; PAA Members FREE

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Start Time(s): 8 pm

The most prominent baritone saxophonist of his generation, Hamiet Bluiett (b 1940) combines a blunt, modestly inflected attack with a fleet, aggressive technique, and a uniform hugeness of sound that extends from his horn's lowest reaches to far beyond what is usually its highest register In St Louis in the 1960s, Bluiett co-founded the Black Artists' Group (BAG), an artist collective not unlike Chicago's AACM And, in 1969, he moved to New York City to join the Charles Mingus Quintet and the Sam Rivers Large Ensemble In 1976 he co-founded the World Saxophone Quartet (along with two other Black Artists' Group members, Julius Hemphill and Oliver Lake), which soon became jazz music's most renowned saxophone quartet Over the years, Bluiett has also worked with Babatunde Olatunji, Abdullah Ibrahim, Stevie Wonder, and Marvin Gaye Kahil El'Zabar (b1953) is one of Chicago's jazz treasures He joined the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM) in the early 1970s, and became its chairman in 1975 He regularly records for Chicago's Delmark Records and, during the 1970s, he formed the acclaimed ensembles Ritual Trio and the Ethnic Heritage Ensemble, both of which remain active today El'Zabar has performed alongside a myriad of jazz greats such as Cannonball Adderley, Pharoah Sanders, Archie Shepp and Dizzy Gillespie, but also in the bands of Stevie Wonder and Nina Simone

The Connoisseur Series: Taylor Stayton, tenor & Steven LaBrie, baritone

12-10-2009 - 12-10-2009

Thursday

Philadelphia Art Alliance

http://www.philartalliance.org/programs.htm

Philadelphia Art Alliance - 251 S 18th Street Philadelphia PA 19103

Admission: General Admission $15; PAA Members FREE

215-545-4302

astyer@philartalliance.org

https://philartalliance.ejoinme.org/MyPages/TaylorStaytonStevenLaBrieConcertTickets/tabid/173779/Default.aspx

Start Time(s): 7 pm

The Philadelphia Art Alliance is ecstatic to announce the return of the wildly popular Connoisseur Series! The first concert features current Academy of Vocal Arts residents Taylor Stayton and Steven LaBrie; presenting a concert of solos and duets from the opera and Broadway stages Taylor Stayton is currently a third year resident artist at The Academy of Vocal Arts During his residency there he has performed a number of roles including Ernesto in Donizetti’s Don Pasquale, Percy in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena, and Ferrando in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutti In the fall of 2009 he will add the role of Fenton in Verdi’s Falstaff to his repertoire Steven LaBrie, a native of Dallas, Texas, is currently a fourth year resident artist at the Academy of Vocal Arts During his residency, he has performed roles such as Malatesta in Don Pasquale, Guglielmo in Così Fan Tutti, Kuligan in Kát’a Kabanová, Baron Duphol in La Traviata, Fiorello in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and the Captain in Eugene Onegin This past spring, Mr LaBrie was awarded First Place in the Dallas Opera Guild Vocal Competition

Opening reception of Mel Leipzig: Life Observed

12-02-2009 - 12-02-2009

Wednesday

Drexel University - Leonard Pearlstein Gallery

http://www.drexel.edu/westphal/gallery

Drexel University - Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts and Design - 33rd Street and Market Street Philadelphia PA 19104

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): Programming: December 2nd (Wednesday) Ibsen In the Afternoon: A Reading an Enemy of the People in the Leonard Pearlstein Lobby of Nesbitt from 12-3 pm Artist Lecture (prior to the opening) in Stein Auditorium from 5:30-6 pm Opening Reception in Leonard Pearlstein Gallery: 6-8 pm

Nationally acclaimed painter, Mel Leipzig will be celebrated as a Rankin Scholar in a series of Drexel University events focused on his lifelong involvement with the arts An exhibition at Leonard Pearlstein Gallery will feature twelve portraits that showcase Mr Leipzig’s characteristic attention to detail and unique four-color approach to observational painting in acrylic Renowned for capturing his subjects amongst the minutia of their daily lives, Mel Leipzig investigates the unique environments of his creative contemporaries– from artists to architects, actors to family members As a part of this special exhibition, Mel Leipzig will be on-site creating his latest work, a painting of Drexel’s Ellen Forman Dance Studio featuring faculty and students from Drexel’s new dance major This is a unique opportunity to observe the artist at work as he creates this new painting prior to his exhibition The work-in-progress will be previewed during the reception for the artist In addition, in honor of Mel, who is a member of the Ibsen Society of America, Drexel will present Ibsen In The Afternoon: A Reading of Henrik Ibsen’s An Enemy of The People  

CHF, The Chemical Heritage Foundation gets into the holiday spirit this First Friday Participants are invited to the final Manual Science event of the year to make Christmas ornaments out of papier-mache and learn about the science behind the process Manual Science programming will resume in March Making Modernity, the museum's permanent exhibit, and sLowlife, the museum's temporary exhibit (on display until January 13), will also be open 

The Korean Years Opening

12-05-2009 - 12-05-2009

Saturday

The Slingluff Gallery

http://www.slingluffgallery.com

The Slingluff Gallery - 11 W Girard Avenue Philadelphia PA 19103

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 6-9 pm

Photography by the late Karl P Slingluff portrays another side of war An avid photographer, Karl was drafted to the Korean War This retrospective of photos shows a glimpse of history that isn't usually seen Karl Slingluff shot thousands of slides while in Korea, which preserved his photos making this show possible Jonathan and Leigh Slingluff, owners of The Slingluff Gallery, have selected photos that show the talent of Karl In Karl’s memory, The Slingluff Gallery is donating a percentage of all sales to Williamson Free School for Mechanical Trades in Media, PA, where he attended The opening reception for this show is on December 5, 2009 from 6-9 pm and runs until December 27th

The Korean Years

12-05-2009 - 12-05-2009

Saturday

The Slingluff Gallery

http://www.slingluffgallery.co

The Slingluff Gallery - 11 W Girard Avenue Philadelphia PA 19103

Admission: FREE

Start Time(s): 6-9 pm

Photography by the late Karl P Slingluff portrays another side of war An avid photographer, Karl was drafted to the Korean War This retrospective of photos shows us a glimpse of history that isn't usually seen Karl Slingluff shot thousands of slides while in Korea, which preserved his photos making this show possible Jonathan and Leigh Slingluff, owners of The Slingluff Gallery, have selected photos that show the talent of Karl In Karl