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Amanda Burnham: Walkshed

Presented by Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts at Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts

December 16, 2011-February 16, 2012

Members’ Exhibition

Presented by Main Line Art Center at Main Line Art Center

February 11-March 8, 2012

In A Lonely Place (1950)

Presented by Bryn Mawr Film Institute at Bryn Mawr Film Institute

February 14, 2012

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Name	Organization	Dates	Location
Flock: An Exhibition Inspired by the Schuylkill Center’s Bird Collection Flock: An Exhibition Inspired by the Schuylkill Centerâ��s Bird Collection Presented by The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education December 2, 2011-February 18, 2012 Take a closer look at birds with this unique exhibit inspired by the Schuylkill Center’s bird taxidermy collection. Working with the Center’s bird specimens, photographer Lisa Haun has created lush, elegant portraits that defy their still subjects – they look alive and teeming with personality. A collaborative sound installation by Jennie Thwing and Lorenzo Buffa invites gallery visitors to open up original birdhouses that come to life. Selections from the taxidermy...	The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education	12/02/11 - 02/18/12	The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia
Joan Nelson Joan Nelson Presented by Fleisher/Ollman Gallery at Fleisher/Ollman Gallery December 15, 2011-February 18, 2012 Joan Nelson is well known for her paintings that incorporate multiple pictorial landscape traditions and pay homage to and borrow from artists such as Albrecht Altdorfer, Albert Bierstadt, George Caleb Bingham and Casper David Friedrich. Occupying a unique place in the long history of landscape painting, Nelson's works simultaneously speak to the experience of landscape and the complexity of representation, artfully incorporating reality, memory and mediated experience. At...	Fleisher/Ollman Gallery	12/15/11 - 02/18/12	Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia
Honor Struggles For Freedom Honor Struggles For Freedom Presented by National Constitution Center at National Constitution Center February 1-February 29, 2012 Breaking Barriers Show 10:30 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 2:30...	National Constitution Center	02/01/12 - 02/29/12	National Constitution Center, Philadelphia
Spring Pipe Organ Concert Spring Pipe Organ Concert Presented by The Colonial Theatre at The Colonial Theatre March 25, 2012 Glenn Hough will play a selection of music appropriate for Spring, St. Patrick’s Day and the moon. There will be one intermission and the overall program will last about 2 hours. This program benefits the Theatre Organ Society of the Delaware Valley (TOSDV) Theatre Pipe Organ Restoration Fund.	The Colonial Theatre	03/25/12	The Colonial Theatre, Phoenixville
Robert Asman: Silver Mine Robert Asman: Silver Mine Presented by The Print Center at The Print Center December 16, 2011-March 31, 2012 Robert Asman: Silver Mine is a retrospective exhibition of an exceptional photographic career characterized by idiosyncratic experimentation with the bounds of black and white photography. Robert Asman is one of the most important photographers of his generation. For most of the last thirty-five years Asman (Asheville, NC) has been devoted to investigating and stretching the conceptual and technical boundaries of silver prints, through extended, and related, explorations of the human figure...	The Print Center	12/16/11 - 03/31/12	The Print Center, Philadelphia
Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit Presented by Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) at Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) January 28-April 15, 2012 The subject of this exhibition is the career and life of the artist Henry O. Tanner (1859-1937), including the pioneering African American artist’s upbringing in Philadelphia in the years after the Civil War; the artist’s success as an American expatriate artist at the highest levels of the international art world at the turn of the 20th century; Tanner’s role as a leader of an artist’s colony in rural France and his unique contributions in aid of American servicemen...	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA)	01/28/12 - 04/15/12	Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA), Philadelphia
Zoe Strauss: Ten Years Zoe Strauss: Ten Years Presented by Philadelphia Museum of Art at Philadelphia Museum of Art January 14-April 22, 2012 Zoe Strauss: Ten Years is a mid-career retrospective of the acclaimed photographer’s work and the first critical assessment of her ten-year project to exhibit her photographs annually in a space beneath a section of Interstate-95 (I-95) in South Philadelphia. Strauss’s subjects are broad but her primary focus is on working-class experience, including the most disenfranchised people and places. Her photographs offer a poignant, troubling portrait of contemporary America....	Philadelphia Museum of Art	01/14/12 - 04/22/12	Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia
National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House and Hearse Convention National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House and Hearse Convention Presented by National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House & Hearse Convention at Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks May 4-May 6, 2012 Featuring The Cadavers Cotillion, a costume ball themed differently every year (2012 theme is: DAY OF THE DEAD!) and over 200 vendor booths to purchase products not available in stores, a makeup war, and plenty of other scary fun activities!	National Halloween, Horror, Haunted House & Hearse Convention	05/04/12 - 05/06/12	Greater Philadelphia Expo Center at Oaks, Oaks
Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey Presented by Fabric Workshop and Museum at Fabric Workshop and Museum February 3-June 20, 2012 Soft Village: Studio Makkink & Bey On view from February 3rd-Late Spring 2012 Opening Reception and Artist Talk: Friday, February 3rd, 6-8 pm Artist Talk by designer Jurgen Bey begins at 6:30 pm The Fabric Workshop and Museum (FWM) is pleased to present an exhibition by the Dutch design collaborative Studio Makkink & Bey which is led by architect Rianne Makkink (b. 1964) and designer Jurgen Bey (b. 1965)—one of the first Droog Design...	Fabric Workshop and Museum	02/03/12 - 06/20/12	Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
Capitalism by Gaslight: Capitalism by Gaslight: Presented by Library Company of Philadelphia January 17-August 24, 2012 Drawing on books, pamphlets, newspapers, magazines, prints, photographs, and ephemera in the Library Company's collection, guest curator Wendy Woloson explores underground urban commerce in the 19th century in our upcoming exhibition "Capitalism by Gaslight: The Shadow Economies of 19th-Century America." The exhibition focuses on how many Americans earned their livings outside the spheres of wholesale and retail commerce, conducting economic transactions in illicit and...	Library Company of Philadelphia	01/17/12 - 08/24/12
Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum Presented by University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology at University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum) September 18, 2011-August 31, 2012 How do you imagine Africa? Do you see it as the home of powerful nations? Perhaps you think of intricately carved masks or fine art. Maybe you’re interested in the peoples living in Africa today. Imagine Africa with the Penn Museum is a 12-month community engagement project investigating your perspectives. Drawing upon its extraordinary African collection, the museum presents more than 50 objects framed around eight broad topics including Beauty, Power and the Divine. Text and...	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology	09/18/11 - 08/31/12	University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (Penn Museum), Philadelphia
Lancaster First Friday Lancaster First Friday Presented by LancasterARTS January 6-December 7, 2012 Everyone is invited to join LancasterARTS in celebrating the arts and the wonderfully diverse arts community in the City of Lancaster each First Friday of the month. Download a guide with map and get the latest info on exhibitions, performances and more at 60+ venues from www.lancasterarts.com.	LancasterARTS	01/06/12 - 12/07/12	202 N. Prince Street, Lancaster
Frankford Avenue First Friday Frankford Avenue First Friday Presented by New Kensington Community Development Corporation at Various Locations May 1, 2009 - Ongoing Everyone is invited to join Fishtown and Kensington for a night of art and culture. Gritty neighborhoods with a unique artistic culture open themselves up, with galleries, bars and restaurants open late. Check out the official website for individual gallery listings the week before First Friday.	New Kensington Community Development Corporation	05/01/09 - Ongoing	Various Locations,
Audacious Freedom: African Americans In Philadelphia 1776-1876 Audacious Freedom: African Americans In Philadelphia 1776-1876 Presented by African American Museum of Philadelphia at African American Museum in Philadelphia September 10, 2009 - Ongoing This permanent exhibition details the freedom journey of African Americans in Philadelphia during the nation's first century. Stories of individuals and groups highlight the Underground Railroad, the free black community in Philadelphia, African American soldiers in the Civil War, and early struggles for civil rights.	African American Museum of Philadelphia	09/10/09 - Ongoing	African American Museum in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
Love Letter Mural Tours Love Letter Mural Tours Presented by Mural Arts Program, City of Philadelphia at Love Park March 20, 2010 - Ongoing A collaboration with internationally-renowned artist Stephen Powers, Love Letter is a series of over 50 rooftop murals and street-level signs in and around the Market Street corridor in West Philadelphia, spanning from 46th Street through 63rd Street created during the summer of 2009. On this weekly tour, take a ride on the El train accompanied by a Mural Arts Program tour guide to learn intimate details about the renowned Love Letter project and other murals along the way. Tour...	Mural Arts Program, City of Philadelphia	03/20/10 - Ongoing	Love Park, Philadelphia
Philly Lindy Hop Philly Lindy Hop Presented by Philly Lindy Hop at Arts Parlor May 1, 2010 - Ongoing Philly Lindy Hop is dedicated to spreading the love of Swing Dancing in Philadelphia. They offer classes on Wednesday evenings and Saturday afternoons at the Arts Parlor on South Broad. They specialize in getting first-timers started, and training you up until you're a solid intermediate. Whether you'd like to learn in the evening or on the weekend, in progressive series or in drop-in lessons, Philly Lindy Hop offers something for everyone. Total newbies are invited to come start at the...	Philly Lindy Hop	05/01/10 - Ongoing	Arts Parlor, Philadelphia
First Friday Art Walk in Lebanon First Friday Art Walk in Lebanon Presented by Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts at Lebanon Art Center May 6, 2011 - Ongoing Lebanon's First Friday Art Walk is a monthly cultural banquet featuring all kinds of art and craft with musical and theatrical trimmings. The City's Galleries, Bars, Clubs, Stores, Restaurants and Churches have come together to offer wall and performance space to the local Art community. The vibrant result is that, from month to month visitors can have anything from Celtic Singing Sessions through Pennsylvania Dutch Art to Zombie walks. The Art Walk is inexpensive, all-ages entertainment in...	Lebanon Valley Council on the Arts	05/06/11 - Ongoing	Lebanon Art Center, Lebanon