artlife at heavybubble

Welcome to artlife where we post a curated selection of events, exhibitions, workshops and doings by heavybubble and artists that use our services.

Caroline Furr in American Impressions 2012

exhibition

Monday, January 30, 2012

Friday, March 9, 2012

Juried printmaking & Book Art Exhibition : All Traditional and Digital Print Media

Reception Date

Sunday, February 5, 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Alice Gonglewski : HOMEBODY art show @Fringe

exhibition

Saturday, December 10, 2011

Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Show opening

6-10 pm Saturday, December 10th

during Passyunk Avenue Second Saturday.

Book Paper Scissors : Bill Brookover, Caroline Furr, and Lesley Mitchell

Festival

Saturday, November 19, 2011

Book Paper Scissors
Saturday November 19, 2011
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Parkway Central Library 1901 Vine Street

Danielle Bursk : Lay of the Land

exhibition

Monday, October 3, 2011

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Danielle Bursk’s work is primarily abstract and incremental, the accumulation of small lines creating abstract forms that are suggestive of objects. Creating these forms, Bursk references nests, networks, webs, traps, nets, and the interconnectivity of actions and associations.

She is showing with Amie Potsic’s photographs and large format graphite drawings and ink and varnish paintings by Gregory Brellochs.

Diane Lachman: Color Conversations

exhibition

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Philadelphia painter, Diane Lachman will exhibit Color Conversations at the MUSE Gallery which features new oil paintings and watercolors that that explore color as a means of visual communication. Lachman is interested in how color defines our idea of form and meaning. Her intuitive approach complements her years of teaching color theory at Penn Design at the University of Pennsylvania.Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday 12 to 5 pm or by appointment.

Carol Wisker, Into the Third Decade

exhibition

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Extended hours
Sunday, Sept. 25 and Sunday Oct. 23, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Artists’ Reception
Sunday, Sept. 25, 2 - 4 p.m.

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Last days to see 30 Americans at the Corcoran

It’s the last days to get a chance to see this survey of African American Artists.

from the website:
30 Americans is a wide-ranging survey of work by many of the most important African American artists of the last three decades. Selected from the Rubell Family Collection, the exhibition brings together seminal figures such as Jean-Michel Basquiat and David Hammons with younger and emerging artists such as Kehinde Wiley and Shinique Smith.

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Artist conversation: Rebecca Gilbert

We wanted to share this video of Rebecca Gilbert who has one of our sites.
A nice conversation about her work.

from her website:

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Call for Submissions: Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia

Guest Curator Jenny Moore, New Museum

The Center for Emerging Visual Artists invites you to submit images of your artwork for review by our guest curator, Jenny Moore, Assistant Curator at the New Museum. Of the applicants, 10 to 25 artists will be asked to present a digital portfolio of approximately 10 images. Two to four of those artists will be selected for an exhibition in CFEVA’s Felicity R. “Bebe” Benoliel Gallery this summer.

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Tyler Green chats with Zoe Strauss

Zoe Strauss: Ten Years January 14, 2012 — 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.

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Eva Hesse was born this day in 1936.

Do you know her work?

You should.

The work of Eva Hesse born today in 1936. Her work is as fresh today as it was then. If you don’t know her work take the time to learn about this artist who died too soon.

Learn more about her work here >

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Open Call for Philadelphia Community Exhibition

DEADLINE: Monday, January 30, 2012 DELIVERY: Sunday, January 29, 2012 12 — 7 pm Monday, January 30, 2012 9 am — 1 pm DROP OFF LOCATION: 3rd Street Gallery, 58 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 PICK UP: Sunday, February 26, 2012 5 — 7 pm Monday, February 27, 2012 9 — 11 am ENTRY FEE: $30 for one work of art $35 for 2 works of art $40 for 3 works of art

more info >

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Artist in Residence : Philadelphia Photo Arts Center

Each year two artist are invited for one-month residencies at the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center (PPAC).

The program is intended to support talented, self-directed emerging/mid-career artist in realizing their goals and visions. Resident artists will also serve as a source of inspiration and guidance for the many students, beginning photographers and PPAC members who work and learn at PPAC.

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Street Chair, new photographs by Anne Saint Peter

ARTIST RECEPTION Friday, February 3, 2012 5 — 8 pm EXHIBITION Friday, January 6, 2012 Tuesday, February 28, 2012

Street Chairs. It doesn’t matter what city or country, or whether you’re walking or driving by. They indulge us for a respite. We oblige and pause to contemplate their scene. We become a part of it. And because they are different, they evoke a sense of fun in us.

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Residencies : Philadelphia Art Hotel

Residency Season Dates:
May 1st — September 30th 2012

Application Deadline:
January 31st 2012

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Mission from the website.

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Call for Entries: Experimental Media 2012, Video Screening

Jurors:
Max Kazemzadeh,and Jonah Brucker-Cohen
Screening Dates:
April and May, 2012 (exact dates TBA)
Screening Locations:
The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC and Artisphere, Arlington, VA
Submission Deadline: Friday, February 10, 2012, 5pm
Download the Full Call as a pdf >

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