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“Couplets: New York City,” 1968. Ray K. Metzker, American, born 1931. Gelatin silver print, Image: 6 1/8 x 9 inches (15.6 x 22.9 cm). Sheet: 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm). Philadelphia Museum of Art, Purchased with the Alice Newton Osborn Fund, 1985. See R & R for copyright. Now on display in “35mm: Photographs from the Collection,” through May 15.

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“Couplets: New YorkCity,” 1968. Ray K.

Metzker, American, born1931. Gelatin silver

print, Image: 6 1/8 x 9inches (15.6 x 22.9 cm).

Sheet: 8 x 10 inches(20.3 x 25.4 cm).

Philadelphia Museumof Art, Purchased with

the Alice Newton OsbornFund, 1985. See R & R

for copyright. Now ondisplay in “35mm:

Photographs from theCollection,” through

May 15.

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gallery happenings

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CARNEYS POINT, N.J.—World-renowned glass artist JayMusler will offer insights into hisunique craft at Salem CommunityCollege’s annual InternationalFlameworking Conference, Friday-Sunday, March 16-19.

The conference also will includedemonstrations by ChristopherMcElroy of Richmond, Va.,Margaret Neher of Ithaca, N.Y. andJeri Warhaftig of West Orange; atalk by Jesse Kohl of Middlesex; apanel discussion moderated byAmber Cowan of Philadelphia; anda webcast presented live fromEureka, Calif. by Garth Johnson.

As featured artist, Musler will give a slide presentationFriday evening at 7 p.m. in the Sol and Jean DavidowPerforming Arts Theatre. Titled “Why? Why Not?,” thepresentation is free and open to the public. A reception inMusler’s honor will follow in the Davidow Hall lobby.

Musler has been recognized as an innovative force inglass art for over three decades, having twice been award-ed fellowships by the National Endowment for the Arts.The Oakland, Calif. resident studied with Marvin Lipofskyat the California College of Arts and Crafts in the late1960s, and worked as a glassblower for nearly a decade.

His work is exhibited at manymuseums, including the CorningMuseum of Glass; TheMetropolitan Museum of Art inNew York; the Renwick Gallery ofAmerican Art at the SmithsonianInstitute in Washington, D.C.; theMusée de Design et d’ArtsAppliqués Contemporains inLausanne, Switzerland; the UnitedStates Embassy in Istanbul,Turkey; and the HokkaidoMuseum of Modern Art inSapporo, Japan.

Musler says his work -- alsofound at major glass galleries inthe U.S. -- is about “constructing patterns. I see things inpatterns. Patterns are everywhere; in nature, landscapes,and architecture. You can pull patterns out of anything.”

Since its inception in 2001, the InternationalFlameworking Conference has promoted excellence inflameworking through artist demonstrations and scholarlypresentations. Paul J. Stankard, a world-renowned glassartist and SCC distinguished alumnus, chairs the event.

For more information, visit www.salemcc.edu.

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Jay Musler headlinesSCC’s InternationalFlameworkingConference

Germantown Friends School28th Annual Juried Craft Show

March 2-4, 2012Friday Preview Party, 7-9 p.m.

www.germantownfriends.org/craftshow

CRAFT

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Call For Artists & Entries

Your resource for finding artists, soliciting entries, renting art studious and for promoting your service.For more information call 215-628-9300, ext. 226

MONTGOMERY COUNTY GUILD OFPROFESSIONAL ARTISTS (MCGOPA)

CALL FOR ARTISTS -- THE WORLDOF THE PROFESSIONAL ARTIST #6

Exhibition:March 10, 2012 – April 14, 2012.Reception: Saturday, March 24, 5-7 PM

All Art Exhibited ~ Juried for Prizes.Prospectus available at www.MCGOPA.org

MCGOPA SPP Galleries in The InquirerBuilding. 800 Schuylkill River Road(Rt. 23), between Rts. 202 & 320,

Conshohocken, PA. Tel: 610-803-3248.www.MCGOPA.org. FREE & OPEN DAILY

(Onsite Representative:11am-1pm Mondays & Fridays).

Join MCGOPA. For more info,send e-mail to [email protected].

“Like” MCGOPA on Facebook:www.facebook.com/mcgopa

for timely art news.MCGOPA, founded in September 1998,

is a 501c3 non-profit organization.

Artists ages 18 and over currentlyresiding either within the State ofDelaware or within 100 miles of theMuseum are eligible to submit up tothree works of art in any medium.

CALL FOR ENTRIES

2301 Kentmere ParkwayWilmington, DE 19806302.571.9590 | delart.org

$30 for Museum Members/$40 for all others

Juror: John B. Ravenal, the Sydney andFrances Lewis Family, Curator of Modernand Contemporary Art at the Virginia Museumof Fine Arts, Richmond.

View prospectus and application online atdelart.org.

Application deadline: March 18, 2012

Questions: [email protected]

ON VIEW OCTOBER 20, 2012 –JANUARY 13, 2013

Center for the Arts inSouthern New Jersey

CFA Annual Juried Water Color ExhibitionMay 7 – May 28, 2012

For Prospectus send SASE to CFA/SNJ,123 S. Elmwood Rd., Marlton, NJ 08053

Phone: 856-985-1009

Center for the Arts inSouthern New Jersey

Women’s History ExhibitionMarch 5 – March 26, 2012

For Prospectus send SASE to CFA/SNJ,123 S. Elmwood Rd., Marlton, NJ 08053

Phone: 856-985-1009

CALL FOR BUCKSCOUNTY ARTISTS

55 Years & Older~~ Show & Sale ~~

May 18, 19 & 20Works Eligible: Photography, Oil, Acrylic,Water Color, Pastel, Lithograph, Mixed

Media, and Sculpture.Please call for an application

215-340-5168PINE RUN COMMUNITY

777 Ferry Rd., Doylestown, PA 18901

THE PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB149th Annual Exhibition

Of Small Oil Paintings (4/6 to 4/21/12)

AWARDS OF OVER $1,200 IN CASH &MERCHANDISE PLUS THE McKENZIE MEDAL

Call for Entries.Entry Fee: $15 for one painting and $25 for two.

Jurors:Myles Cavanaugh, Garth Herrick & Donna Usher

Hand Delivery:Friday, March 23 & Saturday March 24 (Noon to 5 PM)

Reception:Sunday, April 15 (Awards at 3 PM)

For Prospectus send SASE to:Sketch Club Small Oils Show

235 South Camac Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107,visit www.sketchclub.org,orcontact William C. Patterson

(267) [email protected]

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Call For Artists & Entries

Your resource for finding artists, soliciting entries, renting art studious and for promoting your service.For more information call 215-628-9300, ext. 226

WAYNE ART CENTERCRAFT FORMS 2012CALL FOR ENTRIES

“Craft Forms 2012” 18th InternationalJuried Exhibition Contemporary Fine Craft.November 30, 2012 – January 26, 2013.

Juror: Cindi Strauss, Curator ofModern and Contemporary Art and Design,

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.$4,000 + Awards. Digital Entry Fee: $40.

Deadline: September 13, 2012.www.craftformsentry.com.

CALL FOR ARTISTS3RD Juried Art Show

March 30, 31, and April 1, 2012For prospectus,

visit www.meadowood.netor call (484) 991-1025

Drop off Entries Tuesday, March 27,from 9-11am or 5-7pm

Jurors: Michael Adams,Susannah Hart Thomer

Meadowood - a non-profit continuing careretirement community located in Worcester, PA.

A 20% commission on all sales willsupport the Meadowood Benevolence Fund.

Long Beach Island Foundationof the Arts and Sciences (LBIF)

National Juried competition:Digital Works

Exhibit Dates: June 22 – July 18, 2012Entry Deadline: Postmarked by April 7th

Juror: Christiane Paul, Adjunct Curator of NewMedia Arts, Whitney Museum of American Art.

Prospectus:http://lbifoundation.org/programs/

NJC2012prospectus.pdfQuestions: 609-494-1241 X 107

[email protected]

Digital Works – Submissions may includeall digital media forms– photography/ prints,

video, software art, online and mobileprojects, etc. All work must have been

executed since 2008

CALL FOR ENTRIES!AE 63rd Anniversary Members’

Juried ExhibitionMarch 19 - April 20, 2012

March 24, Sat. 1-4 PM Reception &Curatorial Talk (2:30 PM) by SandeWebster, Juror Numerous Cash &

Merchandise Awards West ChesterUniversity, E.O.Bull Center for the Arts

3/12, 1-7pm, Delivery of artworkfor jurying.

2 works allowed per artist.Visit the website for a prospectus

www.artistsequity.org or maila #10 SASE to AE Prospectus 2012

103 Equestrian Lane, Schwenksville,PA 19473

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By Diane M. Fiske

This year, Philadelphia International Flower Show visi-tors will leave the cold, early March city streets toenter Hawaii and experience an

underwater view of waves, sea turtles andflowers seen through the underwater surf.

Visitors will not be in the Pacific stateof Hawaii, but rather in the original build-ing of the Philadelphia ConventionCenter at 12th and Arch in Philadelphia,where the annual flower show, whichbegan 182 years ago in 1823, will runfrom March 4 to 11.

This year’s show will blend 21st cen-tury electronic technology with the time-less ability to combine plants and flowersinto a beautiful landscape.

It will begin when visitors enter theshow and walk through an arch that is 12 feet high, 40 feetwide and 50 feet wide. The arch will be covered with7,000 white orchids. The display will project a movingseries of videos that will surround the viewer in the rollingwaves of Hawaii’s waters.

“There will be air bubbles floating to the surface, sea

turtles floating over the visitors’ head and sunlight shiningthrough the water,” said Gary Radin, of GMR Design, thedesigner who worked with Design Flower Show ExecutiveDirector Sam Lemheney to develop this year’s theme,

“Hawaii: Islands of Aloha.”To keep the visitors moving and prevent them

from clustering too long in the entrance arch,once in the exhibition hall, they will feel as if theyare being confronted with a wall of water — a25-feet-tall waterfall that will seem to splashdown in their path into Pele’s Garden.

Klip Collective, a Philadelphia-based firm spe-cializing in film and video productions, will pro-duce the special effects through video mappingtechniques.

“Instead of just projecting a square on a wall,we specialize in projecting three-dimensionalobjects and spaces,” said Ricardo Rivera, whofounded Klip in 2003 with photographer Pier

Nicola D’Amico.Lemheney said he was tapping into new motion graph-

ics to transform the water flows into lava flows and sculp-tural forms into breaking waves.

He said of the show’s guests, “Visitors will be com-pletely immersed in this once-in-a-lifetime presentation.

They will feel like they arewalking across the beaches, rain-forests and mountains of theHawaiian islands.”

Pele’s Garden will includemyriad flower and plant dis-plays. It will also be a center fortelling the story of the legendaryfounding of the Hawaiianislands, which, according tomyth, says that the islands result-ed from confrontations betweenPele, the fire goddess, and hersister.

Developing the architecturalstructure of the show has been awork of Radin, Lemheney andJack Doyle of Scenery First ofSharon Hill for about 18 months.

According to Radin, who hasa background in theatrical setdesign, the base of the arch ismade up of white maplewoodsupported by metal rods. A seriesof wires supports the wavingstructures.

Building Hawaii took a com-bination of wood, wire, foamand a spray material that magi-cally created rocks, tunnels andmountains out of foam.

“For the garden where Peleand her sister fought and createdthe islands, we built the structureout of wood and then sprayedthe wood with a foam material tocreate the shapes of rocks,”Radin said. “When the foamdried, it was then painted to looklike volcanic rocks, mountains or

to create other effects.”The result will be a garden where performers from

Hawaii will conjure towering flames to re-create themyth of the islands’ founding by Pele, their fire goddess.The area will be surrounded with towering palms, bam-boo, green walls and the effect of a Hawaiian rain forest.

The combination of the motion graphics and thewaterfalls, lava flows and sculptural forms will producea show that will be traditional and 21st-century at thesame time.

As an added architectural attraction, the brochuresfrom the show promise easier navigation among the hun-dreds of exhibits in a “redesigned show floor plan.”

“Whether you are a show veteran or a first-timer, youhave never seen a show like this,” said Drew Becher,Philadelphia Horticulture Society president, who tookover the reins of the organization last year after leg-endary leader Jane Pepper retired.

— This is monthly column about architecture, urbanplanning and landscape design. Comments and ques-tions would be welcome. Diane Fiske can be reached [email protected].

If You GoPhiladelphia

International FlowerShow, “Hawaii:

Islands of Aloha,”takes place

at PennsylvaniaConvention Center,12th & Arch streets,

Philadelphia, PA 19107,March 4 - 11.

Info: 215-988-8899 orwww.flowershow.com.

Artist’s concept of “Orchid Wave” at this year’sPhiladelphia International Flower Show.

Concept renderings courtesy of GMR Design. Artist: W

illiam Lance

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Consider the fluidly driftingnature of time.Unrelentingly, like a riverwithout end, it moves onand on.

By contrast, pictures made with astill-camera are an entirely differentreality. Loaded with film and guidedby a person, the camera can stop theflow of time and freeze-frame theappearance of whatever is seen bythe light-sensitive emulsion insidethe instrument.

The great French photographerHenri Cartier-Bresson called thisprocess “capturing the decisivemoment.” As compared with cine-ma, still-photography makes it pos-sible for a passing human perceptionto become a permanent record, visu-ally fixed in place.

Today, photographic images ingeneral are found everywhere.Maybe that’s why we often takethem, andwhat may besignificantabout them,for granted.This happenseven thoughon a deeperlevel we knowthere are realdifferencesbetween com-monplacesnapshots,professionallymade illustra-tions foradvertisingand editorialpurposes andexamples thatare so extraor-dinary that they serve as fine art withsomething to say that truly matters inthe overall scheme of things.

At this time and until May 15,2012, the Philadelphia Museum ofArt is presenting a marvelous surveyof 35mm photography with exam-ples drawn from its own permanentholdings. Now that digital photogra-phy is being employed more andmore, it’s a good time to examinewhat was exceptional and distinctiveabout the widespread use of picturesmade with the 35 mm genre. Theshow is on view in the Julien LevyGallery of the Perelman Building at26th Street and Benjamin FranklinParkway, across from the familiarlandmark museum structure on

Fairmount.The installation was organized byPeter Barberie, the museum’sBrodsky Curator of Photographywith assistance by Amanda Bock.Most appropriately, thepresentation is titled“35mm: Photographsfrom the Collection.”

The show offers afascinating diversity ofsubjects. Typically,there are pictures thatserve primarily as doc-umentation. Others ful-fill a celebratory func-tion while still otherstell a story, give pro-found expression to anidea or define a principle. Areas of

focus once treated almostentirely with brush andpaint have been brought tofulfillment with camerasand film. Along the way,photographic pictures haveventured through a seem-ingly infinite proliferationof styles and schools of

thought and practice. Some exhibit apropensity for close-up, highlydetailed visualization while othersproject a more mysterious character.But in every instance, they push an

approach that has beenfiltered through a curtainbearing evidence of asingularly personaltouch.

Initially, the apparatusused for taking photo-graphs was cumbersomeand rather difficult tomanage. Eventually, inthe 1920s, a hand-heldcamera, able to accom-modate 35mm motion-picture film, but adapted

to creating single-frame exposures,

was invented in Germany.Soon, it was in use far andwide.

These small cameraswere light in weight andeasy to handle. By compari-son, big, box-like equip-ment demanded much timeand concentration from the

photographer that might otherwisehave been given to actually taking apicture. In addition, the small 35mmnegatives could then be easilyenlarged in the processing laboratoryto whatever size was appropriate forexhibition purposes.

Memorable early selections in theexhibition include fascinating printsby such eminent European-born mas-ters of the medium as André Kertesz,Lazlo Moholy-Nagy and LisetteModel. An especially interesting con-tact test strip of 35mm portraits of thegreat American photographer AlfredSteiglitz by Cartier-Bresson is includ-ed in the show.

Other highly regarded artists whocreated the various works on vieware Walker Evans, Mary Ellen Mark,Lee Friedlander, Helen Levitt, GaryWinogrand, W. Eugene Smith andRobert Capa. Whether their workdemonstrates social commentary,photojournalism or souvenirs of for-eign travel, they all evidence a talentfor giving birth to images that arerare and memorable.

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“Champa, a Transvestite Madam, in theDoorway of his Cage. Falkland Road,Bombay, India,” 1978 (negative); 1979(print). Mary Ellen Mark, American, born1940. Image and sheet: 16 x 20 inches(40.6 x 50.8 cm). Cibachrome print.Image courtesy of the artist. © MaryEllen Mark.

If You Go“35mm: Photos

from the Collection”is now on display

at the Perelman Buildingof the Philadelphia

Museum of Art,26th Street & the Parkway,

Philadelphia, PA 19130,through May 15.

Info: 215-763-8100 orwww.philamuseum.org.

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“Lamani, Belize,” 2008. Michael M. Koehler,American, born 1982. Gelatin silver print. Image:24 x 36 inches (61 x 91.4 cm). Sheet: 32 1/16 x44 inches (81.4 x 111.8 cm). PhiladelphiaMuseum of Art, Gift of the Perkins Center for the Arts, Moorestown, New Jersey, 2010. ©Michael M. Koehler.

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_March 2012 Listings_____________________________________DOYLESTOWN ART LEAGUE

www.doylestownartleague.comp: 215-348-2166 fx: 215-2301799

Membership: 215-997-9573Classes: 215-257-7190

The Doylestown Art League will hostGeorge Thompson. who has a successfulcareer as both an editorial illustrator and afull time artist. He paints and drawslandscapes, still lifes and portraits in atraditional style, His paintings arerenowned for their lush color and paintingstyle.

JAMES A. MICHENER ARTMUSEUM138 S. Pine Street, Doylestown, PAp: 215-340-9800 Hrs: Tues-Fri 10am-4:30pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun. 12-5pmwww.michenerartmuseum.orgExhibit Info: The Painterly Voice: BucksCounty’s Fertile Ground, through April 1,2012, brings together more than 200 ofBucks County’s finest works. Paintings byDaniel Garber, Edward Redfield, FernCoppedge, Robert Spencer and otherBucks County painters.Fred Beans Gallery – Mavis Smith:Hidden Realities, enigmatic scenes donein egg tempera by this Bucks Countyartist, through May 20.Pfundt Gallery – Have Gags Will Travel:The Life and Times of a New YorkCartoonist, March 10-July 1. IntelligentDesign, highlighting regional studio craft,permanent installation.

…CHESTER COUNTY... .BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM-U.S. Rte. 1 & Creek Rd., Chadds Ford, PAp: 610-388-2700 Hrs: Daily 9:30am-4:30pm www.brandywinemuseum.org

Exhibit Info: Comic Catharsis: A Gift ofCartoons by William Steig thru March 11“Art and the Environment” Lecture SeriesMarch 14, 21 & 28 at 11 a.m.For details, visit brandywinemuseum.orgScribner’s Magazine: The EarlyYears in IllustrationMarch 17 – May 20The exhibition will introduce visitors to theimportance of the illustrated magazine inthe late 19th and early 20th centuries, andemphasize the primacy of Scribner’sMagazine during the “golden age ofillustration.”CHESTER CO. ART ASSOCIATION-

100 North Bradford Ave. West Chester PAp: 610-696-5600 fx: 610-918-1327 Hrs:Tues-Sat 9:30am-4pm Freewww.chestercountyarts.org Note theschedule of exhibitions on our website.West Chester: Water Exhibition GroupShow; all media and Coats of Hope. RunsMarch 2 – April 5. Opening receptionMarch 1, 5-8pm. Free gallery hrsTuesday-Saturday, 9:30am-4pm.Exton Square Studio: All Media MemberShow, Wednesdays, Thursdays, andSaturdays, 11-5pm, free.

PHOENIX VILLAGE ART CENTER –207 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, PA p:610-983-9430 fx: 610-983-9431Gallery Hrs: Mon & Sun closed; Tues.-Thurs 10am-6pm; Fri noon-10pm, Sat10am-10pmphxvillage@verizon.netwww.phoenixvillageartcenter.org

Exhibit Info: Dan SnowA Snow Dusting of Imaginary SnowOpens: First Friday March 2nd 20126:00-9:00Artist Dan Snow’s Comments On HisExhibit “A Dusting Of Imaginary Snow”In Ecclesiastes it is written, “Wherefore Iperceive that there is nothing better thanthat a man should rejoice in his ownworks”.The works that make up this latestexhibition are first and foremost pleasingto me. They are the answers to questions,the solutions to puzzles, the portals to analternative reality. Things are not alwayswhat they seem.All objects either man made or natural,have a specific form and function. Howthey are perceived, depends on who seesthem and under whatcircumstances. Worn out, uninteresting orunattractive objects can be completelytransformed by being removed from theirusual context.Thus altered, they can be combined withother “reconstituted” objects to plant anidea, evoke an emotion or tell a newstory. Once the viewer has beenawakened to a new way of looking at oldthings, they are freed-up to experience thethrill of exploration and discovery.

DELAWARE COUNTY. ..COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER –414 Plush Mill Rd., Wallingford, PA :610-566-1713 Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm, Fri10am-3pm, Sat 10am-noon. Closed Sunwww.communityartscenter.orgSpring Classes: Register for classes andworkshops in painting, drawing, ceramics,sculpture, jewelry, mixed media,printmaking, photography, music, andyoga online atwww.communityartscenter.org or call theoffice for more information at 610-566-1713. Spring classes begin March 12.Duke Gallery: Through March 16th

SPRING! A juried exhibit. Juror: ShelleySpector.March 25 – April 27: Art Inspired by Art: aselected exhibition of the work of studentsin the Wallingford-Swarthmore SchoolDistrict. Opening Reception: March 25,2012 , 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.Spring Featured Teacher Reception –Sally Paynter and Annie Suchecki, March25, 2012. 2 p.m. – 4 p.m.In the BEAdazzle Gallery WallOil Artist - Mary Gordon. Reception:March 25, 2012, 2 p.m. – 4 p.m. SpringFeatured Teachers – Sally Paynter andAnnie Suchecki

Special EventsTri-State Jazz Society ConcertMarch 18, Emily Asher’s Garden Party2 p.m. – 5 p.m.Friday Night Live ConcertMarch 30. Musical Artist: Monnette SudlerTrio – Guitar driven Jazz.Visual Artists: Claudia McGill, NadiaBond, Mina Smith-Segal, Sally Paynter.Digital drawings by Drew Arata:7:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.Special WorkshopsMarch 26 – March 30, “In the Mix” withNancy Barch.Children’s Committee MeetingMarch 10, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.CAC Bd Meeting March 15, 7:30 p.m.In the Rose Tree Gardener’s SculptureGarden, July – April 2012Sculptor James Fuhrman plans totransform the space into a Zen garden.DARLINGTON ARTS CENTER –977 Shavertown Rd., Boothwyn, PA p:610-358-3632 fx: 610-358-2018 GalleryHours:Mon-Fri 9am-9pm, Sat 9am-4pm, ClsdSun [email protected] Info: “Inside: Exploring the Interior”oil paintings & artist books by Alyce Grunt.Opening Reception: Sat, March 3, 3-5pm.Artist Alyce Grunt brings her beautifulwork to Darlington Arts Center for themonth of March. Through her paintingsshe seeks to depict how light definesforms, and to organize the forms, colorsand values into a composition whosepieces fit together to create a cohesiveand satisfying composition. Runs throughMarch 31.Mar 10, Samuel Reyes Hip Hop MasterClassMar 15, Last Day for Early RegistrationDiscount on Summer CampsMar 24, Belfast Connection Concert – IrishFolk MusicApril 14, 2012 Delaware ValleyIntercollegiate Art Competition OpeningChildren’s Workshops: Princess & PirateDance Party (ages 3-6); FashionIllustration (ages 9-13).Teen & Adult Art Workshops:Ceramic Votive Holders; Dance TeamAudition Clinic; Digital SLR Photography.Children’s Adult Workshops:Princess & Pirate Dance (ages 3-6),Sweets for Your Sweetheart (ages 7-13) &Fashion Illustration (ages 9-13).Teen & Adult Art Workshops:Woven Heart Baskets, Sweets for YourSweetheart, Your Compact DigitalCamera, Ceramic Trays & Trivets &Advanced Dance Conditioning

DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITYCOLLEGE –901 s. Media Line Rd., Media (Media &Newtown Sq.) p: 610-359-5014 Hrs: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. www.dccc.edu/gallery3.1.12 – 3.30.12 : Contemporary MiddleEastern Exhibition(No synopsis hasbeen released for this show yet) Curator:Rose Obeid

EPISCOPAL ACADEMY – CrawfordCampus Center Gallery1785 Bishop White Dr., Newtown Square,p: 484-424-1400 Hrs: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4pm www.episcopalacademy.orgExhibit info: The Episcopal AcademyCrawford Campus Gallery presents AStudent, An Architect and 2 Chapels. Thisexhibit tells the story of world-renownarchitect and Episcopal alum RobertVenturi’s ’44 journey to designing theClass of 1944 Chapel on EpiscopalAcademy’s Newtown Square campus. Hiswork will be on display from March 1-April15, 2012. The opening reception will beWednesday, March 7th from 5:30-7:00p.m. with remarks and a videopresentation at 6:00 p.m.

...LANCASTER COUNTYLANCASTER COUNTY ARTASSOCIATION-149 Precision Ave., Strasburg, PA 17579p:717-687-7061 Hrs: Wed-Sun 1pm-5pmwww.lcaaonline.org All exhibits areFree, open to the public & handicappedaccessible.Continuing to March 22: Two exhibits:In the Kauffman Gallery: "TheInvitational Exhibit" featuring thegraphite and colored pencil artworks ofRichard Huck of Lancaster, the oilpaintings of Favi Dubo of Pocopson,PA, the thread paintings of Teri Oja ofEnola, the fiber artworks of KarenMadden of Poughkeepsie, NY, and thephotography of Cheryl Tracy of BalaCynwyd. In the Steinmetz Gallery: asolo exhibit of the metal, ceramics,fabric, glass, and wood artworks ofCarla Lee Plomchok of Strasburg.Opening on April 1 and continuing toApril 26: Two exhibits: In the KauffmanGallery: "The Garden Show", amembership exhibit of work in a varietyof media inspired by plants, gardens,and flowers. In the Steinmetz Gallery:an exhibit of work by LAF, the LadiesArt Forum, a group of artists who meetonce a month for critiques anddiscussion.The public is invited. Admission is free.

PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF ART &DESIGN -204 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA p:717-396-7833 Hrs: Mon-Fri 8am-8pm,Saturdays 9am-5pm, every First Fri ‘til 9,and during Fall/Spring Art Walks. Allexhibits are Free and open to the public;and the PCA&D Main Gallery ishandicapped accessible.www.pcad.eduExhibit Info: Thru March 2: MarcBurckhardt: Fables, Musicians and NaturalWonders. His painting style is informed byfolk art, Flemish paintings, and Byzantineicons. Details at pcad.edu/maingallery.March 9 – April 20: Landscapes ofConflict: Photos by Shai Kremer, BartMichiels, and Osamu James Nakagawa.March 23: American painter Stanley Lewisgives an artist talk at 10 a.m. All events

are free and open to the public.2012: PCA&D celebrates its 30th

anniversary. Details at pcad.edu/news.

…MAIN LINECOUNTYTY

THE GREAT FRAME UP-302 West Lancaster Ave. Wayne, PA19087 p: 610-687-3060 fx: 610-995-2215Hrs: Mon-Fri 10am-6pm, Wed. 10am-9pm,1st Fridays 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-5pmwww.mainlineframing.comExhibit Info: Our March First Friday Showwill feature photographs by members ofthe Main Line Camera Club. We will alsobe featuring our American-made crafts,including Jewelry, Art Glass andDecorative Eggs. The opening receptionis from 5pm to 8pm on Friday March 2nd,2012 and will include refreshments andlight fareThe photography show will be up for theentire month of March. Come meet theartist and enjoy some good conservation.

LAWRENCE GALLERY – RosemontCollege1400 Montgomery Ave, Rosemont PA19010p: 610-526-2967 Mon-Fri 9am-8pm;wknds appt. email:[email protected] info: Volcano/Kaboom; recentworks by Alina Josan, Serena Perrone &Hiro Sakaguchi. Thru March 9.Exhibit info: Dick Morrill, Narratives andPortraits. March 15-April 13. Openingreception March 15, 4-6:30pm.MAIN LINE ART CENTER –

746 Panmure Rd, Haverford, PA phone:610-525-0272 fx: 610-525-5036 Hrs:Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm; Sat 10am-4pm,Clsd Sun. For information on lectures,trips & events, www.mainlineart.orgLots of Free pkg.Exhibit info: Members’ exhibition,through March 8. Celebrates diverse andvibrant work of Main Line art members.Featured work will be for sale.Members’ Closing & State of the ArtCenter Potluck, Thurs., March 8, 6-9 pmJoin us as we end or Members' Exhibitionwith a bang! After prizes are awarded,we'll enjoy a potluck dinner and first everShoe Box Art Swap. Bring a piece of yourart that you would like to swap in awrapped/decorated shoe box of any size.If you bring a box, you get to pick a box!The Art of Illustration: Children’sIllustrator Book FairSun., March 11, 11 am-3 pmMain Line Art Center and Children's BookWorld join together to celebrate the greatart of children's books. Look at booksthrough the eyes of the illustrators as youmeet with the artists, view their work andhear more about how they became an

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_March 2012 Listings_____________________________________artist. Pre-registration strongly suggested.Outreach Exhibition: A Celebration ofVoices March 16-April 4Opening Reception: Sat., Mar 17, 1-3pmThis exhibition celebrates the inspiring andcolorful work created by participants in theArt Center's outreach programs.Programs are designed to reachunderserved audiences including children,teens and adults with disabilities, at-riskyouth and low-income adults and families.Artini: Game Night, Fri., Mar 23, 6-9 pmSet against the backdrop of the alwaysjoyful and colorful artwork in the OutreachExhibition, this event will bring out yourinner child. Res. required by calling SteanWilborn, 610-525-0272, ext.12.Young Friends Members: FREE/Gen: $15Artistic Development Workshop11 Tips for Success as a ProfessionalFine Artist March 2, 12-1 pmYou may be a hobbyist who wants tomake art a second career. Maybe you arein mid-career and want to refresh yourbusiness. These eleven tips have beenused and proven to work by aninternational online artist community ofemerging, mid-career and establishedartists. Workshop led by Aletta de Walfrom Artist Career Training. $15 M/$25 NMArtistic Development WorkshopMake Art and Money - Creative ArtMarketing for Fine ArtistsMarch 3 & 4, 10 am-4 pmIf you want to attract more collectors,gallery dealers and museum curators, youmust know how to market your art. Youwill leave this class with a marketing mapthat will help you drive your business sothat you have a better year than ever. Youwill benefit whether you are a part-time orfull time artist who is emerging, mid-career, or established. This workshop isled by Aletta de Wal of Artist CareerTraining. $325 M/$395 NMThe Artist & Social MediaMarch 8, 12-1 pmLinda Dubin Garfield, President of SmartBusiness Consulting, discusses the artist’splace in cyberspace, a phenomenon forcontemporary artists. Unlike the 19th and20th century artists like Toulouse-Lautrec,Manet, and later Picasso who would go tocafes for socializing with friends and othercreatives, we now have Facebook andTwitter. Linda will help you navigate yourway into the artists’ new café society ofsocial media. $10 M/$15 NM

MAIN LINE UNITARIAN CHURCH

816 s. Valley Forge Rd, Devon, PA484-341-8014 or visit www.MLUC.orgfor info/directions Hrs: Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm; Sun 9am-2pm The Public isWelcome!

Exhibit Info: Judith Kniffin, Detritus:Beauty in Decay.Devon – To honor Earth Day, artist, JudithKniffin will show her paintings in theFireside Gallery. The paintings will be ondisplay March 17 - April 29. “Detritus:Beauty in Decay,” is a series of small oilpaintings portraying matter in decay: oldbuildings, rusted metal, discarded glassand paper, organic growth indecomposition. Colors, formerly sharpand primary, have gone soft and askance.Rotting surfaces nourish new life. Edgesfold in on themselves; shapes contort.Embodied here is a very different kind ofbeauty—but arresting, nonetheless.

The public is invited to a potluck supperand artist’s talk on Saturday, March 17 at6:00. Call for information and reservations.ST JOSEPH’S UNIVERSITYGALLERYMerion Hall, Maguire Campus, 376 N.Latches Lane, Merion Station p: 610-660-1845 Hrs: Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 10am-1pm www.sju.edu/galleryExhibit Info: All Things Great and Small,Paintings by Kip Deeds. Through March30, closed for Spring Break March 5 – 11.Reception Thursday March 1, 6-8pm.

SWEET MABEL FOLK ART –

41 N. Narberth Ave., Narberth, PA p: 610-667-3041. Hrs: Tues-Sat 11am-6pm, Sunnoon-5pm www.sweetmabel.comFeatures folk, outsider & found object art& craft from regional and national artists.Exhibit info: Brother-sister photographerscapture the spunk and strangeness oflocal fauna, wild and otherwise. Thephotographs will be displayed in groupingsof color and black and white prints. Formore information on the artists, please goto www.nikolaifox.net andwww.avilorenfox.com. Opening ReceptionFirst Friday, March 2, 6-9pm.

WAYNE ART CENTER

413 Maplewood Ave, Wayne, PAp: 610-688-3553 f: [email protected]” www.wayneart.orgExhibit Info: Exhibitions:Davenport Gallery: Expressions ofRadnor - An Exhibition of Works byRadnor Township, through March 24, .Free and open to the public.Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery:Decorative Objects from ChanticleerThis unique exhibition will highlight asampling of furniture, plant list boxes,bridges, fences, railings, drinkingfountains, metal work, decorativepathways and architecture all designed byChanticleer staff and shown for the firsttime outside of the garden setting.Through March 10, 2012Vidinghoff Gallery: The Renfrew CenterFoundation presents The Art of

Recovery, An exhibit of artwork by womenin recovery from eating disorders. March 7– March 21, 2012Opening Reception and Panel Discussion:Friday, March 9, 4:00 – 7:00 pm. Free andopen to the public.

In our ESCS Gallery Shops:Gallery Shops: Open Monday – Saturday,9:00 – 5:00 pmGallery Shop offers hand-made ceramics,glass, wood, jewelry, fiber, apparel,photographs and paintings by regionalartists for purchase!Classes & Workshops:Adult Classes: Most classes will run for12 weeks. Please visit our website,www.wayneart.org for more information, orto register!

Color Mixing & Palette with Tom O’Brien:Emphasis will be on formal techniques ofpainting; advancing the classical realisttradition modeled after the 19th centuryFrench Atelier. Will teach studentsprinciples of painting which allow the artistto analyze nature and reproduce it withunderstanding and accuracy.March 31, 10am – 3pm, $100

Culinary Classes:Kids in the KitchenChef: Chiwishi Joy AbneyJan. 21 – March 24, 9:30 – 11:30 am,$215Cooking Demo with Xilantro RestaurantMarch 12, 6:00 – 8:30 pm, $10Wunderbar! An Evening of GermanSpecialtiesChef: Toni Vitello of Jeffrey Miller CateringMarch 23, 6:30 – 9:30 pm, $90New Year, New YOU: Radnor TownshipManager’s Health and WellnessChallenge“Live Healthy for Life”Chef: Emma Fogt, RD, LDNFREE and open to the public!April 11, 5:30 – 7:00 pm

VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY ARTGALLERY –

Connelly Center, 2nd Flr., 800 LancasterAve, Villanova p: 610-519-4612 fx: 610-519-6046. Open daily 9am-5pm. Call forweekend and extended hrs., or visitwebsite:www.artgallery.villanova.eduExhibit Info: "Ray Sternbergh -- ARetrospective", Through April 11.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

Celebrating our 70thYear

GNAL Welcomes New andExperienced Artists

to our Classes, Trips, Shows,Workshops and Monthly Meetings

Monthly MeetingSunday March 11, 2pm

Libby Soffer, “Finding your VisualVoice”

Free and open to publicSculpture ShowMarch 17 – 18

Gallery Hours 12 – 5pmDays at Rainbow Arts and Crafts

March 31 – April 1Great Discounts, GNAL Art SaleBus Trip to NYC for AWS Exhibit

Saturday, April 21Workshops

Space Limited – Register nowWatercolor…PlusJim McFarlane

March 3, 10am-3pmAcrylics: The Flexible and Forgiving

MediumPat Devirgilis

March 10, 10am-3pmMixed Media and Collage, A Creative

ProcessLaura Daddona

March 24-25, 10am-3pmBehind the Detail – Oil Painting

Nathan DurinMay 12, 10am-3pm

The Joy of Plein Air PaintingDoug Tweddale

May 19-20, 10am-3pmFor More InformationCall 610-539-3393

or visit www.gnal.org800 West Germantown PikeE. Norristown, PA 19403

ABINGTON ART CENTER –515 Meetinghouse Rd., Jenkintown, PA p:215-887-4882 fx: 215-887-5789 Hrs:Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Thurs to 7pm, Sat &Sun 10am-3pmwww.abingtonartcenter.orgExhibit info: Through March 25, four soloexhibitions by Colleen McCubbinStepanic, Susie Forrester, Csilla Sadlochand Emily Steinberg.Exhibit info: Material Witnesses:Manhattan Quilters GuildOn view March 30-May 13, 2012As one of 40 locations set to exhibitthis spring, Abington Art Center willhost FiberPhiladelphia, an internationalbiennial and regional festival forinnovative fiber/textile art. The exhibitwill include work by renowned

international artists and a newgeneration of artists breaking into thefield. A public reception and openingparty will be held on Sunday, April 1from 3-5pm.

JOHN JAMES AUDUBON CENTERAT MILL GROVE1201 Pawlings Rd, Audubon p: 610-666-5593; ext 101 Hrs: Tues-Sat 10am-4pm;Sun 1pm-4pm; Clsd Mon & major holidayshttp://pa.audubon.org/centers_mill_gove.html.Exhibit Info: Original Audubon prints & art;Changing Exhibit Gallery featuringregional artists; nature sanctuary w/trails,and more. Call for current shows.Admission, $3/adults, $2/seniors,$1/youth.

MEADOWOOD RETIREMENTCOMMUNITY3205 Skippack Pike, Worcester, PA 19490To register or for more information,visit www.meadowood.net or call (484)991-1025.Exhibit info: Third Juried Art Show.Opening Reception: Meet the ArtistsFriday, March 30, 2012, 6 PM - 8 PM.Art Show Hrs: Saturday, March 31: 11 AM- 4 PM. Sunday, April 1: 1 PM - 4 PM.Awards ceremony: 3:30 PM SundayOriginal paintings by accomplished BucksCounty artist Ranulph Bye (1916-2003)will be featured. Jurors are Michael Adamsand Susannah Hart Thomer. Artwork fromparticipating artists will be for sale. Aportion of the sales will benefit theMeadowood Benevolence Fund.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY GUILDOF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS(MCGOPA)At SPP Galleries, The Inquire Bldg. 800Schuylkill River Rd (Rte 23) between Rts.202 & 320, Conshohocken, PA p: 610-803-3248Maria Solomon, Gallery Directorwww.mcgopa.org Free & Open toPublicHrs: Representative: 11am-1pm Mondays& Fridays; Open Daily. Free & Open tothe Public. MCGOPA is on facebook -www.facebook.com/mcgopa JoinMCGOPA, a gallery for artists to exhibittheir work; opportunities for lectures,demonstrations and interact with otherartists. For more information:[email protected]

NORTH PENN ART ALLIANCE –

A 200 member nonprofit artists group andart lovers who meet regularly in thebasement of the Univest Bldg., located at521 W. Main Street, Lansdale p: 215-393-9110 www.northpennarts.orgExhibit Info: On March 7th we will meet at521 W. Main Street in the CommunityRoom downstairs at the Univest Buildingin Lansdale. Our Gallery Presenter isNorth Penn Arts Alliance Board MemberPam Romeo from Romeo's Fine Arts. Shewill discuss the use of frames and how

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_March 2012 Listings_____________________________________they can enhance your art. The doorsopen at 6:30p.m. and the meeting starts at7:00p.m. We will also have additionalinformation about our 18th Annual SpringMembers' Exhibition at the Elm TerraceGardens.April 26-28 we have the 18th AnnualMembers' Spring Exhibition at ElmTerraceClass registrations for the North PennSchool District's Spring Semester ofContinuing Education Art Classes willtake place this month. For informationon the classes please visithttp://www.northpennarts.org/images/SpringArtClasses2012.pdf

ORCHARD ARTWORKS -520 Tomlinson Rd, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009p: 215-947-9882 Gallery Hours: Fri & Sat10am-4pm; Sun 1pm-4pmwww.orchardartworks.orgExhibit info: Threads and Shadows,works in fiber and paper featuring the fiberart of Judy Merrell and the paintings andcollages of Gloria Klaiman. Openingreception Sunday, March 4, 1-4pm.

ORELAND ART CENTER –SAUDC-Upper Level. 100 WischmanAve. & Twining Rd., Oreland PA 19075.For adult and Children’s classes – 215-572-6855 Call for Brochure.www.orelandartcenter.comExhibit Info: Classes:Course 1: Watercolor and Drawing withFelicia Foster, Thursdays, 9:30 a.m. –12:30 p.m. March 22 – May 24 (10 weeks)- $100. Class emphasizes traditionaldrawing and watercolor techniques.Course 2: Watercolor Landscapes withDiane Maurer, BWS. Wednesdays, 9:30-12, noon. March 21 – April 25 (6 weeks),$80. For beginner to expert. Classincludes a demo and time to paint,assistance when needed. Class focuseson techniques, composition & color theory.Course 3: Watercolor – Painting Treeswith Diane Maurer, BWS. Saturdays, 9:30-12, noon. Through February 18 (4classes), $50. Class includes a demo andtime to paint. Explore all types of trees inall seasons, foliage and bark.Watercolor – Painting Flowers with DianeMaurer, BWS. Saturdays, 9:30-12 noon.March 10 – March 31 (4 classes), $50.Focuses on petals, leaves, stems andblossoms. Classes held at Diane’s Studio,104 Apel Avenue, Oreland, PA 19075.Demo, Flower Painting with Diane Maurer,BWS. Thursday, March 8, 1 – 3, FREE forMembers. Diane's demo focusingon techniques for painting close-up,individual flowers.Pot Luck Lunch and Critique with KassMorin Freeman, March 1, Thursday,

12:30-3pm. FREE to members. Bring adish to share at a pot-luck lunch. Afterlunch, you may bring a finished, unframedpainting, as Kass lends us her expertiseand can tell you how to improve it.March 15 – Horsham Library MemberShow. Drop off: Wednesday, March 14,1:30-3. Members may enter 2 paintings inthis month-long exhibit. $5 entry fee.Hundreds of dollars in awards, look foryour prospectus in the mail!

NORTHAMPTON COUNTYLEHIGH UNIVERSITY ARTGALLERIES420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA p:610-758-3615 Girdler Gallery; Mon-Fri8am-10pm; DuBois Gallery; Mon-Fri 9am-10pm; Siegel; Mon-Thurs 9am-10pm, Fri9am-5pm; Rauch; Mon-Fri 8am-5pm;Virtual Gallery at Zoellner; Wed-Sun11am-4pm www.luag.org

Exhibit Info: Gallery at Rauch BusinessCenter, Through – March 31st. Only WhenWe Dream Are We Alive, featuringpinhole photographs and digital prints fromEl Borda Psychiatric Hospital, Argentina.

Exhibit Info: Siegel Gallery, Iacocca Hall,Through – May 25th, The Art ofPrintmaking: Selections from the LUAGTeaching Collection: Rembrandt, VanOstade and Kent; features history andculture of printmaking by masters ofetching, engraving, heliogravure,lilthography and woodcut engraving from17th-20th centuries.

Exhibit Info: Zoellner Arts Center MainGallery, Through – May 25th: Girls onFilm: 40 Years of Women in Rock;photography by Anastasia Pantsios;photos of rock’s talented women atconcert venues of the ‘70s and ‘80s.

Exhibit Info: Zoellner lower gallery: cont.through Fall 2012: That was Then, Thisis Now. Selections from the LUAGTeaching Collection, mixed media.

Through May 25: William O'Brien, Jr.:Totems, Silhouettes and IconographicPluralism. Proto-architectural models byvisiting artist. Also, Patti Smith, 1969-1976, Photographs by Judy Linn.Black & white intimate images of Smith inthe grainy atmosphere of a bygone NewYork. DuBois Gallery, Maginnes Hall.

…PHILADELPHIA..…CENTER CITY…. NTY…CENTER FOR EMERGING VISUALARTISTS -237 S 18th Street, The Barclay, 3rd Fl.,Phila. PA 19103 p: 215-546-7775 fx: 215-

546-7802 Hrs: Mon-Fri 11am-5pm and byappointment. www.cfeva.orgExhibit info: Through March 17, 2012.Title and Artists: A CircumstanialAssembly: A Fiber Philadelphia Exhibitionof CFEVA’s Career Development ProgramFellows and Alumni - Mark Khaisman, JillBell, Susan Benarcik, Jed Morfit, Ana B.Hernandez, Daniel Kornrumpf, and BinodShrestha. Location: Moore College of Art,Levy Gallery, 20th Street and BenjaminFranklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103.Exhibit info: March 2 – March 23, Threadof Thought, A Fiber Philadelphia Exhibitionof CFEVA’s Career Development ProgramAlumni Leslie Atik and Tara O’Brien.Curated by Amie Potsic. Artist Talks &Reception: Thursday, March 8th, 5 – 7pm.Loc: Center for Emerging Visual Artists237 S. 18th Street, The Barclay, 3rd Floor,Philadelphia, PA 19103. Hrs: Mon-Friday,11am-5pm and by appointment.

PENNSYLVANIAACADEMY OF

FINE ARTS118-128 N. Broad Street

215-972-7600www.pafa.org

Tues-Sat 10am-5pm,Sun 11am-5pm

Closed Mon & legal holidaysExhibits:

Henry Ossawa Tanner: Modern Spirit:through April 15, 2012After Henry Tanner: African AmericanArtists since 1940: through April 15;Alumni Sales Gallery: Moe Brooker:The Evidence of Things Not Seen:February 10 – April 15, 2012Hennessy Youngman & NathanielSnerpus Present: The Grand Manner– through February 5, 2012Bill Viola: Ocean Without a Shore:OngoingGeorge Tooker's Highway: ongoingAdamerican Art Starts Here: PAFARefreshed, Reloaded: ongoing

PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION –The Community Art Gallery1234 Market St., Suite 1800, Phila. PA p:215-563-6417. Hrs: Mon-Fri 9am-5pmwww.philafound.orgExhibit info: Through April 25; ArtWell: TenYears of Poetry, Art and PossibilityA Retrospective Featuring Work FromArtwell’s Youth and Visionary Artists. Theshow features early community muralprojects, poetry, visual art, and recentmultimedia created by ArtWell’s youngpeople and visionary artists.

PHILADELPHIASKETCH CLUB

235 S. Camac St. between 12th &13th,Locust & Spruce Sts.

Mon., Wed., Fri - Sun 1 - 5pmwww.sketchclub.org

215-545-9298Where artists grow.

March 2 to March 17CITY MEETS COUNTRY

Collaboration betweenMembers of the PhiladelphiaSketch Club and Willingboro

Art AllianceReception:

Sunday, Mach 4, 2-4pm.

March 1 –March 31Works by Piety Choi

April 6 – April 21, 2012149th ANNUAL SMALL OILS

JURIED EXHIBITIONReception:

Sunday, April 15, 2-4pm.See Call for entries Ad.

Visit above website forlife, clothed model and print

workshop schedules.

…CHESTNUT HILL COUNNICHOLS BERG GALLERY8611 Germantown Ave., Phila. PA 19118p: 206-380-4070 Gallery Hrs: Wed 10am-3pm, Thurs –Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 12pm-4pm. www.nicholsberggallery.comStitch Witchery, March 1 – 31, 2012.Reception: Saturday March 3rd from 6-9pm. Artists Talk and Demo SaturdayMarch 17th from 2-4pm

In conjunction with FiberPhiladelphia2012, Nichols Berg is pleased toannounce its March exhibition featuringthe work of Marie Elcin, Melissa MaddonniHaims, Rachel Udell and the late MaggieBrosnan. This exhibit, curated by Ms.Haims, celebrates the bonds betweenwomen and fiber arts; both traditional andnon-traditional. Brosnan, an artist fromCalifornia, who passed away in the mid1990’s, worked on the outskirts of thesocietal norm during her art-making period(from the 1960’s until her death in 1994)dyeing her own wool and spinning her ownyarns to create fantastical capes andcreations, such as a singular, knitted, righthand glove.Elcin, Haims and Udell are all Philadelphiabased fiber artists who embrace thematernal aspects of fiber arts in theme,material and technique. Embroidery, softsculpture and non-traditional textiles willbe highlighted in this show.Additionally, in the gallery’s mezzanine,there will be a collection of weavings byMidwestern artists Pamela Davis, AnitaMonsebroten, and Judy Ness.

WOODMERE ART MUSEUM –

9201 Germantown Ave. Corner ofGermantown Ave. and Bells Mill Rd. p:215-247-0476 Hrs: Tues-Thurs 10am-5pm; Fri 10am-8:45pm; Sat 10am-6pm;Sun 10am-5pm Visit website forinformation on exhibits, lectures, events &classes:www.woodmereartmuseum.orgWoodmere Art Museum celebratesPhiladelphia’s artistic legacy through itscollections, exhibitions and educationalinitiatives.Fridays through March 16: Friday NightJazz. 6:00-8:00pm. Jazz Headz:Philadelphia's Contribution to Jazz feat.Duane Eubanks, Odean Pope, WebbThomas, Monnette Sudler, Rich Budesa,and Warren Oree (Mar 2); Bossa NovaMeets Jazz: The Stan Getz Legacy feat.Victor North (Mar 9); Cabaret Night feat.Jill Salkin (Mar 16).Friday Night Family Happenings in March:Family art events for children and adults,6:00-7:00pm. Puppets on Parade (Mar 2),Fancy Hats and Helmets (Mar 9), andStory Time in the Parlor (Mar 16).Sundays through March 18: ClassicSundays: Opera, Choral, and Classical.3:00-4:30pm. Chopin, Debussy, Gade andLiszt: Marja Kaisla (Mar 4); Celtic Tunesand Dances: Ellen Tepper and Terry Kaneas The Jameson Sisters (Mar 11); AnAfternoon with the Mendelssohns: KarlMiddleman (Mar 18).Through April 22, 2012: Elaine Kurtz: ARetrospective. Elaine Kurtz's works fromthe 1970s are geometric abstractions thatexplore perception, optical effects, and theillusions of color. Loaded with layers ofpaint, sand, mud, pulverized mica andquartz, Kurtz's works shimmer andpossess an intense physicality. Openhouse: Saturday, February 25, 1:00-4:00p.m.Through April 22, 2012: Elemental:Nature as Language in the Works ofPhiladelphia Artists. Elemental bringstogether works by Philadelphia artists forwhom nature is an inspiration. Elegant,minimal, controlled, the works of art in theexhibition offer a variety of potentevocations of the natural world. Openhouse: Saturday, February 25, 1:00-4:00p.m.Ongoing: Selections from the CharlesKnox Smith Collection.

…MANAYUNK COUNTYMANAYUNK –ROXBOROUGHART CENTER -419 Green Lane(rear), between Mitchell &Pechin Sts., Phila PA, 19128 BeginningPainting and Children’s Classes. For info:215-482-3363; hrs: Sat & Sun 10am-4pmhttp://www.manayunkartcenter.orgAdmission is free –donations encouraged.Exhibit info: Through March 25, thephotography and paintings of Ronald W.Howard and the landscape paintings andthree-dimensional works of FrancescoSessa will be featured in a show titled,“Inaugural Exhibits” along with newartwork in various qstyles and media by

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_March 2012 Listings_____________________________________members of the Manayunk Artists’ Co-Op.Opening reception: Sunday March 4,2012, Noon to 3:00 PM.

The public is invited to meet the artistsand partake of light refreshments.Admission is free, donations encouraged.

… OLD CITY…. COUNTY.THE MUSE GALLERY –52 N. 2nd Street, Phila., PA 19106 p: 215-627-5310 Hrs: Wed-Sun, noon-5pmwww.musegalleryphiladelphia.comExhibit info: During March, 2012 MuseGallery will feature RHYTHM, an exhibit ofblown and hot worked glass with silkorganza by Sara Horne.Sculptures, installations and wall piecesinspired by the concept of rhythm in natureand visual arts

Opening Reception: First Friday, March2nd, 5-8 pm Artist’s reception: Sunday,March 11th, 1-4 pm.

THIRD STREET GALLERY –

58 N. 2nd Street p: 215-625-0933 Hrs:Wed-Sun, noon-5pmwww.3rdstreetgallery.comExhibit info: Viewpoints, Associate artists’two and three-dimensional mixed mediawork. Through April 1; first Fridayreception March 2, 5-9pm. Artistsreception Sunday, March 11, 1-3pm.

UNIVERSITY CITY …..ARTHUR ROSS GALLERY –University of Pennsylvania220 S. 34th Street, p: 215-898-2083 fx:215-573-2045 Tues-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat &Sun noon-5pm www.upenn.edu/ARGExhibit info: In Material: Fiber 2012.Features four artists who bring inoovationto the field of fiber art: Lucy Arai, SonyaClark, Mi-Kyoung Lee and Cynthia Schira;Through March 25th.RELATED EVENT: Saturday, March 3(10:30 AM) | Gallery Talk with artists LucyArai and Mi-Kyoung Lee in conjunctionwith the Fiber Philadelphia 2012 openingweekend.

INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARYART – University of Pennsylvania

118 S. 36th Street(at Sansom) 215-898-5911 Hrs: Wed-Fri, noon-8pm, Sat & Sun11am-5pm www.icaphila.orgExhibit Info: Through March 4th – LivingDocument / Naked Reality; Towards anArchival Cinema; through March 11th –Jennifer Bolande Landmarks. ThroughMarch 4, Open Video Call. First AmongEquals, March 14-Augest 12.

_ SOUTH PHILADELPHIA.AMERICAN SWEDISHHISTORICAL MUSEUM1900 Pattison Ave, Philadelphia, PA19145. P: 215-389-1776. Fax: 215-389-7701. www.americanswedish.comExhibit info: Forged Sculpture of theSteneby Collection, Featuring the workof Albert PaleyOpening March 11th, 2012 at 4pmOn view March 11th thru June 24th, 2012This exhibit features metal work bySwedish-American sculptor, Albert Paley.A native of Philadelphia and a graduate ofTemple University’s Tyler School of Art,Paley is a long-standing internationalleader in the metal/sculptor arena wherehe is recognized for developingblacksmithing into the context of public artand site-specific commissions. One of hislarge steel creations, Synergy (1987), islocated right here in Philadelphia at 18thand Spring Garden Streets.This exciting exhibition opportunity is theresult of collaboration between theSteneby School of Art and Design in DalsLånged, Sweden, the Röhsska Museum ofFashion, Design and Decorative Arts inGothenburg, Sweden and the AmericanSwedish Historical Museum. In the fall of2011, Steneby invited Paley to be anartist-in-residence, working alongsidestudents experimenting with the endlesspossibilities of forging metal. For twointense weeks of working, experimenting,teaching and toiling, Paley brought hisblacksmithing tradition to a whole newlevel. The result is 12 stunning sculptures,each one different in size, shape, form,and texture, and yet they are united bytheir material and by the vision and talentof their manipulator.Please join us as we unveil theseremarkable works, along with apresentation by the artist himself. Theopening on March 11th begins at 4pm andwill include refreshments. Free withmuseum admission. Visit our websiteamericanswedish.org or call (215) 389-1776 for more information.The American Swedish Historical Museumis located in scenic FDR Park at 1900Pattison Avenue in South Philadelphianear the Sports Complex. Plenty of freeparking is available. For those takingpublic transportation, the Broad StreetSubway’s AT&T/Pattison Avenue stop iswithin walking distance or SEPTA’s Route17 (Naval Base) can bring you right to theMuseum.

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Or Email:[email protected]

Openings thatmatterThursday, March 1

Chester Co. Art Association, 5-8pm, West Chester, PASt Joseph’s University Gallery, 6-8pm, Main Line, PA

First Friday, March 2Blue Streak Gallery, 5-8pm, Wilmington, DEThe Great Frame Up, 5-8pm, Wayne, PA

Goggleworks, Cohen & Schmidt Galleries, 530-730pm, Reading, PAMarkeim Art Center, 630-830pm, Haddenfield, NJPhoenix Village Art Center, 69pm, Phoenixville, PA

Sweet Mabel Folk Art, 6-9pm, Narberth, PAMuse Gallery, 5-8pm, Phila., PA

The Great Frame Up, 5-8pm, Wayne, PAThird Street Gallery, 5-9pm, Phila., PA

Saturday, March 3Darlington Arts Center, 3-5pm, Boothwyn, PA

Nichols Berg Gallery, 6-9pm, Phila, PA

Sunday, March 4Richard Stockton College of NJ, 1-3pm, Galloway, NJ

Orchard Artworks, 1-4pm, Bryn Athyn, PAPhiladelphia Sketch Club, 2-4pm, Phila., PA

Wednesday, March 7Episcopal Academy, 530-7pm, Newtown Square, PA

Thursday, March 8Long Beach Island Foundation, 6-8pm, Loveladies, NJCenter for the Arts in Southern NJ, 7-9pm, Marlton, NJCenter for Emerging Visual Artists, 5-7pm, Phila., PA

Friday, March 9Wayne Art Center, 4-7pm, Wayne, PA

Ocean City Arts Center, 7-830pm, Ocean City, NJ

Sunday, March 11American Swedish Historical Museum, 4pm, Phila., PA

Muse Gallery, 1-4pm, Phila., PAThird Street Gallery, 1-3pm, Phila., PA

Thursday, March 15Lawrence Gallery, Rosemont College, 4-630pm, Rosemont, PA

Friday, March 16Clay College Ceramic Arts Studio, 6-9pm, Millville, NJ

Saturday, March 17Main Line Art Center, 1-3pm, Haverford, PA

Sunday, March 25Community Arts Center Galleries, 2-4pm, Wallingford, PA

Friday, March 30Meadowood Retirement Community, 6-8pm, Worcester, PA

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