Audrey Flacks Queen is one of the provocative works on view in the exhibition DoubleTake: Series, Multiples and Prints,

at the Arthur Ross Gallery through Jan. 15, 2012.

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gallery happenings

The next Nichols Berg Gallery show which opens on December 2nd, features several local artists as well as new work from our represented artists. In the main level of the gallery is: "Out of Our Hands"; collaborative portraits by Meri Adelman and Laura Pritchard. (The image for the card is titled Birds and the image size is 38" x 24". It is watercolor, gouache, ink, and crayon.) This collaboration friends and artists is unique in that it marries two very distinctive styles and mediums and the result is art that is refreshing and evocative. In the mezzanine we will welcome back top of the hill artists, Melissa Lomax and Christian Patchell who are known for their intricate and distinctive styles of drawing and painting. The gallery will also be featuring Christian's book created from his sketchbook; "I Put the Can in Cancer, a journey through pictures" Throughout the gallery we will have on

display, the playful and innovative assemblage sculptures of Eric Schultz who creates charming and incredible robotic art pieces from found objects. Eric is known for his Herbula Love Bug sculpture, fashioned from an old VW Beetle for the Garden State Discovery Museum in Cherry Hill, NJ. Artists reception is Friday, December 2nd from 69pm. Show runs until December 31st. December Workshops: Children's Christmas Craft Workshop on Saturday, Dec 10th 9am-12pm This workshop is for all ages. Manuscript Illumination Workshop Sunday, December 11th, 9am-5pm. Instructor: Clarissa Shanahan Schirmer Visit our website for more information on these and other events and workshops.

Nichols Berg Gallery 8611 Germantown Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19118 206-380-4070 www.nicholsbergart.com

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December 2011 Page 3 building has varied size panes from the first floor to the fifth; where the original had a portico, the Venturi version exhibits a contemporary covered entrance. And to enhance the exterior wall, the Venturi version shows a V-shaped protrusion over the entrance. Lenfest Hall will provide practice, rehearsal and teaching space for students and teachers, as well as a dining hall and a place for parties. In addition, there will be technical facilities for the students to record and listen to their work. In addition, there will be video equipment. Double walls and barrier ceilings will facilitate sound reproduction. Thick window assemblies will also help sound transfer between music spaces. Regarding the fact that the five-story residential tower for students is set back so that it will not dominate the view from St. Marks Church across the street, there have been expressions of appreciation. The building design honors the historic streetscape, yet successfully incorporates every modern programmatic element the school has long desired, Elizabeth Warshawer, executive vice president of the Curtis Institute, said. She added, The architects understood the need for the building to be a home for learning, practicing, inventing, collaborating, recording and relaxing and designed not just a building, but space to house a vibrant musical community. This is a monthly column about architecture, city planning and design. Comments and questions would be welcome. Diane Fiske can be contacted at dfiske_19118@yahoo.com.

New growth at the Curtis

Artists conceptions of the exterior (left) and interior (above) of the Curtis Institute of Musics new Lenfest Hall.

Philadelphia architects. The original two architects are transferring their he renowned Curtis highly regarded firm to two Institute of Music at young partners, Daniel 17th and Locust has always been at the center of McCoubrey and Nancy Trainer. This fall, the new building opened with an entrance away from the stone majesty of the original Curtis Center. The result is a reminder that the Curtis Institute is a living, breathing institution of learning and change. As such, an addiArtists renderings by VSBA tion would have to be contemporary. It would have to recognize the fact tasteful Philadelphias that students, not history architecture. When it was constructed in the mid-19th buffs, will use the addition and prepare for their life as century, its heavy stone artists in the world of serisent out messages of ous music. strength and beauty in a Regarding the addition, mixture of historic styles it is praiseworthy that the from Jacobean to Regency. designers 119-foot-tall Its mission has always high-rise does not dominate been to prepare the top the low-rise, townhouse contenders for positions playing their instruments in block by being placed back on its site after the fourth orchestras and concerts floor. throughout the world. Named Lenfest Hall These music students, who after the famed benefactor travel to Philadelphia from of many of the arts prohomes around the globe, grams in Philadelphia, the also need dormitories, new building is a generous study facilities and dining 105,000-square-foot glassy facilities, as well as presstructure with whimsical tige. slanted patterns of walls It is these more munand a wonderful lightdane needs that had to be filled when the well-known filled, glass-roofed practice and respected Venturi Scott area. One could not expect Brown & Associates firm was asked to build an addi- VSBA to design a retro museum as a student space tion to the original that would look back Rittenhouse Square icon. instead of forward. The design is the first But the design incorpomajor project built under rates elements of the origithe brand of Venturi, Scott nal design of the Curtis Brown and Associates that Institute in a 21st century did not include the particitongue-in-cheek manner. pation of Denise Scott Where the original building Brown and Robert Venturi, has paned glass, the Venturi the two best-known

By Diane M. Fiske

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December 2011

Tom Bradys
By Marisa Gillen

om Brady and his wife, Anne, are preparing for an was a jock. I was extended visit to his home in Virginia before the open- interested in hocking of his new gallery show ey, golf, football and girls. in December at the Dalet He continues, I Gallery in Philadelphia. His took an art class in wife, an art teacher, is on a college for an easy well-deserved sabbatical grade. I wasnt at from the Miquon School, all good. and Brady has been workHis instructor, ing for months on his however, turned out newly released book of art to be renowned Tom Brady: A Life in painter and art critPaint. It has been a time ic Fairfield Porte, of hard work but great who believed that accomplishment for this Brady had a talent thoughtful man. He is a to nurture and serious painter who has devoted his entire adult life offered great encouragement. to the pursuit of his craft, and his work hangs in both After a year of field study in art school in private and corporate colEngland learning to paint lections. figures, Brady returned for Beginning with college his final year at Amherst. at Amherst, followed by a By this time, art had masters degree from Tyler become not only a passion School of Art, but a vocaand postgradtion. After a uate studies in brief period New York and Tom Brady: studying in A Life in Paint Europe, it has New York, he runs at the Dalet Gallery, been many 141 N. 2nd St., married Anne decades since Philadelphia, PA 19106, Dowd, his Brady has Dec. 2 - Jan. 14, 2012. college sweetever considInfo: 215-923-2424 or heart. They ered a life for www.daletart.com. moved to himself other Plymouth, than as an Mass., where his wife artist. taught and Brady continued He recalls, I never to paint, sell his art and intended to paint. During work part-time as a baker high school and college I for Dunkin Donuts. He

large color palette

Left, is artist Tom Brady. Above, is one of his most striking works, titled The Acme Ladies.

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spent periods of the day painting black-and-white line drawings of the people and places around him. He used these drawings as the basis for his oil paintings. In 1978, their first child was born with a rare neuromuscular disorder called spinal muscular atrophy, which required ongoing medical treatment and the use of a wheelchair. Brady spares no time for expressions of sympathy or for self-pity. He only acknowledges, It became a different life than we had envisioned for ourselves. It was not necessarily hard, just challenging.

His wife went on to complete a masters program at Rhode Island School of Design, entailing a family move to Providence, but Brady never stopped painting. He developed a routine that took him on long walks through his neighborhood. He created dozens of oil pastels of everyday people living their lives and places that he found interesting. In the cooler weather he would go through the drawings, choosing the ones he wanted to paint in oil. Painting so many
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December 2011 Page 5 liant homage to Lucille Ball. Peter Graeffe comments on Bradys work: It is impossible not to be delighted by Bradys painstaking technique and the dazzling image which radiates from his swirling gobs of color. Brady uses a large color palette at least 50 colors of paint are painstakingly mixed in tuna cans on painting day, at the ready for Brady to attack a masonite board with his brushes. He applies it in thick viscous paint strokes with dozens of brushes. In his book he describes his painting process this way: I use thick gooey paint, mix colors into colors, create the image and emotion through the paint and find the final image in the process of making it. His bold strokes create movement within the painting that brings each work of art to life. Though he paints smaller paintings as well as large ones, he finds a freedom in painting big canvases. I paint in large strokes, and its harder to complete a thought in a small space. Whether he uses a large or small canvas, the process remains the same. The paintings are started and finished all in a day. The pastel studies are detailed preparation for what will eventually appear as the painting evolves. There is a point where the original pastel acts as merely a reference point and what emerges is a wholly new, gloriously rendered painting.

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sketches and then setting them aside for a time was a great way to help me gain objectivity. Artists love everything they do, but I couldnt afford to paint everything I created. This made me really decide which of my sketches were better than others. In the 80s, Brady and his family moved to Philadelphia so that he could obtain an MFA from Tyler School of Art. During that period, he and Anne had two more children, a son and a daughter; his son was also born with the same genetic disease as his oldest sister. Life revolved around family, nurses, work and art. Brady continued to paint and sell art, but like most artists, he supported himself through a series of part-time jobs. He again went to work as a baker and later as a truck driver

for the Philadelphia Inquirer. It was an enormously busy life encompassing family, art and work. It is a testament to the closeness and fortitude of this family that all of the Brady children have now graduated from college. Through his part-time work, Bradys artistic vision began to reflect the images of a life outside the neighborhoods that he typically painted and expanded to include the grittier visions of lives and places in Philadelphia. Though Bradys images ideally evoke deep feelings in the viewer, they are never rendered in an overtly emotional style and certainly his intent is not to force the viewer to feel one way or another. Rather, he creates paintings that are both subtle and honest. He captures figures deep in their own thought by opening little windows for the

viewer to peek in. Bradys paintings seem to capture the essence of the emotion his subjects are feeling at the moment he paints them. Sometimes that emotion is caught in a simple curve of a spine against a wellused chair, as in the painting Uncle Ed, and sometimes it is the expression on a face, reduced to its most simplistic forms that stops the viewer in his tracks. Yet there is always a sense of wonderful familiarity in the soft curves on the fender of a truck, or telephone wires drooping across a rundown street. In an oil titled The Acme Ladies, owned by Peter and Estella Graeffe, Brady paints two elderly women sitting on a wooden bench waiting for a ride. One wears large opaque black sunglasses, suggestive of a recent trip to an eye doctor, the others bright orange hair a bril-

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DoubleTake: Riches for the Eyes

enerally speaking, original artworks exist in one of two forms. The first and probably most familiar type is the oneof-a-kind, unique object. An oil painting on canvas is an example of this category. The second type, called multiples, consists of many impressions that echo the visual arrangement in a master format. An edition of etchings, taken from an inked metal plate, provides an example of this latter variety. In either case, the decision to acquire one type or the other is entirely up to the judgment of the individual art patron. So far as price is concerned, unique works frequently cost much more than multiples. However, multiples represent an opportunity for dealers and collectors to secure fine acquisitions they might otherwise not be able to afford. Thus, the democratic ideal of placing qualitative selections in the hands of a wide audience becomes more and more of a practical possibility, thanks to the quantitative basis implicit in the nature of multiples. Currently, celebrating the concept of aesthetic multiplicity, the Arthur Ross Gallery in the Furness Library Building at 34th Street and Locust Walk, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania, is

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EXHIBITIONS

By Burton Wasserman

offering an excellent show titled DoubleTake: Series, Multiples and Prints. It is scheduled to remain on public view until Jan. 15, 2012. The practice of making two-dimensional multiple artworks in the Western world had its origins when woodcuts were printed from handcarved wooden blocks during the period of the Renaissance. Their surfaces were coated with ink and paper was pressed

Above is Robert Rauschenbergs Goat Chow. At left is William Hogarths The Rakes Progress.

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Royal Flush by Audrey Flack

to them. When the paper was peeled away from the sensitivity, extraordinary finesse and sheer strength of block, the layer of ink, offset onto the paper, became a humanistic expression Drer brought to the practice of printed image. In time, various other techniques were his craft. developed and used for creating editions of printed From 18th century England, there are two selections images. The making of multiples in 3D, for example, by from The Rakes Progress by William Hogarth. As casting sculpture from molds, also underwent considerrichly detailed narrative compositions, they were to the able growth with the passage of the years. life of their time what serious family drama is to presThe installation in the Arthur Ross ent-day television. Gallery features more than 50 drawings, Two original prints by Joseph Pennell DoubleTake: Series, reflect the look and feel of early 20th cenprints, photographs and sculpture. The exhiMultiples and Prints tury architecture in downtown center-city bition focuses on issues of seriality and its will be on display relationship to artistic issues. They take Philadelphia. With considerable precision, at the Arthur Ross Gallery, 220 S. 34th St., shape in works by such highly regarded they provide a slice-of-life, frozen-time Philadelphia, PA 19104, individuals as Josef Albers, Salvador Dali, vision for students of urban geography and Nov. 18 Jan. 15. Henry Moore and Louise Nevelson. civic documentation. Info: 215-898-2083 or www.upenn.edu/ARG/. There is also an especially rewarding The multiples devised by the contempogroup of engravings on view by Albrecht rary artist Audrey Flack call attention to Drer, the eminent 16th century German master. the fascination many people have for playing card Together, they illuminate events from the religious games and to middle-class values that are pertinent to series The Passion of Christ. Few artists in the entire the role of women in American society. Her designs history of Western art can compare with the incredible titled Royal Flush and Queen are exceptionally

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slick and colorful pictures, rather like the advertising illustrations one sees in many of todays popular periodical publications. Robert Rauschenbergs screenprinted collages focus on the shape and design of animal food packages from the 1970s. As examples of the pop-art style, they are reminiscent of artworks by Andy Warhol and also some of the early abstract accomplishments based on letter-forms and flat patterns found in post-cubist compositions by Stuart Davis. The concept of multiplicity for making art objects has an interesting parallel in the contemporary industrial practice of assembly-line manufacture in the fields of airplane and automobile production as well as the mass processing of foods, beverages and pharmaceutical chemicals. Another parallel that comes to mind is the invention of the camera and various types of film that made it possible to prepare a matrix (the photo negative) from which countless positive prints, if desired, could be made and distributed. The many different examples included in the show bear the touch of remarkably creative men and women. Endowed with rare gifts of artistic invention and personal powers of individual expression, their ability to transform perceptions observed into unusual artworks with a life of their own is a precious blessing. Its significance for the rest of us consists of a potential for enriching everyone who comes to see what they have to offer. Working with passion drawn from the center of their resources, the artists represented in the exhibition join each other in a bold romp through many centuries. Together, they lend coherence and continuity to opportunities for thoughtful insight and profound self-renewal.

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December 2011 Listings

DELAWARE
NEW CASTLE COUNTY
THE BLUE STREAK GALLERY 1721 Delaware Ave. Wilmington DE, 19806 p: 302-429-0506. Extended Holiday Hours: Mon-Fri. 10am-6pm; Sat 10am-5pm; Sun noon-4pm. Email: Bluestreakgallery@gmail.com Exhibit Info: Through Jan 7, 2012 Two Exhibitions: ANNUAL HOLIDAY JEWELRY SHOW, featuring Sasha Lickle, Pam Levin, and Maxine Rosenthal A DRAWING SHOW KRISTINA: featuring Lisa Bartolozzi, Kory Berrett, Mark Bockrath, Yolanda Chetwynd, J. Richie Garrison, Kristina Marie Elllura Goverts, Katrina Greene, Clair Haik, Grace Isabel, Daniel Jackson, Maureen Kamerick, Emelie Keim, Claire Kincade, Kurt Knobelsdorf, Meinrad Leckie, Geraldine McKeown, Cynthia McGrellis, Pal Metrinko, E.M. Saniga, Bill Shimek, Steve Tanis, and Greg Watson. Opening reception, Dec 2nd 5pm-8pm Refreshments served DELAWARE ART MUSEUM 2301 Kentmere Pkwy., Wilmington, DE 19806 p: 302-571-9590. Wed-Sat 10am4pm, Sun 12pm-4pm. Free admission Sundays. www.delart.org Exhibit Info: Through Jan 8, 2012: Anne Trutt Luminosities. Drawn from the Museums permanent collection, this exhibit features sculpture and works on paper by Anne Truitt. Through Mar 4th, 2012: Howard Pyle American Master Rediscovered. In celebration of the centenary of the death of the American artist and illustrator, Howard Pyle, the Delaware Art Museum presents a comprehensive retrospective exhibition. Through Jan 8th, 2012: . This exhibit presents various works by members of the Studio Group, Inc., and association of artists founded in Wilmington in 1935.

CAMDEN COUNTY
CAMDEN COUNTY COLLEGE ART GALLERY 200 College Drive, Blackwood, NJ Gallery hrs: Tues & Thurs 10am-1pm & Wed. 4pm-7pm, or by appointment. Email: artgallery@camdencc.edu Exhibit Info: Marlin Gallery, Lincoln Hall, Blackwood Campus (adjacent to the theatre): Through Dec 16th Visual Arts Faculty Show MARKEIM ART CENTER 104 Walnut Street, Haddoneld, NJ 08033 p: 856-429-8585 Markeim@verizon.net www.markeimartscenter.org Call or email us for info on classes, exhibits & performances. Exhibit Info: Through Dec 3rd, Juried Exhibition New Works on Paper Dec 14th: County Reections Exhibition. Beginning with a Reception, as part of the National PTA Arts Program, to present student work from schools in Camden County. Dec 15th-Jan 1st: Deck the Walls Selections of Work from Local Artists

108 High Street, Millville, NJ 08332 phone: 856-765-0988 jsandro@cccnj.edu www.cccnj.edu/claycollege/ Exhibit Info: Student Show Reception: Dec 16, 6-9 pm Classes: Pottery Wheel Workshop, Dec. 2, Friday, 6-8 pm, $25 Polymer Clay Jewelry Workshop, Dec. 3, Saturday 2-4 pm, $20 Third Friday: December 16: Browse the Millville Arts District WHEATON ARTS & CULTURAL CENTER 1501 Glasstown Rd., Millville, NJ 08332 p: 800-998-4554 Open Tues-Sun 10am-5pm. www.wheatonarts.org Exhibit Info: Through December 31, 2011 in the Museum of American Glass: New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music. Exhibit tells the story of a nation through the music of its people. The exhibit is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and the New Jersey Council for the Humanities. Through December 24, 2011 in The Gallery of Fine Craft: The Handcrafted Gift: Annual Holiday Exhibition. The show features a variety of unique, handcrafted items just in time for the gift giving season. Explore the variety of handcrafted whimsical and functional items in metal, glass, ceramics and wood.

The LBIF encourages both emerging artists as well as those with established reputations to participate in the Small Works Exhibition. The purpose of the exhibition is to showcase small works that reect personal vision. Looking for a holiday gift? This is the perfect show!

Opening Reception, Freedman Gallery, Thurs., Dec 1st, 5pm-6:30pm Mondays, 4pm, Afterschool Art Program, $5 per child Sat, Jan 7th, 10:30am-Noon, Art Market for families and Kids, $5 per child READING PUBLIC MUSEUM 500 Museum Rd., Reading, PA p: 610-3715850 fx: 610-375-5632 Wed, Thurs, Sat 11am5pm; Fri 11am-8pm; Sun noon-5pm www. readingpublicmuseum.org Exhibit Info: Through January 22, 2012 Andrew Orth: Directing Hollywood This photo exhibition is a collection of more than twenty internationally renowned television, photography and lm directors taken over the last 15 years. Includes: Steven Zaillian (Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Schindlers List), Darren Aronofsky (Black Swan, The Fighter), John Dahl (Shameless, Californication) and others. September 24, 2011 January 29, 2012 American Impressionism: The Lure of the Artists Colony Features, for the rst time, one of The Museums greatest strengths from its permanent collectio. Includes 75 oil paintings and nearly 30 works on paper dating from the 1880s through the 1940s. Artists include William Merritt Chase, Childe Hassam, Ernest Lawson, Julian Alden Weir, John Twachtman, Chauncey Ryder, Frank W. Benson, William Paxton, Abbott Thayer, Guy Wiggins, Charles Webster Hawthorne, Colin Campbell Cooper, Daniel Garber and Edward Redeld, among others.

MERCER COUNTY
EDUCATIONAL TESTING SERVICE 660 Rosedale Rd., Princeton, NJ, All exhibits are Free to the public. Hrs: Mon-Fri 9am-4pm p: 609-921-9000 Exhibit Info: Brodsky Gallery, Chauncey Conference Center Mixed Media with Pastel through Dec. 16th. Lounge B Gallery, Conant Hall call for information

CPENNSYLVANIA
BERKS COUNTY

CAPE MAY COUNTY

OCEAN CITY ARTS CENTER 1735 Simpson Ave. Ocean City, NJ p: 609-399-7628 fx: 609-399-6145 MonFri 9am-9pm, Sat 9am-3pm www.oceancitryartscenter.org
admiss Free; parking available in adjacent lot.

GoggleWorks Center for the Arts

201 Washington St. Reading, PA 19601 610.374.4600 Hrs: Mon-Sat 9am-9pm, Sun 11am-7pm. First Thurs 5pm-8pm. Second Sun 11am-4pm www.goggleworks.org email: pr@goggleworks.org Cohen Gallery GoggleWorks 7th Annual Artist Exhibition Through Dec. 31, 2011 Opening Reception: Fri, December 2, 5:30-7:30pm Schmidt Gallery Berks Photographic Society December 2 28, 2011 The Berks Photographic Society Members work in the mediums of slide, print, color, black and white and digital photography. VIST Financial Gallery The Willson History Project This permanent exhibit at the GoggleWorks showcases the 130-year history of Willson Goggles.

GLOUCESTER COUNTY
GLOUCESTER COUNTY COLLEGE ART GALLERY 1400 Tanyard Rd, Sewell, p: 856415-2236 Mon-Fri 8am-10pm, Sat 8am-3pm www.gccnj.edu Exhibit Info: Annual Gloucester County College Student Art Exhibit, featuring Drawings, paintings, photgraphs, pottery, digital art. Opening Reception: Wed., Dec 7th, 11:30am-1:30pm Live Entertainment Show runs through January 18, 2012

Exhibit Info: Dec 2nd School Art Program (2nd grade to High School): With Love For Our Children, featuring works from local schools. Artists Reception Fri., Dec 2nd, 7pm-8:30pm
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BUCKS COUNTY
DOYLESTOWN ART LEAGUE www.doylestownartleague.com p: 215-348-2166 fx: 215-2301799 Membership: 215-997-9573 Classes: 215-257-7190 DALs covered dish HOLIDAY DINNER will be held on December 1st, at the James Lorah house in Doylestown. Doors will open at 5:30pm for people to set up the tables. dinner will be promptly at 7;00pm. JAMES A. MICHENER ART MUSEUM 138 S. Pine Street, Doylestown, PA p: 215340-9800 Hrs: Tues-Fri 10am-4:30pm, Sat 10am-5pm, Sun. noon-5pm www.michenerartmuseum.org Exhibit Info: The Painterly Voice: Bucks Countys Fertile Ground, Through April 1, 2012, brings together more than 200 of Bucks Countys nest works. Paintings by Daniel Garber, Edward Redeld, Fern Coppedge, Robert Spencer and other Bucks County painters. Spotlight gallery talk, Daniel Garbers The Wooded Watershed by Dana Applestein Garber, artist and granddaughter of Daniel Garber, and Brian H. Peterson, Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest

William Ris Gallery

9400 2nd Ave,. Stone Harbor, NJ p: 609-368-6361 wrgsh@comcast.net www.williamris.com Celebrating our Fortieth Holiday Season! Something for everyone...... Fine American craft including: pottery - functional, fanciful, fun judaica - traditional, colorful jewelry - unique, one of a kind wearable art - silky, woolly, warm hand drums , bongos, wooden and rhyhmic Always the nest of ne original art

NEW JERSEY
BURLINGT0N COUNTY
CENTER FOR THE ARTS IN SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY 123 South Elmwood Rd. Marlton, NJ 08053 Mon-Fri 10am-3pm Wed 7-9pm p: 856-985-1009 Fx: 856-985-7555 www.cfasnj.com Exhibit Info: Fins, Feathers, and Fur Exhibition. Dec 5th-19th, 2011. Reception: Thurs, Dec 8th, 7pm 9pm.

OCEAN COUNTY
LONG BEACH ISLAND FOUNDATION OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES 120 Long Beach Blvd., Loveladies, NJ p: 609-494-1241 Hrs: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, SatSun, 9am-3pm, www.lbifoundation.org Exhibit Info: The Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and SciencesAnnual Small Works Exhibition; Through- December 19

CUMBERLAND COUNTY
CLAY COLLEGE CERAMIC ARTS STUDIO - Cumberland Co. College

FREEDMAN GALLERY Albright College 13th & Bern Streets, Reading, PA p: 610-921-7541 fx; 610-921-7768 Hours: Tues 12-8pm, Wed-Fri 12-6pm, Sat & Sun 12-4pm www.albright.edu/freedman Exhibit Info:Dec 1st-Jan 8th, 2012: Richard Hamwi: Journey: Solo Exhibition of Dr. Hamwis work. Thurs, Dec 1st, 4pm-5pm, Panel Discussion, Klein Hall

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December 2011 Listings

Chief Curator Friday, December 2, 1 to 2 pm Fee: $10 per member/$20 per non-member, includes Museum admission. Registration limited; advance registration required Fred Beans Gallery Through Dec. 31st. Quilt Art: International Expressions Exhibit Info: Winter Adult Classes: Painting, drawing, ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, mixed media, printmaking, photography, music, and yoga. Register online at www.communityartscenter.org or call ofce for information: 610-566-1713. Duke Gallery: December 1st- Abstract Studio; BEAdazzle Gallery Wall Small Works of the Artist of 2011, Dec.1 Lounge Gallery John Benigno & Carol Seymour Exhibit December 12 through February 28 Regular ofce & gallery hours Special Events The Best Holiday Sale Ever Duke Gallery, December 2 10; Preview: December 2, 6 p.m. 9 p.m. Open daily at 10 a.m., closes weekends at 5 p.m., weekdays at 8 p.m. Special Try Art Workshops Precious Metal Clay for Holiday Gift Workshop Saturday and Sunday, December 4 and 5, 10 a.m. 5 p.m. In the Rose Tree Gardeners Sculpture Garden Through April 2012; Sculptor James Fuhrman transforms the space into a Zen garden. DARLINGTON ARTS CENTER 977 Shavertown Rd., Boothwyn, PA p: 610-358-3632 fx: 610-358-2018 Gallery Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-9pm, Sat 9am-4pm, Clsd Sun info@darlingtonarts.org www.darlingtonarts.org Exhibit Info: Peace of [my] mind by Sarah Paoletti Sarah Paoletti is a senior at West Chester University whose photographic entry in Darlingtons 2011 Intercollegiate Art Competition won her rst place and her rst solo show. t. Meet this talented artist light refreshments at the opening reception:. Saturday, December 3rd, 3-5pm. The art will be on exhibit through Dec 24th. Dec 2 & 9, Teen Mural Painting Workshop; Dec 3 & 10, Self-Portrait in Pastel Workshop; Dec 9, Chris Despo Acoustic Rock Coffee House Concert; Dec 12-Jan 9, Kindergarten Visual Art Experience; Dec 17, Tips for Photographing Your Family Workshop DELAWARE COUNTY COMMUNITY COLLEGE 901 S. Media Line Rd., Media (Media & Newtown Sq.) p: 610-3595014 Hours: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm. www.dccc.edu/gallery Exhibit Info: Through Dec 6th, Foundtions Student Exhibition Artwork created by students in the Foundations classes of the AFA Program. All pieces are juried by selected AFA faculty; an outside juror chooses the award winning pieces. Dec 15-Jan 10, 2012: Photography Student Exhibit. Photograph Student work created in the Fall of 2010 through Fall 2011 in the classes; B/W Photo1, 11, and 111, Digital Negative, Medium and Large Frormat, and Color Digital.

LANCASTER COUNTY
LANCASTER CO. ART ASSOCIATION149 Precision Ave., Strasburg, PA 17579 p: 717-687-7061 Hrs: WedSun 1pm-5pm www.lcaaonline.org All exhibits are Free, open to the public & handicapped accessible. Exhibit Info: Through January 5: Two exhibits: Kate Mylin and Holiday Memories. Kate will be exhibiting her oil paintings, pottery and jewelry in the Steinmetz Gallery while LCAA members will be exhibiting artwork inspired by memories of holidays long past in the Kauffman Gallery. The public is invited. Admission is free. The LCAA will be closed for the holidays from December 24 through January 3. PENNSYLVANIA COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN 204 North Prince Street, Lancaster, PA p: 717-396-7833 Hrs: Mon-Fri 8am-4:30pm, on Saturdays, every First Fri, and during Fall/ Spring Art Walks. All exhibits are Free and open to the public; and the PCA&D Main Gallery is handicapped accessible. www.pcad.edu Exhibit Info: Dec. 1- Jan. 20: Paintings and prints by Kyle Staver. There is a hint of Wallace and Gromit in Stavers slightly rubbery gures and an exuberant freedom to her brushy, line-free forms. Meet the artist reception: Dec. 2 from 5-9 p.m. during First Friday. pcad.edu/maingallery. Dec. 9: Artist talk by Philadelphia painter Deirdre Murphy at 10 a.m. Coming up in 2012: PCA&D, central PAs only professional arts college, celebrates its 30th anniversary. Details at pcad.edu/news.

CHESTER COUNTY
BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUMU.S. Rte. 1 & Creek Rd., Chadds Ford, PA p: 610-388-2700 Hrs: Daily 9:30am-4:30pm www.brandywinemuseum.org Exhibit Info: A Brandywine Christmas Through January 8, 2012. The museum celebrates the season with fabulous holiday displays including an extensive O-gauge model railroad, antique dolls from the collection of Ann Wyeth McCoy, an elaborate Victorian dollhouse, and thousands of whimsical critter ornaments on holiday trees. New this year is a display featuring Ann Wyeth McCoys adult-sized (8 x 10 x 9 ) dollhouse. (Note: The museum is closed Christmas Day. The museum will remain open until 6 p.m. December 26-30.) CHESTER CO. ART ASSOCIATION100 North Bradford Ave. West Chester, PA p: 610-696-5600 fx: 610-918-1327 Hrs: Tues-Sat 9:30am-4pm Free www.chestercountyarts.org Please note the schedule of exhibitions on our website Exhibit Info: West Chester: The 5 Agents: Wu Xing & Asian Elegance: Solo Show by Luo Hong -Through December 16, 2011 Exton Square Studio: Exton Holiday Show: Chester County Artists Holiday Gallery and Shop Hours: Monday Saturday, 10am - 7pm& Sunday 10am 5pm PHOENIX VILLAGE ART CENTER 207 Bridge Street, Phoenixville, PA p: 610983-9430 fx: 610-983-9431 Gallery Hrs: Mon & Sun closed; Tues.-Thurs 10am-6pm; Fri noon-10pm, Sat 10am-10pm phxvillage@verizon.net www. phoenixvillageartcenter.org Exhibit Info: December 2nd through Dec 30th, Juried Craft Show highlighting work by local artisans. Featuring assemblages, ceramics, ber, mosaic, glass, jewelry, paper, photography, sculptuire and wood. Opening reception, Fri Dec 2nd, 6pm-9pm

1st Fridays 10am-8pm, Sat 10am-5pm www.mainlineframing.com Exhibit Info: Our December First Friday Show will feature Small Works and Miniatures. Artists who will be showing include Joan Bromley, John Pompeo, Josephine Winsor, Kate Garchinsky, and Alida Haslett. We will also be featuring our American-made crafts, including Jewelry, Art Glass and Holidays Eggs. Lots of small, affordable artworks will be available to purchase. The opening reception is from 5pm to 8pm on Friday December 2nd, 2011 and will feature refreshments and light fare. The artwork will be shown for the entire month of December. Come meet the artists, enjoy some good conservation, and get some holiday shopping done at the same time. LAWRENCE GALLERY Rosemont College 1400 Montgomery Ave, Rosemont PA 19010 p: 610-527-0341 Mon-Fri 9am-8pm; wknds appt. email: pungent@rosemont.edu www.rosemont.edu Exhibit Info: December 4, 2011 to January 14, 2012 Cross Country on 18 Wheels Senior B.A. show by Regina M. Reppert 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, visit www.mainlineart.org Lots of Free pkg. Exhibit Info: Holiday Fine Craft Sale -Dec. 2-11, Admission Free: Supporting Sponsor: Bank of America Unique, affordable holiday gifts! Sale features an amazing assortment of one-of-akind ne crafts including handmade jewelry, ceramics, glass, wood, fabric and more... all handcrafted by professional artists from the region. Sale Hours: Thurs., Dec. 1, 5-7 pm (Members Early Shopping); Dec. 2: 10 am-9 pm; Dec. 3 & 4: 10 am-5 pm; Dec. 5-8: 10 am-7 pm; Dec. 9-10: 10 am-5 pm; Dec. 11: 10 am-3 pm. Visit www.mainlineart.org for a list of participating artists and images of their work. Play: Toying with Art - Dec. 16-Jan. 11 Opening Reception: December 16, 6-8 pm Its time to have fun at this whimsical exhibition featuring all mediums inspired by toys and play! The Art Center will donate 10% of proceeds from sales to the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation. We are pleased to have Tracy Tumolo, owner of Sweet Mabel, as the exhibition juror. Holiday Family Workshops Throughout December - Register for a family workshop and create works of art and memories with your child this holiday

season. Call 610.525.0272 or visit www.mainlineart.org to register or for more information. Gift Wrapped with heart: Sat., Dec. 3, 1:30-3 pm; Clay Menorah: Sun., Dec. 4 & Dec. 11, 1-3 pm; Funny Family Ornaments: Sat., Dec. 10, 1:30-3 pm; Gingerbread House: Sun., Dec. 11, 10:30 am-12 pm MAIN LINE UNITARIAN CHURCH 816 s. Valley Forge Rd, Devon, PA phone: 484-341-8014 or visit www.MLUC.org for info/directions Hrs: Mon-Fri 9am-4:30pm; Sun 9am-2pm The Public is Welcome! Exhibit Info: Beneath The Surface Deborah Leavy -. Leavys solo show, awarded to her by Artists Equity, will be in the Fireside Gallery at MLUC from December 1 through January 8, 2012. The artists reception on Sunday, December 4 from 2 pm to 4 pm is open to the public. She describes her work as abstract, a translation of what she sees into form, space, color, and movement. Some of her colorful paintings show the inuence of Mark Rothko, but her work is eclectic, and includes paintings collaged with paper and fabric, inspired by contemporary quilts. ST JOSEPHS UNIVERSITY GALLERY Merion Hall, Maguire Campus, 376 N. Latches Lane, Merion Station p: 610-660-1845 Hrs: Mon-Fri 9am7pm, Sat 10am-1pm www.sju.edu/gallery Exhibit Info: India A Light Within Through December 16, 2011 A photographic installation by Charlee Brodsky, with writers Zilka Joseph and Neema Bipin Avashia. Monday - Friday: 9 AM - 7 PM, Saturday: 10 AM - 1 PM Closed for Winter Break, December 17 January 12, 2012. SWEET MABEL FOLK ART 41 N. Narberth Ave., Narberth, PA p: 610-667-3041. Hrs: Tues-Sat 11am6pm, Sun noon-5pm www.sweetmabel.com Feature folk, outsider & found object art & craft from regional and national artists. Exhibit Info: Featuring Brad Litwin, creator of Mechanicards, miniature hand-operated kinetic sculptures, each hand-built in limited edition. Also showing, an exceptional group of artists from the Lower Merion Vocational Training Center with a lively collection of intuitive works. Plus a variety of affordable works from our local community of artists. Join us for live music by Brad Litwin, refreshments and holiday fun.

MAIN LINE
EPISCOPAL ACADEMY Crawford Campus Center Gallery 1785 Bishop White Dr., Newtown Square, p: 484-424-1400 Hrs: Mon-Fri 8:30am-4pm www.episcopalacademy.org Exhibit Info: Through Dec 15th: Never Meant to Last Organizer, Peter Hay Halpert, Episcopal Academy. Assisting Mr. Halpert in selecting artwork are; Peter Barbarie of the Phila Art Museum, Martin McNamara of Gallery 339; Stepen Perloff of the Photo Review; and Sarah Stolfa of the Phila Photographic Arts Center. For more information, call Michael Letts, 484-424-1484. THE GREAT FRAME UP302 West Lancaster Ave. Wayne, PA 19087 p: 610-687-3060 fx: 610-995-2215 Hrs: MonFri 10am-6pm, Wed. 10am-9pm,

DELAWARE COUNTY
COMMUNITY ARTS CENTER 414 Plush Mill Rd., Wallingford, PA : 610566-1713 Mon-Thurs 10am-8pm, Fri 10am3pm, Sat 10am-noon. Closed Sun www.communityartscenter.org

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Wayne Art Center
413 Maplewood Ave, Wayne, PA P: 610-688-3553 F: 610-995-0478 info@wayneart.org www.wayneart.org Davenport Gallery and Ethel Sergeant Clark Smith Gallery: Craft Forms 2011 An International Juried Exhibition of Fine Contemporary Crafts Juried by: Elizabeth Agro, the Nancy M. McNeil Associate Curator of American Modern and Contemporary Crafts and Decorative Arts. Dec 2 Jan 21, 2012 Preview Party: Fri, Dec 1st, 6pm-10pm Call or check website for Ticket information. VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY Connelly Center, 2nd Flr., 800 Lancaster Ave, Villanova p: 610-519-4612 fx: 610-519-6046. Open daily 9am-5pm. Call for weekend and extended hrs., or visit website: www.artgallery.villanova.edu Exhibit Info: Visions Four: Elsa Johnson, Kristine Marx, Diane Pepe and Karen Saler Exhibit continues through December 5th
ABINGTON ART CENTER 515 Meetinghouse Rd., Jenkintown, PA p: 215-887-4882 fx: 215-8875789 Hrs: Wed-Fri 10am-5pm, Thurs to 7pm, Sat & Sun 10am-3pm www.abingtonartcenter.org Exhibit Info: ANNUAL JURIED SHOW Opens December 3rd and ends on January 29, 2012 December 10 Annual Juried Show Party & Award Ceremony 3-5pm. Juror, Lee Stoetzel. The 4pm award ceremony will recognize outstanding works including Best in Show, Ceramics, Jewelry and Works on Paper. December 11 EUREKA! drop-in anytime between 11am & 3pm Each month Abington Art Center hosts EUREKA! a fun workshop for families. $10 per family. (AAC members free); no reservations are required. December 17 Coffee Break 9:30 & 11am $5/AAC Members FREE. Coffee Break has two seatings 9:30am & 11am. For more info: 215-887-4882 ext 215 December 18 Sweet Beats Starring Music Monkey Jungle 1pm Sweet Beats - $10 per family/AAC members free. JOHN JAMES AUDUBON CENTER AT MILL GROVE 1201 Pawlings Rd, Audubon p: 610-666-5593; ext 101 Hrs: Tues-Sat 10am-4pm; Sun 1pm-4pm Clsd Mon & major holidays http://pa.audubon.org/centers_mill_gove.html. Exhibit Info: Original Audubon prints & art; Changing Exhibit Gallery featuring regional artists; nature sanctuary w/trails, and more. Call for current shows. Admission, $3/adults, $2/seniors, $1/youth. MONTGOMERY COUNTY GUILD OF PROFESSIONAL ARTISTS (MCGOPA) At SPP Galleries, The Inquire Bldg. 800 Schuylkill River Rd (Rte 23) between Rts. 202 & 320, Conshohocken, PA p: 610-803-3248 Maria Solomon, Gallery Director www.mcgopa.org Free & Open to Public Hrs: Representative: 11am-1pm Mondays & Fridays; Open Daily. MCGOPA is on facebook - www.facebook. com/mcgopa Join MCGOPA, a gallery for artists to exhibit their work; opportunities for lectures, demonstrations and interact with other artists. For more information: mcgopa@comcast.net NORTH PENN ART ALLIANCE A 200 member nonprot artists group and art lovers who meet regularly in the basement of the Univest Bldg., located at 521 W. Main Street, Lansdale p: 215-3939110 www.northpennarts.org Exhibit Info: Wednesday, January 4th, 2012, the North Penn Arts Alliance will hold their monthly Members Meeting in the Community Room of the Univest Building at 521 W. Main Street, Lansdale PA. Join us for a Gallery presentation followed by a business meeting that highlights upcoming art events and artists opportunitues. Refreshments are available and the doors open at 6:30 p.m., and the meeting gets underway at 7:00p.m. ORCHARD ARTWORKS 520 Tomlinson Rd, Bryn Athyn, PA 19009 p: 215-947-9882 Gallery Hours: Fri & Sat 10am-4pm; Sun 1pm-4pm www.orchardartworks.org Exhibit Info: Ornaments & Adornments, Group show featuring handcrafted, Holiday Decorations by our member artists. Dec.4 thru 31. Opening Reception, Sun.Dec.4th 1-4 PM Gallery Hours, Fri. and Sat. 10AM4PM, Sun. 1-4PM. Special additional hours Friday Dec.2,9,15,23 5-8PM Information and directions: p: 215-947-9882 www.orchardartworks.org ORELAND ART CENTER SAUDC-Upper Level. 100 Wischman Ave. & Twining Rd., Oreland PA 19075. For adult and Childrens classes 215-572-6855 Call for Brochure. www.orelandartcenter.com Exhibit Info:New classes, demos and workshops for the year, 2012, will be published soon. Call or check the website fro updates. Dec 11th: Andy in the Valley, Warhol Polaroid from three collections: Zoellner Arts Center, Main Gallery Through Dec 16th: Show and Tell Queer artists in the LUGA Collection Girdler Gallery University Center Through Dec 2nd: Women Photographers: Selections from the LUAG Teaching Collection. 1234 Market St., Suite 1800, Phila. PA p: 215-563-6417. Hrs: Mon-Fri 9am-5pm www.philafound.org Exhibit Info: Through Jan 20, 2012: MYXing It Up: 2001-2011, An exhibition featuring more than 50 collaborative youth art works that traces the 10 year evolution of the educational yourth non-prot, MYX: Multicultural Youth eXchange, from its post 9/11 beginings to its ongoing diverse work in Philadelphia and abroad.

PHILADELPHIA
CENTER CITY
CENTER FOR EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS 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 by appointment. www.cfeva.org Exhibit Info: Exhibition #1: November 30 December 20, 2011 Recent Works Artists: A Spotlight Exhibition featuring Jordan Griska and Tim Portlock Artist Talks & Reception: Thursday, December 1st 5 7pm Description: CFEVA is pleased to present a Spotlight Exhibition of Career Development Fellows Jordan Griska and Tim Portlock. Spotlight Exhibitions feature CFEVAs Career Development Program Fellows in two-person exhibitions to highlight signicant works in the second year of the fellowship. Location: Center for Emerging Visual Artists

PHILADELPHIA SKETCH CLUB

235 S. Camac St. between 12th & 13th, Locust & Spruce Sts. Mon., Wed., Fri - Sun 1 - 5pm www.sketchclub.org call 215-545-9298 Where artists grow. Through December 10, 2011 LEGACY ART SHOW & SALE SHOW & SALE OF MODESTLY PRICED ARTWORKS BY MEMBERS December 1 to December 30, 2011 WORKS BY JOAN FEISS January 6 to January 21, 2012 WORKS ON PAPER 2012 JURIED WORKS ON PAPER EXHIBITON Visit above website for life, clothed model and print workshop schedules. THE PLASTIC CLUB 247 Camac St. Phila. p: 215-545-9324 Art Workshop Hrs: Tues & Wed 9:30am12:30pm; Thurs 9:45am-12:45pm; Thurs evenings 6:30pm-9:30pm; Fri 6:30pm-9:30pm; Sat 1pm-4pm. Moving Model Workshop Sat 9:30am-12:30pm. Printmaking Workshop Sat 10am-2pm. Workshops with life models on Wed, Thurs & Fri evenings, and Sat. Tues workshop with clothed models 9:30am-12:30pm www.plasticclub.org Exhibit Info: Real and Imagined Dec 4th-Dec 31st; Opening Reception, Dec 4th, 2pm-5pm

MONTGOMERY COUNTY

PENNSYLVANIA Academy of Fine Arts

118-128 N. Broad Street 215-972-7600 www.pafa.org Tues-Sat 10am-5pm, Sun 11am-5pm Closed Mon & legal holidays Exhibits: Here Oct-22Dec31,2011 Alumni Sales Gallery: Small Works through - Jan 29, 2012 Hennessy Youngman & Nathaniel Snerpus Present: The Grand Manner through Feb 5, 2012 Bill Viola: Ocean Without a Shore Ongoing George Tookers Highway, ongoing American Art Starts Here: PAFA Refreshed, Reloaded - Ongoing THE PHILADELPHIA FOUNDATION The Community Art Gallery

Celebrating our 70th Year

GNAL Welcomes New and Experienced Artists to our Classes, Trips, Shows, Workshops and Monthly Meetings Registration Now Open for January day and evening classesFor more information Call 610-539-3393 For More Information Call 610-539-3393 or visit www.gnal.org 800 West Germantown Pike E. Norriston, PA 19403

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY ART GALLERIES 420 E. Packer Ave., Bethlehem, PA p: 610-758-3615 Girdler Gallery; Mon-Fri 8am-10pm; DuBois Gallery; Mon-Fri 9am10pm; Siegel; Mon-Thurs 9am-10pm, Fri 9am-5pm; Rauch; Mon-Fri 8am-5pm; Virtual Gallery at Zoellner; Wed-Sun 11am-4pm www.luag.org Exhibit Info: Through Dec 2nd: Lissie Hobie Photography, The Memorial Album Gallery at Rauch Business Center Through Dec 10th: Lehigh Art Alliance, mixed media, regional artists Through Dec 11th: Gary Graves: Just Words, video projections Zoellner Arts Center Lobby Through

CHESTNUT COUNTY
NICHOLS BERG GALLERY 8611 Germantown Ave., Phila., PA 19118 p: 206-380-4070 Gallery Hrs: Tues-Sat 10am5pm www.nicholsberart.com Exhibit Info: December 2nd, features several local artists as well as new work from our represented artists. In the main level of the gallery is: Out of Our Hands collaborative portraits by Meri Adelman and Laura Pritchard. In the mezzanine: Melissa Lomax and Christian Patchell. The gallery will also be featuring Christians book created from his sketchbook; I Put the Can in Cancer, a journey through pictures

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Throughout the gallery we will have on display, the playful and innovative assemblage sculptures of Eric Schultz who creates charming and incredible robotic art pieces from found objects. Artists reception is Friday, December 2nd from 6-9pm. Show runs until December 31st. December Workshops: Childrens Christmas Craft Workshop (for all ages) on Saturday, Dec 10th 9am-12pm Manuscript Illumination Workshop: Sunday, December 11th, 9am-5pm. Instructor: Clarissa Shanahan Schirmer Special events: Dec 10th, 1pm-4pm, Santa will be in the gallery to meet children of all ages, Refreshments will be available. WOODMERE ART MUSEUM 9201 Germantown Ave. Corner of Germantown 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 for information on exhibits, lectures, tours & classes: www.woodmereartmuseum.org Woodmere Art Museum celebrates Philadelphias artistic legacy through its collections, exhibitions and educational initiatives. Exhibit Info: Woodmere Art Museum 9201 Germantown Ave, corner of Germantown Ave. and Bells Mill Rd. 215-247-0476. Tue-Thurs 10am-5pm, Fri 10am-8:45pm, Sat 10am-6pm, Sun 10am-5pm. Visit our website for info about exhibits, lectures, tours & classes: www.woodmereartmuseum.org. Woodmere Art Museum celebrates Philadelphias artistic legacy through its collections, exhibitions, and educational initiatives. December 2: Family Events. Faces, Places, and Inner Spaces. 6:00pm-7:00pm, ages 8-11. Join Museum educators in lively discussions about art. An art activity will follow. December 3: Tree Lighting Celebration with the Philadelphia Girls Choir. Holiday House Tour begins at 1:30pm, tree lighting at 4:30pm Sundays through December 18: Classic Sundays: Opera, Choral, and Classical. 3:00pm4:30pm. Featured artists in December include Holiday Fare with Philadelphia Brass, Cellist Clancy Newman and pianist Noreen Cassidy-Polera, and Celtic harp music by Ellen Tepper. Fridays through Dec 23: Friday Night Jazz. 6:00pm-8:00pm. Featured artists in December include Billie Holiday Night with Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble and Mical Beckham, Edgardo Cintron and Latin Jazz, and Holiday Classics with the Arpeggio Jazz Trio. Through Jan 8, 2012: Flirting with Abstraction: Modernist and Contemporary Art of Philadelphia and the Promised Gift of Karen Segal and Woodmeres Collection. Exhibit Info: 34th ANNIVERSARY exhibit of paintings and sculptures from 18 different artists. DECEMBER 2nd through JANUARY 1st 2011 Opening Reception: First Friday, December 2nd, 5-9 pm Artists Reception: Sunday, December 4th, 1-3 pm THIRD STREET GALLERY 58 N. 2nd Street p: 215-6250933 Hrs: Wed-Sun, noon-5pm www.3rdstreetgallery.com Exhibit Info: November 30 thru December 30, 2011 (closed Dec 24, 25) First Friday: December 2, 5-9 pm M M Weisberg Reception: First Friday 6-7 pm; K Kurtz Reception: Sunday Dec.11, 12-2 pm Journey Acrylic abstract landscape paintings by Michelle Malkasian Weisberg. Recent Painting Katherine Kurtz experiments with gure, landscape and abstract forms.

OPENINGS THATMATTER
Thursday, December 1
Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading PA 5pm 6;30PM Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Phila., 5pm 7pm

December 4
The Muse Gallery, Old City, Phila., 1pm 3pm Orchard Art Works, Bryn Athyn, PA, 1pm 4pm

MANAYUNK COUNTY
Through Jan 8, 2012: Mary G. L. Hood and Philadelphia Modernism. Mary G. L. Hood (1886-1967) was a modern painter who worked and exhibited in Philadelphia and later in New Hope, PA, from the 1930s through the 1960s. Her art is characterized by brilliant color, a lyrical sense of line, a playful willingness to distort spatial relations, and a irtation with primitivism. Ongoing: Selections from the Charles Knox Smith Collection. MANAYUNK ROXBOROUGH ART CENTER 419 Green Lane(rear), between Mitchell & Pechin Sts., Phila PA, 19128 Beginning Painting and Childrens Classes. For info: 215-482-3363; hrs: Sat & Sun 10am-4pm http://www. manayunkartcenter.org Admission is free donations encouraged. Exhibit Info: Holiday Show Local Scenes will feature artwork with Philadelphia area subjects, ideal for holiday shoppers, in various styles and media by members of the Manayunk Artists Co-Op. presented in the gallery at the Manayunk-Roxborough Art Center (MRAC) Holiday Show Local Scenes will run through Sunday, January 29, 2012. Opening reception: Sunday December 4, 2011, Noon to 3:00 PM. The public is invited to meet the artists and partake of light refreshments. Gallery closed December 24th and 25th , December 31st and January 1st, 2012.THE

Wenesday, December 7
Gloucester Co. College Art Gallery, Sewell, NJ 11:30am 1:30PM

First Friday, December 2

Blue Streak Gallery, Wilmington DE, 5pm 8pm Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, 7pm 8:30 pm Phoenix Village Village Art Center, Chadds Ford, PA, 6pm 9pm Pennsylvania College of Art & Design, Lancaster, PA 5pm 9pm The Great Frame Up, Wayne, PA 5pm 8pm Nichols Berg Gallery, Chestnut Hill, Phila., 6pm 9pm Third Street Gallery Old City, Phila., 6pm 7pm

Thursday, December 8
Center for the Arts in Southern New Jersey,

UNIVERSITY CITY
ARTHUR ROSS GALLERY University of Pennsylvania 220 S. 34th Street, p: 215-898-2083 fx: 215-573-2045 Tues-Fri 10am-5pm; Sat & Sun noon-5pm www.upenn. edu/ARG Exhibit Info: Through Jan 15th, 2012: Double Take: Series, Multiples and Prints. This Exhibit features over 50 drawings, prints and sculptures drawn from the University of Pennsylvanias art collection. Earliest works include Albrecht Durers The Small Passion Series (1508-13) and 3 William Hogarths prints from the Rakes Progress (1735). Improtant series by 20th century masters such as Joseph Albers, Salvador Dali, Donald Judd, R.Tait McKenzie, Henry Moore, Robert Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, and Edward Steichen are included. INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART University of Pennsylvania 118 S. 36th Street(at Sansom) 215898-5911 Hrs: Wed-Fri, noon-8pm, Sat & Sun 11am-5pm www.icaphila.org Exhibit Info: Through Dec 4th Bill Waltons Studio; and Blowing on a Hairy Shoulder / Grief Hunters Through Feb 19th Charline von Heyl;

Sunday, December 10
Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA 3pm 5pm

Sunday, December 11
The Third Street Gallery, Old City, Phila., 12pm 2pm

Friday, December 16
Main Line Art Center, Haverford, PA, 6pm 8pm

Saturday, December 3
Darlington Arts Center, Boothwyn, PA 3pm 5pm

OLD CITY
MUSE GALLERY 52 N. 2nd Street, Phila., PA 19106 p: 215-627-5310 Hrs: Wed-Sun, noon5pm www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com

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A CALL FOR ENTRIES
Philadelphia Sketch Club
WORKS ON PAPER 2012
A juried exhibition and sale of watercolors, gouache, prints, collage, pastels, mixed media, computer generated non-photo art, etc. Jan. 6 to Jan. 21, 2012 at the PSCs historic location in center city Philadelphia. Jurors: Joe Sweeney & Ron Wyffels Works, wired for hanging, will be gathered at the PSC on Friday, Dec. 16 and Saturday, Dec. 17, from 1 to 5 PM. Conflicts with delivery times can be resolved by calling 267-664-2434. Maximum of 2 works per artist. Maximum framed size 40 x 40. Entry fee of $15 for one work and $25 for two works. A prospectus can be downloaded from www.sketchclub.org or send S.A.S.E. to: or send S.A. S. E. to: Philadelphia Sketch Club 235 S. Camac Street Philadelphia PA 19107

opportunities for artists

Call For Artists & Entries

GoggleWorks 2012 Juried Show Vanity Fare: an offering of Art, Fashion and Creativity. Jurors: Lyn Godley, pioneer in transforming designs into everyday products, and Pam Ptak of Season 7 of Project Runway. Grand Prize Award for Best in Show. This award winner will be featured in a solo show in the Cohen Gallery at GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, the countrys largest, most comprehensive interactive arts center. Cash prizes will be awarded for first, second and third place. Exhibition runs May 4 - June 3, 2012. Each artist may submit up to three works for $35. For a prospectus, please visit www.goggleworks.org/Exhibitions/ Entry deadline: January 13, 2012. GoggleWorks Center for the Arts, 201 Washington Street, Reading, PA 19601, 610.374.4600.

OPEN CALL: ARTISTS NEEDED for our new, larger gallery space

Saint Joseph's University Gallery 2012-2013 exhibition schedule Please send the following by January 31, 2012:
Twenty JPEGS. No more than five detail shots. Title each file with your last name followed by the number in which you wish you images to be viewed. For example: Smith1, Smith2, Smith3, etc. No powerpoint presentations. Image list with numbers that correspond with your JPEGS. Include title, size, medium and year. Include this on the disc and a hard copy as well. Resume with mailing address, email address and phone number. Include this on the disc and a hard copy as well. Artist's statement. Include this on the disc and a hard copy as well. Self-addressed stamped envelope only if you would like your disc returned. Mail to: Saint Joseph's University University Gallery, Boland Hall 5600 City Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19131-1395Attn: Open Call

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