Jessica Libor

January 31, 2014
Jessica Libor

Jessica Libor, Visual Artist, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Attainment, 4′ x 6′, painting in progress, oil and genuine silver leaf on canvas, 2014 Jessica Libor, Visual Artist, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts On a sunny but frigid January day I finally overcame a long standing inhibition of mine – to visit the world renowned Pennsylvania Academy of […]

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ECO + FASHION

January 19, 2014
Marilyn Lavins, ECO + FASHION

Georgina Gozum’s Mod Sack Dress, organic cotton eyelet (with organic cotton batiste lining) and Pina Strap Dress, organic pineapple fiber, embroidered, ECO + FASHION, Art Gallery at City Hall ECO + FASHION, The Art Gallery at City Hall “For this exhibition, creatives were invited to submit works that address the issues of sustainability and eco-consciousness […]

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Teresa S. Unseld

December 29, 2013
Teresa Unseld, Twenty-Two Gallery

Teresa S. Unseld, Transcend, Family Portrait, collage drawing, 24″ x 30″, $450.00, Twenty-Two Gallery, 236 S. 22nd St., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Through January 5th, 2014. “tran-scend…to be or go beyond the limits of the abstract or conceptual… For me, creating art is to enter into a state of transcending as the parameters of the defined are pushed and […]

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Astrid Bowlby

December 23, 2013
Astrid Bowlby at Gallery Joe

Astrid Bowlby, Sampled (d) (r), Gallery Joe An art friend who shall go unnamed (Wendy Wolf) said I should be ashamed of myself for never having been to Gallery Joe. And that I should hurry over because the artist Astrid Bowlby was having a meet and greet in the gallery. Wendy was thrilled she got to […]

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Valkyrians, Scent of Breathlessness

December 8, 2013

CheMystery – Cris Valkyria from Take1 productions on Vimeo   “Valkyrians is a Philly-based band that has established a reputation of a band hard to categorize, but with a memorable sound. Their foundation in the alt-rock category is tainted by Cris Valkyria’s soft, but potent vocal work with melodic folk and world undertones, and the […]

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Karen Schlechter

December 5, 2013
Karen Schlechter

Karen Schlechter, Photographic Society of Philadelphia at Cafe Twelve The Photographic Society of Philadelphia is the oldest photography society in America and the third oldest in the world. The society is not a camera club, instead it is a forum to educate, share and celebrate the art of photography. After nearly shutting down because of […]

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Julia Blaukopf

December 3, 2013
Julia Blaukopf

Julia Blaukopf Photographic Wallpaper Designs at Colonial Wallcoverings “Julia Blaukopf has worked as a photographer and creative partner with organizations and businesses in Copenhagen, Kenya, Ghana, Lithuania, Montreal and throughout the US. In 2005 Blaukopf worked with a community-run tree reforestation project in Kenya. A year later she traveled to Ghana to photograph for Women in Progress, a […]

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M. Pia De Girolamo

November 21, 2013
M. Pia De Girolamo

M. Pia De Girolamo,  Autumn Field (L), City Park (R), acrylic, at the Pyramid Club, photograph by Neroni Photography M. Pia De Girolamo at the Pyramid Club The Pyramid Club sits high on top of the Mellon Tower at 17th and Market Streets on the 52nd floor, it’s iconic pyramid was lit up in pastel color. The club is […]

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Falling Awake

November 13, 2013
Thomas Buildmore

Thomas Buildmore at Indy Hall, 22 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106 Thomas Buildmore, Falling Awake at Indy Hall Indy Hall has been part of the Philadelphia design scene since 2006 offering shared work space for designers and entrepreneurs. The space used to be right around the block from Independence Hall, thus the name, but it also hints at the independent […]

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Contemporary Lithuanian Crafts

November 9, 2013
Contemporary Lithuanian Crafts

Aušra Petroškienė, leather and metal accessories, Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show Philadelphia Museum of Art Craft Show at Pennsylvania Convention Center (PHL) through November 10th Aušra Petroškienė greeted me with a warm smile and an apology about her English. I told her not to worry because in Philly we speak our brand of English, youse guys! […]

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