Local Art

February 13, 2013
Local Art, Highwire Gallery, Philadelphia

 Local Art, Open Call, Highwire Gallery February First Friday on Frankfort Avenue offered an inviting and imaginative exhibit of art by Philadelphia local artists. Each year Highwire Gallery has an Open Call for art offering, artist a great opportunity to show their work in an established, artist run gallery. The back room of the long, deep […]

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NextFab Studios

February 7, 2013
NextFab Studios

 NextFab Studios, 2025 Washington Avenue, Philadelphia Solidworks Plastics, NextFab Studios, Philadelphia, PA DoN has been aware of NextFab since Summer 2012 when he met the principles of the 3D printing lab with a gym style membership in a 5k foot studio at a Corzo Center for the Creative Economy seminar. And then we met again at an Arts […]

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Moving Model

February 1, 2013
Moving Model

The Moving Model Workshop One Sunday, last Fall, Bob Jackson gave DoN a sheaf of papers and said maybe they would be good for something on the internet. This is unusual because Bob has no internet presence of his own, not even the Plastic Club’s website. A Luddite, he does have a flip-phone but doesn’t […]

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22 Artists at Twenty-Two Gallery

January 19, 2013
22 Artists at Twenty-Two Gallery

22 Artists at Twenty-Two Gallery Eric Fausnacht, Hen Box and Chick Boxes, wood and acrylic, 22 Artists at Twenty-Two Gallery “My acrylic and oil paintings explore the realms of texture, color and strength in the portraiture of domestic fowl. My paintings of roosters and chickens show a photo realistic style brought together with an ornate baroque background to illuminate the […]

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Photography Philadelphia

January 16, 2013
Photography Philadelphia

Mamun Zaman, Photographic Society of Philadelphia at Cafe´Twelve Photography is integral to the lifestyle of Philadelphia. For this post DoN visited a coffee shop art show, a bar, a frame shop and an art gallery featuring art photography by Philadelphia photographers. The Photographic Society of Philadelphia has on ongoing show of photographs at Cafe Twelve. Once a month […]

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Works on Paper

January 13, 2013
Works on Paper

Jennifer Cadoff, Rain #3, ink on water color paper, Philadelphia Sketch Club‘s Annual Domenic DiStefano Works on Paper Exhibition 2013 Philadelphia Sketch Club‘s Annual Domenic DiStefano Works on Paper Exhibition 2013 David Segall, Imagining No Guns, acylic on paper, Anne Heigh, Submerged and Officer John, acrylic on paper, Ellen LoCicero, Frost in the Mist, acrylic on […]

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New Members 2013

January 12, 2013
Sam Hung, The Plastic Club New Members 2013

The Plastic Club New Members Exhibition 2013 Sung Ham, Kayla, mixed media, New Members 2013, The Plastic Club The New Members 2013, The Plastic Club introduces thirty-eight new members – Norman Tomases, Rik Viola, Elizabeth Hughes, Roderick Schichtel, Ellen LoCicero, John Attanasio, Lori Balistocky, Gail Morrison – Hall, Sung Ham, Mark Ciocca, Victoria Nevins, Joan McGrane, Alice K. Chung, Jordan Artim, Meri Collier, Janice Ward, Cayla Belser, Kelly McCaughern, Alexis Turner, David Katz, Tilda Mann, Rose Maria Kalogerakis, Aimee Goldsmith, Terrence Smith, Robert Kallish , Robert Allen, Judy […]

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Upcycling Trash to Treasure

January 9, 2013
Upcycling Trash to Treasure, Philadelphia Dumpster Divers

Upcycling Trash to Treasure, Philadelphia Dumpster Divers, Main Line Unitarian Church, Fireside Gallery  Gretchen Altabef, Philadelphia Dumpster Divers. Adderall Molecule, Found Object Sculpture, Childrens’s Play Balls. “I envision this piece displayed in a school. Adderall is 100% amphetamine. Amphetamine addiction can occur within three months. And children are administered this drug for years.” Forbidden Planet, Hugo […]

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Wishes/Lies/Dreams

January 9, 2013
Wishes/Lies/Dreams

Wishes/Lies/Dreams Alison Stigora and Jay Walker   Wishes/Lies/Dreams Alison Stigora and Jay Walker Walnut Street has the chicest shopping district in the city with delightfully attractive window displays, one of the perks of living in the city is walking past Joan Shepp and lusting after Y3 sneakers. But shops come and go and there are retail spaces […]

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Donna Cotzen, Synthesis – Paintings and Drawings

December 30, 2012
Dona Cotzen, Stewart Room Gallery

Donna Cotzen, Synthesis – Paintings and Drawings “This show is a collection of my work spanning many years. The earlier paintings are more abstract – the later ones more representational. I was hoping that my work would show a synthesis of these two styles, thus the title of the show –Synthesis. I don’t think I’ve […]

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