July 11th 6 to 9pm for all yous hep cats!

Photography by Stephen Callahan

Growing up an orphan, Stephen had to work to survive. He began his life as a chimney sweep. Because of his slim build and and lack of funds for the necessary equipment, he used his body alone as the cleaning implement. After a debilitating bout of “chimney sweep trots” (a bowel disorder), his livelihood was no more. Finding himself broke, he sold himself to a Frenchman of noble heritage. At this chateau he was taught the art of tadpole wrangling. A vital step in the raising of frogs. The frogs were de-legged to feed the never ending appetite of the French race for said legs. Leaving France he made his way to America aboard a tramp steamer. He paid his way by making artificial limbs from spare engine parts for the less fortunate of the crew. Dropped off in Philadelphia with no money or prospects, he spent nights sneaking into the zoo to sleep in the aardvark den. Fortune finally smiled upon him when rummaging through the zoo’s lost and found, he came upon a 35 mm camera. Desperate to learn how to use it, he found a local photographer willing to teach him. In exchange for this education though, he was forced to pose in compromising positions with stuffed animals and poorly constructed Swedish furniture.

After mastering the art of photography, he became rich and famous, and married a princess. The End

PS. The man hosting this event is an impostor and not to be trusted.

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Philadelphia, PA, 19103
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215 360 5548

VOX V - Opening Reception Sat, July 1oth 6pm - 11pm

Come visit on Friday, July 10 at 6 p.m. for the opening reception of VOX V, our fifth annual guest juried exhibition of emerging artists, curated by Ryan Trecartin and Larry Mangel.

Evan Abramson
Alexander Oslance
Sebastian Leclercq
Jaime Treadwell
Jonathan Monaghan
Andrea Goldman
Travis Southworth
Aaron Maietta
Dan Haddigan-Dreamboat
Joshua Bernstein
Jerry Kaba II
Daniel Petraitis
Marc Blumthal
Zena Pesta
Sarah Knouse
Steve Cossman
Adam Blumberg
Jesse Greenberg
John Heron
Jennifer Layzer
Alexander D'Agostino
Daniel Rosenbaum
Jeanine Woollard
Tim Eads
Tyler Kline
David Ubias
Strauss Bourque-LaFrance
Matthew Savitsky
Peter Schenck
Bryan Jones
Joseph Rohrer
Maki Hajikano
Katie Minford
Justin Bursk
Jennifer Murray
Eric Veit
Kikuko Tanaka
Tobias Waite
Giacomo Fortunato
Nicole Lenzi
Cyriaco Pereira
Patrick McDonough
Kathleen Shafer
Barbara Randall
Morgan Frew
Emily Bowser
Deniz Ozuygur
Katie Herzog
Maria Walker
Kat Schneck
Jessica Hendrix

319 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA

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URBZ: Hosted @ Temple University Japan

The URBZ MASHUP workshop facilitates creative explorations and cultural exchanges between cities and people.

Dreams, myths and personal stories influence the destiny of cities as much as political choices and economic opportunities. They inspire architects and artists, stimulate activists and residents, and broaden the vision of the public and decision-makers.

This workshop provides a space of expression for practicioners in architecture, planning, design, art, media, creative writing and other creative fields. It is based on the idea that the best way to make genuine breakthroughs in the way we understand, experience and create our cities is to stimulate collective imagination, by bringing together people from all over the world and all ways of life. The workshop provides a space to produce new images, narratives and insights about cities and urban life, using online tools, digital technology, personal experiences and professional skills.

The first URBZ MASHUP will take place in Tokyo, hosted by Temple University Japan, in the first week of July 2009. The second one will be held at Istanbul Technical University in the first week of August, followed by Mumbai in November. Other workshops are planned in Rio, New York and Amsterdam in 2010. Each workshop will remix and mashup the material produced in other cities.

The dates are as follows:

Tokyo: July 1-5, 2009

Istanbul: August 2-9, 2009

Mumbai: Nov. 22-29, 2009

Rio: February 7-13, 2010

New York: April, 2010

Amsterdam: June, 2010

3 Headed: Adventures in the land of smoke and mirrors

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Rika Hawes, Kim Harty, and Charlotte Potter
26 June 2009
Contact: Nike Desis
914.806.4889 / nike@thefluxspace.org

Exhibition Dates: June 26, 2009, – July 26, 2009 215.740.0819 / rikahawes@gmail.com

Opening Reception: June 26, 2009, 6 – 10 pm

Gallery Hours: Saturdays 12 – 4 pm or by appointment

FLUXspace is pleased to present Three Headed, a collaboration between Kim Harty, Rika Hawes, and Charlotte Potter. Their show, "Adventures in the Land of Smoke and Mirrors," opens June 27th from 6-10PM.

The event is an experimental journey that explores the subversive nature of spectacle, pleasure and entertainment. Modeled after the structure of the carnival, it evokes such canons as the sideshow, burlesque theatre, and the circus.

"Adventures in the Land of Smoke and Mirrors," also identifies with the Situationalist’s goal of setting up temporary environments towards the fulfillment of primitive human desires. Three Headed uses different optical, mechanical, and technological phenomena to inspire a viewer’s pleasure. "The goal of the show," says Harty, "is fabrication of spectacular representations which become interchangeable with reality." Evolving from Foucault’s concept of the Heterotopias, the artists create environments to transport the viewer to spaces that are both real and illusory, as well as mysterious and otherworldly.

Adventures in the Land of Smoke and Mirrors," is your chance to take a ride on the Love Boat, travel the Mirror Maze, check out the Peep Show, test your skills in the Shooting Gallery, drink from the Fountain of Youth, view the Cabinet of Curiosities, and see the 3 headed adventurers in action.!

Three Headed (Hawes, Harty, and Potter) presents collaborative art events that walk the line- a tight- rope line- between art and entertainment. They work in a variety of media and have also put on the production, "Cirque De Verre, " a hot glass Circus that has been performed at art centers and museums throughout the country. Cirque De Verre has been profiled in Glass Magazine, and recently performed at the Corning Museum of Glass with up coming shows at Goggle works and the Toledo Museum of Glass. In an effort to make performance art accessible to the audience, they combine their postmodern artistic sensibility with the circus, which Vladamir Lenin referred in 1919 as “the people’s art form.”

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FLUXspace is a Philadelphia based 501(c)3 contemporary arts space which provides artists, curators, and instigators the opportunity for unrestricted and uncensored experimentation, professional presentation, and critical dialogue for the purpose of exploring and creating new art practices and media. FLUX consists of an exhibition space, an artist residency program, as well as public programming including artist lectures, panel discussions, workshops, movie nights and performances.

3000 N. Hope Street www.thefluxspace.org
Philadelphia, PA 19133 info@thefluxspace.org

Call for Proposals

IN PRACTICE PROJECT SERIES: OPEN CALL FOR PROPOSALS

Just 2 weeks left to apply!

DEADLINE: JULY 1, 2009

The In Practice project series supports artists in creating new work for exhibition at SculptureCenter. We invite artists to submit proposals for projects and installations to be presented beginning in January of 2010.

SculptureCenter seeks proposals that offer new ways of considering sculpture or further the understanding of the discipline and how it can intersect with installation, architecture, performance, and other media.

Proposals will be reviewed relative to the following criteria:

- Quality of proposal and prior work
- Responsiveness to the site and the specific context of SculptureCenter

The works and exhibitions created through this series include sculptural objects, installations, performances and artworks that operate between all of these disciplines. Past participants in the series include Fia Backström, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Drew Heitzler, Justin Lowe, Rachel Mason, Lucy Raven, Karin Schneider, Agathe Snow, and Josh Smith among many others.

All applications will be submitted electronically via SculptureCenter's website this year. The application, guidelines, FAQ, and downloadable building floorplans and images may be found here. Applying artists are encouraged to visit SculptureCenter during open hours.

Direct link here for more information:

Deadline:
July 1, 2009

Notification Date:
September 1, 2009

Questions? Email us at inpractice@sculpture-center.org.

Pictured above, left to right: In Practice projects by Samara Golden, Rachel Mason, Wojciech Gilewicz, and Michael Ashkin.

Please visit www.sculpture-center.org for complete information on the exhibitions and events.

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Juror: Marlene Rothacker Director of Exhibitions International Arts & Artists Washington, DC

June 26 - August 23, 2009

Artists' Reception and Gallery Talk: Friday, June 26 from 6-7PM

Opening Reception: Friday, June 26 from 7-10PM

A major art show featuring artists working within a 250-mile radius of Richmond. One painting and two fiber alums are in this show! Gretchen Batcheller, C. Pazia Mannella and Erin M Riley.

Leslie Friedman is an incoming printmaking MFA candidate. She sent me some snap shots of her most recent work. They come from a series she did called the Fossil Fools Project and are currently in a show called The Fossil Fools Porject and Other Serigraphs at a gallery in Providence, RI, called AS220. She is very excited to bring her screen printing to Philadelphia, another print passionate city.
The purple one is called Prehistoric Route Go, the orange one is ANWR Walk, the green one is Hum Drill Drum, and the blue one is Cycle One Way.

thanks Leslie for adding some life to this blog! if anyone else is interested in having their work up please email me!

Webposium for Teaching Artists

Friday, June 19, 2009, 10:00-11:30AM (PST)  1:00-2:30PM (EST)

Join us online for a discussion about the evolving issues in the Teaching Artist
profession. The event will be streamed live and viewers will be able to join in the
Q and A at the end of the session. 

Artists in Classrooms: What Is the Role of the Teaching Artist?What is the role of
the teaching artist in public education?  How can schools maximize a partnership with
an outside artist?  What is the artist role in the classroom, in the art room, in
the school?  How can artists help build a culture in a school where creativity,
innovation, and imagination are at the core of teaching and learning? 

Panelists include:

Nick Rabkin, Lead Researcher, Teaching Artist Research Project, NORC at the
University of Chicago
Lisa Fitzhugh, Founder, Former Executive Director, Arts Corps
Sarah Johnson, Director, Weill Music Institute, Carnegie Hall
Naho Shioya, Teaching Artist

Moderator:Russell Granet, Founder, Arts Education Resource

Register Now! Registration ends June 18th at 5 p.m.

The Dana Foundation is a private, philanthropic organization with principle interests
in brain science, immunology and arts education. For more information about the Dana
Foundation, please visit http://www.dana.org/ 

Call for Entries
The Art of Fine Craft 2009
A National Juried Exhibition
October 1 - November 8, 2009
Elder Gallery, Nebraska Wesleyan University
Lincoln, Nebraska

This juried exhibition will showcase the best work in fine craft including ceramics, glass, textiles, fibers,
metalwork, jewelry, woodwork and printmaking. The exhibition is held in conjunction with Art of Fine Craft conference, October 1-2, 2009, a biennial conference produced by Lux Center for the Arts and Nebraska Wesleyan University.

Entry fee is $30 for 3 entries. Work will be judged from digital images. Entries must be postmarked by July, 1, 2009.

The jurors are Jason Briggs, Victoria Goro-Rapoport, Jess Starkel and Sonya Clark. Awards will include a $500 best of show and three $150 juror's choice awards.

Prospectus is available at www.luxcenter.org. Please contact Regina O'Rear at rorear@nebrwesleyan.edu for more information.

Northern Liberties Studio Space

$375/month, 700 sq ft.

Basement space perfect for artist, office or storage. Private street entrance. No access from above. Street parking is great.

Heat, water and electricity included.
Cable and phone ready.

Large 700sq ft (16' x 45') area with a utility sink and a separate bathroom.
Steam heat and industrial window fan, perfect temperatures throughout the year. No moisture problems.

7-8' high ceilings.

Lease length flexible.

danielkpowell@gmail.com