Jonathan Dickstein - Sketchplay / Boxplay

Jonathan Dickstein, an incoming grad student in the ceramics department is having an opening the last Friday of this month at RED HOOK COFFEE & TEA.

So, if you're in the city, you should go, especially for the opening event, four legged friends are permitted. He mentions, "whatever you have planned, i guarantee that this will be at least partially as fun."

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SKETCHPLAY / BOXPLAY
work on paper and clay by jonathan dickstein

RED HOOK COFFEE & TEA
765 s. 4th st. (btw. fitzwater & catherine), Philadelphia, PA

OPENING!! friday, july 25th, 6 - 8pm

designequalslove

Go visit recent Graphic Design MFA grad Melissa Laine Scotton's Etsy account, designequalslove.etsy.com! She is selling all sorts of very cute things, at reasonable prices.

She, like most of us, needs money for moving!

Help a girl in need by buying things for yourself or a friend!!

FluxTask

Many of us attended the Oliver Herring show at the FLUXSpace last December 15, 2007.

Well it looks like they want to do something like it again September 6, 2008. For the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, they set up an entirely new website for fluxtask with all of the information about whats happening. They need lots of money and help. While I don't think any of us can help with the money part there are quite a few volunteer positions, photographers, videographers, press, face painters, etc. And they have a poster competition! Just go to the website!!

Broadway Gallery in NYC Seeks Artists for Group Exhibitions, NYC

Broadway Gallery, an alternative artist space in New York, is reviewing work by artists to take part in group exhibitions. Interested artists should send four images (jpegs only please) of their works and their c.v. to via e-mail. The gallery is also accepting proposals for group shows of 15-20 artists; to apply, send your proposal as well as two works and c.v. from each artist to be included via e-mail. All submissions should be sent to: info@broadwaygallerynyc.com.

Fourth Annual Alternative Processes Competition, Soho Photo Gallery

Deadline August 01, 2008 : The Soho Photo Gallery in NYC has announced a call to artists for the Fourth Annual Alternative Processes Competition, to be held November 6 - 29, 2008. Open to all residents of the United States over 18 years of age. Juror: Dan Estabrook. Awards: $150, $100, $50 for juror's 1st, 2nd & 3rd choices. Entry fee $40 for up to five submissions. To download an application visit http://www.sohophoto.com or send a SASE to: Alternative Processes, Soho Photo Gallery, 15 White Street, NYC, NY 10013.

Ceramics Biennial 2008, New Hampshire Institute of Art

Deadline August 01, 2008 : The New Hampshire Institute of Art invites entries for its Ceramics Biennial 2008, taking place October 8 - November 7, 2008 in Manchester, NH. Entries must be made predominantly of clay. Entries must be original and must have been executed within the last 3 years solely by the person in whose name they are submitted. All wall pieces must be no larger than 60" in any direction and may not exceed 100 pounds. Juror: Lucy Breslin. $2,000 in awards will be presented. Maximum of two entries per artist; preliminary judging will be done from digital images. Entry fee $25. For complete guidelines, visit www.nhia.edu or send a SASE to Ceramics Biennial c/o Alison Williams, Gallery Director, New Hampshire Institute of Art, 148 Concord Street, Manchester, NH 03104.

CFEVA Eighth Annual Visiting Curator Exhibition

Deadline August 01, 2008 : The Center for Emerging Visual Artists' Felicity R. "Bebe" Benoliel Gallery is currently accepting proposals from emerging curators for its Eighth Annual Visiting Curator Exhibition, scheduled to take place in Spring 2009. Once chosen, the curator will be solely responsible for selecting the artists and artworks for an exhibition. Each exhibition must consist of at least 4 artists. The applicant may include all media in the proposal; however preference will be given to proposals that include artwork that can be accommodated in the gallery. Curators must live within 100 miles of Philadelphia. For more information visit, www.cfeva.org/announcements.aspx (please scroll down to view opportunity).

Stoöp III

Stoöp III 6pm July 14th!

Bring food, to the Tuttleman building on Main Campus!

Main Line Art Center

Deadline July 28, 2008 : The Main Line Art Center in Haverford, PA is accepting entries to the 5th annual juried exhibition in memory of teacher and artist Betsy Meyer. This exhibition promotes the ideals of experimentations and of pushing boundaries and expectations, both personal and artistic.

Open to artists living in PA, NY, DE, NJ, MD, and DC working in all media. Images submitted should be indicative of a coherent, original body of work that is professionally presented and that has been completed within the last three years. Work previously shown at Main Line Art Center is ineligible.

Juror: William Pym, curator, writer, and former director of Fleisher/Ollman Gallery. Entry fee $25 for six images; $15 for Main Line Art Center members. To download the prospectus, visit www.mainlineart.org

They also have a prospectus up for a fine art sale, due October 27.

Boston Young Contemporaries

Boston Young Contemporaries, also known as the BYC, not to be confused with PYT (I always think this when hearing about the BYC), is a show of post-bacc and MFA students at New England area schools.

Including and limited to:
-School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
-University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth
-Boston University
-The Art Institute of Boston
-Massachusetts College of Art and Design
-University of Massachusetts, Amherst
-Johnson State College
-University of New Hampshire
-Union Institute and University, New Hampshire
-Rhode Island School of Design
-Maine College of Art
-Yale University

This was started by students at Boston University to "provide an arena for New England MFA candidates to display their work and promote themselves within the Boston community as well as the greater artist community." I have a few friends who are in this show, Owen Rundquist, being one of them (check out his work!).

If you are in the area, you should stop by and check this show out, there is a lot of work, almost 100 artists, in this HUGE gallery. It is up July 18th to August 22nd at 808 Commonwealth Gallery at Boston University. The opening reception is July 18th from 6-9pm.

We should start a PYC, and it will be even closer to PYT! Anyone interested? We just need to find a gallery big enough.

Matthew Damian Ritchie at in Between Gallery

Artwork by Matthew D. Ritchie in Maine!

July 16 - August 13, 2008
Opening Party, Wednesday, July 16 from 4 - 8 p.m.

In Between Gallery is located at 328 Main Street in Rockland, Maine.
In between Rock City Coffee & Book shop and Black Parrot.

{www.inbetweengallery.com} {207.594.5580}


You will notice some work by Sheryl Oppenheim on the site as well, I think that means she has a show there in the future!

wildlife

I was reading National Geographic and this page made me think of R. Nick Barbee, one of our second year painting grads.

Thats all!