Outdoor Exhibition: The Bird Ethic
LandLab artist-in-residence Susan Hagen’s diorama-inspired outdoor sculptures capture historical moments in bird conservation, bird science, and humankind’s impact on bird populations.
In the Right Place: Photographs by Barbara Crane, Melissa Shook, and Carol Taback
This exhibition brings together three photographic series made in the 1970s: Barbara Crane’s People of the North Portal (1970-1), Melissa Shook’s Daily Self Portraits (1972-3), and Carol Taback’s photo booth pictures (1978-1980).
CLOSING RECEPTION: Erin Murray
Peep Projects is pleased to present Objects and Their Fields, a solo exhibition by Philadelphia-based artist Erin Murray. Executed in graphite and ink on canvas, with drawing extending to the frames, these new works present a uniquely tactile experience of Murray’s architecturally based abstractions.
RECEPTION: Fran Orlando
Reception for The Roosavelt Project: Photographs by Fran Orlando
Fran Orlando: The Roosavelt Project
Fran Orlando photographed the residents of Roosevelt, NJ, for two years starting in 1978. This exhibition revisits the previously unfinished project and presents a selection of 40 portraits that reflect a unique community at a particular moment in time.
CLOSING RECEPTION: The Peter Miller Story
Closing Reception for The Peter Miller Story: A Forgotten Woman of American Modernism
Born Henrietta Myers in 1913, the artist known as Peter Miller graduated from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (PAFA) in 1934. In an effort to ensure fair evaluation of her artwork, Henrietta changed her name to Peter, believing her art would be more positively received when attributed to a male creator. Peter channels a soulful brilliance of glowing color that inflames her canvases.
PANEL: Women Who Collect Art
Anita Blanchard, Leslie Anne Miller, Jennifer Rice, and Sara Vance Waddell discuss how they approach collecting art. Moderated by Jessica Todd Smith, Director of Curatorial Initiatives and The Susan G. Detweiler Curator of American Art.
Conversation with Nancy Hellebrand
For these female-identifying artists working decades apart, explorations of materials and printing processes are foundational to the understanding of the world around them.
OPENING RECEPTION: Renee Osubu
Renee Osubu is an award-winning British Nigerian photographer and film director from London. She often investigates themes about community, identity, race, and childhood using the nuances of everyday life as her visual language.
Renee Osubu: Dear Philadelphia
Renee Osubu is an award-winning British Nigerian photographer and film director from London. She often investigates themes about community, identity, race, and childhood using the nuances of everyday life as her visual language.
Honoring the Women of Stanek Gallery
A virtual exhibition and silent auction to honor the women of Stanek Gallery. Our represented women artists are: Treacy Ziegler, Christina Weaver, Louise Strawbridge, Katherine Stanek, Leona Shanks, Mary Spinelli, Rachel Romano, Mary Nomecos, Nicole Michaud, Julia Levitina, Stanka Kordic, Carson Fox, Barbara Fisher, Deborah Fine, Jacqueline Boyd, Tamie Beldue.
BARNES PANEL: Women who Run Galleries
Panelists Betty Cuningham, Helen Drutt, Christine Pfister, Pamela Salisbury, and Cristin Tierney discuss their approach to running art galleries. Moderated by Thom Collins, Executive Director and President of the Barnes Foundation.
Serious Play
Gallery artists Carson Fox and Rachel Romano come together for the first time in this vibrant exhibition which promises to be a “must-see.”
Continuum: First Friday Reception
Continuum highlights the work of two Philadelphia area female artists, painter Jan Morgen and fiber artist Pamela E. Becker. GLG brings them into dialogue about the dedication they apply to their artistic practices, spanning decades.
Artist Talk with Jan Morgen and Pamela Becker at 6:30.
Conversation with Stephanie Santana
For these female-identifying artists working decades apart, explorations of materials and printing processes are foundational to the understanding of the world around them.
TALK: Lightbox - An Illuminated Lecture by Marisa Williamson
A lightbox illuminates from behind. It makes objects and images visible in high contrast that might otherwise go unseen. This illuminated lecture by performance artist, Marisa Williamson, engages literally and conceptually with this form in order to highlight the influence of Barbara Earl Thomas and others on what is visible to us today.
TALK: Feminist Film Theory
"Feminist Film Theory: The Male Gaze at 50" — a talk by Kathleen Karlyn, feminist media scholar.
This talk will identify key moments in feminist film theory. It will also consider the impact of female directors in Hollywood, who are confronting issues of race, gender, power and pleasure head-on and whose achievements in films such as Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins, 2017) and The Woman King (Gina Prince-Blythewood, 2022) are charting new territory for female artists and audiences alike.
La Vaughn Belle
Enter the realm of La Vaughn Belle’s artistic journey with her first solo exhibition at Pentimenti Gallery.
RECEPTION: La Vaughn Belle
La Vaughn Belle makes visible the unremembered. By exploring the material culture, looking for hidden stories and connections, Belle creates narratives from fragments. Working in a variety of disciplines her practice includes: painting, installation, photography, writing, video and public interventions.
Intergenerational Tea Party for Lesbian Visibility Day
Dyke+ ArtHaus and William Way LGBT Community Center have collaborated to showcase works by local Lesbian artists 55 and over that reflect feelings of visibility or invisibility - to the world, or to themselves.
OPENING RECEPTION: Erin Murray
Peep Projects is pleased to present Objects and Their Fields, a solo exhibition by Philadelphia-based artist Erin Murray. Executed in graphite and ink on canvas, with drawing extending to the frames, these new works present a uniquely tactile experience of Murray’s architecturally based abstractions.
Erin Murray
Erin Murray (1979, Philadelphia, PA) lives and works in Philadelphia. Murray’s richly layered ink and graphite drawings account for things like observed tactility, weighted details, and the influence of reverie on our perception. These new works encourage us to slow down, examine the subtleties of our experience, and to recognize ourselves within our surroundings.
Stephanie Santana, Martha Zelt, Nancy Helelbrand
For these female-identifying artists working decades apart, explorations of materials and printing processes are foundational to the understanding of the world around them.
PANEL & RECEPTION: From Me to We
This panel brings together curators who have recently organized career-spanning retrospectives of women artists. While these exhibitions celebrate under recognized artists' individual bodies of work they also make space for materials documenting their participation in arts communities.
Icon Billboard Series Dedication Event
The Icon Billboard Series dedication event celebrates the launch of the citywide billboard series with the installation of two icon works of art by artists, Dara Haskins and Wanda Payne.
CLOSING RECEPTION: Nicole Mouriño
Peep is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Nicole Mouriño, Mama Dukes - the artist's first since 2016 and in Philadelphia. The exhibition features the unveiling of Love Languages, a monumental painted triptych alongside an intimate series of works on paper framed in hand-made tile.
RECEPTION for Sandra Eula Lee : The Walking Mountain
Sandra Eula Lee: The Walking Mountain brings together sculptural installations that reflect the artist’s interests in labor, migration, and material histories.
Artist Talk & Closing Reception
Artist Talk & Closing Reception for Margery Amdur at Stedman Gallery, Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts
Opening Reception for Silver Legs, Uncrossed
Dyke + Haus and William Way LGBT Community Center have collaborated to showcase works by local Lesbian artists 55 and over that reflect feelings of visibility or invisibility - to the world, or to themselves.
Silver Legs, Uncrossed
Dyke+ ArtHaus and William Way LGBT Community Center have collaborated to showcase works by local Lesbian artists 55 and over that reflect feelings of visibility or invisibility - to the world, or to themselves.
Continuum: Opening Reception
Continuum highlights the work of two Philadelphia area female artists, painter Jan Morgen and fiber artist Pamela E. Becker. GLG brings them into dialogue about the dedication they apply to their artistic practices, spanning decades.
Artist Talk with Jan Morgen at 6:30 pm