Conceptual musings about art and fine craft
(re)Focus 2024: Art in City Hall is a juried exhibition that is part of a city-wide festival of galleries and art spaces within the City of Philadelphia and a collaboration between the Art in City Hall program and Women’s Caucus for Art. This exhibition showcases the work of 46 women and gender non-conforming local artists…
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The Woodmere Annual opened this month in the scenic historic neighborhood of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia. Juried by Temple University arts professor and jeweler-extraordinaire Doug Bucci, the exhibit encompasses works in all media by fifty-four Philadelphia-area artists. The theme for this year’s Annual selected by Bucci is to explore novel and infinite ideas and methods of…
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Opening this Saturday afternoon, the Woodmere Art Museum located in the Chestnut Hill neighborhood of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania opens its 81st Annual Juried Exhibition of works from fifty-four selected Philadelphia artists. Juried by Doug Bucci, artist/jeweler extraordinaire and Temple University Assistant Professor of Metals/Jewelry and CAD-CAM, Bucci invited artists to submit work that explores novel and…
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My fascination with colorful birds and the habitats where they reside became an interest of mine circa 2016ish when I started placing various types of suet bird feeders outdoors around my yard. Reading books and doing research on birds I saw while travelling also further fueled my obsession with these magnificent species. Discussions with close…
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Philly’s Freedom: Artists Speak Out opened this past weekend in downtown Philadelphia as the first exhibition to re-open the National Liberty Museum in historic Old City. Imagine my excitement to be in the company of 50+ Philly-area artists sharing such relevant, socially-engaging and moving artwork. I attended the artist-only preview event last Tuesday to see…
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Last Thursday evening, the d’Art Center located in the NEON district of Norfolk, Virginia opened its second national juried Tiny But Mighty II exhibition of small three-dimensional works from across the U.S. that do not exceed 8” in their longest dimensions. Arts educator and Virginia-based freelance writer Betsy DiJulio and d’Art Center’s gallery manager Amanda…
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Last Thursday evening, Creative Philadelphia opened Crafting Narratives at the Art Gallery in City Hall – a group exhibition juried by noted gallerist/curator Bruce Hoffmann, depicting handmade works that demonstrate a narrative approach to making. Thirty-four Philadelphia metro-area artists are exhibiting one-of-a-kind pieces that use narrative to capture/interpret events and processes that explore interconnectedness and…
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Articulating Craft is a new exhibition opening this weekend at the Arts Center Gallery on the campus of scenic Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. Curated by metalsmith and Nazareth College arts professor Holland Houdek, the exhibit features work by thirty-seven artists from across the U.S./Canada juried by Houdek in tandem with college arts faculty.…
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Quirky humor — that’s often how others interpret my newest Upcycled body of work. Originally when I was told this about a different piece in an informal critique years ago, I was naturally taken aback. I thought that if work was to be deemed humorous, no one would take it seriously. Jump to current times…
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This evening at 5PM Mountain time, the Florence Quater Gallery at the Southwest University of Visual Arts (SUVA) hosts a gallery opening reception for “A Laugh, A Smirk or a Snicker” – a curated art exhibit about humor in art. Thirteen artists from across the United States were selected by an interdisciplinary panel of jurors…
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