Take your photography to the next level. Find your strengths and weaknesses. Everyone has both!!! This year’s Photography Expo was the hardest ever to be juried in. Usually 40 to 50 photographers enter, this year there were 76. There were over 200 entries and only 50 photographs were accepted. Almost everyone who took the review last year was accepted into the exhibition. Ken Goodfellow our first place winner this year took the review and stated he followed Richard’s instructions to the letter.

Testimonial by Photographer Ken Goodfellow. Ken took the class March 29th, 2009

“It was a pleasure to work with Mr. Johnson on my portfolio review, never having one before it was well worth the time spent. The review of my images before meeting Richard was an added bonus since he already had an understanding of what I was presenting, and had completed written material for me to go over.

Richard’s communication of what should be worked on to present portfolios, besides discussing the images, was very detailed and knowledge worth learning. I would highly recommend a review as lessons learned for me from a technical and business perspective can be put into practice immediately”.

Photography Portfolio Reviews by Richard Johnson

Richard A. Johnson is a black and white landscape photographer who uses panoramic and large format cameras to capture the natural beauty of Eastern and Southwestern United States.

In the last twenty years, Richard has created twenty black & white portfolios, been involved in over 60 one person and group exhibitions, and has been featured in several prominent publications on photography such as Lenswork, Lenswork Extended Journal, Black and White Magazine UK and the Photographer’s Formulary Online Newsletter. Richard’s work is held in numerous private and public institutional collections throughout the country.

Richard A. Johnson was born and raised in the city of Philadelphia, and currently resides in Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. Mr. Johnson continues to teach various courses on traditional & digital photography at Delaware County Community College, where he has worked for over 15 years. He was awarded Excellence In Teaching in 2006. Richard’s recent accomplishments include being selected as an Artist in Residence by the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and also by Pennsylvania Department of Education for a solo exhibition in 2008.

So Come to Tyme Gallery for a professional portfolio review with Richard Johnson. There is a limit of 8 people per session and 3 seats are already taken. The review is Sunday March 14th starting at 12:30 pm. The cost is only $30.00. Advance registration is a must and jpgs or slides of images to be reviewed must also be presented in advance. Light refreshments will be provided. Please call 610-853-1215 or email madametyme@tymegallery.com for registration or additional questions. Tyme Gallery is located at 17 W. Eagle Road in Havertown. You can also check out www.tymegallery.com/events.htm.

Tyme Gallery features “Nature’s Forms” with Liverpool artist Joel Bird and award winning and published Chester County artist, Jimmer Breen. The opening reception is Friday March 12th from 5:00 to 9:00 pm. The exhibition runs from the 12th through April 6th.

Friday March 12th from 5-9 pm
Joel Bird – Magpies & Goldeneye
Jimmer Breen – Tombstone Blues & Split

Joel Bird, Liverpool artist, is flying in from the UK for this great occasion. He is an artist of many talents, visual and performing. Bird states, “I am interested in the harmony and tension between opposing forces. I visualize the interaction between what is internal and external as a flow of form that composes a framework which allows stability (reality) to exist”. On his last tour to the US in 2008 he sold work to private and public collections in Philadelphia, Allentown, Daytona, Florida and New York. While Bird has seen many parts of the world he has a special place in his heart for Pennsylvania. In this exhibit he is focusing more on our harmony with the natural world. He feels Pennsylvania has some magical countryside and finds Pennsylvanians in general have a wonderfully healthy attitude towards the outdoors. The works show landscapes and people interacting with their environments. He has also exhibited throughout England and Scotland and applications for residencies in Europe has achieved a recent invite to the Florence Biennial.

Bird’s work spans different aspects of audio visual media. He has composed music for Film, TV, Animation, Theatre & Audio Books. TV and Film clients include The BBC, Channel 4, The mother group, Diplomat films, Between the Eyes & Jab Productions. He has held the post of Musical director in the Unity Theatre, Liverpool and worked in pop music for Universal USA and GUT records UK, working with bands such as Space and Elvis Costello.

Jimmer Breen is a surreal artist at heart with a love for the human form and face. According to Breen, “I am drawn to our physical selves; our features, expressions, movements… After all, we are magnificent machines”. Breen received a BFA from West Chest University and was a recipient of the “Jack Gardener Hawthorne Award for Excellence in Painting”. His work has been exhibited throughout the Greater Delaware Valley and his art in is the home of many private collectors including a demand for mural work.

“Nature’s Forms”, a bold and colorful collection of the surreal world. The opening reception is Friday, March 12th, from 5:00 to 9:00 PM. The reception is catered with beautiful tasty hors d’ oeuvres from Antonella’s Italian Kitchen in Rosemont and is free to the public. The artwork is on sale and exhibit from March 12th , through April 6th . Tyme Gallery is located at 17 W. Eagle Road in Havertown. For additional information about the exhibition, or for directions, call 610-853-1215 or check out their web site at www.tymegallery.com.

CONFLUENCE – three artists three sensibilities.

March 7-29
Meet the Artists: Sunday, March 7th, 1-5 pm

CONFLUENCE. Is intended to celebrate the possibilities and complexities of the printmaking worlds of Bobbie Adams, Rachel Citrino, and Linda Dubin Garfield.

They employ traditional and contemporary technologies using multiple and iterative processes. The convergence of these artists is their obsession with and love of mark-making..how their personal marks and the etch, the press, the pixels, dance. This is a celebration of the mark.

DA VINCI ART ALLIANCE is one of the oldest artist-run gallery in the region, founded in 1931 by 17 prominent artists. It has been housed in its present quarters across from Fleisher Art Memorial, for over 50 years

DA VINCI ART ALLIANCE
704 Catherine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
215-829-0466
http://www.davinciartalliance.org/

Hours Wed. 6-9pm, Sat./Sun 1-4pm, extended hours Mar.24-28 for SGC 2010

What do organic, synthetic, and imaginary textures have to do with art? It has everything to do with Julian Duron’s new artwork, Windows, featured from March 6-28 at The Slingluff Gallery. Meet Duron and be the first to view his newest work on March 6th, from 6-9pm.

“There is no such thing as a freestanding work of art. Each work is bracketed by: 1) everything that came before it, and 2) the next blank surface. Between the two is the grand gulf that excites artists and collectors alike. Windows emerges almost exclusively from the natural environment. Textures – organic, synthetic, and imaginary – are an important part of the composition, and are natural outgrowths of the subject matter.”
- Duron

Duron, living in Brooklyn, NY, thrives on the city and what it has to offer, which shows through in his abstract paintings. “The vibrant art communities of NYC are supported by artists at every level and an international catalogue of discriminating collectors. They share a sense of community that fosters the development of creativity – in art, music, film, and dance. Traveling from my home into the CIty on a daily basis offers the elements of everyday life that I find vital to my own well-being: unlimited surfaces to exhibit work, fine coffee, strong web communities and creative computer subcultures, to name a few. I publish two webzines Coattails.org and Bodegaboys.com. These sites features emerging music, music videos, photography, comedy, and other popular media.” – Duron

The Slingluff Gallery
11 West Girard Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19123
Phone: 215.307.1550
theslingluffgallery@gmail.com
www.SlingluffGallery.com

The PRIMER Microstudio is pleased to present a complete alphabet created by illustrator Dave Perillo for this March’s First Friday opening:

NOW YOU KNOW
A Most Unusual Alphabet

Opening Reception March 5th 2009 6pm-9pm
Show Runs March 5th – March 31st

Dave Perillo was born in 1974, the same year Wham-O introduced the Slip N’Slide…coincidence? In 1st grade, Dave revealed in his autobiography “Me Book”, that when he grew up he would like to be Ziggy. This ambition was deflated by 2nd grade when he realized that A) Ziggy is not real, B) Ziggy is completely bald, and C) Ziggy wears no pants. While the thought of going throughout life sans pants was somewhat appealing he decided to pursue his second choice, a career in art.

Dave draws inspiration for his work from many of the following sources: 1950’s sci-fi movies, Charles Schultz, Jim Flora, Ray Harryhausen, Roy Lichtenstein, Jim Henson, Hanna Barbera, The Twilight Zone, Alfred Hitchcock and character advertising icons. Dave currently resides in the burbs of Philly, works as an illustrator, believes that bowling is the sport of kings and a bag of Swedish Fish is a seafood dinner. Check out more of Dave’s work at http://montygog.blogspot.com.

If you can’t make it to the opening, the gallery is open during normal business hours (after hours by appt), and the exhibition will be on display all month long. We are easily accessible from Philadelphia via the R2 (station is a block from the gallery) and I-95. Stop by and help support the arts in Hatboro!

primer microstudio
15 Byberry Road
Hatboro, PA 19040
lawrence@primerinc.com
215-796-2218
primerinc.com

Bozena Szlachta: The Way to Perfect Movement

Opening Reception Friday March 5th, 6-9PM
5th through 28th

Originally from Poland, Bozena Szlachta graduated Cum Laude from the Academy of Fine Arts in Wroclaw. She now lives and works in Germany. About her upcoming show The Way to Perfect Movement, she says

“The driving force behind this project is fascination. I have boundless admiration not only for the performance but for the arduous path of the body, searching for and chiseling movement. This is an attempt to see an expressive ballet, and also an attempt to find correspondence between the scene and the image.”

242 Race Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106
www.piigallery.com
215.592.1022

Open Thurday-Saturday, 12-6PM and by appointment

A seminar for still photographers, this ASMP-sponsored event, presented by nationally-known photographer and film-maker Gail Mooney, will address the increased demand for video and how to identify potential opportunities. She will talk about the advantages a still photographer brings to video and how to change thinking from still to motion. And most importantly, she suggests business models for video production.
Seminar topics include:

• Why a still photographer should be interested in video and markets for video
• Business of video production – how not to be just a content provider
• Tips for shooting motion and how to get good audio
• How to shoot great interviews
• Suggestions for camera gear, editing hardware and software
• Common mistakes photographers make and how to avoid them

Date:
Thursday, March 25, 2010 – 7PM – 9PM
Doors open at 6:30

Where:
Community College of Philadelphia
Bonnell Small Auditorium
1700 Spring Garden St
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Park at student rate in CCP garage (rt. side on 17th below Sp Garden).

To Register: https://asmp.org/education/event/register?venue_id=205

For more information: http://asmp.org/asmp-seminar-converging

ASMP Philly is the local chapter of the American Society of Media Photographers, the leading trade association for photographers working primarily for publication.

Contact:
Celeste Hardester
achardester@verizon.net
215-518-1799

Coinciding with the 44th annual National Council for Education on the Ceramic Arts Conference in Philadelphia (March 31-April 3, 2010), Wexler Gallery proudly presents:

The Peaceable Queendom, an installation of new work by Philadelphia based ceramic artist and sculptor Adelaide Paul in the main gallery space.

The Hermaphrodites: Living In Two Worlds, a group show curated by Leslie Ferrin, owner of Ferrin Gallery in Pittsfield, MA. The exhibition will take place on the gallery’s second floor.

The exhibition will run from March 5th through May 1st, 2010. An opening reception with the artist will take place on First Friday, April 2nd, from 5-8pm.

Exploring the idea that American culture posits an alternately sentimental and callous relationship between humans and both domesticated and wild animals, Adelaide Paul’s The Peaceable Queendom will include life-sized interpretations of animate beings such as mountain lions, dogs and horses. Having stated that “muscle is meat and, on great many levels, so are we,” the artist poses her animal subjects in provocative positions, often mirroring human characteristics and emotions. Working with both found and fabricated materials, such as taxidermy manikins and brightly colored leather, the artist’s most recent body of work begs the viewer to consider the relationship between the consumer, consumed, and consummated, evoking multiple possibilities as to just who is consumed.

The Hermaphrodites: Living In Two Worlds will focus on figural sculpture that both embodies the literal definition of hermaphrodites (encompassing both genders) and the conceptual nature of the term as it applies to sculpture that can be categorized equally as contemporary fine art sculpture or decorative art. The exhibition will concentrate on contemporary artists working with ceramics, who also adopt other processes, materials, and techniques commonly found outside of their discipline.

Featured artists will include Chris Antemann, Beth Cavener Stichter, Cynthia Consentino, Anne Drew Potter, Judy Fox, Gerit Grimm, Bridget Harper, Sergei Isupov, Myungjin Kim, Dana Major Kanovitz, Kelly Rathbone Garrett, Dirk Staschke, Mara Superior, Tip Toland, Jason Walker, Kurt Weiser, Red Weldon Sandlin, Irina Zaytceva, and many more.

The Wexler Gallery is located at 201 North Third Street in the historical district of Old City Philadelphia. We invite you to visit our gallery or explore our website at www.wexlergallery.com.

***SNOW DATE: Just to be on the safe side, we are changing the date of the Happy Hour and Networking event! Take your time shoveling your walk, and we’ll see you on Sunday! Join us after the Flower Show or before you go out to dinner in Northern Liberties. Fun for all!***

Join Philly Side Arts, local artists, and arts business owners Sunday, February 28 at 4-7 pm for our networking meeting and happy hour. Also enjoy a meet and greet with currently showing artists Steve and Dawn Linden and live music by Michael Lambert.

Sunday, February 28th
Networking and Happy Hour 4-6 pm
Music by Michael Lambert 6-7 pm
The Slingluff Gallery
11 West Girard Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19125

Philly Side Arts welcomes you to 2010 and hopes that you year is off to a great start! Learn about some of the exciting new features recently launched and how you can create additional exposure for your artwork. Meet local artists and business owners to get the scoop on what is going on in our community. Most importantly, have fun and make friends!

Steve and Dawn Linden’s artwork can be seen at http://www.slingluffgallery.com/Current_Show.html.

Learn more about artist and musician Michael Lambert at http://lambertvs.viviti.com/music.

About The Slingluff Gallery:
Studio 27.28 opened its doors in 2008 in the Art Museum Area. With the move to Fishtown Studio 27.28 has quickly morphed into The Slingluff Gallery. Featuring local, national, and international artists every first Saturday, they are dedicated to giving artists of all mediums an opportunity to show on the other side of the country or ocean or for their first time. The Slingluff Gallery also features handmade items in their gallery, from jewelry to pottery and scarves.