The Journey
Sculpture and Installations at Gallery at B543
Urban Outfitters @ the Navy Yard
March 15 – April 15, 2011

Opening reception: Tuesday, March 15, 5 – 8 pm

Please join me, along with the Philadelphia Sculptors, for “The Journey.”

Using a wide range of materials and techniques, these 12 artists
portray life’s journeys as they offer glimpses of flying and walking,
transient experiences and deep memories, beginnings and endings.

Artists Tom Bendtsen, Edward Carey, Carol Cole, James Fuhrman, Melissa
Maddonni Haims, Daniel Hoffman, Kim Knauer, Tecu’Mish Munha’Ke, Joanna
Platt, Colleen Rudolf, Libbie Soffer, and Carol Wisker will exhibit
their works in the gallery space leading to the public restaurant.

Please RSVP to urbncommunity@urbn.com by March 14, 2011
Note: The Navy Yard entrance gate will be locked after 6:00 pm and
only people with their names on the list will be admitted.

Viewing hours for the exhibition are Monday – Friday, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm.
Gallery at B543 is located at 5000 South Broad Street, through the
gates into the Navy Yard. Urban Outfitters buildings are designated by
signs that read “URBN” and Building B543 is at the back of the campus,
closest to the river.

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3^rd Street Gallery Open Call for Artists

3^rd Street Gallery, an artist-run collective since 1972, is pleased to announce an Open Call for artists to be a part of this exhibition in February 2011. The 3^rd Street Gallery members are excited to curate this show of established and emerging Philadelphia Area artists in our Old City neighborhood.

Prospectus

A full prospectus can be obtained from our website or by emailing thirdstreetgallery@gmail.com.

Delivery Dates: Sunday January 30^th from 12–7pm. Monday January 31^st from 9am – 7pm

Exhibit Dates: February 4 – 27, 2011

First Friday Opening Reception: February 4^th from 5 – 9pm

Second Sunday Artists Reception: February 13^th from 1-3pm [Snow Date is Sunday February 27^th]

Pick up Dates: Sunday, February 27 from 5 – 7 pm and Monday, February 28^th from 9 – 11am.

Fees:

The fee for participating in this exhibit is $30 for one piece of work, $35 for 2 works and $40 for 3 pieces of work. All Checks should be made out to 3^rd Street Gallery. There will be a 25% commission retained by the gallery on all works sold.

Insurance:

The 3^rd Street Gallery assumes no liability for any damages that may occur during this exhibit. We are not responsible for artwork left past February 28^th, unless arrangements have been made in writing.

Presentation:

All entries must be suitably framed and ready for hanging and installation. A limited number of pedestals are available; please inquire during drop-off or call ahead to make arrangements. Work should be no larger than 36” in any direction. 3^rd Street Gallery reserves the right to decline any questionable work.

Delivery:

All works must have an identification label attached to the front. Entry forms are submitted separately at drop-off. Payment is required at delivery.

3rd Street Gallery Community Exhibit

3^rd Street Gallery is pleased to announce an

Open Call for Artists to be a part of this exhibition in February 2011.

3^rd Street Gallery, an artist-run collective since 1972, is pleased to announce an Open Call for artists in our community. The 3^rd Street Gallery members are excited to curate this show of established and emerging Philadelphia Area artists in our Old City neighborhood.

3^rd Street Gallery @ 58 N. 2^nd Street, Philadelphia, Pa 19106

www.3rdstreetgallery.com

Inquiries regarding this exhibit, or to request a full prospectus: thirdstreetgallery@gmail.com

Prospectus:

Delivery Dates: Sunday January 30^th from 12–7pm. Monday January 31^st from 9am – 7pm

Exhibit Dates: February 4 – 27, 2011

First Friday Opening Reception: February 4^th from 5 – 9pm

Second Sunday Artists Reception: February 13^th from 1-3pm [Snow Date is Sunday February 27^th]

Fees:

The fee for participating in this exhibit is $30 for one piece of work, $35 for 2 works and $40 for 3 pieces of work. All Checks should be made out to 3^rd Street Gallery. There will be a 25% commission retained by the gallery on all works sold.

Presentation:

All entries must be suitably framed and ready for hanging and installation. A limited number of pedestals are available; please inquire during drop-off or call ahead to make arrangements. Work should be no larger than 36” in any direction. 3^rd Street Gallery reserves the right to decline any questionable work.

Delivery:

All works must have an identification label attached to the front. Entry forms are submitted separately at drop-off. Payment is required at delivery.

3rd street gallery

Piety Choi is having a Solo Exhibition at the Pennsylvania National Insurance Company in Harrisburg.

The location is 2 North 2nd Street, Harrisburg.

The Exhibition will be running from November 2nd 2010 through January 28th 2011.

come for a peek inside of my studio

i’m so happy to announce that i will be opening my studio

this weekend {october 2 + 3 from 12 to 6}

for the 11th annual Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST).

please join my in my studio to see some of last years installation (heaven + hell), as well as some knit graffiti, photography and other yarny fun. hot apple cider + ginger snaps, too!

my studio is located in the northwest neighborhood of chestnut hill, along with a number of other really great studio artists, galleries and shops.

123 east moreland ave, phila., pa 19118 and i’m listed as number 5 on page 14 of the POST directory.

all studios west of Broad will be open on saturday and sunday from noon until 6pm.

for more on POST or to plan your tour visit www.philaopenstudios.com

making the inanimate objects of the city a little more warm and fuzzy.

this is a little yarn bomb i’ve left for my favorite yarn shop in the city – the tangled web.

it’s located in the neighborhood of chestnut hill in the northwest corner of philadelphia.

enjoy.

New Visions 4: Banks, Bleicher, Haims, Odiorne

April 1 – 28, 2010

Artist’s Reception:
Thursday, April 1, 2010
5:30 – 7:30pm

Second Sunday, Open House + Artist’s Reception:
Sunday, April 11, 2010
11 am – 4 pm

i have been invited to join 3 painters to show heaven + hell in an exhibit in reading, pa, this coming april.

this will be a totally new iteration of the sculpture – installed like it’s never been installed before. hope you can plan a day and travel to reading for a surprising and exciting experience. i will be at the gallery for both receptions.

see you there. melissa

The GoggleWorks Center for the Arts is an Entire City Block Where Art Happens. The six buildings and 160,000 square feet of art space offer everything from 200 arts-based classes every 10 weeks, to 45 artists working in their professional studios. Each floor of the main 5-story building invites visitors to explore the arts through dance, music and five – always exciting and ever-changing galleries. Over 20 arts-based organizations also call the GoggleWorks home.

Visit the GoggleWorks and all it has to offer. Stay for an hour or stay for the day. It´s always free admission and hosts free parking in a connected parking lot.

Hours of Operation:

Monday – Saturday 9:00 a.m – 9:00 p.m.

Sunday 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

GPS Address:

140 N. 3rd Street, Reading, PA 19601

http://www.goggleworks.org/

Highwire Gallery is actively seeking artists across multiple disciplines including, but not limited to, painting, drawing, printmaking, sculpture, installation, performance, and digital media. We are looking for vibrant new members in any stage of their career who are flexible, motivated and dedicated to their work and to being a part of this artist run co-operative gallery.

Highwire members are given the opportunity to exhibit their work once every 18 months in 2 person exhibitions, as well as participate in at least 2 group shows per year.

Please send your Artists Statement, Bio, and 3-5 images (JPGs or a link to your website or other web based images) to highwiregallery@gmail.com. 

After your information has been reviewed, you may be invited to meet the members and show your work. We will invite you to bring a selection of original works to the gallery where you will have the opportunity to meet our members, discuss yourself and your work.

MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS

• 2 person exhibition every 18 months

• A minimum of 2 group exhibitions per year

• 0% commission on sales

• Access to exhibition opportunities and calls for entry

• Experience with gallery preparation and arts administration

MEMBERSHIP RESPONSIBILITES

• $150 initiation fee

• $65 monthly dues

• One day a month of gallery staffing

• Five hours of gallery-related work each calendar quarter

• Attendance at membership meetings

• Attendance at artist membership reviews

ELIGIBILITY

• Applicants must live within a 50 mile radius of Philadelphia and cannot be presently enrolled in any undergraduate programs.

CONTACT

Highwire Gallery

2040 Frankford Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19125

215.426.2685

highwiregallery@gmail.com

heaven. and hell.

Melissa Maddonni Haims

Highwire Gallery

Opening Reception: November 6, 2009    5 – 9 pm
Exhibit runs November 6 – 29, 2009

Melissa Maddonni Haims has been working feverishly for 2 years, knitting, crocheting, and stitching together a personal version of what heaven and hell might look like, constructed of yarn. This vision takes form at Highwire Gallery, in the Fishtown section of Philadelphia, in November, 2009.

As you enter into this alternate cosmos, convoluted, cloud-like sculptures, stuffed with recycled fibers, hang from the ceiling in the front room, bathed in light from the storefront windows. In this version of heaven, many of the sculptures are formed and named for those who have passed from this world to the next, including the artist’s mother, the catalyst for this project. Others have been commissioned to memorialize loved ones. These sculptures are organic and unconventional, not at all the predetermined forms associated and derived from faded stitchery pattern-books. Here we have rambling rows curling around into sensuous newness.

As you depart from heaven’s high-ceilinged, light filled, ambience, you move into the gallery’s center room, a purgatory of sorts, where a selection of paintings by The Grimm Sisters, Rochelle Dinkin and Rachel Isaac, are on display. Their collaborative efforts combine whimsy and trepidation to produce an eerie, playful, mythology, born from the shadows of their psyches.

Deeper within the space, in the compact backroom, is the culmination of 2 years worth of knitting and crocheting. The room is filled with plush, stalagmitic sculptures that invoke Dante’s journey through hell, with knitting needles. These sculptural interpretations of hellacious inhabitants range in size from 12 inches to 6 feet.  Again, the forms are beyond imagination, infused with improvisation, as the artist explores form-building unique to the controlled entanglement of strings and strands. Who do you think inspired these damned souls?

Melissa Maddonni Haims is a mixed media artist based in Philadelphia. She explores alternative materials, mostly recycled, reclaimed or rescued, with knitted elements and found objects. Her career in the arts began in New York City in the 1990’s, and life led her back home to Philadelphia in 2004, where she lives with her family in Chestnut Hill. Ms. Haims currently maintains membership in the Highwire Artists Co-operative and the Northwest Artists Collective, and teaches children and young adults traditional handwork methods, such as knit and crochet, for the Handwork Studio of Narberth, Pa.

For more information and photographs, please visit her website at
www.melissamaddonnihaims.com.
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Highwire Gallery
2040 Frankford Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19125
www.highwiregallery.com

Work on paper from the collection of Silvia Egnal. Exhibit includes art by Andy Warhol and Fernand Leger, as well as Philadelphia Artists such as Tremain Smith and Stuart Egnal.

June 12 – July 5 at the Arts League
RECEPTION: FRIDAY JUNE 12, 5:30-7:30pm
4226 Spruce St. / Philadelphia, PA 19104
215-382-7811 / www.ucartsleague.org
Gallery Hours: Monday-Friday, 12-6pm;
Saturday, 11am ? 1pm