For the month of December Sean Martorana will have brand new ink drawings on display at Cafe Estelle. Above is a film of Sean painting the windows for the opening reception this Friday 6:00 – 9:00.
Paige West, Founder and Curator of West Collection of Contemporary Art, Les Stoetzel, Director of West Collection and Gary Steuer, Chief Cultural Officer, City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture & the Creative Economy answer questions about the expanded West Collects Prize after Mayor Michael Nutter’s announcement at Philadelphia City Hall. West Collects has increased their budget and is dedicating $100,000.00 to collect art from Philadelphia artists to be exhibited in the gallery and halls at Philadelphia City Hall for six months next year.
Video by DoN Brewer
THIS FRIDAY, October 7th, Drink Philly is yet again supporting local artistic talent, local brewers and local restaurants for First Friday! Come enjoy food and beer tastings and check out some great local art and music.
Featured Artists:
Heather Marley
Sean Martorana
Richard Tenaglia
This month, The Farmers’ Cabinet will be serving mini Bavarian pretzel bites with a pear mustard, accompanied by their very own home brew, Grisette.
ABSOLUTELY NO COVER CHARGE. (Valid ID is required, only 21+ will be admitted.)
The event goes from 5-9 PM on Friday, October 7, and you may come and go as you please.
Our address is:
239 Chestnut Street (3rd & Chestnut)
Second Floor, Unit B
Philadelphia, PA 19106
"Artemis"
August 2 – September 30, 2011 | Solo art exhibition at The High Point Cafe, 602 W. Carpenter Lane, Philadelphia, PA; 215.849.5153.
September 2-17, 2011 | Wawapalooza 5: Fringe Festival production at the Society Hill Playhouse, 507 South 8th Street, Philadelphia, PA. Features an on-screen art show of local artists, including work by Lynnette Shelley, inbetween theatrical performances.
September 10-11, 2011 | Brandywine Festival of the Arts, Brandywine Park, 1001 North Park Dr., Wilmington, DE 19802. Lynnette’s tent will be located at Booth Space #37. Link to festival map.
October 1-8, 2011 | Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) Group Art Show atCrossroads Coffeehouse, 6156 Ridge Ave., Philadelphia, PA.
October 1-31 , 2011 | Solo show at Schang-Hai Gallerie, 4136 Creamery Road, Creamery, PA 19430; (610) 454-0504. Reception is on October 7th.
October 1, 2011 | 20th Annual Oktoberfest, on Butler Pike between Main Street and Lindenwold Ave., Ambler PA. 10 AM to 5 PM. Rain date is Oct. 2, 2011.
October 9, 2011 | Chestnut Hill Fall for the Arts Festival, Germantown Avenue, between Willow Grove and Rex Avenues. 11 AM to 5 PM. Rain date is Oct. 16, 2011.
"Totem I"
November 4, 2011 through January 6, 2012 | “Animalia” Solo Art Show at the Painted Bride Art Center, Cafe Gallery, 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106. First Friday Art Receptions: November 4 and December 2, 2011 from 5 to 7 pm. This is an Inliquid-sponsored art show.
Please visit www.lynnetteshelley.com to view more of Lynnette’s upcoming art shows as well as view her artwork gallery and available works for purchase.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Having a great love animals, fairytales, and world mythology, Pennsylvania artist Lynnette Shelley fuses these influences into her strikingly unique illustrations. Her artwork strikes a primal chord in many viewers, with almost Jungian associations to the colors and shapes. Her animal art and creature illustrations are both primitive and sophisticated, and have been likened to images from an undiscovered ancient civilization or culture.
“One of my primary interests has always been exploring legends and stories from around the world. Why are certain motifs ubiquitous across cultures and continents? These archetypal stories are told repeatedly in different guises throughout myth and folklore, and animals are often used to convey these mysteries. Whether painted on cave walls, portrayed as omens or worshiped as personifications of the gods, animals were a favorite theme for our ancestors. My artwork takes a closer look at this archetypal animal kingdom. Reinterpreted through abstraction, decorative element and contemporary vision, these creatures speak to our collective unconscious.”
"The White Buffalo (and the Red)"
10-hour, outdoor, live visual art competition with a backdrop of musical performances and DJs!!
AUGUST 27th from 12pm-10pm
Back for the 2nd round!! The Battle of the Canvas is a live painting competition that encourages the involvement of emerging and professional visual artists to paint under a theme that will promote social change through artistic images. In addition to fusing diverse artists with different skill levels together, appreciating visual arts out of galleries and museums is our goal since this free event will allow the public to connect with and interact with artists as they paint.
Where is it?? – The Artists Piazza | 2nd and Germantown Ave. 12pm-10pm | Free |Kids Corner
Watercolor Original Paintings by Sean Martorana
“I often talk to people who appreciate my work but can’t necessarily afford it. So I decided to start a line of more affordable art. Instead of simply offering prints as a lower-cost product (which many people balk at, because they want something original), I began creating one of a kind originals on 11×17 watercolor paper utilizing watercolors, ink and what ever else is near by. They’re quick strokes of inspriation that anyone can afford. I will be releasing them three at a time over the next several months.” – Sean Martorana
All artwork is signed by Sean Martorana and shipped in between cardboard to keep it safe.
You can pick them up as well as other artwork by clicking here.
(The paper was not previously stretched so it might have wrinkles and be a little bit warped which is all a part of Sean’s spontaneous process.)
A clip of Sean Martorana writing on the windows inside IndyHall, a coworking space and community in Philadelphia.
Music by: The Muggs
Song: Motown Blues
Album: On With the Show
This is a time-lapse video showing Sean Martorana painting over 45 watercolor atmosphere elements for an interactive weather service WeatherwiseApp.com.
seanmartorana.com
@SeanMartorana
facebook.com/inthestudio
Music by: Archie Bronson Outfit archiebronsonoutfit.com/
Song: Dart for My Sweetheart
Album: Derdang Derdang
Sean Martorana has just released what is left from his social media experiment “What’s Your Favorite Animal?”. These are animal studies that were suggested by a bunch of people on Facebook after asking the simple question “What’s Your Favorite Animal?”. All of them were drawn on 27″ x 34″ flip chart paper using a large Pilot Super Color Marker. What is left of the original drawings are now available online at Sean’s STUDiO_STORE.
www.seanmartorana.com
www.facebook.com/inthestudio
Twitter: @seanmartorana
Brooke Hine @ 915 Spring Garden Studios
Brooke Hine‘s studio at 915 Spring Garden Studios is a mess, 7 years of animistic ceramic sculpture parts piled high in corners, alien skeletons hanging from the ceiling, shiny blobs of ceramics with fluttering cat whiskers cling precariously to a shelf, wiggly tentacles are poking through the wall, plates & bowls are stacked everywhere like a Mad Hatter Tea Party and a trove of ceramic jewelry hangs haphazardly from the lip of a mug spilling onto a custom plate. Signs of creativity are everywhere, there seems to be a million things going, the nature of her medium is to be continually working on new work because of the hurry up and wait process, but Brooke knows exactly what she’s doing. Her bangs are cut too short but she’s fit & tan from playing Ultimate Frisbee, the recent alumni of the Center for Emerging Visual Arts Fellowship program is narrowing her art production focus incorporating a bit of her unique surrealism into objects for everyday life. She still is pursuing gallery shows, site specific installations of her iconic ceramics and curating for galleries but she really likes seeing her work used in a more functional way, spotting a necklace on a lady on the street or selling one of a kind plates to someone who will look at them every day makes her feel good.
Jewelry is a new direction for her, the amulets look like they’re from part of a larger sculpture, you would expect them to be fragile but they become very durable after firing. The natural shapes and neutral tones are simple yet sophisticated like her sculptures, strange and compelling textures and silhouettes. Using image transfer decals, Brooke is re-purposing large plates and bowls she acquired from the old Philadelphia Hotel with her signature fluid designs. Hines says the designing of decals in Illustrator and having them produced for transfer to ceramics is addictive, allowing her to micro mass produce utilitarian objects infused with her amorphous design sensibility. She’s setting up an eCommerce page on her web-site, forgoing the popular on-line arts sites in favor of her own digital store front. Once again this Fall her studio will be part of the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (915 is not usually open to the public) offering a chance to see her workspace and art showcase. Brooke exhibited work at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts as part of the Summer Solstice promotional event for POST and is an outspoken proponent for the value of the grass roots arts event. She finds the resources, exposure and promotion POST & CFEVA offers to be invaluable. 915 Spring Garden Art Studios was an early precursor to the now city-wide open studio art event and the five levels of studios are enough to keep you occupied for hours without leaving the building. Hine’s is thinking of selling off pieces of one of her larger sculptures like the one that was installed at Urban Outfitters headquarters at the Navy Yard, each element is a sculpture in it’s own right anyway so why not let people have part if not the whole. Maybe by October Brooke HIne’s studio will be ready for crowds with room to move around, but for now the space is hoarded with ideas.
Brooke Hine @ 915 Spring Garden Studios
Brooke Hine @ 915 Spring Garden Studios
Brooke Hine @ 915 Spring Garden Art Studios
DoN Brewer, SideArts Contributing Writer
Photos by DoN Brewer
