Prelude Gallery Extension!

SAVE THE DATE!

Wednesday, December 7th, 7-9pm
"My Philadelphia" ART EXHIBITION RECEPTION
Featuring works by Student & Recent-Graduate Emerging Fine Artists
1st, 2nd and 3rd Prize Winners will be announced!
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There is still time to ENTER!
"My Philadelphia" small works ART SHOW & COMPETITION at Prelude Gallery
Submissions are due Saturday, November 19th
Chance to win $100 + a FEATURED WALL at Prelude Gallery!
Details here: http://www.preludegallery.com/events/events
Email submissions to: competition@preludegallery.com

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Various Artists (some architecturally related)

Antoni Gaudi / Sagrada Familia



Dirk Stashke



Kathy Butterly



Justin Novak



Nicholas Kripal



Sadashi Inuzuka

Polly Apfelbaum Lecture @ The Print Center

Lecture

Printed Image: Polly Apfelbaum

**TOMORROW** Thursday, November 10, 6:00pm, FREE

  

Join us for a lecture commissioned from artist Polly Apfelbaum exploring how the connections and memories we have of places have changed with the internet. The talk grows out of an artist book called Haunted House, which she completed this past spring. Apfelbaum's work has been shown all over the world, including recent exhibitions at the Milton Keynes Gallery, England; Albright Knox Museum, Buffalo; D'Amelio Terras Gallery, New York; and Locks Gallery, Philadelphia. In 2003, Philadelphia's Institute of Contemporary Art organized a major retrospective of her work. This lecture is generously supported by Locks Gallery.

Gerard Brown: “ ” @ Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Opening Reception Friday, November 4, 2011 5 – 10pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tiger Strikes Asteroid is pleased to announce their November exhibition
Gerard Brown
“ ”
November 4 – December 31, 2011
Opening Reception Friday, November 4, 2011 5 – 10pm

PHILADELPHIA – Tiger Strikes Asteroid, Philadelphia’s artist-curated exhibition space presents “ ”, an exhibition of new works on paper by Philadelphia artist Gerard Brown. The show opens with a reception on First Friday, November 4, 2011. The gallery is located at 319 N. 11th Street, Philadelphia, PA. Gallery hours are Saturday & Sunday 2pm-6pm & by appointment. For additional information and images please contact our staff or gallery director Matt Sepielli, at tel. (484)-469-0319, tigerstrikesasteroid@gmail.com

The exhibit of paintings and prints continues Brown’s exploration of the intersections between reading and seeing, and its punctuated title (which can be read as “blank quote” or “smart quotes”) alludes to the use of others' words in the work. Two large pieces dominate the show; a multi-panel drawing in gouache on paper translates Frank O’Hara’s 1957 poem “To the Harbormaster” into nautical code flags, and a 32-part digital print conflates images of oceanographic satellite photography with James McBride’s bestselling 1996 memoir, “The Color of Water”. “I want to know what happens when things are misunderstood,” Brown says, “when messages that are encoded are not seen as meaningful, or when an attempt to communicate directly is seen as a formal gesture.” During the run of the exhibit, the gallery will release an essay by artist David Stephens and art writer Robin Rice that discusses the works.

Gerard Brown is an Assistant Professor and Chair of the Foundation Department at Temple University’s Tyler School of Art. A longtime participant in the Philadelphia art community, he contributed art reviews to the Philadelphia Weekly and Seven Arts magazine in the 1990s and, with City Paper critic Robin Rice, began eyelevel, a newsletter of art criticism that appeared occasionally throughout the late 1990s. He has organized exhibits and contributed essays to galleries and museums throughout the region, and is currently the Resident Scholar at the Center for Art in Wood, where he organized “Turning to Art In Wood: A Creative Journey” in observation of the newly re-named organization’s 25th anniversary. This is Brown’s third one-person exhibit, and his first in Philadelphia.

Tiger Strikes Asteroid is an artist-run and artist-curated exhibition space located at 319A North 11th Street, home to Vox Populi, Marginal Utility, Grizzly Grizzly, and Progressive Sharing. Our goal is to connect the Philadelphia art scene to the global art community by showing the work of emerging artists from Philadelphia and other cities such as New York, Chicago, and Los Angeles. In addition to its exhibition programs, Tiger Strikes Asteroid maintains Flat File, a collection of small-scale artworks by past, current and future exhibitors. All works in Flat File are under 9 x 12 inches and are available for sale. The collection may be viewed by appointment.

Gallery hours Saturday & Sunday, 2PM-6PM & by appointment
Appointments: (484)-469-0319, tigerstrikesasteroid@gmail.com


319A North 11th Street 2H, Philadelphia, PA 19107 | http://www.TigerStrikesAsteroid.com


- Terri Saulin for Tiger Strikes Asteroid

Project #4: ARCHICECTURAL

Project #4: ARCHICECTURAL

Reading Assignments:
Neil Forrest: Detached Ornament/Engaged Architectonics

Neil Forrest

Doug Herren

http://www.dougherren.com/Site/Home.html

Ken Vavrek

http://www.kenvavrek.com/index.html

Bill Daley

http://williamdaley.net/index.html



http://www.jeannequinnstudio.com/

Project #4: ARCHITECTURAL

PROJECT #4
ARCHITECTURAL

Reading Assignments:
Neil Forrest: Detached Ornament/Engaged Architectonics

Neil Forrest

Doug Herren

http://www.dougherren.com/Site/Home.html

Ken Vavrek

http://www.kenvavrek.com/index.html

Bill Daley

http://williamdaley.net/index.html



http://www.jeannequinnstudio.com/

The Unsettled @ UD Crane: October 13 – November 27, 2011 2nd Thursday Receptions: October 13th & November 10th from 6-9pm

October 13 – November 27, 2011
2nd Thursday Receptions: October 13th & November 10th from 6-9pm
Location: University of Delaware Gallery
Hours: Wednesday, 12-4, and Thursday thru Sunday 12 to 6
 
Though the word “grotesque” has in contemporary usage come to refer primarily to the unpleasant or disgusting, The Unsettled instead explores the term as it relates to notions of duality, hybridism, and transformation. The work chosen occupies the physical, mental, and cultural spaces between states of being and emphasizes those unsettling elements that exist just below the civilized veneer of society. It is about those things we attempt to hide from our friends, family, neighbors, and even ourselves, and the transformations that take place as a result of such suppression, It is about the futility of denying our basic natures and examines the mechanisms by which our fears, doubts, and primal instincts – real and imagined – manifest themselves to ourselves and the world around us, on both a personal and societal level. Taken as a whole, The Unsettled suggests that what we think is solid might not be, and dares us as viewers and artists to peek beneath the surface of what we consider normal.

co-currated by Michael Merry and Patrick Koziol, two currentUniveristy of Delaware MFA students

Featuring:

Susan Camp
Erica Eyres
Alex Fogt
Brandon Jones
Patrick Koziol
Michael Merry
Cindy Stockton Moore
Josh Nobiling
Andrew Prayzner
Elaine Quave
Troy Richards
Terri Saulin
Jacob Smiley
Adam Parker Smith
Lindsay Wraga

Interesting Works of the Week:

Hello All,
Here are a few websites worth checking out!

NUALA O'DONOVAN


Katsu Yoaoki

PROJECT # 3

ONE PART CLAY


http://www.curatedobject.us/photos/uncategorized/2008/04/14/april_biener_detail_2.jpg

Reading Assignments:

1. Susan Beiner's Synthetic Reality, Glen R. Brown, 2009
2. Ceramics Pluralism, Glen R. Brown, 2009
3.One Part Clay, Garth Clark

Be prepared to discuss one or more of the artists presented by examining the extra media provided with the slide shows.

Adelaide Paul

Adelaide Paul

John Byrd





Chad Curtis

Chad Curtis

Richard Cleaver
Press

Michael Lucero

Michael Lucero

Sumi Maeshima

Sumi Maeshima

Tim Berg & Rebekah Meyers



Rain Harris

After the Drawing Crit ... a Trip to ICA!

ica home exhibitions public programs about ica visit get involved media center miranda // the blog support news shop	Bill Walton's Studio September 7 – December 4, 2011 Reception: Wednesday, September 7, 6-8PM Exhibition walkthrough with curator Ingrid Schaffner: Wednesday, September 7, 5PM, ICA Members Only The Institute of Contemporary Art presents Bill Walton's Studio in the Project Space. This exhibition recreates the unique environment of the minimalist artist, a key figure in the Philadelphia art community for nearly 50 years. Walton, a commercial printmaker by trade and later an instructor at Moore College of Art and Design (1974-1990), was often more interested in the materials used for printmaking—wood, lead, steel—than in the finished product. His studio contained an exhibition area so he could display his work in progress in order to judge whether or not it was finished, a crucial part of his studio practice. At the time of his death in 2010, Walton's studio was a small miracle of order. Tools and materials were arranged as carefully as works of art. Indeed it was not always simple to tell the tools from the work, to judge whether an artful arrangement of screws and bolts was waiting to be used or to be admired. ICA's exhibition catalogues, transfers, and displays the elements of Walton's studio, from finished work to workbench to cassette tapes and coffee cups. Using plywood slats and weathering techniques, ICA faithfully re-creates the studio's painted wooden floor, down to the way Walton filled the seams in the area that was his exhibition space. In today's art world, where so many artists work digitally and conceptually, this installation gives visitors insight into the hands-on, craft-oriented way a traditional artist hones his craft. This exhibition is organized by ICA Senior Curator Ingrid Schaffner, and is accompanied by a brochure publication. RELATED PUBLIC PROGRAMS Sunday, December 4, 2pm Bill Walton: Gifting the Studio Share memories, receive ephemera, and help complete the transfiguration of Bill Walton, a key figure in the Philadelphia art community for nearly fifty years. Hear how his animating spirit affects artists working today as ICA's recreation of his unique studio environment prepares to close. ICA is grateful to the Edna W. Andrade Fund of The Philadelphia Foundation  for their generous support. We acknowledge the generous sponsorship of Barbara  B. & Theodore R. Aronson for the exhibition brochure, and are grateful to the  Dolfinger-McMahon Foundation for funding public educational programs in  conjunction with this project. Additional support has been provided by The Horace  W. Goldsmith Foundation; The Dietrich Foundation, Inc.; the Overseers Board for  the Institute of Contemporary Art; friends and members of ICA; and the University  of Pennsylvania. General operating support provided, in part, by the Philadelphia  Cultural Fund. ICA receives state arts funding support through a grant from the  Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of  Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. We are  grateful to John Ollman and the Fleisher/Ollman Gallery for their in-kind support.  ICA acknowledges Le Meridien Philadelphia as our official UnLock Art partner hotel. images: (Top, middle left and right): Bill Walton's Studio, 2011, Philadelphia. Photo by Karen Mauch. (Bottom): Bill Walton,Untitled, n.d. clamp, brass, aluminum, copper, 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 7 1/2 inches. Collection of Kirk Kirkpatrick and John Wind. Copyright © 2000-2011, Institute of Contemporary Art. All rights reserved. Institute of Contemporary Art @ University of Pennsylvania 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 · 215 898-7108 · contact us Hours: Wed 11-8 · Thu-Fri 11-6 · Sat-Sun 11-5 · Mon-Tue closed Find us on: facebook · twitter · miranda · mailing list Website developed by Zero Defect Design LLC.    New podcast – ICA’s Ingrid Schaffner on curating, making her zine Pink, and working with artists By roberta | September 5, 2011   CONTINUA. An upcoming solo exhibition. Two-years in the making, Continua is a systems-based project that explores the foundational aspect of color as a continuous and singular element that is fragmented into formalized units of three-dimensionally parceled space using hand-dyed Philadelphia phonebooks. CONTINUA will be presented as a site-specific installation at  319 N. 11th Street, 2nd Floor, September 2nd through October 7th, 2011. Opening Reception September 2nd, 4-9pm. Closing Reception October 7th, 4-9pm. Open gallery hours Wednesdays and Fridays, 12-6pm. And by appointment.

Welcome to Projects in Clay 2011

Studioscopic: Kukuli Velarde from David S Kessler on Vimeo.
http://www.kukulivelarde.com/site/HOME.html
Hello All!

Below you will find links to important documents for the Projects in Clay class.
Please click HERE for the Syllabus and weekly calendar.
Some notes about supplies can be found here.

For our first week's discussion, we will talk about the first two assignments;
Project #1: Metamorphosis and Project #2: Hybrid Forms.
Below, please find some artists that we will examine and discuss in class.
Please re-visit the slide shows as you continue to work on your projects. Click on the links provided. These will direct you to several video biographies, articles and artist statements that are required viewing/reading for class discussion and development of your individual research project.

CLASS 1: 8/31/11
Demo: Slab, pinch, and coil building / hollowing out a solid construction
Assign: Students will develop a progression of five or more forms that "morph" from organic to machine made, or conversely.

HOMEWORK DUE
Class 2: 9/7/2011
Design one Hybrid Form
Based on exploration of the five forms progression and further research, students will design a "hybrid form."
Please bring a quality drawing of the proposed form, formatted to hang, to class on 9/8/10.
The drawings will be hung for discussion, so ideas can be refined and building techniques discussed.
We will review 5 forms that demonstrate a progression from organic to machine made.
Consider the following: content, form development, rotation axis and mass.

PROJECT #1
Metamorphosis:
This exercise will introduce students to various building techniques and to push the boundaries of what clay will "do." It is intended to prepare students for construction of larger objects.
Students will begin with one inorganic object and morph it into an organic object in five or more stages. (Think about making a mold of one or more of the resulting objects for later use.)

Below are some examples.

Metamorphosis: Student Work

Nicolas Lampert

Nicolas Lampert

PROJECT #2
Hybrid Forms
Reading Assignment:
Jack Thompson: The Well of Myth, Glenn R. Brown

Beth Cavener Stichter

MATERIALS and TECHNIQUES
http://www.followtheblackrabbit.com/

Brendan Lee Satish Tang

http://brendantang.com/



Project #5:
INDIVIDUAL RESEARCH PROJECT: (Semester Long)
This project should actually be considered #1!
Presentations will be at the end of the semester. Artists will be added to this section frequently, so check back regularly! Students should feel free to post links of interesting articles to this section as well.

As mandated by the department, each student must complete an individual research project for every course. You will be provided with a variety of artists from which you can choose on the blog. You are also encouraged to explore other artists works on your own. Students will choose three artists. (The artists don’t all necessarily have to be visual artists) This choice should be given great consideration, because not only will you be spending a great deal of time with these artists in the course of your research, but because you will also be expected to tie some aspect of these artist’s working methods (directly or indirectly) to at least one of the pieces you will produce for this class over the course of the semester. It is extremely important that you take the time right away to begin your search. Be sure you locate three artists who you really find provoke an emotional response from you. Do your research in earnest. Delve deeply into forming a real and unique critical understanding of the relevance of the work to your own current understanding, taste and interests. Remember that these are the issues on which you should concentrate. This is not to be a report, in which you will relay a condensed biography, a series of facts or an amalgam of writings by art critics and historians. The nature of the assignment is to achieve a personal, critical dialog with the artist and the work. This is a semester-long project, and the quality and depth of your work should reflect this time frame.

The specific requirements of this research assignment are:
1. A short (minimum of 2 pages) written paper/essay.
2. A Power Point (or other digital-based projection program) presentation of not less than 10,
and not more than 25 images to your subject.
3. Towards the end of the semester, each student will be required to give a brief presentation
(10 to 15 minutes) about their subject.


 
Akio Takamori













 
 

Kristen Morgin
 
 
http://www.lindasormin.com/work/
 
 
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http://www.kukulivelarde.com/site/HOME.html