About the Exhibitions
Opening reception: Sunday, March 1, 2 - 5 pm
Plastic at the Plastic, a group exhibition of the
Women's Caucus for Art, Philadelphia Chapter, will include
work by Alison Altergott, Cynthia
Back, Ellen Bonnett, Sharon Burton, Marie
Elcin, Molly Crowley, Joanna Fulginiti, Julie Goolsby,
Jennifer Judelsohn, Martha Knox, Bonnie MacAllister, Virginia
Maksymowicz, Debbie McCarthy, Diana Riukas, and Michelle
Wilson.
About the Gallery
Since 1897, The Plastic Club has been devoted to the
promotion and preservation of the visual (plastic) arts in
Philadelphia. The busy gallery schedule offers several annual
exhibitions for members and non-members, as well as invited
artists in solo and group exhibitions. Members include well-known
Philadelphia artists.
Among the founding members of The Plastic Club were the "Red
Rose Girls" -- Violet Oakley, Jessie Wilcox Smith, and
Elizabeth Shippen Green -- outstanding artists of their time.
The name was given this group of talented women by their teacher
Howard Pyle.
Although initially formed as a women's group, The Plastic
Club has always hosted exhibitions and lectures by prominent
men and women artists. Membership was expanded to include
men in 1991, and they now number about half of the active
members.
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