Janell Olah, I will find us a path to everything we hope for, 2008, site-specific inflatable installation (detail)

Special Events – We shortened our listings in the newsletter and added a new special events section on the site. To view a full description of any of the events listed below, and to view full event listings for each category, click on its link.

Also, don't forget to check our calendar to get a quick snapshot of the month's activities.

New on the site:

New work by Janell Olah, Dolores Poacelli

Laura Fattal reviews Hidden Cities Philadelphia

James Rosenthal reviews the new Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space

Coming soon:
New work by Leslie Atik, Jenna Buckingham, Sharka Hyland, Sandra
Milner, Christina Penrose, Lauren Sweeney, and Susan White

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To view full descriptions of the following member news listings, click here.

Marisha Simons' exhibition Marshland, PHL is on display at the Philadelphia International Airport, terminal A through December.

Friday, June 26, 5:30 - 8:30 pm at BUS STOP Boutique: Marisa Lombardo has an exclusive jewelry and children's clothes trunk show for her Artemisia line. 750 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia.

Opening reception and gallery talk Friday. June 26, 6 - 10 pm at ARTSPACE: Sandi Neiman Lovitz has work in the Radius250 exhibition. Through August 23. Zero E. Fourth Street, Richmond, VA.

Opening reception Saturday, June 27, 7 - 9 pm at the State Museum: Lauren Litwa Holden has work in the Art of the State 2009 exhibition. Through September 20. 300 North Street, Harrisburg, PA.

Reception Sunday, July 28, 1 -4 pm at the Avalon Community Center: Heather Rippert is taking part in the 22nd Annual Art Show & Sale. 30th Street and Avalon Avenue, Avalon, NJ.

Wednesday, July 8, 7:30-9:30 pm at the First Person Arts Salon: Ellie Brown will be talking about her recent collaborative project Ten Days in the CAPSULE. Philadelphia Arts Bank, 601 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia. Admission: $8.

Closing soon:

Through June 28 at the Crane Arts Building: Summer Yates' site specific installation Houston and Bowery. 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia. Click here to view the feature.

Through June 28 at The James A. Michener Art Museum: Carol Cole has work in the Pulp Function exhibition.

Through June 28 at Muse Gallery: Nancy E. F. Halbert's exhibition Figurative Expressions: Drawn in Paint and Mixed Media.

Through June 28 at Gallery RoCa, Havre de Grace, MD: Dolores Poacelli's solo show Mixed Metaphors. 220 N. Washington Street.

Through June 28 at Highwire Gallery: Elaine Bass and Deborah Curtiss are taking part in the Northwest Artists Collective: Gone Fishin' exhibition.

Through June 28 at Little Berlin: Marie Elcin, Netanel Eliezer and Tyler Kline are participants in the collaborative group exhibition Offerings..

Through June 29 at The Great Frame Up: Wendy Raskas Greenberg, Blythe Hoyle are participating in As We See it: 6 perspectives, an exhibition facilitated by Linda Dubin Garfield. 302 W. Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, PA.

Through June 30 at The Skybox: Jaime Alvarez and Matthew Hollerbush are participating in the first ever Philebrity Photography Invitational. 2424 E. York Street, Philadelphia.

Through June 30 at the University of the Arts' Hamilton and Arronson Galleries: Elena Bouvier, Katie Baldwin, Adrienne Gale, Rebecca Gilbert, Tara O'Brien, Mary Tasillo, and Michelle Wilson are part of the exhibition Art To Be Read. 320 S. Broad Street.

Through June 30 at the Appel Gallery: Sandra Benhaim, Linda Dubin Garfield, and Sandi Neiman-Lovitz are participating in the ARTsisters group exhibition Many Voices. Katz JCC, 1301 Springdale Road, Cherry Hill, NJ.

Through June 30 at the Bridge Club of Center City: drawings : Marjorie Grigonis + Stella Untalan. 1616 Walnut Street, Sixth Floor, Philadelphia.

Through June 30 at FRESH PAINT Gallery, Culver City, CA: DeMelas/Checchia's work is on view as part Over the Edge. 9355 Culver Boulevard, Suite B, Culver City, CA.

Through July 2 at the Gryphon Cafe: Linda Dubin Garfield and her fellow ARTSisters have a group exhibition Rhythm in Blues. 105 W. Lancaster Avenue, Wayne, PA.

Through July 3 at the Keystone Art & Culture Center, Lancaster: Jack Knight's solo exhibition Selected Work: 2003-2007. 420 Pearl Street, Lancaster, PA. Reception Friday, June 26, 5 - 9 pm.

Through July 3 at the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial: Johanna Inman has been selected for the 3rd Wind Challenge Exhibition.

Through July 5 at the University City Arts League: Tremain Smith's work is included in the Hidden Gems of West Philadelphia exhibition.

Through July 10 at the LIMR Art Gallery: M. Pia De Girolamo and Rebecca Jacoby are participating in the Spring Art Exhibition. Lankenan Institute for Medical Research, 100 E. Lancaster Avenue, Wynnewood.

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For a detailed list of upcoming exhibitions, click here

Friday, June 26 at Moore College of Art and Design: Opening reception for Bicycle: people + ideas in motion (also on view InSights: Lee Stoetzel – Big Bike and Ryan Humphrey’s Fast Forward installation). At 7 pm, performance ramps in Ryan Humphrey’s installation will be artfully put to use by 80s BMX Pro John “Dizz” Hicks and other select Philadelphia BMXers. At 8 pm, the Bicycle Film Festival screens the Philadelphia’s premiere of I Love My Bicycle: The Story of FBM Bikes (2009).

First Friday, July 3 at Bambi: Opening reception for Unemployment Paintings by Sarah Gamble. Through July 26.

First Friday, July 3 at Basekamp: The Hegemonic Bar: Another Round, the closing reception/role-playing/drinking event.

First Friday, July 3 at Muse Gallery: Nine Artists, new members show. Through July 30.

First Friday, July 3 at Pageant Gallery: Opening reception for Hitoshi Nakazato,
Hiroshima Revisited.

First Friday, July 3 at Proximity Gallery: One Mile, one year anniversary celebration and exhibition, featuring Chris Clark, Marie DesMarais, Karen Gibson, and Janel Frey. Through July 31.

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For a detailed calendar of upcoming talks and events, click here.

Saturday, June 27 at Moore College of Art and Design: The Galleries at Moore hosts Bicycle Film Festival Philadelphia with various bike film screenings at 2, 4, 6, and 8 pm. Cost is approximately $7 per person. From 2 to 6 pm there will also be a Bicycle Film Festival Street Party on Race Street in front of Moore, featuring live music, food, and bike demonstrations.

Tuesday, June 30, dusk at Liberty Lands Park: Lawn Chair Drive-In presents The Bad Seed (Mervyn LeRoy, 1956). Free - BYO blanket or chair. 3rd & Poplar Streets.

Wednesday, July 8, 7 pm at the Institute for Contemporary Art:: A lecture by John Szwed, the biographic expert on "all things Ra." Free.

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For details on the following, plus many, many more, visit the InLiquid Opportunities section.

Until filled: Executive Director, Philadelphia's Magic Gardens

Until filled: Art Instructor, Valley Forge Military Academy

Deadline extended to July 6: NEXT/Emerging Photographers Exhibition

Deadline July 10: Chromatose - Open Juried Painting Show

Deadline July 15: Funktified Exhibition – Stony Brook University

Deadline July 30: Eyes on the Earth: Sustainability Through the Eyes of Artists

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roberta fallon and libby rosof's artblog has moved to THEartblog.org

Here's just a sample of recent posts::

Hot on artblog from June 12th through June 17th::
Salad Days and TNPPSSF at FLUX

Bike mecca at Moore College

More Inky links on Biennale and top prize

Two New Museum exhibits and their effect on a young artist

Music in the air and in the archives

Anri Sala and Marshall Allen: Video duet at the Royal Theater

Art Trade Show time for alt spaces

June 18th through June25th:
YOUR LAST CHANCE IS TOMORROW: Dirt on Delight

Airport opp for obsessive collectors of everyday stuff, you know who you are

Battle Hymn at the Armory and other Hidden City offerings

Herb and Dorothy in art wonderland–a movie review

People we love in places we love that are not Philadelphia!

Weekly Update — Pentimenti’s summer group show

best little artblog on the planet
theartblog.org

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