Saturday, June 2, 2 – 4 pm at The Center for Art in Wood: 2012 International Turning Exchange Show & Tell. 141 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 2, 3 – 4 pm at Woodmere Art Museum: “Exploring Haunting Narratives,” a lecture with curator Matthew Palczynski. Cost: $15, $10 members. 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Friday, June 8, 11 – 3 pm at The Center for Art in Wood: “Two Decoy Demonstration” by Scott Morrison, expert spear fisherman, DNR officer, and two-time World Champion fish decoy carver. Through June 9. 141 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 9, 4 pm at NARS Foundation: Artist talk. 88 35th Street, Third Floor, Brooklyn, NY.

Saturday, June 9, 3 – 4 pm at Woodmere Art Museum: “Salvatore Pinto and the Barnes Legacy,” a lecture with William Valerio, Woodmere’s Director and CEO. 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, June 12, 11 am at Noyes Museum of Art: Artist talk with Stan Sperlak. 733 Lily Lake Road, Oceanville, NJ.

Saturday, June 23, 7 – 9 pm at 327 South Street: “Industry Rule #4,080,” a panel discussion with Marc Byers, CHOPS, and other surprise guests. Part of the Roots 101 Series presented by The Mural Arts Program. 327 South Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 23, 3 – 4 pm at Woodmere Art Museum: “Second Skin: The Art of Susan Moore,” a lecture with the artist. Cost: $15, $10 members. 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Saturday, June 30, 3 – 4:30 pm at Woodmere Art Museum: “Narrative Realism,” a panel discussion with curator Matthew Palczynski and artists Martha Erlebacher, Daniel Heyman, Mark Shetabi and Patricia Traub. Cost: $15, $10 members. 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, May 2, 6 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: “So You Want to Be an Entrepreneur?”, a presentation by Harshita Lohia, followed by a conversation between Harshita and fiber artist Lewis Knauss. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Monday, May 7, 5 pm at Philadelphia Museum of Art: Jonathan Lippincott discussing and signing his book Large Scale: Fabricating Sculpture in the 1960s and 1970s. Cost: $25 includes membership through October 2012; free for members of the Fairmount Park Art Association; artists and students can register for free. Van Pelt Auditorium, 26th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, May 9, 5:30 – 6:15 pm at The Center for Art in Wood: Artist Jack Larimore and Gallerist Rick Snyderman lead a discussion on Studio Furniture as a long time component of the Craft Art movement. $ 5 donation for cold drink, $ 10 donation for cold drink and light supper at Café Ole next door (6:30-7pm). RSVP by May 9 to or 215-923-8000. 141 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, May 9, 6 – 8 pm at The Print Center: Critique & Conversation with Sarah Archer, Chief Curator at the Philadelphia Art Alliance. Open to members only. Cost: $25. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Second Thursday, May 10, 6 pm at The Print Center: Lydia Panas Talk and Book Signing. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, May 11, 7:30 – 9:30 pm at Christ Church Neighborhood House: “Why Artists Are Broke But Shouldn’t Be,” a talk with Andrew Simonet. 20 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, May 11, 6:30 pm at Philadelphia Museum of Art: “From Slave Ship to Harvard: Yarrow Mamout and the History of an African American Family.” Free after museum admission. 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Saturday, May 12, 9:30 – 11:30 am at Silver Eye Center for Photography: A discussion with Julie Saul, director of Julie Saul Gallery in NYC. 1015 E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA.

Sunday, May 13, 3 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: Lectures-in-Song with Fred Miller: The Life and Music of Ethel Merman. Cost: $10, Free for PAA Members. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Monday, May 14, 6 pm at National Mechanics Bar: “The Science and Magic of Fairy Tale Birth,” a talk by Linda J. Lee, Graduate Program in Folklore and Folklife, the University of Pennsylvania. 22. S. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, May 18, 6 pm at Stein Auditorium: Holden Feinberg will lead a panel discussion focused on raising awareness of local to global social issues. The panel discussion includes: Annmarie Cantrell, a chef and wellness educator of Maysie’s Farm Conservation Center who teaches about the importance of local, organic and sustainably produced foods; Evan Inatome, co-founder of Hanan World Ministries, a 501c3 humanitarian organization with a focus on disaster relief; and Jack Smith a certified anti-money laundering specialist and a faculty member at the George Washington University who served as Deputy General Counsel or General Counsel for three United States agencies: the FDIC, Federal Home Loan Bank Board and FCC. 111 Nesbitt Hall, 3215 Market Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, May 19, 7 – 9 pm at The Arts Bank at The University of the Arts: “The Roots, The Roots, The Roots are on Fire: Understanding Their Effect on the Modern Musical Landscape,” a panel discussion with dream hampton, Fab 5 Freddy, Leonard “Hub” Hubbard, Tiffany Bacon, and DJ Statik presented by The Mural Arts Program. 601 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, May 20, 2 pm at the Philadelphia Museum of Art: “The Private Life of German Stoneware,” a lecture by David Gaimster, director of The Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow. 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Sunday, May 20, 3 pm at Vox Populi: Gallery talk with May’s exhibiting Vox member-artists: Stefan Abrams, Jamie Dillon, and Mark Stockton. The talk will be moderated by Edward Epstein, freelance art critic and educator. 319 N. 11th Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, May 23, 5:30 pm at Wagner Free Institute of Science: “Electrifying Philadelphia: Pageantry, Progress, and Power in the City Beautiful,” a talk by Dr. Aaron Wunsch from the University of Pennsylvania. 1700 W. Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia.

Thursday, May 24, 7 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: Artist talk with Jack Larimore, part of the Craft and Culture series. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, May 24, 6 – 8 pm at University of the Arts: Thought Experiments: Laura Kurgan. Connelly Auditorium, Terra Hall, 211 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, May 27, 2 pm at The Barnes Foundation: Plein air demonstration by Leroy Forney. 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Thursday, May 31, 6 pm at The Print Center: Public conversation with artist Emma Wilcox, Damon Rich, Urban Designer for the City of Newark, and Sheryl Conkelton, independent curator and photographic historian. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 1, 2 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: “The Craft of Chocolate.” Cost: $35 non-members, $20 members. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 1, 3 pm at Vox Populi: Gallery talk for Provisions. 319 N. 11th Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 3, 6:30 – 8:30 pm at Twenty-Two Gallery: Book launch and signing with Lee Fishman, author of Edge of a Dream. 236 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 3, 6 – 7:30 pm at The University of the Arts: “Design with the other 90%: Cities,” with Cynthia E. Smith. CBS Hall/Hamilton Building, 320 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 4, 1 pm at University of the Arts: Lecture with photographer Gregory Heisler. Connelly Lecture Hall Terra Hall, 211 South Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 5 at Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts: Art Salad lecture. 200 S. Madison Street, Wilmington, DE.

Thursday, April 5, 6:30 pm at ICA Philadelphia: PennDesign Spring 2012 Visiting Artist Lecture Series with Moyra Davey. ICA Auditorium, 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 5, 7 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: “Yarnbombing Philadelphia.” 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 11, 7 pm at The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University: Talk on the “Future of Museums” by Brent Glass, Director Emeritus of the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History. 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 11, 5:30 – 6:30 pm at The Center for Art in Wood: WOOD Wednesday, a lecture with Philadelphia gallerists Robert Aibel and Lewis Wexler. 141 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 11, 7 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: “Digital Technology and Textiles,” a presentation by artists Heather and Hitoshi Ujiie. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 12, 4 pm at The Clay Studio: Artist lecture with Chris Antemann. 137 – 139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 12, 6 pm at Kelly Writers House: RealArts@PENN presents “Disappointing and Embarrassing Your Parents,” a lecture on careers in comedy. 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 14, 4 pm at The Light Room Gallery: Artist talk with photographer Stephen Perloff. 2024 Wallace Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 14, 4 pm at NARS Foundation: Artist talk with Tori Purcell. 88 35th Street, Third Floor, Brooklyn, NY.

Sunday, April 15, 1 – 3 pm at Twenty-Two Gallery: Artist’s Gallery Talk with William G. Middleton. 236 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 17, 7 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: “American Studio Pottery,” a presentation with Author Janet Koplos. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 17, 2:30 pm at Temple University Libraries: Paley Library is hosting a talk on public art by Tom Finkelpearl. 1210 Polett Walk, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 18, 6 – 8 pm at The Print Center: Critique & Conversation with Kaytie Johnson, Rochelle F. Levy Director & Chief Curator of The Galleries at Moore. Open to members only. Cost: $25. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 18, 7 pm at University of the Arts: Lecture with filmmaker Brent Coughenour. Connelly Lecture Hall Terra Hall, 211 South Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 19, 6:30 pm at Meyerson Hall: PennDesign Spring 2012 Visiting Artist Lecture Series with Krzysztof Wodiczko. Meyerson B1, 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 21, 2 – 4 pm at The Center for Art in Wood: “Point + Counterpoint in the Gallery: A Conversation with Gerard Brown and Michelle Holzapfel.” Cost: $10 donation at the door. RSVP to by April 16. 141 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 21, 4 – 6 pm at Twelve Gates Arts: The State of Islam: Culture and Cold War Politics in Pakistan, book reading with Saadia Toor. 51 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 21, 11 am at Tyler School of Art: “Outside the Box: An Alumni Career Panel,” to provide students and young alumni with the opportunity to engage Tyler and Temple professionals in an honest dialogue about their career paths. This event is free and open to the public. B04 Lower Level Lecture Hall, 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 24, 10 am – 1 pm at Gershman Y: “Monguls, Menshes, & Nudniks: Jews and American Cinema,” with instructor Andrew J. Douglas, Director of Education at Bryn Mawr Film Insitute. Cost: $100 BMFI Members, $125 non-members. 401 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, April 24, 6 – 8 pm at PhilaMOCA: “Blogging about Philadelphia’s Creative Spaces.” 531 N. 12th Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, April 25, 4:30 pm at Rutgers Center for the Arts: Conversation with David Diaz. Stedman Art Gallery, N. Third Street, between Cooper and Pearl Streets, Camden, NJ.

Wednesday, April 25, 7 – 9 pm at Silver Eye Center for Photography: “LinkedIn for Artists and Creatives,” a lecture with Jennifer Pesci-Kelly, Social Media Expert and PR Specialist at DDI. Cost: $25 for Silver Eye and American Society of Media Photographers members; $35 for non-members. Click here to register. Location TBA.

Wednesday, April 25, 6 – 8 pm at Temple University: “Philly Painting: A Conversation between Dre Urhahn and Jane Golden. Paley Library Lecture Hall, 1210 Polett Walk.

Thursday, April 26, 6 pm at The Clay Studio: Reception and lecture by President Emerita Amy Sarner Williams and Resident Alumnus Munemitsu Taguchi. 137 – 139 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, April 26, 6:30 pm at PPAC: Visiting Artist Lecture: Lois Greenfield. 1400 N. American Street, Suite 103, Philadelphia.

Friday, April 27, 6:30 pm at Philadelphia Museum of Art: “Philadelphia Artists on Vincent Van Gogh: Emily Brown, Hiro Sakaguchi, and Zoe Strauss. 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Saturday, April 28, 5 – 8 pm at Club Adesso: Panel discussion for Hack. 1519 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, April 29, 2 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: “The Craft of Tea.” Cost: $15 non-members, $5 members. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, March 1, 6 – 8 pm at Allentown Art Museum: “Rock and Roll: The Origins and History of the Art Form that Changed the World,” a discussion with Terry Stewart, President and CEO of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and Museum. 31 N. Fifth Street, Allentown, PA.

Thursday, March 1, 1:30 – 2:30 pm at PMA: Four-lecture course on Auguste Rodin. Thursdays through March 22, or Saturdays March 3 and 31, 10:00 am – 12:15 pm. Cost: $100, members $80. Van Pelt Auditorium, 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Thursday, March 1, 6 pm at The Print Center: Robert Asman Lecture. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, March 2, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm at University of the Arts: Robert Asman lecture, presented in conjunction with the Silver Mine exhibition at The Print Center. Hamilton Hall, 320 S. Broad Street, CBS Auditorium.

Sunday, March 4, 2 – 4 pm at Perkins Center for the Arts: Slide Presentation: 35 Years of Photography. This year’s juror, Stuart Rome, will present the slide lecture this year. 395 Kings Highway, Moorestown, NJ.

Tuesday, March 6, noon – 1 pm at Lincoln Financial Mural Arts Center: “One Book, One Philadelphia: Chat and Chew,” presented by Mural Arts Program. 1727 – 29 Mt. Vernon Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, March 9, 1 – 2 pm at Allentown Art Museum: “Art Encounters.” 31 N. Fifth Street, Allentown, PA.

Sunday, March 11, 2:30 pm at Philadelphia Museum of Art: Artist talk with Mark Bradford and Zoe Strauss. 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, March 13, noon – 1:45 pm at Allentown Art Museum: “Appetite for Art.” Cost: Members $20, non-members $25. 31 N. Fifth Street, Allentown, PA.

Tuesday, March 13, 6 pm at Moore College of Art & Design: “Questions of Conservation and Preservation in Contemporary Art Practices.” 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, March 14, 6 – 8 pm at The Print Center: Critique & Conversation with Harris Fogel, Director/Curator of Sol Mednick Gallery. Open to members only. Cost: $25. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, March 14, 11:30 am at University of the Arts: Lecture with animator John Dilworth. Connelly Lecture Hall, Terra Hall, 211 South Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, March 15, 6:30 pm at The Gershman Hall: “Artists, Curators, Museums: Exploring their Evolving Relationships,” with panelists Jenny Moore, Virgil Marti, and Mika Tajima. 401 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, March 16, 6:30 pm at Philadelphia Museum of Art: “Keynote Talk: Cursed Mimicry: France and Haiti Again,” with Professor Darcy Grimaldo Grigsby of the University of California, Berkeley. 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Friday, March 16, 5 pm at Temple University Center City: “Illuminated Space: Electricity, Modernity, and Film Noir,” a talk with Patrick Keating, assistant professor of Communications at Trinity University. Room 420, 1515 Market Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, March 17, 2 – 4 pm at Nichols Berg Gallery: Artist talk and demo for Stitch Witchery, featuring work by POST artist Melissa Maddoni Haims and in conjunction with FiberPhiladelphia. 8611 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Saturday, March 17, 10 am – 5 pm at Philadelphia Museum of Art: 17th Annual Graduate Student Symposium on the History of Art, copresented by The University of Pennsylvania. 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Saturday, March 17, 6 – 8 pm at Vox Populi: “Rhetoric of Protest: Beyond Occupy,” a public discussion and catalogue launch. 319 N. 11th Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia.

Sunday, March 18, 3 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: Lectures-In-Song with Fred Miller: “The Life and Voice of Bing Crosby.” Cost: $10. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Monday, March 19, 4 pm at University of the Arts: Gail Cameron Wescott. CBS Auditorium, Hamilton Hall, 311 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, March 20, 10 – 11 am at Allentown Art Museum: Stroller Tours. 31 N. Fifth Street, Allentown, PA.

Tuesday, March 20, 6 – 7:30 pm at The University of the Arts: “Revealing the Obvious,” a lecture with Dan Marcolina, part of the design lecture series, Visibly Invisible. CBS Hall/Hamilton Building, 320 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, March 20, 8 – 10:30 am at World Cafe Live: “How Creativity Works,” a discussion with Jonah Lehrer. Cost: $45. 3025 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, March 21, 7 pm at University of the Arts: Lecture with filmmaker/animator/sculptor Josh Mosley. Connelly Lecture Hall, Terra Hall, 211 South Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, March 22, 6 – 8 pm at Allentown Art Museum: “Dick Boak: Director of Artist Relations at Martin Guitar.” 31 N. Fifth Street, Allentown, PA.

Thursday, March 22, 7 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: “Panel Discussion with PhillyWorks.” 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, March 22, 4:30 pm at Rutgers Center for the Arts: Conversation with LuLu Delacre. Stedman Art Gallery, N. Third Street, between Cooper and Pearl Streets, Camden, NJ.

Friday, March 23 at Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts: Gretchen Hupfel Symposium. Through March 24. 200 S. Madison Street, Wilmington, DE.

Tuesday, March 27, 6 – 8 pm at Allentown Art Museum: Special Lecture: David Fricke, Senior Editor at Rolling Stone Magazine. Cost: Members $5, non-members $15. 31 N. Fifth Street, Allentown, PA.

Wednesday, March 28, 6:30 pm at Meyerson Hall: PennDesign Spring 2012 Visiting Artist Lecture Series with Matthew Day Jackson. Meyerson B3, 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, March 28, noon at Schmucker Gallery: Gallery talk for the solo exhibition by Kate Stewart. Gettysburg College, 300 N. Washington Street, Gettysburg, PA.

Wednesday, March 28, 7 – 9 pm at Silver Eye Center for Photography: “How to Market on Facebook the Right Way!,” a lecture with Chris Maas, Vice President of Insight Marketing Solutions. Cost: $25 for Silver Eye American Society of Media Photographers members, $35 for non-members. Click here to register. 1015 E. Carson Street, Pittsburgh, PA.

Thursday, March 29, 7 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: “Post-War Ceramics: The Syracuse Annuals and the Search for Form,” lecture with Art Historian Jennifer Sorkin. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, March 29, 12:20 pm at Rutgers Center for the Arts: Conversation with Raul Colon. Stedman Art Gallery, N. Third Street, between Cooper and Pearl Streets, Camden, NJ.

Saturday, March 31, 1 pm at Wagner Free Institute of Science: “The Sky is Falling: White-Nose Syndrome in Bats,” an illustrated presentation by Dr. Havel Barton, University of Akron. 1700 W. Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia.

Thursday, February 2, 7 – 8 pm at The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education: Book Discussion:The Great Disruption: Why the Climate Crisis Will Bring On the End of Shopping and the Birth of a New World, by Paul Gilding. 8480 Hagy’s Mill Road, Philadelphia.

First Friday, February 3, 12:30 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: Brown bag lunch and discussion with Bruce Hoffman and artists for A Sense of Place, featuring work by InLiquid member Amy Orr. Through April 21. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, February 4, 5 – 7 pm at Fleisher Art Memorial Sanctuary: Warholized panel discussion: “15 Minutes and 25 Years,” with Ultra Violet, artists James and Madalen Warhola, and moderated by art historian Dr. Debra Miller. 719 Catharine Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, February 4, 6:30 pm at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center: Lecture by artist and curator Laura Heyman. This event is part of the Philadelphia Photo Arts Center’s free lecture series by visiting contemporary artists. Lectures are open to the public and serve the educational purpose of cultivating an active dialogue about photography. 1400 N. American Street Suite 103, Philadelphia.

Monday, February 6, 6 – 9 pm at University of the Arts: “Marketing for Artists,” a presentation by Angel Rodriguez. 320 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, February 7, noon: Artist Career Training is offering a free art marketing Q&A by telephone. Click here to register.

Tuesday, February 7, 6 – 7:30 pm at University of the Arts: “From Parlor to iPhone: Our Gadgets, Our Identities,” a presentation by Regina Lee Blaszczyk. Co-presented by DesignPhiladelphia. 320 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, February 8, 7 – 8 pm at Cheltenham Center for the Arts: Philly Writes! The monthly author conversation series continues with Liz Moore, author of Heft. $10 adults/ $5 students. 439 Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham, PA.

Thursday, February 9, noon – 1:30 pm at SEAMAAC: Leeway Foundation staff members and grantees Catzie Vilayphonh and Indah Nuritasari host a presentation and information session on Leeway’s grant opportunities for women and transgender artists. 1711 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, February 9, 4 – 6 pm at Temple Gallery: “Looking in Philadelphia,” a panel hosted by Mary Seton Corboy, co-founder of Greensgrow Farms, Dr. Amy Hillier, Assistant Professor in City and Regional Planning in Penn’s School of Design, and Dr. Rickie Sanders, Professor of Geography/Urban Studies at Temple University. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Thursday, February 9 at Wagner Free Institute of Science: “What’s Love Got to Do with It? Fertilization Imagery in the Art of Gustav Klimt, Frida Kahlo, and Diego Rivera,” an illustrated presentation by Dr. Scott Gilbert of Swarthmore College. 1700 W. Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia.

Saturday, February 11, 5 pm at Crane Old School: ONWARD Summit, the annual photography conference and networking event, produced by Project Basho. Speakers include: Todd Hido, Hiroh Kikai, InLiquid member Zoe Strauss, Peter Barberie, and two Juror’s Award recipients on ONWARD Compé 12. 1417 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, February 11, 6 – 8 pm at Vox Populi: Rhetoric of Protest: Beyond Occupy. 319 N. 11th Street, 3rd Floor, Philadelphia.

Sunday, February 12, 11:30 am at Episcopal Cathedral of Philadelphia: Artist’s talk withErin McGee Ferrell on her exhibition at the church, on display through February 19. Talk will follow the service at 10 am. 3723 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, February 12, 3 pm at Philadelphia Museum of Art: Van Gogh: The Life, Talk and Book Signing. Cost: $20. Includes museum admission. 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, February 14, 2 – 4 pm at Temple Gallery: James Castle: An Illustrated Discussion with John Ollman and Ann Percy. 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, February 14, 7 pm at Ursinus College: “Workshopping the Everyday” lecture with guest artists Erin Colleen Williams and Jeffrey Lee. 601 E. Main Street, Collegeville, PA.

Thursday, February 16, 5:30 pm at CFEVA: “A Curator’s Conversation,” with Sarah Archer of Philadelphia Art Alliance, Julie Courtney, Independent Curator, and Kaytie Johnson of the Galleries at Moore, part of the Direct Dialogue Lecture Series. 237 S. 18th Street, Suite 3A, Philadelphia.

Thursday, February 16, at The Corzo Center: What freelancers need to know. 320 S. Board Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, February 16, 6:30 – 8 pm at Temple Gallery: “Discover the Hidden and Forgotten Waterways of Philadelphia,” with Adam Levine. Registration for this FREE event is required. Tyler School of Art, Temple University, 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Friday, February 17, 3 – 4:30 pm at Temple Gallery: “Dissent in America Teach-In: Temple’s Protest History.” Tyler School of Art, 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Saturday, February 18, 6:30 pm at PPAC: Lecture and book signing with Zoe Strauss. 1400 N. American Street, Suite 103, Philadelphia.

Saturday, February 18, 4 – 6 pm at Twelve Gates Arts: “Reading Ghalib,” with Frances Pritchett. 51 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, February 21, 6 – 7:30 pm at University of the Arts: “Hide and Seek,” a presentation by Thaddeus Squire. Co-presented by DesignPhiladelphia. Part one of the three part Visibly Invisible lecture series. Free Seating Limited, to reserve seating click here. 320 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, February 21, 7 pm at Ursinus College: Curatorial Talk by Rickie Solinger on current exhibition, Reimagining the Distaff Toolkit. 601 E. Main Street, Collegeville, PA.

Thursday, February 23, 6 pm at The Print Center: Gabriel Martinez and Chad States Artist Discussion. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, February 23, 6:30 pm at Carnegie Museum of Art: Artist lecture with Dawoud Bey, in conjunction with the exhibition Class Pictures, at Silver Eye Center for Photography. CMA Auditorium, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Oakland.

Thursday, February 23, 7 – 8:30 pm at Temple Gallery: “Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the Age of Cultural Production,” with Nato Thompson. Tyler School of Art, 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Saturday, February 25, 9:30 am – 4:30 pm at Education Building Taller Puertorriqueño: 16th Annual Arturo Schomburg Symposium, “Afro Latin@ Film: Invisibility and Presence,” presented in collaboration with Scribe Video Center. Cost: $25 at door, $20 in advance, $12.50 Taller members, $10 students. 2557-59 N. Fifth Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, February 26, 1 pm at PAFA Alumni Sales Gallery: “A Dialogue with Sande Webster and Moe Brooker.” RSVP: Tish Ingersoll at 215-391-4187 or . 118 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Monday, February 27, 6:30 – 8 pm at Asia Society Museum: Artist Talk: “A Conversation with Parviz Tanavoli.” 725 Park Avenue, NYC.

Wednesday, February 29, 6:30 pm at ICA: “1967: A People Kind of Place,” a performative lecture. 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, February 29 at Arch Street Meeting House: “Reading John Dewey’s Art as Experience,” a course presented by the Violette de Mazia Foundation. Through April 18. Click here for more information. N. 4th Street and Arch Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, January 6, 6:30 – 8:30 pm at The Philadelphia Museum of Art: Panel discussion on Cy Twombly’s Fifty Days at Iliam. Cost: $10 after museum admission. $8 members and students with valid id. 2601 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Thursday, January 18 at The Center for Emerging Visual Artists: Coworking for Artists: Create, Connect and Promote. Cost: $12. Registration is required. Call 215-546-7775. 237 South 18th Street, Suite 3a, Philadelphia.

Sunday, January 22, 2 – 4 pm at The Community Arts Center: Gallery talk for Focused Ambiguity, featuring work by Susan Abrams, Tasha Doremus, and Rachel Zimmerman. Through February 3. 414 Plush Mill Road, Nether Providence, PA.

Monday, January 23, 4:30 pm at Arcadia University Art Gallery: “34 Years of Keeping a Journal: Notes on a Daily Practice,” a lecture by Charles Ritchie. 450 S. Easton Road, Glenside, PA.

Monday, January 23 at Moore College of Art & Design: Winter Quarter Continuing Education classes begin. 1916 Race Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, January 24, 6:30 pm at the Guggenheim: Lecture: Yael Bartana with Reem Fadda, Susanne Sachsse, and Sławomir Sierakowski. For tickets, visit guggenheim.org/cca. 311 East Broadway, NY, NY.

Wednesday, January 25, 10 am – 2 pm at Temple University: Prelude visits Tyler School of Art. Stop by the information table to learn more about the gallery. 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Saturday, January 28, 3 – 4 pm at Philadelphia Museum of Art: Steve Earle in conversation with Zoe Strauss. Van Pelt Auditorium, 26th Street and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Saturday, January 28, 3 – 5 pm at Twelve Gates Arts: Artists’ talk with Kathryn Myers and Tim Cleary. 51 N. Second Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, January 29, 4 pm at MoMA PS1: Lecture by Bilal Khbeiz, part of the e-flux journal lecture series. 22-25 Jackson Avenue at 46th Avenue, Long Island City, NY.

Thursday, January 29, 6:30 pm at PPAC: Lecture and book signing with Janelle Lynch. 1400 N. American Street, Suite 103, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, January 31, 6:30 pm at the Guggenheim: Lecture: Natascha Sadr Haghighian: “when night falls in the forest of static choices”. For tickets, visit guggenheim.org/cca. 311 East Broadway, NY, NY.

Tuesday, January 31, 7 pm at Maryland Institute College of Art: Gomez + Gonzalez Artist Talk. A Philagrafika event. Free and open to the public. 320 Brown Center, Mt. Royal Avenue, Baltimore, MD.

Thursday, December 1, 6 pm at APS Museum: Of Pictures and Specimens: Natural History in Post-Revolutionary and Restoration France symposium. Through December 3. 101 S. Fifth Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, December 1, 6 pm at Bryn Mawr Film Institute: “The Art of Film Restoration: Close Up with Robert A. Harris,” dinner and lecture. Cost: For dinner and lecture, General Admission $100, BMFI Members $90; Lecture only, General Admission $20, BMFI Members $18. 824 W. Lancaster Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA.

Thursday, December 1, 7:30 pm at Cheltenham Center for the Arts: ACX Program general meeting and guest speaker Robert D. Lasus, Sculptor. 439 Ashbourne Rd., Cheltenham, PA.

Thursday, December 1, 5:30 – 8 pm at ECA Green Jobs Training Center: “How We Fish,” a creative forum for the citywide mural project about what work means. 106 W. Clearfield Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, December 1, 7:15 – 8:30 pm at The University of the Arts: The Corzo Center presents “Sell or go Home,” a lecture by Todd Hestand. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited, registration required. 511-13 Terra Hall, 9th floor, 211 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, December 3, 1 – 2 pm at The Center for Fine Art Photography: “The Business of Photography,” a panel discussion. 400 N. College Avenue, Fort Collins, CO.

Saturday, December 3, 8 pm at Space 1026: “American Gangbang: A Love Story,” a lecture with Sam Benjamin. 1026 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, December 4, 2 – 4 pm at Allentown Art Museum: “From Private to Public: Art Collecting for the Public Good in America,” a lecture with Inge Reist, Director of the Center for the History of Collecting, Frick Art Reference Library. Cost: $5 members, $15 non-members. 31 N. Fifth Street, Allentown, PA.

Sunday, December 4, 9:30 – 12:30 am at Cheltenham Center for the Arts: Decorating and Glazing Techniques, a four week series. Registration required. 439 Ashbourne Rd., Cheltenham, PA.

Monday, December 5, 6 – 8:30 pm at First United Methodist Church of Germantown: “How We Fish,” a creative forum for the citywide mural project about what work means. 6001 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Monday, December 5, 6 pm at Meyerson Hall: Elevate Lecture Series with Alan Berger. Upper Gallery, 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Monday, December 5, 8 pm at City Hall: Office of Arts, Culture, and the Creative Economy hosts a conversation regarding the new Business Privilege Tax legislation. Representatives from the City’s Department of Revenue will be on hand to provide an overview of the new legislation and answer your questions. 116 City Hall, Broad and Market Streets, Philadelphia.

Monday, December 5, 11:30 am at Temple Gallery: Tyler Photography Professor Martha Madigan contextualizes Ana Mendieta’s work in relation to contemporary photography and feminism. 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, December 6, 6 – 8 pm at Allentown Art Museum: “Conserving the Kress Collection,” a lecture with Dr. Dianne Dwyer Modestini and Dr. Nica Gutman, faculty at NYU Conservation Center. Cost: $5 members, $15 non-members. 31 N. Fifth Street, Allentown, PA.

Tuesday, December 6, 8 pm at Space 1026: Herstorys, Mysterys, a Powerpoint lecture series. 1026 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, December 6, 7:15 – 8:30 pm at The University of the Arts: The Corzo Center presents “Anatomy of an Independent Contract,” a lecture by Todd Hestand. Free and open to the public. Seating is limited, registration required. 511-13 Terra Hall, 9th floor, 211 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, December 7, 6 pm at Meyerson Hall: Elevate Lecture Series with Fernando Vegas Lopez-Manzanares. Upper/Lower Gallery, 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, December 7, 2 – 4 pm at The Morris Arboretum: A Conversation with Jane Golden. Cost: $18 members, $20 non-members. For more information, click here. 100 East Northwestern Avenue, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, December 7 at Silva Gallery: Gallery talks for Spheres and Foundations. The Pennington School, 112 W. Delaware Avenue, Pennington, NJ.

Thursday, December 8, 6:30 pm at ICA: Elevate Lecture Series with Stephen Sagmeister. Tuttleman Auditorium, 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, December 13, 12 – 1:30 pm at Allentown Art Museum: Appetite for Art, join Museum’s CEO, J. Brooks Joyner for a behind the scenes, in-depth look at a selected piece of artwork. Cost: $20 members, $25 non-members. Tickets are required and available at the Museum front desk or call 610-432-4333, ext. 110. Please note: space is limited and all reservations must be paid at least 48 hours in advance of program date. 31 North Fifth Street, Allentown, PA.

December 13, 12 – 2 pm at Lower Merion Synagogue: Behind the Scene/Seen, an art exhibition and video presentation by InLiquid member Linda Dubin Garfield. 123 Old Lancaster Avenue, Bala Cynwyd, PA.

Tuesday, December 13, 7 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: Artist’s talk by Tod Seelie, member and documentarian for Miss Rockaway, part of the Commonwealth lecture series. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, December 14, 4:30 – 5:30 pm at Arcadia University Art Gallery: “Crafting Ideal America: Material Culture and American Utopianism,” a public discussion led by Lynsey Graeff, Honors Student and Graduating Senior from Temple University. Francis Cape will attend this event in conjunction with the exhibition of his work, Utopian Benches.

Wednesday, December 14, 7 – 8 pm at Cheltenham Center for the Arts: Open Book’s Lynn Rosen moderates Philly Writes. Cost: $10 in advance, $12 at the door. 439 Ashbourne Road, Cheltenham, PA.

Friday, December 16, 5:30 pm at The Print Center: Gallery talk with Robert Asman on his exhibition, Silver Mine – A Retrospective. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, December 17, 3 – 5 pm at Wayne Art Center: Discussion with the 2011 Philagrafika Invitational Portfolio artists and shops. 413 Maplewood Avenue, Wayne, PA.

Wednesday, December 21, 8 pm at Light Room Gallery Gallery: “Archival: What does it mean and how do I it?”, a demo by Tara Hornung on how to archivally mount / matte / and frame your photographs. 2024 Wallace Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, November 2, 6 – 8 pm at the Leeway Foundation: InLiquid member Judy Gelles and Nannette Acker Clark will participate in a talk. 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, November 2, 6 pm at Meyerson Hall: Elevate Lecture Series with Gustavo Araoz. B3, 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, November 4, 6pm at the The Fabric Workshop and Museum: Artist talk by Nari Ward for her exhibition, We the People. 1214 Arch Street, Philadelphia.

First Friday, November 4, 6:30 pm at Philadelphia Museum of Art: Conversation on Mark Rothko’s paintings and John Logan’s play Red, copresented by Philadelphia Theatre Company. Cost: $10 after museum admission ($8 Museum members, subscribers of Philadelphia Theatre Company, and students). Van Pelt Auditorium, 26th Street and Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia.

Saturday, November 5, 3:30 pm at AxD Gallery: Artist talk with InLiquid member Annette Cords. 265 S. 10th Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, November 5, 2 – 3:30 pm at Gallery339: Artist talk and book signing with Stuart Rome. 339 S. 21st Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, November 5, 4 pm at Kelly Writers House: “The Creative Economy,” a panel discussion of the question, “What is creativity and why does it matter?” 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia.

Saturday, November 5, 5 pm at Meyerson Hall: Elevate Lecture Series: “City Hall Symposium.” Lower Gallery/B1, 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, November 6, 3 – 5 pm at Hera Gallery: An Evening of Poetry by Lori Desrosier, Julie Danho, and Kim Baker, coordinated by Julie Hasset. 327 Main Street, Wakefield, RI.

Monday, November 7, 6 pm at Meyerson Hall: Elevate Lecture Series with Piet Oudolf. B1, 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, November 8, 6 – 8 pm at Basekamp: Talk with Justin Langlois and his collaborators at Broken City Lab, about their recent initiative, Homework. On Skype, username “basekamp.”

Tuesday, November 8, 9 am – 6 pm at Temple Performing Arts Center: TEDxPhilly: The City, a multidisciplinary conference. 1837 N. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, November 9, 7 – 9 pm at Allens Lane Art Center: “Preserving One’s Artistic Heritage: Estate planning for artists, collectors, and their heirs.” Cost: $5. 601 W. Allens Lane, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, November 9, 6 – 8 pm at Leeway Foundation: Anula Shetty, Elizabeth Fiend, and Michelle Myers will discuss their filmmaking and performances, influences and process. 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, November 9, 6 – 8 pm at Temple Gallery: “Food for Thought: Veteran’s Artwork and the Ties that Bind.” 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Second Thursday, November 10, 6 pm at Kelly Writers House: Elevate Lecture Series with Kristina Ford. 3805 Locust Walk, Philadelphia.

Second Thursday, November 10, 7 pm at The Philadelphia Art Alliance: The Commonwealth: Artist Lecture with Sonya Clark. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Second Thursday, November 10, 6 pm at The Print Center: “Printed Image,” a lecture with Polly Apfelbaum. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, November 12 at Moore College of Art & Design: 2011 Art and Special Education Symposium. Participants must register by November 1. 20th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Monday, November 14, 7 pm at Meyerson Hall: Elevate Lecture Series with Grace La and James Dallman. Upper/Lower Gallery, 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Monday, November 14, 6 – 8:30 pm at Saint Dominic’s: “How We Fish,” a creative forum for the citywide mural project about what work means. Marion Hall, 8504 Frankford Avenue.

Monday, November 14, 4 pm at Temple Gallery: “Endangered Languages: Local and Global Trends,” a lecture by David Harrison. 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, November 15, 7:30 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: “RAIR: Recycled Artist-In-Residency,” part of The Commonwealth lecture series, featuring Fern Gookin and Billy Blaise Dufala. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, November 15, 3:30 – 5 pm at Temple Gallery: “Bern Porter and Ecopoetics,” a discussion with CA Conrad and Jena Osman. 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, November 16, 6:30 – 8:30 pm at Leeway Foundation: Beth Nixon and InLiquid member Candy Depew will discuss their visual artwork, influences and process. 1315 Walnut Street, Suite 832, Philadelphia.

Thursday, November 17, 5:30 pm at CFEVA: “Leveraging Your Studio: Not just a Place to Make Art,” part of the CFEVA Direct Dialogue lecture series. Cost: $12. Register by contacting Genevieve Coutroubis at 215-546-7775 or . 237 S. 18th Street, Suite 3A, Philadelphia.

Thursday, November 17, 6:30 pm at ICA: Elevate Lecture Series with Diana Cooper. Tuttleman Auditorium, 118 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, November 17, 6 – 8:30 pm at Intercultural Family Services: “How We Fish,” a creative forum for the citywide mural project about what work means. 4225 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, November 17, 6:30 pm at NARS Foundation Gallery: International Artist Residency 2011 Artist talk. 88 35th Street, Third Floor, Brooklyn, NY.

Thursday, November 17, 7 pm at the Philadelphia Art Alliance: “Re-Accessorized: Product Design in a Sustainable World, a discussion with Carrie Collins of Fabric Horse and Roland Burns of R.E.Load Bags. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, November 17, 7:15 – 8:30 pm at The University of the Arts: Artist/Entreprenuer Lecture: “Moving Your Ideas Forward,” a lecture with Michelle Pujadas, Founder and CEO of Zer0 to 5ive marketing and communications firm. RSVP here. Room 511 – 13, Terra Hall, 211 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, November 18, 6 – 9 pm at Light Room Gallery: Photo Salon artist talk and informal critique, featuring work by Philadelphia photographer Erin Yard. Photographers are encouraged to bring portfolios. 2024 Wallace Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, November 20, 3 pm at Vox Populi: Gallery talk with Becky Hunter. 319 N. 11th Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, November 22, 7 pm at The Philadelphia Art Alliance: A conversation with Chef Georges Perrier. Cost: $10, PAA members free. 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Monday, November 28, 4 – 6 pm at South Philadelphia High School: “How We Fish,” a creative forum for the citywide mural project about what work means. Broad and Snyder Streets, Philadelphia.

Monday, November 28, 6 pm at Temple Gallery: “Testing Some Beliefs,” a talk with Gregg Bordowitz. 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia.

Saturday, October 1, 6 – 7:30 pm at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center: Lecture and book signing with Lori Waselchuck. 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, October 14, 6:30 pm at Moore College of Art and Design: Conversation with Metropolis magazine Editor-in-Chief Susan Szenasy and leading Philadelphia designers. Screening of Brilliant Simplicity: 15 Designers Research Collaborate Innovate. 20th Street and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Friday, October 14, 6 pm at The Print Center: Marc and Sara Schiller, co-founders of the Wooster Collective, will talk about street art and its relationship with graphic design and marketing. 1614 Latimer Street, Philadelphia.

Friday, October 14, 6 pm at Vox Populi: Artists talk with Program Curator Alex Klein. 319 N. 11th Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia.

Saturday, October 15, 3 pm at Artspace Liberti: “BAG: What’s Inside,” an artist talk with Ellie Brown. 2424 York Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, October 15, 3 pm at Woodmere Art Museum: “Mary G. L. Hood and Modernism in Philadelphia” a lecture with Barbara Wolanin. Cost: $15 ($10 members). 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Monday, October 17, 6 – 7 pm at Live Arts Studio: Knight Arts Challenge answer questions before their October 31 deadline. RSVP on Facebook here. 915 N. Fifth Street, Philadelphia.

Monday, October 17, 11 am at Woodmere Art Museum: Abstracting the Spiritual, a two-part lecture with Matthew Palczynski that will continue on Monday, October 24. Cost: $30 ($20 members). 9201 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, October 18, 7 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: The Commonwealth lecture series continues with “Philadelphia Qualities of Life: Panel Discussion with Philly Works.” 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, October 18, 6:30 pm at Temple Gallery: Show and tell lecture by Rob Armstrong, Preservation and Capital Projects Manager at Philadelphia Parks & Recreation. Tyler School of Art, Norris Street, between 12th and 13th Streets, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, October 19, 6 – 7:30 pm at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center: Lecture and book signing with Tina Barney. Cost: Suggested $5 donation. 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

Wednesday, October 19, 6 – 8 pm at Temple Gallery: Banjos at Dawn, a Debate of Partisanship and Journalism. Tyler School of Art, Norris Street, between 12th and 13th Streets, Philadelphia.

Saturday, October 22, 5 – 8 pm at Wexler Gallery: Opening reception and artist talk for two exhibitions, featuring work by Vivian Beer downstairs and work by Marilyn Kirsch upstairs. Through November 26. 201 N. Third Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, October 23, 2 pm at Cerulean Arts: Artist talk with Anthony Ciambella. 1355 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia.

Sunday, October 23, 3 pm at Gershman Y: Symposium, “Imaging and Imagining Our Cities.” 401 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, October 27, 1 – 2 pm on Knight Arts website: Live web chat answering questions before the Knight Arts Challenge October 31 deadline.

Thursday, October 27, 7 pm at Philadelphia Art Alliance: The Commonwealth lecture series continues with “Architectural Art: Finding Contemporary Sculpture Forms in Nature.” 251 S. 18th Street, Philadelphia.

Thursday, October 27, 5:30 pm at Wagner Free Institute of Science: Under Glass: A Victorian Obsession, lecture and presentation with John Whitenight. 1700 W. Montgomery Avenue, Philadelphia.

Friday, October 28, 7 pm at Project Basho: Artist talk with Eli Reed. Cost: $10 general public, $5 students and Friends of Project Basho. 1305 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.

Friday, October 28, 6 – 7:30 pm at Temple Gallery: “Haunted Histories” lecture. To register, click here. 2001 N. 13th Street, Suite 110, Philadelphia.

Saturday, October 29, 1 – 5 pm at Second State Press: Discussion and Demo with Harbor Coat Press (1 – 3 pm) and Moveable Type (3 – 5 pm). 1400 N. American Street, Philadelphia.

Sunday, October 30, 2 pm at Van Pelt Auditorium: A conversation on Marcel Duchamp. Cost: Free after museum admission. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, 20th and the Parkway, Philadelphia.

Tuesday, September 6, 5 pm at Meyerson Hall: Elevate lecture series, presented by PennDesign, begins. Through December 8. Cost: free. 210 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia.

Second Thursday, September 8, 7 – 9 pm at Lincoln Financial Mural Arts Center: Conversation between artist Rigo23 and curator Mark Beasley. RSVP to . Thomas Eakins House, 1727 – 29 Mount Vernon Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 17, 2 pm at International House: A public discussion with Bruce McClure about his artistic practice. $10 general admission, $8 students/seniors, $5 IHP and PIFVA members and Temple and University of the Arts students. 3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 17, 6 – 7 pm at Philadelphia Photo Arts Center: A free artist lecture with Kelli Connell. There will be a book signing following the lecture. 1400 N. American Street, Suite 103, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 22, 5 – 7 pm at CFEVA: Artist talks and reception for Transmutation. Through October 20. 237 S. 18th Street, The Barclay, Third Floor, Philadelphia.

Thursday, September 22, 6 pm at Scribe Video Center: Reception and lecture, “Materials, Process, Procedure, and Subject,” with Kevin Jerome Everson. Cost: $15; Free for Scribe, PIFVA, and Reelblack members, and Temple and University of Pennsylvania students, faculty, and staff. 4212 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

Saturday, September 24, 7:30 pm at Water Gallery: Richard St. Clair will read from his book, The Speed of Fear. Dresher Arcade #5, 319 W. Main Street, Lansdale, PA.

Sunday, September 25, 3 – 6 pm at Vox Populi: Artist talk with Anita Allyn and James Johnson. 319 N. 11th Street, Third Floor, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 30, 6:30 pm at The Galleries at Moore: The MFA in Studio Art Studio Conversations series featuring Robert Chambers and Ursula von Rydingsvard. Stewart Auditorium, 20th Street and The Parkway, Philadelphia.

Friday, September 30, 6 – 9 pm at Lake Eustis Museum of Art: Opening artist talks for Thanatos to Eros, featuring work by InLiquid member E. Sherman Hayman. Through October 30. 200 B E. Orange Avenue, Eustis, FL.

Friday, September 30, 7 pm at Project Basho: Artist talk with photographer Greg Miller. Cost: $10 general public, $5 students and Friends of Project Basho. 1305 Germantown Avenue, Philadelphia.