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Reviews and Previews: Oct 22, 1974

By: Judith Stein
published: October 22, 1974

Hugh Kepets (Vick Gallery of Fischbach, thru Oct.). Hugh Kepets is an artist who depicts no people, only the implications … See Full Post

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Geoffrey Ansel Agrons has received the Juror’s Choice award in Animal Beings at Praxis Photo Arts Center. The exhibition runs from March 20 – April 3, 2021 and is juried by Laura Valenti.
Congrats to Rachel Citrino for launching her new website!
Maria Schneider‘s “Walking OneCity” is now part of the permanent collection of OneCity Residential building. Each one of the 13 panels depicts the connection between some of the most iconic buildings of Philadelphia history. ” Walking OneCity” takes you in a stroll around Philadelphia finding its most iconic buildings, telling the story of what you see and what it may be now forgotten. Each mirrored panel draws the viewer in by including them in its reflection, making their image part of the work.
The Pandemic Diaries is a series of pointed, emotional and sarcastic word collages that bring together renowned artist Dolores Poacelli‘s many years as a fine artist and graphic designer, her abundance of opinions and her love of satire.These document her highly personal feelings about the global pandemic. A hand-picked selection of her 102 black and white collages, each piece has a visual attitude and a tactile quality like so much of her abstract art.

Purchase the Pandemic Diaries paperback here.
Geoffrey Agrons‘ piece The Memory Floor is in Praxis Photo Arts Center’s show The Portrait from March 20 – April 3.
From The Philadelphia Culture Fund:

“On April 15, 2021, Mayor Kenney will propose a budget to City Council for the coming year. Due to COVID-19, the City is facing difficult budget choices this year. We have less resources than in the past but know that Philadelphians have more needs than ever before.”

To help save the Arts in Philadelphia, help the Phila Culture Fund by taking their survey to shine light on what aspects of Arts spending is most crucial. Take the survey here.
Arlene Solomon will be showing a 12 of her new works at Penn Medicine. These collages were inspired by the construction of Penn Medicine’s new pavilion, while also an homage to all those who helped construct it. These works are the result of over 700 photographs that Arlene took while going to appointments. Stay tuned for more details!
Cheryl Levin‘s solo show at Da Vinci Art Alliance, Forms for a Continued Life, is an exhibition of ink drawings by Levin, shown alongside sculptures and fragments by her late husband, metal worker Robert Phillips (1962-2012), and their son, Electrical Engineer and Generative Artist Aidan Phillips. The show runs January 28 – February 14 and is open by appointment only.
Kathleen Shaver is doing some great things this winter!

Her work is include in Visionary Projects’ virtual exhibition The Era of Change from January 20 – February 20.

She is also joining the international group of artists represented by Galeria Azur in Madrid, and is in their exhibition AESTHETICS from January 29 – March 1.
Donna Quinn, John Howell White, Lyn Godley, and Stuart Lehrman have a four-person show, Incubation, at Scotts Mills Gallery Studios from January 30 – April 3. Exhibition open by appointment only.
In this time of isolation and everything virtual, Dolores Poacelli welcomes you to experience the joy of seeing art. They are opening the studios at 823 Carpenter Street in Philadelphia for visits by appointment only. Masks and social distancing required. Please contact her at dpoacelli@gmail.com.
Andrew Chalfen‘s solo show, part of the Abington Art Center’s Solo Winter Series, runs from January 29 – March 13, 2021. Chalfen will give an artist talk/Q&A on March 13, from 10 am – 12 pm.
Susan White‘s solo exhibition, In the Weeds, will run from January 19 – February 25, 2021, at Millersville University in the Sykes Gallery. The show has two receptions: in-person on February 1, 5:30-7:30 (masks required); and February 22 at 7 pm via Zoom.
Brenda Howell, Karen Hunter McLaughlin, Rebecca Schultz, and Teresa Shields, all members of Artessa Alliance, are in the Alliance’s third biannual exhibition, Apart: Together. The show runs from February 7 – 28, 2021. There is a virtual reception on Sunday, February 7, from 1-2pm.
Karen Hunter McLaughlin, Teresa Shields, and Joe Vescovich are in Cheltenham Center for the Arts’ 80th Annual Members’ Exhibition. The show runs from January 10 through January 31, 2021.

Karen Hunter McLaughlin won the Printmaker’s Guild Award in the exhibition. Congrats, Karen!
Nancy E.F. Halbert and Sandra Benhaim are both showing their bodies of work at Cerulean Arts from February 10 – March 7, 2021. There is a Virtual Reception & Artists’ Talk on Saturday, February 13 at 2pm. Registration required.
Join Austen Camille along with Evan Kassof and Andrew Litts in their project Theme + Variations on Field Notes. Camille walks the city of Philadelphia, from the lowest point to the highest point, while Kassof monitors her elevation and pace from the studio, and performs the information through a custom-built software instrument designed by music technologist Andrew Litts. The event takes place on LinoKinoTV’s Twitch on February February 7th from 10 am – 4 pm.
Jack Knight has been awarded a Delaware Individual Artist Award for 2021 for the “combines” or wall sculptures. He is the recipient of the Established Professional Award for supplies and materials. The fellowship is supported in part by a grant from the Delaware Division of the Arts, a state agency, in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts. Learn more here.
Sandi Neiman Lovitz is in Perkins Center for the Arts’ Invitational Exhibition Chromaticity, which runs from January 16 – March 18, 2021. There will be an artist’s reception February 13, from 5-8 pm.
Donna Sensor Thomas two pieces included in Black & White exhibition at the Riverfront Renaissance Center for the Arts from January 15 – March 13, 2021.
Hanna Vogel is one of three artists in the Delaware Contemporary’s exhibition Round About: Considering the Object in Space from January 16 – April 25, 2021. Opening event: Friday, February 5, 2021 from 5 – 8 PM. Special programming: Friday, April 2, 2021, 5 – 8 PM.
Agathe Bouton, Angela McQuillan, Arlene Solomon, Bhavisha Patel, Carole Loeffler, Diane Lachman, Ellen Rosenholtz, Emily Selvin, Florence Weisz, Kristin Osgood Lamelas, Linnie Greenberg, Maggie Mills, Nazanin Moghbeli, Patricia Moss-Vreeland, Pedro Zagitt, Rachel Blythe Udell, Robert Zurer, Sandra Benhaim, Tom Herbert, and Tyler Kline are all in Esther Klein Gallery’s exhibition Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Art Project from February 11 – April 30, 2021. There will be a virtual reception Thursday, February 11 6:30 – 7:30 at Venture Café
You can read Pia de Girolamo‘s artist essay for her solo show at Cerulean Arts, 78°N 16E: The Arctic Series, on her blog.

The artist talk took place on Saturday January 16, and the recording is here. Her exhibition and talk are the first featured in the video, and Pia is the first presenter.
Please join artist Barbara Straussberg for a virtual demo on “Abstract Painting and the Paper Art of Joomchi” hosted by the Allens Lane Art Center in Philadelphia on January 30th from 1-2 pm!
Kathleen Shaver and Barbara Dirnbach both have works in the Medford Arts Center 2021 Works on Paper online exhibit. The show was juried by artists and author James Toogood and runs from January 8 – February 11, 2021.
Maggie Mills and Lauren Rinaldi are both featured in Create! Magazine’s Issue #23. Purchase this issue on Create!’s website.
Kathleen Shaver‘s work is included in Fresh Perspectives, an online exhibit hosted by the London Paint Club from January 4 – February 1, 2021.

Feature image: Totem, Kathleen Shaver
Two exhibitions GEMS and Painting the Figure Now III were exhibitions in which Daniel Dallmann was slated to participate in in 2020. While both exhibitions were unfortunately interrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns, 2021 holds much potential!

Feature image: Studio Lunch Plate, Daniel Dallmann
Bill Brookover, Karen Hunter McLaughlin, and Kit Donnelly are in Da Vinci Art Alliance’s exhibition Ctrl-P. The show, juried by Liz Spungen, runs from January 8 – January 24, 2021 and has an opening reception over Zoom on January 10 at 2 pm.
Michele Tremblay will be speaking with Polly Apfelbaum about their collaborative mural that can now be viewed from the oncology wing of Jefferson Hospital. The talk, held by Mural Arts, will be held virtually on January 12, 2021 from 12 – 1 pm EST. Learn more here

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