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The Cubans are coming to Northern Liberties' Projects Gallery this First friday and through May 30 in a traveling exhibition titled Aqui Estamos (Here We Are in Spanish), which is not only curated by the author of this entry, but also represents the first ever appearance in the Philly area by some of the top names in Cuban art from both Cuba and the Cuban Diaspora.
This show, which has been exhibited already in Norfolk, Virginia and Washington, DC, features work by Maria Magdalena Campos-Pons, Kcho, Cirenaica Moreira, Marta Maria Perez Bravo, Sandra Ramos, Roberto Acosta Wong, and Aimeé Garcia Marrero. Additionally, the show also includes several Cuban artists represented by Projects Gallery: Alejandro Mendoza, Alex Queral, Angel Ricardo Ricardo Rios, and Ramon Williams. The First Friday opening is from 6-9PM and there is a curator's talk on May 22 at 6:30PM. Projects Gallery is located at 629 N 2nd Street at Fairmount.
From there walk over to N. 3rd Street for another different art experience in Northern Liberties. Philadelphia Sculptors is the only professional organization of sculptors in the Philadelphia region, and through May 17 they have teamed with 950MODE, a 1 & 2 bedroom and bi-level condominiums space in Northern Liberties to give contemporary sculpture a temporary home inside the walls of this sparkling new condominium. From May 1- 17, select units at 950MODE will be transformed into an extended art gallery as sculptures take up residence on the premises. The public is invited to view the art and tour the new units during the First Friday Opening Reception on May 1, 2009 from 5:00 - 9:00 pm. Wine will be served and a chocolate tasting, featuring Antoine Amrani Chocolates, a new venture of local Philadelphia chef Antoine Amrani, (who previously worked as the Head Pastry Chef of Le Bec Fin restaurant) will also be offered. Make sure that you check out Cheryl Harper's outstanding ceramic works that make humorous but intelligent pokes at political figures and James Fuhrman's contemplative steel abstractions. 950MODE is located at 950 N. 3rd Street at W. Wildey.
Gallery Joe will showcase Shift, a solo show of drawings by San Francisco based artist Nicole Phungrasamee Fein. Shift opens in the Front Gallery on Friday, May 1 and continues through June 27, 2009. Shift is Fein’s second solo show at Gallery Joe. This show runs concurrently with animations by Philadelphia artist Sharon Louden in the Vault Gallery. Louden will show a series of videos completed over the past three years. The images in the videos are scans of her drawings digitally animated to move and float, creating a drawing in motion. The artists will be present at a reception on First Friday, May 1 from 6:30 - 8:30 PM. Gallery Joe is located at 302 Arch Street at N. 3rd.
At the always interesting Pentimenti Gallery, they have a solo exhibition of works by Rebecca Rothfus titled In the Open, which hangs through May 30. A reception with the artist will be held on Friday, May 1, from 6 - 8:30 pm. Pentimenti is located at 145 North Second Street at Quarry.
Knapp Gallery features Jon Eckel in a solo titled Gravity & Levity, which promises to be a very colorful and interesting exhibition. Knapp Gallery is located at 162 N. Third Street at Race.
The Bridgette Mayer Gallery will host the third solo show of painter Elyce Abrams, which is titled Long Distance. Abrams has recently shown at the Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, and she teaches at Rowan University, and lives and paints in Philadelphia. Long Distance will run through May 30, 2009, with an opening reception, First Friday, May 1st from 6:00- 8:30p.m. Bridgette Mayer Gallery is located at 709 Walnut Street (1st Floor) at S. 7th Street.
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