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The new Jack Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts, at $150,000, is the largest juried prize in the world to go to an individual visual artist.

Planning on getting your arts on this weekend? Cruise the awesome freeness of Museum Day during the sunshine, but in the evening hours join hundreds of other art afficiandos and neighborhood friends at North Philly non-profit arts collaborative FLUXspace because "FLUXtask" is back with a vengence. Okay, maybe not with a vengence, but certainly with a mission to bring participatory art and creativity to the masses. The third installment of the improvisational, art-making party, officially titled REtask will once again feature founder of the Task session movement: German-born New York artist Oliver Herring.

In celebration of eight years in Philadelphia, the Bridgette Mayer Gallery is holding a Benefit Art Exhibition to honor the non-profit group Back on My Feet.

We're big fans of student artwork as a brilliant way to get started as an art collector, and a good place to start is next Friday, Nov. 21st at the annual UPenn MFA Art Auction to benefit the 2009 MFA thesis exhibition.

A new art venue, Area919, is set to launch its grand opening to the public on Thursday, September 25th, 6-9PM with two shows.

We're excited to note that HBO will be airing a documentary about a Philadelphia painter. The Art of Failure is a feature documentary "about the life of Chuck Connelly, a brilliant yet enigmatic painter who had great success as a young artist in the art boom of the 1980s but who has perpetuated a long downward spiral in his career due to ego, drugs, women, and alcohol. He now is increasingly fearful of his fate. Driven by desperation, Connelly comes up with several crazy schemes to sell his work to galleries and stage a comeback in the art world."

Smile people: It's Friday!

For those of you on the left side of the Schuylkill, it’s time to give a warm sun salutation to your new neighbors on 45th and Baltimore: Studio 34 founders and longtime West Philly residents Angela Norris, James Peniston, and Stephen Fisher.

It'll probably be pouring tonight, but so what? The temperatures are on the rise, Daylight Savings Time starts again on Sunday, and it's time to get this Spring started! Where better than at First Friday? Here are our top three picks.

NEXUS/foundation for today's art is a champion of local artists of all stripes; their commitment to maintain gallery space dedicated to local emerging and experimental artists has rightfully earned them a rep as a Philly art institution. The fruits of their mission will be on display tonight, as they present their new members exhibitions with an opening reception.

It's time again for First Friday. What's that you say? You don't like the looks of tonight's weather forecast? Silly readers! A little cold and wet never killed anyone (well, pneumonia and tuberculosis aside, at least). And besides, all those warm bodies packed into a little art gallery, accompanied by free wine? You'll be warm for sure, in no time flat! Here are a few places where we suggest keeping dry. Before jumping on the...

Sure, you can wander through art gallery after art gallery tonight. The same places you always go, with the same cheap wine you always drink. Or, you can take advantage of the fact that there's always a First Friday during the Live Arts and Fringe Festivals, and there are plenty of free or pay-what-you-can PLAF events you can hit tonight and for the next week. A few that we think sound interesting:

The weather forecast has changed, and it's no longer supposed to rain today. Good thing, too, because that means that it should be nice and dry (okay, maybe nice and sticky, what with a daytime high in the upper 80s and humidity to spare) for tonight's First Friday goings-on. Here are a few of our picks if you're out and about tonight.

From art and live music to puppetry and comedy, immerse yourself in the local flavor. Come for the outdoor art gallery and poetry, stay for acts like Drake and Philadelphia Slick. All proceeds from the vendors help to support Penn Future, an environmental advocacy non-profit agency.

Wow! First Friday again? Guess that's what happens when you've got a month that's only twenty-eight days long. Unfortunately, Phillyist is going to have to miss this month (our duties in the world of theatre criticism call), but here are a couple of First Friday events we'd be hitting up if we weren't going to be in a darkened room twenty blocks away.

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now has a permanent home in Philadelphia; specifically at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. Hooray for geographically appropriate art!

Monkeys make everything better. The average person already knows this, and it has only been confirmed by recent findings of the American Monkeyological Congress (AMC) and the National Association for the Study of Awesome Things (NASAT). But if you want to see the evidence for yourself, join the folks down at Art Star this Saturday at the opening reception for their new exhibit: Matthew Porter's Monkey World. The boutique, now in its second year, is hosting a "Punch and Pie party" this Saturday to celebrate this new primate portfolio.