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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.

Pageant Soloveev is calling "all Jolly Rogers to Victory Island" for the opening of "My Bones, Your Skin" tomorrow night starting at 7PM. Free and open to the public.

AxD Gallery is hosting an artists' reception tonight from 5-8 PM for the opening of a/chroma/scape/s . The exhibition features original paintings by Greg Minah and John Cartwright.

In the course of the last few years, the first weekend in December now sees the art world (and we mean the entire art world on a planetary scale), descend on the Greater Miami, Florida region for an astounding number of art fairs featuring tens of thousands of artists, all anchored by the Art Basel Miami Beach fair. About 25 "satellite" art fairs have popped up all over the Miami region in the last half decade, and as a result, art collectors, curators and art symbiots from all over the world hang around Miami visiting art fairs, absorbing and buying art, soaking up the sun and sand, eating Cuban food (and discovering that black beans are never, ever served together with the white rice but in separate bowls, and that a true mojito is made with guarapo (sugar cane juice)). We wish all of the Philadelphia galleries partipating in the art fairs (Pentimenti, Projects and a few others), the best of luck in Eff-LA, and please bring us back some tostones.

Time again to stroll through galleries and art venues as the First Friday openings and extended hours for November take place in gallery clusters around the city. Starting at Washington Square, the Bridgette Mayer Gallery will have a solo show of Scottish painter Dana Hargrove titled Divide and Consider. This new collection of work stems from the artist's recent summer residency in South Africa. During her time there, Hargrove (who is an Assistant Professor of Studio Art at Rollins College in Florida) discovered the still present consequences of colonization, imperialism, and segregation. The show will run from November 4 - November 29, 2008 with an opening reception on First Friday, November 7th, 6:00-8:30pm. The Bridgette Meyer Gallery is located at 709 Walnut Street, between South 7th and 8th Streets.

By now the art season is in full swing, and this month's First Friday openings bring a host of interesting new shows to the city's galleries and assorted art spaces.

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

First Friday gallery openings return in force to the city as the "new" art season unofficially starts with the September openings. We've already told you about Northern Liberties' Projects Gallery opening its exhibition season with Fresh! 2008. This invitational exhibition includes an impressive number of the city's emerging artists, including many recent graduates from various art programs. The First Friday artists' reception is tonight, from 6-9 p.m. Projects Gallery is located at 629 N 2nd St at Greene Street in Northern Liberties.

Fun around town, for $10 or less: