Hey Artists: This is What Hollywood Thinks of You

So have you ever found yourself watching a crappy romantic comedy/TV show/whatever wherein one character is an artist. God forbid--an artist?? That is the worst. Dating an artist means having to go see shows like this:

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Caitlin McCormack @ Paradigm Gallery

(no) Hope  and Laughing in the Face Of alum Caitlin McCormack has done it again. Check her delicate crochet creations at Paradigm Gallery, already!

Manifesto-ish's Artist in Residence Tells All

On Sunday August 17th 7PM (time subject to change), Manifesto-ish will host an artist talk with Artist in Residence Stefan Znosko. The live gallery tour and artist talk can be viewed at www.manifesto-ish.com. Viewers who tune in live can participate by shooting the panel their questions and observations in real time.

Stefan's residency work can be viewed here and his online gallery show can be viewed here. 

Manifesto-ish Unveils New Video Game Art Museum

Manifesto-ish will unveil artist in residence Jon Gourley's Video Game Art Museum via a live virtual opening Thursday 2/20/14, 7-10PM est. To access the opening, go to www.manifesto-ish.com at the proper day and time. What is the Video Game Art Museum? The Video Game Art Museum (VGAM) is constructed with art objects appropriated from the backgrounds of video games. In their original context, these "works" function as proxies, or simulations, of art. By recontextualizing these simulations into a virtual gallery, VGAM will playfully refocus attention onto the works themselves, explore the intersection of art and simulation, and satirize recent institutional forays into the subject of video games and art (see the Smithsonian's The Art of Video Games and Google Art Project). Who is Artist in Residence Jon Gourley: Jon Gourley is originally from Des Moines, IA. He received a BS/BA from University of Iowa and an MFA at the San Francisco Art Institute. He has exhibited at the Des Moines Art Center, Southern Exposure, AC Institute, and Queens Nails gallery. His work primarily investigates failed communication, its poetics, and the ensuing tragicomedies. Check out the facebook event page for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/248735365287645/ http://videogameartarchive.tumblr.com/ http://videogameartmuseum.blogspot.com/

www.manifesto-ish.com

February First Friday Highlights

Check out Space 2033, already!

Space 2033 
2033 Frankford Avenue
2/7/14, 6-9pm

Paper art, skins, prints, ink drawings, paintings, sculpture and interactive installation by artists

Lesley Haas
Jes Gamble
Kimberlee Traub
Jamie Paige Pepitone
Music by Dentana
Opening 6-10PM

https://www.facebook.com/events/1418436565065252

Matelli Sleepwalker Sculpture Surprise and Controversy

Did you hear about this?  Something amusing for your Friday.

A statue of a man sleepwalking in his underpants is surrounded by snow on the campus of Wellesley College, in Wellesley, Mass., Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. The sculpture entitled "Sleepwalker" is part of an exhibit by sculptor Tony Matelli at the college's Davis Museum.   AP PHOTO/STEVEN SENNE

See the full story here: Tony Matelli Sleepwalker Sculpture Controversy

Nancy Gail Ring @ 73 See Gallery

If you happen to be in the Montclair, NJ neighborhood, definitely check out this interactive installation as well as a collection of small works.

73 See Gallery

http://www.nancygailring.com/

Caitlin McCormack in this week's edition of Philadelphia Weekly

An interview with LITFO & (no)Hope alum Caitlin McCormack willl appear in this week's Philly Weekly. The interview just so happens to be written by CHER contributor Sean Corbett. It's a two-fer as far as CHER is concerned. Click here to read that interview!

more links:

http://caitlintmccormack.com/home.html

http://www.seancorbettphotography.com/

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/arts-and-culture/art/Crochety_Creativity-241313231.html

Caitlin McCormack @ Milk and Honey

LITFO and (no) Hope alum Caitlin McCormack does it again! Ring in the New Year right with some art and socializin'.

Illustrations and Small Guys
Milk and Honey Cafe
518 S. 4th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147

Friday, January 3rd 5-9PM

https://www.facebook.com/events/194245790768200/

CHER co-founder Veronica Cianfrano @ Salon 1522 in December

Saturday, December 7th 5-8PM

Salon 1522: 1522 N. Lawrence st. Philadelphia, PA 19122

Heavy Hands is a solo exhibition featuring the work of Veronica Cianfrano, curated by Shane Leddy of Salon 1522.  

Veronica Cianfrano is a multi-media, Philadelphia based artist who has been examining "the communication break down" through photographic images and memories of her familial ties and through our current reliance on digital communication. This exhibition serves as a display for these vignettes of examination whether it be through memory decay, new meanings found in old footage, or the effects of the news media on our state of mind.

True to Cianfrano’s style, the exhibition will feature a film screening as well as a varying collection of sculptures, assemblages, drawings, and paintings; all of which invite the viewer in for an intimate discussion about memory, as well as the state of the media and the state of our minds today.

The opening reception will take place on December 7th from 5-8PM and the exhibition will remain up throughout the month of December. Call Shane Leddy for a private viewing: (610) 751-0935

https://www.facebook.com/events/1439363186291399/

F*ck Art Book Party/Beatnik Extravaganza!

Sunday November 17th at 3PM

Come celebrate the publication of F*ck Art (Let's Dance) -- an artist's memoir of the East Village by former CHER contributor Sally Eckhoff. The reading begins at 4PM.

Connie's RIC-RAC 
1132 s. 9th St 

https://www.facebook.com/events/549079178506082/?ref=22

An Interview with Caitlin McCormack

Check out this interview with past CHER contributor Caitlin McCormack:

http://www.madalynne.com/8059524

Join Manifesto-ish in November....

for a another thrilling online panel discussion.




Manifesto-ish is an online artist collective co-founded by CHER founders Veronica Cianfrano and Jessica Anne Clark along with the dazzling Matt Zigler and stunning Lauren McCarty.

Snap Happy is a video discussion regarding the effect of digital photography and social media on the field of photography.

The discussion will occur on November 11th at 7PM EST.

Discussion statement:

Photography has long been a medium of the masses. Accessibility alone has caused an immense proliferation of amateur imagery in this arena. Professional photographers have had a long row to hoe regarding differentiation between low and high skilled snapping. With the onset of digital imaging technology as well as social media, the aforementioned proliferation has sky rocketed. For those of us unfortunate enough to participate in the world of social media with regularity, we find ourselves bombarded by personal photography. I have spent many a misplaced minute scrolling through the Facebook photo albums of friends of friends (aka people I don’t know). Even beyond social media, the internet is photo-laced. These images often appear apart from context and origin.

It feels as though the photographic playing field has changed yet again. Manifesto-ish has invited a handful of photographers and artists to participate in this online discussion. At this point our roster includes:

Mark Havens
Stefan Znosko
Sean Corbett
Matt Zigler
Lauren McCarty
Christopher J. Butler

Here's a link to the Facebook event:

https://www.facebook.com/events/450885008357860/

--Jessie Clark & the Manifesto-ish crew

www.manifesto-ish.com

'Making IT' Exhibition to Showcase Work by Recent UArts Alumni

'Making IT' Exhibition to Showcase Work by Recent UArts Alumni

Juried show, featuring the classes of 2003 through 2013, takes place October 10 – 26 in Hamilton and Arronson Galleries

"Vines" by April Field BFA '11 (Jewelry).

Making IT: Alumni Works '03-'13" is a juried exhibition of works by recent alumni. Over 150 works were submitted by UArts alumni from the classes of 2003 through 2013, including undergraduate and graduate alumni. The 57 works that were selected create a coherent and innovative exhibition, showcasing the excellence and artistic diversity of our recent alumni.

This is the first year the exhibit includes an invitational portion. This year's invited artists are Michele Kishita BFA '97 (Painting), MFA '10 (Painting) and John Souter BFA '12 (Crafts), whose work will be featured in Arronson Gallery.

Making IT will be on display October 10 – 26 in the lobby of Hamilton Hall and the adjacent Arronson Gallery (320 South Broad Street), with an opening reception scheduled for Friday, October 18 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

"Composite 1" by Mason Owens BFA '13 (Multidisciplinary Fine Arts).

Thank you to the Making IT jury for their time and expertise: alumna and faculty member Shelley Spector BFA '94 (Fine Arts); alumnae Veronica Cianfrano MFA '10 (Painting) and Jessica Clark MFA '10 (Painting), both co-founders and curators at CHER (CHampions of Empty Rooms); alumnus and faculty member Jordan Rockford BFA '00 (Photography); student and Gallery One President Sydney Andrews '15 (Multidisciplinary Fine Arts); and Christopher Sharrock, dean, College of Art, Media & Design at the University of the Arts.

The alumni show will coincide with DesignPhiladelphia, the nation's largest city-wide celebration of design being held October 10 – 18;Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, a program of the Center for Emerging Visual Artists October 19 – 20; and the University's Family and Alumni Weekend, which will take place October 18 – 20.

"Disconnected" by Crystal Shephard BFA '09 (Graphic Design).

2013 "Making IT" Selected Artists

Michael Barakat MID '11 (Industrial Design)
David Boyd BFA '12 (Illustration)
Lorenzo Buffa BS '12 (Industrial Design)
Samantha Castrale BFA '11 (Photography)
Jonathan Chase BFA '13 (Painting/Drawing)
Marianne Dages BFA '04 (Photography)
Cory Espinosa BFA '12 (Multidisciplinary Fine Art)
April Field BFA '11 (Jewelry)
Regina Flath BFA '09 (Illustration)
Gina Herrera MFA '12 (Studio Art)
James Kaminski BFA '12 (Illustration)
James Lincke BFA '08 (Illustration)
April Melchior BFA '12 (Illustration)
Kelsey Niziolek BFA '12 (Illustration)
Mason Owens BFA '13 (Multidisciplinary Fine Arts)
Nancy Gail Ring MFA '10 (Painting)
Leontien Rotteveel BFA '06 (Crafts)
Natalie Rzucidlo BFA '10 (Book Arts/Printmaking)
Susan Seaton MFA '04 (Painting)
Crystal Shephard BFA '09 (Graphic Design)
Lindsay Sparagana BFA '06 (Photography)
Timothy Walsh BFA '07 (Graphic Design)
Shannah Warwick BFA '02 (Printmaking)
George Wylesol BFA '12 (Illustration)
Keith Yahrling BFA '08 (Photography0
Matt Zigler MFA '10 (Painting)

Death Do Us Part: a collection of works by Texas-based artist Marshall Harris

Death Do Us Part 
October 12th-November 16th, 2013
Dallas’ Red Arrow Contemporary

Death Do Us Part brings an unprecedented collection of unusually large and startling artworks to Red Arrow Contemporary in Dallas on October 12. Artist Marshall Harris of Fort Worth, noted for his large-scale, hyper-realistic drawings, exhibits more than a dozen creations at his debut solo show.

Winner of the 2013 Hunting Art Prize, Mr. Harris combines a number of works in myriad media – including several of his distinctive graphite-on-Mylar drawings, photography, cast-resin sculpture and a video creation - comprising a multi-faceted perspective on death.

“The term death is most often associated with the end of something – life being the obvious example - but when considered in broader terms, it can be redefined as transition. The finish of something becomes the start of another. Death marks the transitional point from the arrival at an ending and departure to a beginning,” Mr. Harris says.

His compositions in works seen in Death Do Us Part examine the details found in such transitions. He believes that “death can be the moment when a loved one becomes a departed relative, or a functional item transforms into something uniquely familiar but no longer what it was. Life causes an instant and unalterable effect on everything around us– as does death.”

The centerpiece of Death Do Us Part, “Stripping the Flesh and Bone of this Mortal Coil,” is a 2-D/3-D installation. Among its components is a 25-foot-long cloudscape drawing in graphite on Mylar, untraditionally hung in the center of the gallery to allow viewing from both sides. Suspended above the drawing is an installation of thousands of obituary photographs of the dearly departed.

Another study of a subject in post-life, “9”, Mr. Harris’ series of a feline skull provides an illuminating view of a tiny subject, a look at crevices, cavities, teeth and the porous nature of bone in ways impossible to access in life.

A Fort Worth native, Mr. Harris earned his fine arts degree from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth and an MFA from University of the Arts in Philadelphia. While working on drawings, he teaches at TCU in Fort Worth.

Death Do Us Part continues until November 16

Red Arrow Contemporary
1130 Dragon St., Suite 110
Dallas, TX 75207
redarrowcontemporary.com

 www.marshallharrisstudios.com

AJ Bredensteiner's Animal Friends

Take a look at this totally strange and interesting project from UArts Alum AJ Bredensteiner.

http://theanimalfriends.com/

Check out Zac Pritchard @ Dick Blick

What I'm Thinking: Sculptural Drawings by Zachary Saloman Pritchard

This month at Dick Blick, sculptor Zac Pritchard explores his two-dimensional side with a number of 

" Large, Small, Colored, and Black and White drawings."

Dick Blick

1330 Chestnut Street

Philadelphia, PA 19107

The show runs for the length of October. Here's a link to more information:

https://www.facebook.com/events/522211017871772/?ref_dashboard_filter=calendar

Join CHER this Friday (August 16th)

Friday August 16th, CHER will be slinging burgers and screening videos with the help of Little Berlin

Champions of Empty Rooms (CHER)  has joined forces with the good people at little berlin to bring you a very special outdoor film festival. From 8-9:30, CHER will be grilling up beef and veggie burgers for just $5 from 8-9:30! Two live music acts will precede the screening. One man band Eddie Sids will get the party started with his unique blend of live loops and video collage. Rap aficionado Gavin Riley will follow with his sick beats and unique choose-your-own-adventure style narrative. The main event will feature a number of short films and videos from both local and national artists. 

This event was originally supposed to occur on August 9th (rain date in effect, yo)

Friday, Friday, Friday...and Saturday.

CHER has two exciting events in the span of just two days!

Friday July 5th:

Saturday, July 6th (4-6PM):  

This July

You may pick our brains...our Pizza Brains! Champions of Empty Rooms is creating a site specific installation for Pizza Brain's storefront. Pizza Brain is a snazzy pizza parlor on Frankford (in Fishtown) that features Little Baby's ice cream as well as its very own Pizza Museum!

Our project will be unveiled in July; there will most definitely be a first Friday celebration. So mark your calendars in pen!