Social Glue04.05 2023
ANNSON CONAWAY | In Some Room Above The Street
April 7 – April 28, 2023
Opening Reception
Friday April 7
6pm – 10 pm
SPACE 1026
844 N. Broad St.
Philadelphia
Annson Conaway is an artist based in Gouglersville, Pennsylvania. The body of work in his solo exhibition, IN SOME ROOM ABOVE THE STREET, shows people gathered in interior spaces doing mostly mundane, everyday activities.
In one scene, commuters sit side-by-side and escape into their personal portable distractions. In another, a family watches a Phillies game huddled around a TV together. We see a couple seated around the fire, one asleep and one contently becoming radicalized by her choice of reading material; a trio of people smoking cigarettes in a gritty, unidentifiable public space, decorated with only a tiny trash can and a giant Pennsylvania Lottery ad; and two guys working on a car in their garage, a pinup poster and a novelty street sign hiding in the shadows around a bright window with a view of identical rowhomes. While not always glamorous, these scenes aren’t all drab—we also see a jazz singer and pianist in patterned gowns performing around a red curtain—though it’s unclear who their audience is, or if they even have one.
And then there’s the apparent outlier: a nude woman reclined in the desert, a figure walking towards her silhouetted by the sunset. Is it a mirage? A fantasy of escape? Or are these the lucky ones that got away from it all and made it out to the other side…
In these rooms above the street, people are living their lives. And in a room above a street, Annson created these pieces. And now, at last, you have the pleasure of viewing them in—you guessed it—SOME ROOM ABOVE THE STREET!
Artist: www.annson.us
01.25 2023
THE LANGUAGE OF COLOR
Friday, February 3rd. 6 to 9 p.m. Space 1026
New Work By:
WET
Elena Gans-Pfister
Leah Gingerich
Jadon Mason
11.19 2022
2022 Art Auction
Friday, December 9th
6:00 PM
Friday, December 2nd – First Friday Preview, 6pm to 9pm
Saturday, December 3rd – AJW, Button Workshop, 12pm to 3pm
Sunday, December 4th – Jodi, Yoga Class, 9am
Monday, December 5th – AJW, New Thingz, Doors 7:30pm, Comedy 8pm
Tuesday, December 6th – Jackie, Block Print Workshop, 6pm
Wednesday, December 7th – Kevin Keenan, DIY Sound Workshop, 6pm
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/space1026/
09.16 2022
NEW THINGZ 6
Performances by comedians that have done zero stand-up comedy in front of a live audience since March 15, 2020 (the day Covid-19 lockdown began)
Featuring: Joe Bell, Molly Hanulec. Laris Kreslins, Pete Steele & Andrew Jeffrey Wright
Space 1026
844 N. Broad St.
Wed., Sept. 21, 2020
08.30 2022
TONY COLEMAN | PHILADELPHIA SOLO
SPACE 1026
Sept. 2 – Sept. 30, 2022
Opening Reception: Sept. 2.
6pm – 10pm
Space 1026
844 N. Broad St.
Phila., PA 19130
04.27 2022
Fair Weather Freeway
New works by Keith Warren Greiman and Nick Apice
Opening Friday May 6, 6-9pm
12.11 2020
Art Auction 2020
Friday, December 11, 2020 | 7:00 PM 9:00 PM
Image by Eileen Echikson
Tune in for the final night of the Art Auction with Andrew Jeffrey Wright!
12.09 2020
A Walk Along the Ridge Road
Wednesday, December 9 | 6:30 PM 7:00 PM
Join June Armstrong for a virtual walk from 1026 Arch Street to 844 North Broad, discussing the history of the neighborhoods and buildings along the way! Stick around for Night 3 of our Art Auction, your chance to support Space 1026 and our little home for art-making in the city.
12.08 2020
Live Painting
December 8th | 7:30 PM 8:30 PM
Hey yous — perhaps your eyes are looking a little gray from all that drab professional zooming . Forever pajama-bottomed, you are feeling bottomed-out. You are in need of a body/booty/mind/heart cleanse, yes? Well — the Turkish baths may be closed, but the art salon is open. Aim a bidet at those sodden spirits, friends, as ye rejoice in some good ol’ public access painting. Artist Eileen Echikson is inviting you to her humble, colorful studio, where she will complete one large painting — L-I-V-E, baby. Watch Eileen slather that sauce (house paint) as she creates another schmear-on-plywood beauty to accompany her collection of towering works. This edibles-sponsored artwork will be supplemented with a smattering of musics, inaudible mumbles, and a takeout break or two. Feel free to play your own cozy tunes, drop some poetry in the Twitch comments, and enjoy one night of blissful, peaceful, *chef’s kiss* programming. Hope to see yous there 🦋