10.05 2006
October First Friday at Black Floor
One Wall Is An Edge
Opening this Friday October 6th
7:00-11:00pm Scheduled to run from Oct 6th to the 28th.
www.blackfloorgallery.com
Luren Jenison creates a panoramic installation of landscape andshelter. The space inside becomes a hospitable no-man’s land with itsown borders.
Luren Jenison is a recent graduate of Rhode Island School of Designfrom the department of Textile Design. She has been working within thescale of environment creation through interior design and textiledesign, as well as installation. Her interests in the decorative artslie mainly in the intersection of the surreal and the conventional. To learn more about this sort of designs, see here the decorations by this landscape drainage specialist.
She collects images and examples of the bizzare, the grotesque, andthe unexpected in designs for the home, and filters them through herpersonal style and color taste to create new works. She is currentlyliving and working in Philadelphia.
10.04 2006
IT WITH FLOWERS
Opening Friday, October 6 from 6-9 pm
presented by 215 Fest and Damian Weinkrantz
an exhibition of storytellers featuring: Jim Houser, Mat Brinkman, Martha Rich, Kyle Field, Keith Shore, Joel Holland, Keith Greiman, Andrew J Wright
Big Jar Books
55 North 2nd St
Philadelphia
October 6
10.02 2006
Blog fixed, and A new project
There haven’t been many updates because the blog has been broke. All seems to be well now. I recently finished up a redesign of Mike Giant Dot Com with tony. I’ve been real busy.
10.02 2006
Small Change presents: JEREMY BAILEY
Video artist Jeremy Bailey brings you videos, a live performance, and lots of love from Canada
SUNDAY October 8th
8:00pm
$5.00
@ SPACE 1026
1026 Arch St. 2nd floor
www.smallchangescreenings.com
Called a “one-man revolution on the way we use video, computers, and ourbodies to create art” by Filmmaker Magazine, Jeremy has created a hugecollection of wildly awesome and hilarious performance videos. We’veshown some of these in past shows and now we are super psyched to haveJeremy in person with a bag of his best stuff topped off with a livevideo performance!!
09.28 2006
Instance Of Impairment
New collaborative paintings by Steven Martin and Mark Price
Semptember 29 – October 22, 2006
***Opening Reception***
Friday, September 29th 7-9pm
In conjunction with Charge Skateboards and Apparel
Relase party for original deck design by guest artist: Mark Price
In addition to this new series of collaborative paintings which willbe showing Mark will be pulling out a stash of handprinted t-shirts,buttons, and copies of his new book: Consider Everything In BadShape to show and sell. Steve will be showcasing t-shirts anddeckdesigns from his company Charge. Come by the opening at Minnowfor discounts on all this merch!
Dj PROM KING (Print Liberation / Black Floor Gallery) willbe spinning tunes for the evening.
***Minnow***
700 South 6th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
catchaminnow.com
geocities.com/chargeskate
09.27 2006
Goodbye SPECTOR
On Friday, September 29th from 7-9:30, I am hosting the final event at 510 Bainbridge Street. The Goodbye SPECTOR party is to celebrate the gallery’s seven year history in Philadelphia and to be there with all the folks who made it happen.
What to expect:
- SPECTOR’s Family Album – A continous slide show of artists, art, events and happenings.
- Limited edition print by Jim Houser, the first solo artist presented at SPECTOR’s 1999 launch. Jim created the screenprint Helping Hand to commemorate the closing. ( Edition of 100, $35 each!)
- 7:30 – 8:30, Book signing by Adam Wallacavage, the second solo artist presented by SPECTOR in 1999. The first Philadedlphia signing for Adam’s new book, Monster Size Monsters (Gingko Press, 2006) which includes many photographs from his exhibit at SPECTOR. ($39.95)
- Music by Mr.10 Fingers, SPECTOR artist Ben Woodward, who also deejayed at the gallery’s first opening reception.
What you can do:
- Be there
- Bring a bottle (it’s your turn to bring the wine)
- Send me any jpgs you have for the slide show before September 25th.
What happens after the gallery closes:
- I will be working freelance as SPECTOR Projects. In addition to email announcements and/or snail mail announcements info will be available at SPECTORSPECTOR.com on the news page.
- If you are looking for an artists work, you can still contact me. If I am no longer working with that artist I can help you find them.
Where you can find me:
- All of my contact info (below) is the same except my mailing address which after October 1st is:
P.O. Box 63544
Philadelphia, PA 19147 - My websites will disappear for a short time around October 1st while I relocate, Artjaw.com’s October story will post late.
Thanks for everything and hope to see you,
-Shelley Spector
Good luck Shelly.
09.20 2006
Missoula Skatepark Art Auction
everyone loves art on skateboards, right? word. On Deck is an art auction to support the Missoula Skatepark
09.05 2006
Philagrafika Presents: Megawords at Landmarks Contemporary Projects
September 5- September 12, 2006Exhibition hours: 12-6 Mon-Sat., 1-5 Sun.
Wednesday, September 6