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Sly Fox Keep the Glass

Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

Tonight it the Sly Fox U Buy The Glass Night at the Abbaye. A supremely affordable $10 will buy you a keepsake pint glass as well as free refills from 7-9 P.M. Featured Sly Fox beers include the Abbey Xtra, Dry Stout, and the Seamus Red Ale, which I recently sampled and thoroughly enjoyed. Who am I kidding? I love almost everything that Sly Fox brews. I’m totally biased. In addition to hanging out and drinking, U Keep the Glass Night also offers the chance to win a whole bunch of swag from the featured brewery. Then you can have a sensible late dinner while you keep drinking. Good times.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 7-9 P.M.
The Abbaye 637 N. 3rd St.

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Weekend Arty Things – hashtagclass

Thursday, March 4th, 2010

 

Found image. Which I agree with.

 

UPDATE: I was totally confused. This is happening in NYC. So Philadelphia is now participating in the #class at Winkleman Gallery this Sunday March 7th from 5-8 P.M. Suggested by the artblahg, The Artwake will involve a eulogy followed by a panel discussion. The people at Rebekah Templeton are looking for folks who are interested in volunteering to participate and providing topics to discuss. They’ve created a blog where folks are invited to post thoughts and ideas, the theory being that even if one is unable to attend the event they can be part of discussion. Beyond the wake and the blog, the organizers state that they “are pretty open in terms of other ideas” and are looking for individuals or groups who are interested in participate in other ways. So get on your anarchist artist thinking caps, kids. (more…)

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March Listings

Tuesday, March 2nd, 2010

I know I whine about this every month, but for serious guys, no one is updating their websites or sending out their listings. Maybe it’s the weather; I know Mat Tomezsko’s opening was moved twice. Perhaps people are just chucking any schedule and keeping things up. I wouldn’t know, though, because I’m using the internet to get all of my information, and we all know how accurate that is. Most shows begin First Friday March 5th and conclude at the end of the month unless otherwise indicated. These are just spaces having events – for full listings, see the listings page. Please let me know if I’ve missed anything. (more…)

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Snowday Specials

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

The radio and internet are all like, blah blah blah, East Coast crippled in massive snow, and I look outside and see a damp sidewalk. Well, snow day specials are still happening, including this super cute one from Tria: (straight cut-and-past from the email)

TODAY AT BOTH CAFES   Milk and Cookies for Grown Ups
cookie_jarRemember when you and mom baked oatmeal cookies on snow days? You don’t? Well, on this snow day we’re doing our own comforting take on milk and cookies: Brooklyn Cookie Jar Porter ($4½ / 16 oz draft), brewed with oatmeal, raisins and vanilla, perfectly paired with a LeBus Oatmeal Raisin Cookie ($1½). Wine more your thing? Enjoy some gulpable Mother’s Milk Shiraz (specially priced at $7) from Australia’s First Drop Winery.
Sorry, but we have to draw the line at reading you a bedtime story.
  • Thursday, Februray 25
  • Starts at noon at Tria Rittenhouse
  • Starts at 4 pm at Tria Wash West
  • No reservations – just show up

Cute! I will keep this updated as employees send their corporate tweets and update their facebook fan pages.

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Kelly Kozma and Bridgett Bonn Wagner

Friday, February 12th, 2010
Kelly Kozma If I Could

Kelly Kozma If I Could

As you may know if you’ve come here through the book of faces, tonight is the opening reception for painter Kelly Kozma and jewelry artist Bridgett Bonn Wagner at Tu Belleza Studio on Liberties Walk.

Full disclosure – I had some classes with Kelly at Moore back in the day. Never met Bonn Wagner, just have seen her work online. Meanwhile, you may have seen Kozma’s work before at Ten Stone – although finishing up her BFA this year she has participated in many group shows and independent exhibitions throughout the city.  Creating colorful compositions that meditate on the relationship between materials in art, Kozma paints an approachable dialogue between the negative and positive space where geometric and curvilinear coexist.

Brigett Bonn-Wagner Resoources Necklace

Brigett Bonn-Wagner Resources Necklace

Bridgett Bonn Wagner creates works that straddle the relationship between the wearable object and sculpture. Her delicately crafted jewelry is simultaneously beautiful and slyly thought provoking social criticism. Imminently wearable, Bonn Wagner creates lasting conversation pieces beyond the typical, challenging the notion of what adornment should be.

We’re excited because Art in Bars actually helped hook up these artists with this non-gallery space, and we hope to be able to continue to facilitate more opportunities for emerging artists in the future. Don’t worry, we’ll keep prattling on about cocktails, concepts, and collectives on the blog.

If you want to attend the opening, as previously stated, it is tonight Friday February 12th from 5-7 P.M. ar Tu Belleza Studio – 1021 N 3rd St. Work will be up through the end of the month.

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Snow Delays

Thursday, February 11th, 2010

I’m such a slacker. It was a tremendous pain to walk two blocks to the mailbox today, so as my bus isn’t running, I wasn’t exactly jazzed to hike up to the gallery today. So I called out. I’m not the only one, apparently. Although the bars in this town manage to nobly soldier on, blizzard or not, the art openings are not so lucky. Thus far I have heard:

Darla Jackson’s opening of “While you were out . . .” at the Philadelphia Art Alliance tonight has been rescheduled for Thursday, February 18th from 5-7:30pm.

Matt Tomezsko’s opening which would have been tomorrow will now be Friday March 12th from 6:30-9:00 and there will be a taco bar by Qdoba.

The Freeman’s auction of part II of the Lehman Collection has also been rescheduled Friday, February 19th at 11am. I’ve only been to one art auction before and I had so much fun. Seriously. It was fascinating to see the variety of work and how some things would sell way under market value and some prices would become so inflated in a bidding war. No reserve on any of the works in this sale. Check out the works available online, where you can also download the catalog.

Meanwhile, Art in the Age wants you to know that their event with Reverend Michael Alan making dream catchers is still on for tonight, *UPDATE* also postponed until Thursday, February 18th at 6:30pm. Check the comments for the info..

Know of anything else that was supposed to happen yesterday/today/tomorrow that’s being moved?

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Opportunities

Wednesday, February 3rd, 2010

ASCB '10

ASCB '10

Couple of quick opportunities for artists, curators, mixologists, and those of you who self-identify as all of the above:

Art Star is accepting applications for their 7th annual Art Star Craft Bazaar. The rules say that up to two artists may share a booth, but collectives are allowed to apply as a group. It would be awesome to see some collectives and more art-orientated artists showing works at the popular event which always gets lots of press and foot traffic. To apply, go here.

Pterodactyl

Pterodactyl

Have a fabulous idea for a show but no place to exhibit it? Pterodactyl has an open call to curators right now. Information on their website. You need to have a solid concept, an idea of what artists might go in the show, as well as images of artists work. They also accept ongoing artists submissions.

In booze news, Art in the Age is looking for ROOT recipes yet again. Got a nummy one? Make a quick video of yourself and post it to their blog. Press release here. As always with ROOT, you could win more ROOT.

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February Listings

Monday, February 1st, 2010

Mat Tomezsko, Back

Mat Tomezsko, Back

If you are a bar, bookstore, boutique, cafe, hair salon, laundromat, record shop, restaurant, skate shop or whatever that occasionally rotates artwork up on the walls, and are interested in having your shows listed, please contact me at admin@artinbars.com OR if you are an artist or a friend of an artist with a art show at a not-gallery, let me know! Am I missing a great location? You know the email. Keep me in the know!

Steve Shea at the Abbaye. 637 N 3rd St. Opening Reception Friday, February 5th from 6-9pm. Through February.

Rene Micheli photography at Arcadia Boutique. 819 North 2nd St. Opening reception Friday, February 5th from 6-9pm. Through February.

Ariel Levine and Mark Ellis at Cafe Estelle. Opening reception Friday, February 5th. Through February.

Mat Tomezsko is showing his paintings Cigar Factory on February 12th. Through February.

Art Inspired by Nikola Tesla at Germ Bookstore . Opening reception February 5th, 5-9 P.M. Through February.

Kelsey Halliday Johnson at the Green Line Cafe 4239 Baltimore Ave.
Staff Art Show at Green Line on Locust 4426 Locust St.
Andrew Christman at Green Line Powelton 3649 Lancaster Ave. More information at http://greenlinecafe.com

Ian Burke at Random Tea Room. 713 N 4th St. Opening reception February 11th from 6-9 P.M. February 11th-26th, 2010.

The Best Of Craftivity! at Rocket Cat Cafe 2001 Frankford Ave. Through February.

Kristin Burtoft at Salsita Studio. 1624 South St. Through March 6th, 2010.

Kris Chau at Topstitch Boutique. 54 N. 3rd. Opening reception February 5th 6-10 P.M. Through February 28, 2010.

Lina Stasytyte at 10th Street Laundromat. 1141-43 S. 10th St. Through February.

Full listings on the listings page.

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Greenline Call for Art Donations

Wednesday, January 27th, 2010

greenline_haiti

More information on their website, naturally.

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Get Shown Get Sales

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Artistic success can be yours

Artistic success can be yours

If it were only that easy. Here are a couple opportunities out there to get your showing history going.

My House Gallery is accepting proposals for their new installation room, Compact Project Space. As you can imagine, it is a small room in the gallery and they’re looking for site-specific installations and shows to coincide with their regular gallery openings. More information is available on their website.

Square Peg Artery & Salvage is currently looking for Winter and Spring Merchandise, Workshop instructors, Trunk show vendors and Featured Artists for upcoming shows. Contact Jen Harrison at squarepegjen-at-gmail.com with jpeg images work, pricing guideline, and a brief bio.

Piranha Betty’s Art Market has three options for showing – a flat fee, a flat percentage of sales, or a smaller commission with you minding the store for five hours a week. Full details on the website.

Greenline Cafe has a handy submission guideline if you would like to show in one of their three locations. More information on their website.

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