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BOOK SIGNING: Tom Griggs and Paul Kwiatkowski, Ghost Guessed
JOIN US FOR A BOOK SIGNING Tom Griggs and Paul Kwiatkowski Ghost Guessed Thursday, September 27, 6:00pm Please join us in celebration of the recently released book Ghost Guessed with the photographers and authors Tom Griggs and Paul Kwiatkowski.. On November 13, 2009, Andrew Lindberg, a young pilot, departed from the Twin Cities to meet his father for a hunting trip in northern Minnesota. He never arrived; a few days later, Lindberg's plane was located deep within the wilderness of…
Find out more »Conversation + Book Launch: Rochelle Toner, Collage Drawings 1873 – 2018
CONVERSATION AND BOOK LAUNCH Wednesday, October 10, 6:00 - 7:30pm Join us for a conversation with artist Rochelle Toner and exhibition curator John Caperton exploring the outstanding body of work Toner has created between the 70s and today. We are delighted to launch a new publication from Temple Contemporary, Tyler School of Art, Rochelle Toner, Collage Drawings 1873 - 2018 by Robert Blackson. The 32-page, full-color book in an edition of 300, features 12 of Toner's most…
Find out more »Artist Talk, Film Screening + Book Signing with Henry Horenstein
Artist Talk, Film Screening + Book Signing With Henry Horenstein Monday, October 22, 2018, 6:00pm The University of the Arts, Caplan Auditorium Terra Hall, 16th & 17th floors 211 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA We are pleased to present PARTNERS, directed by Henry Horenstein, in conjunction with the University of the Arts Photography Program. PARTNERS is a fascinating documentary incorporating clips from interviews with couples who discuss how they met and how their relationships work. Some are fairly conventional while others…
Find out more »Open Door at the Arthur Ross Gallery & the Penn Museum
Open Door offers unique behind-the-scenes tours at Philadelphia's most intriguing cultural sites. Join us for two special tours at the University of Pennsylvania. We will start at the Arthur Ross Gallery to see William Kentridge: Universal Archive, a series of 79 linocuts printed onto pages from dictionaries and encyclopedias. Following, we will tour the new Middle East Galleries at the Penn Museum. The collection features objects from 10,000 years of human history and are the first in a series of transformative gallery renovations taking place…
Find out more »Artist Lecture & BYO Social
Lauren Pakradooni & Second State Press In conjunction with the exhibition Lauren Pakradooni: Static Slip, we welcome Pakradooni to discuss her work and process. Immediately following her talk, we will be enjoy casual conversation with members of Philadelphia’s community print shop Second State Press. Pakradooni is an artist and educator based in Philadelphia. She earned a BA from Hampshire College, Amherst, MA in 2007 and an MFA in Printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design, Providence in 2011. Pakradooni…
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