Exhibitions & Programs Calendar
ArtBox @ Lincoln Square: Kate the Earthling, karesansui
ArtBox @ Lincoln Square: Kate the Earthling, karesansui
On View August 2024-February 2025
ArtBox @ Lincoln Square, 1000 S Broad St.
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) collaborates with Alterra Property Group and Lincoln Square Apartments to exhibit two Philadelphia-region artists considering site-responsive installation each year. ArtBox is a public exhibition space at Lincoln Square Apartments, 1000 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA. All are welcome to view and enjoy the exhibitions!
Kate the Earthling’s installation “karesansui” is a vertical moss garden inspired by the Zen gardens of Japan. Preserved mosses and rocks are arranged to mimic mountainous landscapes amidst flowing seas and rivers of sand. As in Japan, Kate’s garden is intended to spark contemplation about minimalism and the beauty of blank space.
While Broad Street hums with the bustle of Center City, “karesansui” provides a stark contrast, offering passersby a space for contemplation, meditation, and quiet self-reflection.
Kate’s "karesansui" invites Philadelphians to deepen their connection with nature and pause for a moment of stillness in the heart of Philly.
Kate Shooltz is a Philadelphia-based moss artist known as Kate the Earthling. Inspired by the natural world, her creations promote a biophilic lifestyle enriched by nature. By using only preserved mosses and other natural elements her creations require no water or sunlight yet remain green and soft for years to come. Using real, but preserved plants ensures that Kate’s creations are accessible to everyone regardless of their green thumb or environment. Kate takes pride in creating a unique piece for each client and never duplicating a design. Every natural element is arranged solely by Kate in her Philadelphia art studio - each patch of moss and individual fern placed with intention and care.
Since 2018, Kate the Earthling has created one-of-a-kind moss walls for clients and spaces all over the United States. Her work has been featured in the Olympic National Park “Terminus” Glacier Memorial Art Project, on Bravo TV’s Vanderpump Rules and Family Karma, in “National Parks” Magazine and the Italian Magazine “Biophilia Natural Trend” and in various online and TV publications such as PureWow and FOX 29’s show “The 215”.
The happiness and purpose Kate has found in a life filled with nature is truly fulfilling. Through her artwork she hopes to inspire others to live the same.
To view more of Kate the Earthing visit www.katetheearthling.com or follow @k8theearthling on Instagram.
Kate the Earthling, karesansui
Artbox @ Lincoln Square: Kate the Earthling, karesansui
On View to the Public: August 2024 to February 2025
Lincoln Square Apartments, 1000 South Broad Street
Kate the Earthling’s installation “karesansui” is a vertical moss garden inspired by the Zen gardens of Japan. Preserved mosses and rocks are arranged to mimic mountainous landscapes amidst flowing seas and rivers of sand. As in Japan, Kate’s garden is intended to spark contemplation about minimalism and the beauty of blank space.
While Broad Street hums with the bustle of Center City, “karesansui” provides a stark contrast, offering passersby a space for contemplation, meditation, and quiet self-reflection.
Kate’s "karesansui" invites Philadelphians to deepen their connection with nature and pause for a moment of stillness in the heart of Philly.
Kate Shooltz is a Philadelphia-based moss artist known as Kate the Earthling. Inspired by the natural world, her creations promote a biophilic lifestyle enriched by nature. By using only preserved mosses and other natural elements her creations require no water or sunlight yet remain green and soft for years to come. Using real, but preserved plants ensures that Kate’s creations are accessible to everyone regardless of their green thumb or environment. Kate takes pride in creating a unique piece for each client and never duplicating a design. Every natural element is arranged solely by Kate in her Philadelphia art studio - each patch of moss and individual fern placed with intention and care.
Since 2018, Kate the Earthling has created one-of-a-kind moss walls for clients and spaces all over the United States. Her work has been featured in the Olympic National Park “Terminus” Glacier Memorial Art Project, on Bravo TV’s Vanderpump Rules and Family Karma, in “National Parks” Magazine and the Italian Magazine “Biophilia Natural Trend” and in various online and TV publications such as PureWow and FOX 29’s show “The 215”.
The happiness and purpose Kate has found in a life filled with nature is truly fulfilling. Through her artwork she hopes to inspire others to live the same.
To view more of Kate the Earthing visit www.katetheearthling.com or follow @k8theearthling on Instagram.
Michener Art Museum Presents CFEVA at 40: Four Decades of Supporting Contemporary Art
Michener Art Museum Presents
CFEVA at 40: Four Decades of Supporting Contemporary Art
Celebrating the Center for Emerging Visual Artists’ invaluable role in the region’s vibrant cultural identity.
February 17, 2024 – May 26, 2024
The James A. Michener Art Museum is pleased to present CFEVA at 40: Four Decades of Supporting Contemporary Art, on view February 17, 2024 – May 26, 2024. The Michener celebrates the Center for Emerging Visual Artists’ milestone year with an exhibition that symbolically includes the work of 40 contemporary artists affiliated with the center who represent the region’s artistic excellence.
CFEVA felt that a partnership with the James A. Michener Art Museum was particularly significant as the goal of celebrating regional artists remains at the heart of both organizations’ missions. CFEVA board chair and co-curator Maida R. Milone noted, “The Center for Emerging Visual Artists 40th anniversary is a significant milestone for our organization. It’s no mean feat to sustain a regional arts organization dedicated to supporting the careers of visual artists, especially those in the early stages of those careers. When we took stock of the artists who have been affiliated with CFEVA over these four decades, we were so heartened to see that many of them are now in the collection of this important arts institution.”
Ranging from established members of the avant-garde to rising stars, this exhibition features over 70 works that will be new to regular Michener Museum visitors. Gerry and Maguerite Lenfest Chief Curator, Dr. Laura Turner Igoe shared, “I think what is most exciting about the CFEVA at 40 exhibition is that several of these important contemporary artists have never shown their work at the Museum before.” Those selected to represent the over 300 fellows whom CFEVA has mentored over four decades include Vincent Desiderio, Katie Baldwin, Rita Bernstein, Ziui Chen, Ada Trillo, and Tim Portlock. Also represented are established artists who have given their time and talent as advisors, including the late Ray K. Metzker, Will Barnet, Sidney Goodman, and current advisor Donald Camp.
CFEVA was founded in 1983 as a support system for the visual artists of the greater Philadelphia region. Since its inception, the organization has dedicated itself to making art careers viable for those who choose them. To this end, CFEVA strives to help visual artists reach their audiences and grow the interest and understanding of visual art among community members. 2023 marked CFEVA’s 40th year of serving artists through its prestigious fellowship program. The artist fellows, chosen by CFEVA’s artistic advisors, go on to shape the region’s cultural community as leaders in the arts. The center’s mission remains important to maintaining and expanding the creative environment and economy of the Philadelphia region. Though CFEVA artists come from a wide range of backgrounds and work across all mediums, they share one common trait: artistic excellence.
The exhibition is curated by Maida R. Milone and Genevieve Coutroubis.
Media contact: Nina McRobbie | nmcrobbie@michenerartmuseum.org | 215.340.9800 ext 128
The Museum will host the following events connected to the exhibition. Details can be found at www.michenerartmuseum.org.
Curator Conversation: Maida Milone in Conversation with Artist Chelsey Luster
Wednesday, February 14 | 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST
Workshop: CFEVA at 40: Mixed Media Collage
Thursday, March 7, 2024 | 6–8pm
Panel Discussion: Art After Dark: Meet the Artists from CFEVA at 40
Thursday, April 4, 2024 | 7pm
Andrew Chalfen, Effervescent
ArtBox @ Lincoln Square: Andrew Chalfen, Effervescent
On View February 13, 2024 - August 2024
ArtBox @ Lincoln Square, 1000 S Broad St.
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) collaborates with Alterra Property Group and Lincoln Square Apartments to exhibit two Philadelphia-region artists considering site-responsive installation each year. ArtBox is a public exhibition space at Lincoln Square Apartments, 1000 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA. All are welcome to view and enjoy the exhibitions!
About the Artist:
Andrew Chalfen is a visual artist and musician living and working in Philadelphia. He has been featured at two solo shows in 2023 thus far. His work has appeared at many exhibits nationally and in and around Philadelphia, PA, such as at the Abington Art Center, The Hoyt Center, the Delaware Contemporary, Viridium Gallery, and many Philadelphia locations via his art collective Inliquid. His work has appeared on book jackets and rock album covers. He is the recipient of several awards and is the winner of the Bombay Sapphire Artisan Series Mid-Atlantic Regional for 2018 and his piece "Vibration Lands" was displayed at SCOPE Miami during the Art Basel/Art Miami fair.
Statement:
Artist and musician Andrew Chalfen is fascinated by patterns, how they ripple, radiate, refract, bloom, interact, cluster, construct, and deconstruct. His works allude to aerial views, cartography, architectural renderings, musical notation, urban densities, and other natural and man-made patterns, while not literally being any of those things. Rather, his pieces reflect his psychological states during their creation, a kind of topography of thought and mood as he works through various aesthetic themes that have long held his attention. Shapes often spill out over edges, suggesting unseen continuations beyond, while others seek containment. His recent mixed media work with painted dowels focuses on connections, intersections, and layers, a non-representational way of depicting how we relate to the world and to one another.
Chalfen’s process mirrors that of his songwriting and music arranging. He utilizes the repetition of a small selection of formal elements, subtle variation, the timbre of color palate, rhythm, and a combination of randomization strategies and intentionality. Every work is a process journey, in which he refines elements that grab him from previous pieces, and then pushes into unknown territory with experimentation and risk, always iterating. He follows his instincts, deviates from them when necessary, and trusts the process to guide the work to a successful outcome and maybe even a breakthrough or two.
Viewers may not know what to focus on first, becoming overwhelmed and subsequently absorbed in the details. The experience is reminiscent of mediation. Certainly working on these pieces in the studio is a meditative, flow state way of being, where Chalfen can take his time to think about and explore through art-making themes of nostalgia, anxiety, play, musicality, fragility, impenetrable data, accelerating planetary chaos, and physical and psychic fragmentation.
ArtBox @ Lincoln Square: Elizabeth Mackie, Microplastics
CFEVA is pleased to present:
Elizabeth Mackie, "Microplastics"
On view at ArtBox @ Lincoln Square
July 17, 2023 through January 2024
1000 S Broad St., Philadelphia, PA
“Microplastics,” looks at the unseen plastic pollutants in our waterways. The 9x7 foot screen is constructed of 594 laser-cut plexiglass circles etched with images representing microplastic fragments. This project was completed during the Mentored Undergraduate Summer Experience 2020 with the assistance of student collaborators Lily Gilston and Sarah Valente.
Elizabeth Mackie is an interdisciplinary artist working in extended media: sculpture, installation. photography, video, sound and textiles. Her accomplishments include fellowships from Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation; New Jersey State Council on the Arts, The Center for New Media, Frankfurt, Germany, and NJ Institute of Technology. She received grants from Geraldine R Dodge Foundation; National Science Foundation; and Joseph Robert Foundation. Residencies include Visual Studies Workshop, Washington and Jefferson College, and six from Women’s Studio Workshop. Elizabeth’s independent video productions have been screened internationally, broadcast nationally and purchased by WHYY, Philadelphia.
Elizabeth exhibited her work in institutions throughout the United States and abroad, including Australia, Bulgaria, England, Canada, Austria, Poland, Spain, France, Italy, Republic of Cyprus, Germany, Chile and Brazil. More recent exhibition include FLOW, Independence Seaport Museum, Philadelphia; Conversation with Paper, galleryFRITZ, Santa Fe and three traveling exhibitions, in Europe, the Americas and Australia.
Elizabeth received an MFA and BFA from University of Maryland and a BS in Mathematics from Salisbury University. She is a Professor of Art at The College of New Jersey and has taught in London, Cuba, and Frankfurt, Germany.
ArtBox @ Lincoln Square: Kate Leibrand, LINGER
Now On View: Kate Leibrand, LINGER at ArtBox @ Lincoln Square, 1000 S Broad St.
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) collaborates with Alterra Property Group and Lincoln Square Apartments to exhibit two Philadelphia-region artists considering site-responsive installation each year. ArtBox is a public exhibition space at Lincoln Square Apartments, 1000 S Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA. All are welcome to view and enjoy the exhibitions!
Sacred Spaces: Works by Chelsey Luster - Opening Reception
Pictured: Vanessa by Chelsey Luster
Sacred Spaces: Works by Chelsey Luster
Opening reception January 12 5-7pm
Exhibition: January 12 - February 17 2023
Where: Felicity R. “Bebe” Benoliel Gallery, 237 S 18th Street, Suite 3A
Hours: 11am-4pm Monday - Friday
Contact: Genevieve@cfeva.org for more information
Biography
Chelsey Luster is a Philadelphia-based curator and visual artist from Baltimore, Maryland. Her curated group exhibitions focus on exploring social and political concepts regarding race, gender, and sexuality. Lusters visual art work focuses on intimacy, vulnerability, and privacy through depictions of domestic spaces. Chelsey's mission as a creative is to design exhibitions that defy ways of thinking about the binaries of our existence and depict the complexities of her identity to form unity, community, and raise awareness.
Artist Statement
Chelsey Luster’s work focuses on intimacy, safety, and vulnerability through depictions of invented and physical domestic spaces. In Finding Home, Luster examines her models' safe and vulnerable spaces from memory and imagination. Luster pulls from imagery of their loved ones' studios, bedrooms, altars, memories, and where they find comfort mentally to create sacred environments for them to exist in. In these works, Luster shares their perspective on the importance of protecting internal and external safe havens and sanctuaries.
CFEVA Exhibition at McKinsey & Company
On View January 2023 - June 2024
Featured artists: Matthew Borgen, Brian Dennis, Chuck Fischer, Robert Goodman, Richard King, Robert Miller, Taylor Pilote, Paul Rider, Kristen Schattenfield-Rein, Emma Van Den Akker
Pictured: Taylor Pilote, Nomad (Field Fresh Blue)
Location: Paintings by Sophie C. White - Meet the Artist + Gallery Talk and Discussion
Location: Paintings by Sophie White
Opening Reception on Thursday, November 17th, 5 – 7 pm, Artists Talks at 6 pm
Exhibition: November 3 – December 16, 2022
December 15, 2pm - 6pm: Meet the Artist + Gallery Talk and Discussion
Where: Felicity R. “Bebe” Benoleil Gallery | The Barclay, 237 S 18th Street, Suite 3A
Gallery Hours are Monday - Friday, 11am – 4pm
Contact: Genevieve@cfeva.org for more information.
For more information about the exhibition click HERE. To purchase work by Sophie C. White click HERE.
By making paintings of places on the verge of becoming unrecognizable, I am able to spend time with and mourn the neighborhood as I once knew it, while anticipating what is to come. Each painting is made in the exact time and place in which the place depicted was existing, with me in it, and it is sort of an artifact of that moment as experienced by me. Painting the image by hand with only my natural vision to guide me, allows me to decide exactly what information before my eyes needs to be included in the image, and allows the particularities of my senses and movements to determine formal characteristics. I’ve been painting cityscape paintings in this manner for over fifteen years, ever since I learned to paint while experiencing similar feelings of alienation from my surroundings, growing up in Lower Manhattan at the turn of the Millennium.
Sophie C. White will host gallery hours on December 15th, 2pm – 6pm. At 3pm she will speak about painting, perception and how she creates a 2-D image. At 5pm Sophie will be speaking with local community organizers whose work has been an inspiration to her. Together, they will discuss, "some practical efforts being made to push back on the wave of displacement that has been crashing through Philadelphia and cities everywhere in the wake of the 21st century F.I.R.E. economy." The discussion will focus on the activism that's taking place around specific sites depicted in Sophie's work.
About the Artist:
Born in 1984 in New York, NY, Sophie White has lived and worked in Philadelphia, PA since 2009. She earned her MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in 2017 and her BFA from the Cooper Union School of Art in 2006. She is a 2020 and 2021 Fellow with the Center for Emerging Visual Artists. Working primarily as a painter, Sophie makes sculptures and plays drums as well. She has exhibited and performed at numerous arts spaces in Philadelphia, New York City and around the world.
Location: Paintings by Sophie C White is the culmination of Sophie's Visual Artist Fellowship.
The Visual Artist Fellowship underscores CFEVA's commitment to fostering artistic excellence and furthers its mission to help visual artists build sustainable careers. In providing funding and mentorship during this critical incubation period, CFEVA helps artists explore new ideas and pathways to influence their work, and to develop the skills and techniques that can move them forward. CFEVA is proud to create more exposure for the artists we serve. Sophie White will exhibit in CFEVA’s Felicity R. “Bebe” Benoliel Gallery in November 2022.
Feel the Love Happy Hour at the Trestle Inn: Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Wrap-Up Party
Trestle Inn: 339 N 11th St, Philadelphia, PA 19107
Celebrate the wrap-up of a successful Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST) season with us! Enjoy a cocktail (or two...) with friends and see incredible artwork by POST artists, projected larger-than-life, all night. 20% of proceeds of the evening benefit CFEVA.
Prizes for attendees include:
- Chance to win a CFEVA Artist Memberships (valued at $65+)
- Discounts for CFEVA Artist Membership (valued at $40 and up)
- EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT registration for the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (valued at $125)
Visual Artist Fellow, Shwarga Bhattacharjee’s Studio at CFEVA
Visual Artist Fellow, Shwarga Bhattacharjee’s Open Studio at CFEVA
Visual Artist Fellow, Shwarga Bhattacharjee’s Studio at CFEVA
Meet the Artist during POST West: October 16, noon-6PM
Special Reception October 16 4-5pm.
Visual Artist Fellow, Shwarga Bhattacharjee, has transformed Cfeva's gallery into his personal studio. Taking advantage of the space, Shwarga is creating a large-scale, collaborative and immersive work. As part of his Open Studio on October 16th, Shwarga will invite audiences into his studio for a series of scheduled readings and discussions.
Special Reception October 16 4-5pm. For the event, Shwarga is collaborating with Atif Sheikh (Moderator), Mehrin (Mir) Masud Elias, and Ahmad Qais Munhazim. During the event Mir and Qais will read their poems and Shwarga will give a tour of us work. Atif will moderate a conversation among the four collaborators.
Shwarga Bhattacharjee is an artist based in Philadelphia, PA. His work has been shown in the United States and Bangladesh at venues such as Vox Populi, Jamaica Center for Arts and Learning (JCAL), Temple Contemporary, and the Dhaka Art Summit. He curated an exhibition for the Little Berlin art gallery in Philadelphia, as part of the Visiting Curator Program. Currently, he is participating in the Spring Curatorial Residency program at the New York Artists Equity Association in New York City. He was selected as one of the Young Talent at the Dhaka Art Summit in 2012. He is a recipient of the Britto Student Residency and Jentel Artist Residency. He also worked as a children’s book illustrator with the Room to Read. Shwarga Bhattacharjee moved to the United States in 2014. He received an MFA in drawing and painting from Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University, and a BFA in drawing and painting from the University of Dhaka.
Mehrin (Mir) Masud-Elias, who writes under the penname Mir Elias, is a poet, writer, lawyer and immigrant in the US from Dhaka, Bangladesh. She currently serves as the general counsel of the Abramson Cancer Center at Penn Medicine. She has published poems in collected editions and journals and written essays for a Leeway Foundation grant-funded food blog. Her current collections of experimental poetry, Natural Alien and Apocalypsia, are in the submission process for poetry prizes. Mir is a co-founder of Twelve Gates Arts, a non-profit transnational arts organization as well as a member of the Board of Pasión y Arte, a contemporary Flamenco dance company. She co-hosts and curates the bi-monthly 12G Poetic Circle at Twelve Gates Arts. She is the recipient of the 2021 Peregrine Prize from the Academy of American Poets and the 2022 inaugural Universe in Verse prize from UPenn’s Kelly Writers House. Mir is a graduate of Amherst College (BA), Columbia Law School (JD) and the University of Pennsylvania (MBE, SCAN Certificate), and also completed coursework at CALTECH in Theoretical Physics.
POST Preview at Studio Incamminati | BOK Open Studios
Join Studio Incamminati for the POST Preview at BOK Open Studios on October 14, 6-9pm.
Studio Incamminati students will be docents for the event – showing people around, answering any questions, describing their perspectives, etc.
All of the teaching studios will be open to the public – north-light painting studios, drawing studios, and skylight sculpture studios – with examples of work being done in each of them. Also open will be the private studios of four great artists who received our 2022-23 Fellowship Grants.
We are an active studio and on Saturday, October 15, during POST, there will be some concurrent programming and artists actively working – we hope this will be valuable for guests to see a small example of what we try to provide to artists interested in contemporary realist art.
Head up to the BOK Bar on the rooftop for a drink after previewing Studio Incamminati's open studio!
CFEVA Fellowship Exhibition at Allen's Lane Art Center: Krista Svalbonas & Natasha Zeta
CFEVA Visual Artist Fellowship Exhibition at Allens Lane Art Center
On View September 19-October 22 | 601 W Allens Ln.
Open for POST Northwest: October 22
Artist Talk at 4pm, Reception to Follow
Visit Allens Lane Art Center for a CFEVA Visual Artist Fellows Exhibition, featuring artists Krista Svalbonas and Natasha Zeta.
Krista Svalbonas and Natasha Zeta are pleased to present Cicatrix, an exhibition on how we ground ourselves after trauma. Drawing from personal stories, each artist illustrates acts of defiance, resilience, and growth despite devastation. Whether caused by upheaval from geopolitical warfare or from our own internal struggles, this collaboration explores the idea of a fractured identity and how we heal from our experiences to create a new path as well as preserve and honor the memory of where we have been.
CFEVA Exhibition at the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown: Danielle Cartier and Maria Schneider
Announcing CFEVA the Sheraton Philadelphia Downtown. Artworks by Danielle Cartier and Maria Schneider are on view. Stop by 201 N 17th St. or visit during the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours this October!
Christina Massey at ArtBox @ Lincoln Square
CFEVA is pleased to present:
Christina Massey,
“Beyond Borders”
On view now at ArtBox @ Lincoln Square
1000 S Broad St., Philadelphia, PA
Now through January 2023
Christina Massey is a mixed media artist using repurposed materials in her colorful organic abstractions based in Brooklyn, NY. Her work has won multiple awards including an FST StudioProject Fund Grant 2019, Brooklyn Arts Fund Grants 2022 & 2019, SIP Fellowship at the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop 2017 and Puffin Foundation Grant 2018. Massey’s work is in the collections of the Janet Turner Museum, Art Bank Collection in DC, Bank of America Collection in Miami, Credit Suisse and multiple private collections. Her work has shown extensively at galleries and museums in the NY metropolitan region and been featured in fairs such as the 14C Art Fair and Springbreak Art Show.
Massey is the founder of the WoArtBlog, a platform highlighting the work of contemporary female identifying artists. Her curatorial projects have shown at such locations as the Pelham Art Center, BioBAT Artspace, Hunterdon Museum and Court Tree Collective.
Thank you to @lincolnsquarephl for allowing artists the opportunity to show in your space!
Image courtesy of the artist.
Opening Reception | Selections from Art in the Open (AiO)
Opening Reception | Selections from Art in the Open (AiO)
Visit the Felicity R. “Bebe” Benoliel Gallery to see the work of artists included in our program, Art in the Open.
Join us on Thursday, June 6 from 5-7PM for the opening reception of the exhibition featuring selected artwork from Art in the Open.
Art in the Open is a biennial outdoor arts event that takes place on the Schuylkill River Bank Trail. This year, AiO is May 20-22. Visit www.cfeva.org/aio for more information.
CFEVA Happy Hour at the Trestle Inn
CFEVA Happy Hour at the Trestle Inn
June 2, 2022 | 5-8PM
All are welcome. 20% of proceeds benefit CFEVA. Enjoy a cocktail with friends and a digital exhibition featuring CFEVA Members’ and Fellows’ artwork!
Prizes for attendees include:
- Giveaways of CFEVA Artist Memberships (valued at $65+)
- Discounts for CFEVA Artist Membership (valued at $40 and up)
- $50 OFF of registration for the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (valued at $125)
Art in the Open 2022
CFEVA's biennial Art in the Open (AiO), in partnership with Fairmount Water Works, again offers the public a new chance to see how creative practice can turn the Schuylkill River Banks into an outdoor studio tour for three days.
Get your friends and family to the river and perhaps re-imagine your expectation of an artist at work! Working in all media, Art In The Open artists will take to the Schuylkill River Trail between the Fairmount Water Works and South Street. These open-air, urban and temporary “studio” experiences along the water allow both the artists and their visitors a chance to explore Philadelphia’s historical, ecological, industrial and artistic connections to the river. The works offered will transcend the typical viewing experience of art presented in four wall galleries or online viewing rooms. For more information visit www.cfeva.org/aio
CFEVA Art Party
Artists, Artworks, Auction, Artful Cocktails & Artistic Food. The River Bank vibe is included, “Riverside Chic” attire is optional. And all a great celebration on the Schuylkill of CFEVA’s work and our Art in the Open weekend, which happens May 20-22. More to come.
Visiting Curator Naima J. Keith presents: हम स्वयं our selves, Claes Gabriel and Dáreece Walker
Visiting Curator Naima J. Keith presents:
हम स्वयं our selves, Claes Gabriel and Dáreece Walker
Exhibition: April 18th – May 20th, 2022
Opening Reception on Thursday, May 5th 5 – 7 pm
Artists Talks at 6 pm
Gallery Hours are Monday - Friday, 11am – 5 pm.
Appointment required. Contact Genevieve@cfeva.org
Click here to learn more.
CFEVA Exhibition at The Sonesta Philadelphia Rittenhouse Square
April 2022-April 2023
Featured artists: Dave Tavacol, Maria Schneider and Jennifer Williams
CFEVA Exhibition at Blick Art Materials
Visit Blick Art Materials (1330 Chestnut St., Lower Level, Philadelphia, PA) to view work done by 7 of CFEVA’s Artist Members/participants in the Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST).
Featured artists: Emma Van Den Akker, Vincent Bush, Tiff Davis, Mandi Hall, Jennifer Manzella, Grue Shackleford, Bonita Wagner.
MIXTURE: Member's Exhibition Closing Event
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists is proud to present MIXTURE, the annual 2022 Member's Exhibition. Featuring 24 artists, the exhibition highlights individuals working in such varied media as ceramic, digital photography, oils, cast bronze, and mixed media, and presents viewers a cross-section of contemporary artists working in the Philadelphia region.
Click here to RSVP for the event.
Member’s Art Sale
We are delighted to present the work of a selection of our members in our newest art sale.
CFEVA Custom Exhibitions Art Sale
This art sale features work that was previously on view at CFEVA's custom exhibitions, locations across Philadelphia.
When you buy a piece of art for yourself or as a gift, from our sale, you are not only donating a portion to CFEVA so that we may continue our work – you are also supporting an artist: a small business owner, a teacher, an entrepreneur. Artists are economic drivers for and active members of our artistic, more livable local community. Thank you!
Image credit: Nancy Agati
MIXTURE: CFEVA 2022 Member’s Exhibition
MIXTURE: CFEVA 2022 Member’s Exhibition
Where: 237 S. 18th St, Suite 3A
When: February 7 – March 25, 2022
Gallery hours: Monday-Friday, 10 am-4pm
By appointment only, contact Genevieve@cfeva.org.
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists is proud to present title, the annual 2022 Member's Exhibition. Featuring 24 artists, the exhibition highlights individuals working in such varied media as ceramic, digital photography, oils, cast bronze, and mixed media, and presents viewers a cross-section of contemporary artists working in the Philadelphia region.
Featuring Emma Van Den Akker, Francis Beaty, John A. Benigno, Flo Berardinucci, Bill Brookover, Marcy Chevali, Zoe Cohen, Alysse Einbender, Mikel Elam, Katherine Fraser, Bill Gerhard, Sarah Gutwirth, Marguerita Hagan, Patricia Ingersoll, Ivey McCray, Gina Michaels, Jenna Mulhall-Brereton, Marley Parsons, Kara Petraglia, Jack Ramsdale, Krista Svalbonas, Lynn Snyder, Bonita Wagner, Florence Weisz
CFEVA Exhibition at the The Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia
January 2022 - January 2024
Featured artists: Paula Cahill, Brian Palmieri, Andrew Conti, Anna Benjamin, Constance Culpepper, Krista Dedrick Lai, Katherine Fraser, Donald Fortenberry, Ryne Fuller, Albert Fung, Su Knoll Horty, Patricia Ingersoll, Elizabeth Johnson, Kellianne McCarthy, Esther Podemski, Adina Segal, Lauren Whearty
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST): West Neighborhoods
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours are BACK in-person: October 16th, 17th, 23rd, and 24th. Online: Wednesday, October 20th. Register to participate today!
The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, a program of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, is the largest tour of artist studios and creative workspaces in the region and one of the premier open studio tour events in the country.
We are adhering to the most up-to-date health and safety information for the city of Philadelphia for POST.
While visiting open studios and creative spaces, don't forget to adhere to health guidelines: mask up, practice social distancing, keep to posted (not a pun) studio capacity limits and...enjoy your tour!
POST: West includes: Center City West, University City, West Philadelphia, Powelton Village, Southwest Philadelphia, Fairmount, and Brewerytown.
For a full list of West Artists & Community Partners, please click here.
Studios open noon - 6pm
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST): Northwest Neighborhoods
Philadelphia Open Studio Tours are BACK in-person: October 16th, 17th, 23rd, and 24th. Online: Wednesday, October 20th. Register to participate today!
The Philadelphia Open Studio Tours, a program of The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, is the largest tour of artist studios and creative workspaces in the region and one of the premier open studio tour events in the country.
We are adhering to the most up-to-date health and safety information for the city of Philadelphia for POST.
While visiting open studios and creative spaces, don't forget to adhere to health guidelines: mask up, practice social distancing, keep to posted (not a pun) studio capacity limits and...enjoy your tour!
POST: Northwest includes: East Falls, Roxborough, Manayunk, Chestnut Hill, Mt Airy, and Germantown
For a full list of Northwest Artists & Community Partners, please click here.
Studios open noon - 6pm
CFEVA Visual Artist Fellows Exhibition at Allens Lane Art Center
601 W Allens Ln, Philadelphia, PA
Open October 23rd, noon-6pm
Visit Allens Lane Art Center for a CFEVA Visual Artist Fellows Exhibition, featuring artists Rachel Eng and Chelsey Luster.
Allenslane.org
Bronze Pour Demonstration by Gina Michaels at Legacy Atelier
5535 Lena Street, Philadelphia, PA
Take a studio tour of Legacy Atelier, a full-service foundry and sculpture studio. Sculptor Gina Michaels will discuss her work and explain the bronze casting process, followed by a demonstration of her open sand technique. Please arrive no later than 10:30. Children are welcome, but will need to remain close to their family at all times. COVID protocols: The studio is large and airy with excellent ventilation. Masking is required and guests are asked to maintain social distancing.
Please reserve tickets for this event in advance here.
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