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Congratulations Dennis!
Bridget Farnack’s MFA thesis exhibition titled Yours Truly will be open in the Temple Gallery from May 2 – May 5, with a reception on Friday, May 4th from 6:00-8:00pm.
The Temple Gallery is located within Tyler School of Art at 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19122. The gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6. For more information, please visit www.hussymae.com
This looks like a decent, inexpensive setup for some DIY lighting goodness for photographing and documenting your work. A heavy duty powerstrip, socket adapters, and several CFLs. Some frugal shopping on Amazon, eBay, and the likes could make this really inexpensive. Check out the link below for the full details.
Here are the materials I used to build the LightStrip. Refer to the picture below.
- Umbrella/Light stand - I used a Flashpoint Pro 9.5′ Air Cushioned Black Lightstand, 5/8″ Top Stud with 1/4-20″ Screw Thread. ($50 at amazon)
- Umbrella bracket - Adorama Universal Swivel/Holder ($15.25 @ adorama), though you can probably use any swivel here.
- ½” x 12” Eye Bolt w/ nut from any hardware store (I used a bolt with an “eye” because it allowed me to better glue the eye to the power strip (~$2 at local hardware store)
- 10-outlet, 40-inch long, metal power strip - Utilitech 6 Ft cord, 10 Outlet Surge Protector ($25 at a local store)
- Outlet-to-Lampholder Adapter $1.26 at the local hardware store, or from Amazon)
How To Build A Sweet And Simple CFL Strip Light via How-To Geek
The Last Days is a new project involving a 3-day performance event and large installation beginning 8am April 13th at Pageant Gallery in Philadelphia, PA and ending 11:59pm April 15th. The artist will be living in the gallery performing various tasks throughout the days; he will not leave the gallery in the course of this time. Visitors to the space are welcome though some of the tasks will be private or of limited entry. This project is influenced by ideas about domestic space, rites of passage, masculinity, gay subcultures, and the artist’s own experience as a Jehovah’s Witness.
As part of the event Lenker will bartend at the Opening each night from 9pm – 11pm. Public is welcome and encouraged to attend. Drinks are free.
Following this show a viewing of the remnants of this event will be on display at the Temple Gallery at Tyler School of Art, reception Friday May 4th 6 to 9pm.
DATES AND LOCATIONS OF EVENTS:
THE LAST DAYS of THE APOCALYPSE OF NOW
8AM FRIDAY APRIL 13TH to 11:59PM SUNDAY APRIL 15TH – ***OPEN BAR EVERY NIGHT 9 -11PM***
3-DAY EVENT AT
PAGEANT GALLERY
607 BAINBRIDGE STREET
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19147
VIEWING THE REMNANTS OF THE LAST DAYS
WEDNESDAY MAY 2ND to SATURDAY MAY 5TH
***RECEPTION WITH THE ARTIST ON FRIDAY MAY 4TH 6-9PM***
TEMPLE GALLERY
TYLER SCHOOL OF ART
12TH AND NORRIS STREETS
PHILADELPHIA, PA 19122
Kaitlyn Coppola’s MFA thesis exhibition titled Beastward will be open in the Temple Gallery from April 4 – April 7, with a reception on Friday, April 6th from 6:00-9:00pm. From her press release:
Beastward, an exhibition by Kaitlyn Coppola, displays a series of animal-like sculptures arranged in dense groupings that interact as a community of forms displaying a raucous and carnivalesque scene that is at once joyful and playful, while at the same time bodily and visceral. Coppola takes inspiration from Italian grottoes, Romantic paintings, Arthurian legends, and medieval bestiaries when arranging her figures. Working in clay, she chooses not to fire the work, resulting in creatures that are necessarily vulnerable, intimating an urgency and sense of futility. The work is intended to be absent of cynicism and pessimism. In Beastward, Coppola embraces EO Wilson’s concept of biophilia, positing that society’s collective empathy and a call to action is necessary to prevent societal ruin. The gradual ascent of the work celebrates a belief in belief, an acknowledgement of a search for something beyond.
Coppola is currently an MFA student in Ceramics at Tyler School of Art, Temple University. She holds a BA in Fine Arts from St. Joseph’s University. She has also studied at Temple University Rome, as well as Camberwell College of the Arts in London.
The Temple Gallery is located within Tyler School of Art at 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19122. The gallery is open Wed-Sat 11-6. For more information, please call 727-638-0181 or visit www.kaitlyncoppola.com. Images available upon request.
Congratulations Kaitlyn!
US News released the 2013 Best Graduate School Rankings this morning and the Tyler ceramics program jumped from #19 to lucky #13 on this thirteenth day of March. Woot! The Tyler MFA program, as a whole, is also ranked at #13.
MFA thesis exhibition season is here! Bethany Pelle’s MFA thesis exhibition titled Give the Cat a Name will be open in the Temple Gallery from March 21st through March 24th, with a reception on Friday, March 23rd from 6:00-8:00pm. From her press release:
Using a post-minimal approach, Bethany Pelle translates personal experiences and vicarious memories into sculptures, installations, and videos. The everyday is distorted into phenomenological and suggestively narrative works. Sparse configurations encourage a close consideration of the seemingly banal while allowing space for viewers to belong within the work. Pelle’s exhibition titled Give the Cat a Name, is motivated by the primacy of the struggle for a sense of belonging and the poignancy of longing to be.
Pelle is currently an MFA student at the Tyler School of Art, Temple University in Philadelphia, PA. She holds a BFA from the University of Miami, 2007. She has participated in group exhibitions in Allentown, Philadelphia, Louisville, Tampa, and Miami.
The Temple Gallery is located within Tyler School of Art at 12th and Norris Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19122. For more information, please call 727-638-0181 or visit www.bethanypelle.com. Images available upon request.
Congratulations Bethany!
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