Grizzly Grizzly

04/06/2025

CHECK IT OUT!
Interview with Brandan Henry and Theresa Rose by David Dempewolf
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https://www.grizzlygrizzly.com/speak-speak/2025/2/12/interview-with-brandan-henry-and-theresa-by-david-dempewolf

03/31/2025

APPLY NOW ➡️🔗🔥
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03/31/2025

April 4 First Friday from 6-9 PM. Join us for the opening of "You Are Here" by Victoria Ahmadizadeh Melendez and Christen Baker - *|https://apple-orchid-dwn6.squarespace.com/202503|*

03/02/2025

Join us on March 7 Friday for "Home New World: The Hotdog Thinker" a solo exhibition by Baltimore-based artist Andrew Liang. Liang combines kinetic sculptures and ambient sound to revisit his journey of assimilation into US society. https://mailchi.mp/2e01adac93f8/2xgrizzlygmailcom-9251947

01/25/2025

Galleries are open this weekend!!!

Rainfaint Windthin 🌬️☔️
Emily Elliott, Joy Feasley, Paul Swenbeck
January 10-February 23, 2025 📅
Hours: Sat-Sun from 2-6 PM ⏰

In 2019, Emily, Joy, and Paul were on a walk in Philadelphia’s John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge when they experienced a unique weather phenomenon. 🏞️ They witnessed a waterspout approaching across the wetland landscape. 🌊 As it neared, the waterspout created a microclimate of wind, sound, and cold air before it dissipated into the woods behind the trail. 💨 The invisible force that plowed through the rushes felt to all an otherworldly entity, charging like a ghostly freight train filled with mysterious energies. 👻 This exhibition attempts to describe this happening through multiple viewpoints shaped by time, accentuating the difference between individual memories within a shared experience. 🤔

01/19/2025

In anticipation of the snow today, Grizzly will be closed.
Come back next weekend!

01/06/2025

Join us on Jan 10th, Friday from 6-9PM for the opening of "Rainfaint Windthin" by Emily Elliott, Joy Feasley and Paul Swenbeck - *|https://www.grizzlygrizzly.com/202501|*

01/06/2025

THIS FRIDAY!!! 🎉

Rainfaint Windthin 🌬️

Emily Elliott, Joy Feasley, Paul Swenbeck
January 10-February 23 🗓️
Opening Friday, January 10
Hours: Sat-Sun from 2-6 PM ⏰
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Brief Artist Bios

Emily Elliott is from Kissimmee, FL, and holds bachelor's degrees in Painting and Studio Art, along with a minor in Art History from Southeastern Illinois College and Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2012). She earned her master’s degree from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 2015. Her work, which includes sculpture, printmaking, and assemblage, is inspired by celestial and terrestrial connections. As an arts worker, she is dedicated to supporting Philadelphia’s artistic community.

Joy Feasley, born in Buffalo, NY, earned her BFA in Painting from the Massachusetts College of Art. She also studied at Cooper Union and the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Feasley’s work explores light, nature, and mysticism through painting and installation. She has exhibited at various institutions, including the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, and has received a Pew Fellowship in the Arts (2011). Feasley collaborates frequently with her husband, Paul Swenbeck, on immersive installations blending craft and folklore.

Paul Swenbeck, originally from Salem, MA, studied ceramics at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. His multidisciplinary practice encompasses sculpture, painting, and photography, often focusing on craft, the occult, and spiritualism. Swenbeck has exhibited at notable venues, including the Institute of Contemporary Art and the Walker Art Center. He is a Pew Fellowship recipient (2013) and has participated in numerous residencies. Together with Feasley, he explores art, mysticism, and storytelling in their collaborative projects.

01/02/2025

Happy New Year. 🎉🎊🎈
Join us Friday, January 10 6-9 PM for: 🎉🎊🎈

Rainfaint Windthin 🎉🎊🎈
Emily Elliott, Joy Feasley, Paul Swenbeck 🎉🎊🎈
January 10-February 23 🎉🎊🎈

In 2019, Emily, Joy, and Paul were on a walk in Philadelphia’s John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge when they experienced a unique weather phenomenon. They witnessed a waterspout approaching across the wetland landscape. As it neared, the waterspout created a microclimate of wind, sound, and cold air before it dissipated into the woods behind the trail. The invisible force that plowed through the rushes felt to all an otherworldly entity, charging like a ghostly freight train filled with mysterious energies. This exhibition attempts to describe this happening through multiple viewpoints shaped by time, accentuating the difference between individual memories within a shared experience.

To tell this story, the trio divides the space of Grizzly Grizzly into two distinct zones: one that recalls the watery marsh of Tinicum, and one that represents the viewing areas that dot the park. The marsh is populated by the ephemeral waterspout and its magical power. The viewing area is a place to slow down and take in the imagined landscape from a place of quiet contemplation and curious exploration.

To express the vision of this specter, the artists use light and sound to convey the individual thoughts of these artists. Acrylic reflections of colored mirrors which fill the white void of the gallery are activated by turning lights, creating a silvery, dream-like environment. The space is brimming with the live sound of raspy bells and the gentle buzzing and hissing of devices invented by the trio to set a mood of an agitated drone. Emily, Joy, and Paul each display individual artworks that describe the entity in shorthand riffs. Whether each sees a magnetic field, spirit, or monster, the three artists in Rainfaint Windthin have a single objective: to make the invisible visible.

Please join us on January 10 to welcome the artists and absorb this new genre-bending foray for Emily, Joy, and Paul.

12/15/2024

Sad to see this go.

12/11/2024

SNEAK PEAK
COMING THIS JANUARY

Rainfaint Windthin
Emily Elliott, Joy Feasley, Paul Swenbeck
January 10-February 23
Opening Friday, January 10
Hours: Sat-Sun from 2-6 PM

In 2019, Emily, Joy, and Paul were on a walk in Philadelphia’s John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge when they experienced a unique weather phenomenon. They witnessed a waterspout approaching across the wetland landscape. As it neared, the waterspout created a microclimate of wind, sound, and cold air before it dissipated into the woods behind the trail. The invisible force that plowed through the rushes felt to all an otherworldly entity, charging like a ghostly freight train filled with mysterious energies. This exhibition attempts to describe this happening through multiple viewpoints shaped by time, accentuating the difference between individual memories within a shared experience.

To tell this story, the trio divides the space of Grizzly Grizzly into two distinct zones: one that recalls the watery marsh of Tinicum, and one that represents the viewing areas that dot the park. The marsh is populated by the ephemeral waterspout and its magical power. The viewing area is a place to slow down and take in the imagined landscape from a place of quiet contemplation and curious exploration.

To express the vision of this specter, the artists use light and sound to convey the individual thoughts of these artists. Acrylic reflections of colored mirrors which fill the white void of the gallery are activated by turning lights, creating a silvery, dream-like environment. The space is brimming with the live sound of raspy bells and the gentle buzzing and hissing of devices invented by the trio to set a mood of an agitated drone. Emily, Joy, and Paul each display individual artworks that describe the entity in shorthand riffs. Whether each sees a magnetic field, spirit, or monster, the three artists in Rainfaint Windthin have a single objective: to make the invisible visible.

Please join us on January 10 to welcome the artists and absorb this new genre-bending foray for Emily, Joy, and Paul.

11/23/2024

Stop by this weekend 🎉

Of The Day: A Common Place 🖼️
Brandan Henry and Theresa Rose

November 1 - December 15, 2024
Artist Talk: Friday, Dec 6 at 6:30 PM 🗣️

Hours: Sat-Sun from 2-6 PM ⏰

For the first time, Brandan Henry draws site-specifically, using Grizzly Grizzly’s white walls as his paper. His large-scale charcoal depictions of solitary Black figures, isolated in vast negative space, examine the complexities of being seen and unseen in urban environments. Through his observations of Wilmington and Philadelphia, Henry explores how urban spaces both oppress and liberate, becoming sites of tension between control and surrender. His figures, suspended in white voids, evoke vulnerability and resilience—quiet acts of resistance against societal structures that dictate their movements. Through his meticulous use of charcoal’s texture and shading, Henry captures the subtle strength of his subjects.

In contrast, Theresa Rose’s intimate works focus on the industrial and functional aspects of the city. Using found paper and her own photographs, Rose creates colorful collages and prints that document the changing urban landscape, drawing attention to overlooked spaces often slated for demolition. Her work, informed by a deep connection to Philadelphia, captures moments of transition and the beauty found in the city’s evolving architecture and infrastructure. While Henry’s work centers on the figures who inhabit urban spaces, Rose shifts our focus to the spaces themselves—factories, construction sites, and everyday structures—reminding us that cities are constantly in flux, shaped by the forces of gentrification, renewal, and decay.

11/10/2024

11/08/2024

Beautiful weekend for a visit.
Saturday and Sunday
2-6pm

11/01/2024

Hope to see you tonight!!

09/12/2024

Dont miss Grizzly Member's exhibition opening Saturday!

JAYNE STRUBLE
LIZ HAMILTON QUAY

MARKS AND STITCHES

September 14 through October 12, 2024 Opening Reception: Sat, 9/14 from 6 to 8 pm

Artist Talk: Friday, 10/11 @ 5:30 pm

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105 Ridge Ave Allentown, PA 18101 Soft Machine GALLERY

Street parking as well as parking available at The America on Wheels Museum at 5 North Front Street, one block away.

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09/06/2024

📣📣TONIGHT 💥

Bad Outdoorsmen: The Trailer
Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn
Sept 6 to Oct 20, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 6 from 6-9 PM

Hours: Sat-Sun from 2-6 PM

Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn are artists and educators who work collaboratively to explore the historic, cultural, and environmental impacts of so-called public land. Their work has been shown at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art (Salt Lake City, UT), Knoxville Museum of Art (Knoxville, TN), Atlanta Contemporary (Atlanta, GA), the Wiregrass Museum of Art (Dothan, AL), Gadsden Museum of Art (Gadsden, AL), amongst others. Their work has been covered in press including Burnaway, Art Papers, Dovetail, Ruckus, and New Art Examiner. Together they have been artists in residence at the Crisp-Ellert Art Museum (St. Augustine, FL) and Signal Fire (Portland, OR). Hargrave and Lynn met at the University of Iowa, where they both earned MFAs. They have been collaborating since 2018 and continue to maintain independent studio practices. Hargrave is an Associate Professor of Art at University of Tennessee Chattanooga and Lynn is an Assistant Professor of Art at Florida State University.

09/04/2024

THIS FRIDAY! 🎥🎬
Bad Outdoorsmen: The Trailer
Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn
Sept 6 to Oct 20, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, Sept 6 from 6-9 PM

Hours: Sat-Sun from 2-6 PM

This fall, Grizzly Grizzly presents Bad Outdoorsmen: The Trailer, a video and fiber installation by artists Katie Hargrave and Meredith Laura Lynn. This collaborative work introduces the public to the peculiarities of the "Alone" extended universe, drawing comparisons between the absurdity of modern reality television and the complex, often problematic legacy of early conservationists.

As described in The History Channel’s press release for “Alone,” …with only ten basic survival tools, the participants face bone-chilling cold, icy landscapes, and intimidating predators including bears, wolves, and moose. Participants must forage for their own food, build shelter, and overcome both physical and mental obstacles while self-recording their journey for a chance to be the last person standing and win the coveted $500,000 cash prize. With no teams, no camera crews, and no gimmicks, “Alone” displays the grit of human endurance and is the ultimate test of human will. 

In Bad Outdoorsmen, Hargrave and Lynn incorporate tent-like structures and projected videos that merge the world of “Alone” with an examination of 18th and 19th-century environmentalists, artists, and authors such as John James Audubon, William Bartram, and John Muir. While these figures are often celebrated for their contributions to early conservation efforts, the installation also interrogates their darker legacies—particularly their roles in dehumanizing Indigenous populations and promoting imperialist ideologies like manifest destiny.

Bad Outdoorsmen: The Trailer exposes a continuity of hubris that stretches from the colonialist visions of the past to the present-day survivalist fantasies. Hargrave and Lynn place themselves within this extended universe, questioning the myth of the untouched wilderness and the ongoing fetishization of rugged individualism.