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The Galleries at Moore support Moore College of Art & Design's educational mission and role as a cultural leader by providing a forum for exploring contemporary art and ideas, and enriching the artistic climate and intellectual climate of the college, the Greater Philadelphia community, and beyond. As a gateway between the College and the city of Philadelphia, The Galleries are a catalyst for crea
tive exploration, experimentation and scholarship and function as a gathering place to meet, reflect, learn, challenge and create. The Galleries' exhibitions and programs – which are all free and open to the public – create community through dialogue and participation, and inspire an appreciation for the visual arts as a vital force in shaping contemporary culture.
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Thanks for coming out to Art at Lunch with Rich Harrington on Wednesday! If you’re a current student and have not yet received your galleries perks card, be sure to grab one from the red front desk of The Galleries! Stay tuned for more work from Rich and other Faculty members during the Faculty Triennial opening on January 20th!
We’re excited to launch our new frequent visitor perks cards for Moore students! Attend an event, get a check mark. Once all boxes are checked you may use your card to get one of the listed items from the Starbucks cafe for FREE! Join us at the Art at Lunch discussion tomorrow to receive your card (with a box checked!)
Join us in Fox Commons this Wednesday @ 11:30am to learn more about Moore Illustration professor Rich Harrington’s latest work! Bring your lunch!
Curios to learn more about illustration Professor Rich Harrington’s latest work?? Join us for an Art at Lunch this Wednesday at 11:30 AM in Fox Commons!! Bring your lunch! ✏️
Reminder that CraftNow Symposium is TOMORROW! The event is FREE and open to students and the public! Click the link to see the full schedule. Hope to see you there!
Public | Private Symposium RSVP to Attend In-Person HERE Register for the Zoom Link HERE Friday, November 11, 2022 10:00am – 5:00pm EST Moore College of Art & Design 20th and the Parkway, Philadelphia or Attend Virtually Questions? [email protected] Each year, CraftNOW hosts a ...
Did you know November is CraftMONTH? is celebrating Philadelphia’s robust craft scene during the eighth annual CraftMONTH, highlighted by the Public | Private Symposium at The Galleries at Moore & ! To register, visit CraftNOW Philadelphia]!
As private space becomes increasingly public via omnipresent virtual windows into our homes and studios, Public | Private offers the opportunity to think about how handmade elements and crafted objects communicate whether architectural space is shared or private, and to explore which processes and aspects of their creative identities artists choose to share with their audiences. This year’s Symposium will feature keynote speaker Michael J. Lewis, architectural critic for the Wall Street Journal. Programming will center on continually evolving concepts of shared versus personal space.
Other presenting institutions will include , , and varying divisions of the Philadelphia Mummers Parade. The symposium is free and open to the public. Save the date for November 11th!
November 1st! Register for “In Your Hands, Creating Transformation: A Jewelry Workshop with Hilary Hertzler”
Our emotional landscapes are shaped in relationship to the information we take in on a daily basis. The family structures that tie us to the past. The social norms and rules that we adhere to. That are imposed on us. The swing of information coming at us daily - cycling through our nervous systems at a rapid rate. The relationships that both buoy and bind us.
We are taught to ignore how these things shape us. How they bounce through our bodies. The force and weight of their energies leaving behind both empty voids and knotted masses within us. Reshaping our forms - our flesh, our minds, our emotions, our spirit.
How do you create space to unwind these knots? Fill up these voids? How does your physical environment contribute to healing? What totems do you carry? What things do you leave behind? How do you tap into your creativity to carry this transformation forward?
Inspired by the narrative beadwork of Visionary Woman Joyce Scott, participants will unpack these questions and more during an immersive jewelry making workshop with Philadelphia based artist, Hilary Hertzler. All experience levels are welcome, supplies will be provided. Participants are encouraged to bring a special personal item to incorporate into their wearable sculpture. This could be an item from nature, a piece of fabric, or anything that you may associate with healing or grounding. Space is limited and registration is required. Click the link in our bio to register for free!
.writersstudio.moore book nook takeover! For the duration of our current exhibition, you can browse through this amazing collection of books all relating to themes present in the show such as gender, cultural identity, and architecture. If you want to take one home with you, just bring it up to the library to check it out! We are grateful to have a little piece of the library here in The Galleries! Keep an eye out as we replenish and swap books through Dec 3rd. 📚
Lots to look forward to at The Galleries! Tomorrow night join us for the opening reception of Places of Freedom and Containment from 5-7pm, Saturday join us for a walk and talk tour at 3:45 pm with exhibiting artist as part of (registration closes at the end of the day today! Visit addingvoices.com to reserve your spot), and finally mark your calendars for a walk and talk tour of the exhibition with curator Charlotta Kotik on October 6th from 6-7pm. Hope to see you there!
“Contemplating our reaction to, and our dependency on, our surroundings has preoccupied me for many years. This is fueled by both an interest in the possibilities of architecture to shape our experiences, and by my own immigrant’s background. I believe that we all are formed by our environment to a large degree . The results of questioning the topographical influences on our lives are manifold and varied depending on one’s temperament and willingness to engage with the often painful reality. The answers are never simple or direct. The title of this exhibition, Places of Freedom and Containment, grew from my realization of these complexities.
When does a space we inhabit support our striving for self realization? When does it prevent us from achieving success? Why do we have visceral – positive or negative – reactions to certain places?” - Charlotta Kotit, Curator of Places of Freedom and Containment
Image: Shervone Neckles, Provenance: Domiciliation Settle, 2021 Silkscreen on velvet cloth 40x32
Reminder that this is tomorrow at 11:30! Join us in Fox Commons for our first Art at Lunch discussion of the year featuring Curator and Artist
Join us next Thursday (Sept. 22nd) at 11:30 for an Art at Lunch discussion with Heather Moqtaderi and Linda Gail Sanders. Heather is the founder and curator of Past Present Projects, a Philly-based group that organizes contemporary art shows in partnership with historic sites. She’ll be joined by Muralist Linda Gail Sanders to discuss their recent project ‘Deep Rivers’, a mural installation opening on September 17th at in Germantown. See you there!
The Galleries will be closed on Saturday, September 3rd through Monday, September 5th and will re-open at 11am on Tuesday. Happy Labor Day weekend!
Alum Dawn Kramlich’s practice is driven by an interest in the relationship between text and image and a desire to “[connect] humans to other humans through shared tangible experiences within a culture that increasingly blurs the line between human and gadget.”
Image: Dawn Kramlich ’13, Reorientation, 2020, encaustic, pencil, and hand-cut paper text on panel. Courtesy of the artist.
Summer is in full effect! Dip into The Galleries Monday – Saturday from 11am – 5pm to see work by our talented alumni through September 2. 🌊✨
Image: Nancy Staub Laughlin ’76, The Wave of Sparkle, 2021, pastel on paper and photographs. Courtesy of the artist.
The Galleries will be closed for Independence Day July 4 – July 5.
Image: Lydia Congiu ’80, Tree Harmony, 2019, Ink on Canvas.
Happy National Camera Day! Moore alum Marianne Smith Dalton’s work—currently on view in our Juried Alumni Biennial—is informed by a lifelong interest in collecting and displaying ephemeral objects found in nature, like the delicate and transient elements captured in this photograph. 📸
Marianne Smith Dalton ‘78, Splash, 2021, Digital Photograph. Courtesy of the artist.
Had a blast talking with our Summer Artist/Educator Residents about this work by Moore alum Aimee Gilmore ’13 earlier this week! Gilmore has described the works in this series as “relics of smallness and vulnerability” and “monuments to motherhood.” If you were to construct such a monument, what would it look like?
IMAGE: Aimee Gilmore ‘13, Insiders (Flamingo), 2021, Reversed Stuffed Animal. Photo courtesy of Constance Mensh.
In town for the Philadelphia Flower Show this weekend? Stop by The Galleries while you’re here—admission is always free & we’ve got a stellar exhibition of alumni work on view!
IMAGE: Jennifer Bohn ’89, EXITS, 2020, Velveteen, Wool, Felt, Linen. Courtesy of the artist.
The 2022 Senior Show has ended, but if you missed it you can still catch the work of our recent graduates in a virtual presentation of their thesis projects here: https://moore.edu/the-galleries-at-moore/thesis/thesis-2022/.
Image: Laura Barrett (BFA Art Education ’22), installation view, 2022. Photo by Steve Weinick, courtesy of Moore College of Art & Design.
ONE. MORE. DAY. Visit the 2022 Senior Show before the exhibition closes—take a trip to The Galleries tomorrow from 11 – 5 pm!
Image: Emily Morton (Photography & Digital Arts ’22), Untitled, 2022, Photographic Print.
The spotlight is on our seniors! The 2022 Senior Show is on view through Saturday, May 14. If you haven’t yet, be sure to stop by and check out work by Moore’s emerging artists and designers from across all majors.
IMAGE: Olivia Downs (Illustration ’22), Untitled, 2022. Courtesy of the artist.
There is so much to see in this year’s Senior Show! Shannon Ferrari (Curatorial Studies ’22) brings us ‘427: Communicating with the Inner Child and Beyond.’ As Ferrari explains, this body of work “examines ‘self’ to uncover and understand emotions of the inner child, such as anger and fear, that are currently surfacing because of the uncertainty of the post-graduate future. By using art and writing as therapy, the project aims to create a healthy relationship between the child self and the adult self to confidently navigate the future without doubt and fear.”
Image: Shannon Ferrari (Curatorial Studies ’22), We Will Be Okay, 2022, Oil and Silkscreen on Paper. Courtesy of the artist.
Our 2022 seniors have spent four years getting ready for this very moment! Celebrate their talent and get to know the next generation of art and design professionals and leaders, ready to work in a variety of fields.
Visit the show through April 28 - May 14 to see work by graduating BFA students in majors including Animation & Game Arts, Art Education, Curatorial Studies, Fine Arts, Graphic Design, Illustration, Interior Design, and Photography & Digital Arts.
Last call! Time is running out to see Tristin Lowe: Black Holes & Rabbit Holes! We've extended our hours this week only—the exhibition will now remain on view through Sunday, March 20. Visit us through Sunday from 11 – 5 pm to see Alice, Frosty, and Dumbo one last time.
Images: Tristin Lowe: Black Holes & Rabbit Holes, 2022, installation views. Courtesy of Joseph Hu.
Artist Tristin Lowe’s work occupies some unusual spaces in The Galleries, including these blue-winged sprites positioned on the upper ledge of a wall. Like the many strange creatures that inhabit Alice’s wonderland, these sculptures both surprise and delight us with their unusual placement and form.
IMAGE: Tristin Lowe, Black Holes & Rabbit Holes, installation view. Courtesy of Joseph Hu.
Time is running out to see Tristin Lowe: Black Holes & Rabbit Holes! ⏰
The exhibition remains on view through March 19. Visit us Monday – Saturday from 11 – 5 pm, or experience the show virtually through the link below.
"Black Holes & Rabbit Holes" is a mid-career retrospective of work by Philadelphia artist Tristin Lowe.
As a designer, how can you advance equity and sustainability initiatives through materials and methods? Join us tomorrow in Fox Commons for an Art at Lunch lecture with Vice President of Determined by Design Sequoyah Hunter-Cuyjet '15, presented by The Galleries at Moore and Alumni Relations.
You are invited! Sign on to Zoom or join us on campus in Fox Commons this Thursday, February 17 from 11:30 – 12:30 pm for an Art at Lunch lecture by socially engaged artist Charlyn Magdaline Griffith Oro. Register here https://bit.ly/3gNoSJb to receive the Zoom participation link.
Griffith Oro will discuss their work in progress as a Chronicling Resistance Activist-Curator Fellow. These sculptural works are created using cowrie shells. Used as a form of currency as early as the 14th century on Africa’s western coast, cowrie shells played a part in the transatlantic slave trade and continue to be used across many African religions throughout the diaspora.
Image: Charlyn Magdaline Griffith Oro, Maaluseum Cowrie Study. Courtesy of the artist.
Is Deckard a human or a replicant? Come out to The Galleries tonight at 6 pm for a FREE screening of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner and answer this perennial question for yourself!
Come out to The Galleries this Wednesday, February 9 at 6 pm for a screening of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi, neo-noir classic Blade Runner. Released in 1982 to mixed reviews, the film has since attracted a cult following and is celebrated for its production design, evoking a gritty post-apocalyptic future. Heavily indebted to the femme fatale and cyberpunk genres, the film warns us against a capitalist future gone wrong.
It’s time we address the pink elephant in the room. Stop by The Galleries tonight from 6 – 7 pm for a tour of Tristin Lowe’s mid-career retrospective, Black Holes & Rabbit Holes. Experience the exhibition during evening hours and learn more about the ideas, processes, and context behind the works on view in this interactive discussion with the artist. 🐘💓
Image: Tristin Lowe, Dumbo, 2001, vinyl, paint, fan.
Travel to the planet of Ygam and experience the surreal world inhabited by towering blue Draags and small humanoid Oms in René Laloux’s Fantastic Planet. This animated classic will be shown tonight at 6 pm as the first of a free four-part film series held in conjunction with Tristin Lowe: Black Holes & Rabbit Holes. Can’t make it? Get next Wednesday’s screening of Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner on your calendar! 💫
Things are getting curiouser and curiouser around here! On Thursday, February 3 from 6 - 7 pm artist Tristin Lowe will give a tour of his mid-career retrospective, Black Holes & Rabbit Holes. Join us to meet the artist and learn more about the ideas, processes and context behind the work on view.
Image: Tristin Lowe, Alice in New Dress, 1998/2011, vinyl coated fabric, paint, internal fan, motor, hand-dyed and embroidered cotton.
Check out these behind-the-scenes views of Tristin Lowe: Black Holes & Rabbit Holes. We are over the moon to have this stellar work in The Galleries through March 19. 😉🌙💫
Let’s get ready to rummmblllleee! Tomorrow at 11:30, designer and Moore alum Yolanda Jernigan will join us in Fox Commons for an Art at Lunch presentation. Learn how Jernigan has combined her lifelong passion for fashion design with a love for all things wrestling to develop a business creating gear and merchandise, like the costume worn here by WWE star Karen Q. Catch the talk in person or stream it live on Moore College of Art & Design's IG.
Just two more days, folks!
The Galleries will be closed to celebrate Independence Day July 2 – 5 and will reopen on July 6. Be sure to visit our RINGS! exhibition when we return! Organized by Helen Drutt and researched by Elizabeth Essner with the assistance of Colleen Terrell, this international selection brings together over one hundred rings that demonstrate the artists’ wide-ranging expressions through a variety of aesthetic and conceptual ideas.
Image: Elisabeth Jesus Gu. Defner (1931-2017), Ring, 2012 – 2014, gold, Australian opal and Mexican fire opal. Courtesy of Virginia Price.
After a year of postponement, our long-awaited alumni invitational exhibition is open to the public! Here & There highlights the work of six alumni whose artistic practices explore themes of "place." Through painting, photography, sculpture, and community engagement, the exhibition presents a variety of ways to understand how artists question, embrace, and interact with their surroundings. Featuring projects by Anne Canfield ’99 (BFA), Robin Dintiman ’72 (BFA), Naomieh Jovin ’17 (BFA), Michelle Angela Ortiz ’00 (BFA), Laura Petrovich-Cheney ’11 (MFA), and Rachel Wallis ’16 (MA), this show examines the methods by which artists evoke the particulars of the places we live in, travel to, and dream up.
Walk-in visitors are welcome Monday – Saturday, 11 – 5 pm. Masks are required.
Artwork: Anne Canfield (BFA ’99), Saku City, 2018, graphite and oil on wood panel, 12 x 12 inches. Courtesy of the artist.
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