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April 6, 1997 Jewish Arts Symposium. Artwork by Jewish students. __________________________________________________________________ December 11, 1997 The Kelly Writers House Re-Opening Celebration Curated by Jessica Chin and Jean Won Exhibitors include Ted Pauly, Mitchell Magee, Scott Wright, Harris Steinberg, Steve Keene, Diana Falchuk, Brooke Kelly, Alyssa Deaven, Graham Kershaw, Jane Steven Steinberg, Alice Cisternino, Erin Gleason, Brook Wyatt, Andrew Lurie, Emily Steinberg, and Scott Wright. __________________________________________________________________ March 31, 1998 Art opening for Edison Fareira High School student artists. __________________________________________________________________ April 16, 1998 5:00-7:00PM: Opening for a show of Rebekah Grossman's art books, in the Arts Cafe. Gallery talk at 5:30; materials and method to be discussed in greater detail. As Rebekah explained: The books are hand-made, one of a kinds, all miniatures, mixed media, combining fragmented text and image. While not exactly poetry, the books operate as a poetic, combining found images, often pragmatic (such as diagrams), and text constructed from/condensed out of likewise "found" sources, specifically the mixed paper recycling bin on the 4th floor of Bennett, catelogues for health and accessories, gardening catalogues, junk mail, and product packaging, some of which I find on the streets during my walks to through West Philadlphia. Some of the books are very pristine in appearance, some deliberately "junky". This series of books is part of an ongoing exploration for conducting an ethnography of the body--which is also part of my academic work (I am a PhD student in Folklore and Folklife), and so a hybrid of art and theory. There is a theme of the body in all the works, and together they tap into the lexicon of the body, from the marketplace to the academy, circulating in our (contemporary American) culture. __________________________________________________________________ May 15, 1998 A Salon of Six: An exhibit featuring the works of MFA students from the Penn Graduate School of Fine Arts. Exhibitors include Lin Barton, Deborah Bruns-Thomas, Martha Denmead Rose, Celestin Joseph, Maark T. O'Donnell, and Alison Plump. __________________________________________________________________ September 10th 1998 Thursday 5:00-7:00 PM Opening Reception for The Writer's Eye: Portraits of Modern Authors, an exhibit of 35 black and white photographs by Robin Hiteshew. The exhibit was displayed until October 31. Many of the photographs were of Philadelphia writers. __________________________________________________________________ October 31st 1998 (October 31 1998 - January 1, 1999) Saturday 4:00-7:00 PM Alumni Art Show Opening Exhibitors included: John McGiff Scott Wright Emily Steinberg Jon Poblador Eva Mantell (sp?) __________________________________________________________________ April 1, 1999 (April 1 - April 30, 1999) 7-9 PM: Opening reception for the Photography exhibit "Works form Courtney Bernhardt's Visual Diary". __________________________________________________________________ January 31, 2000 Monday 6:00-8:00 PM: Opening reception for two-artist student show: Brooke Wyatt and Brooke Kelly. __________________________________________________________________ April 19th 2000 Wednesday 4:00-6:00 PM: Reception for the Pottery and Photography programs Joint Student Show. __________________________________________________________________ May 2nd 2000 Tuesday 5:00-7:00 PM: Opening reception for art show by David Perrelli, Emily Cohen and Courtney Zoffness. In May, Courtney Zoffness will be getting her BA in English, with a concentration in Creative Writing, and a Fine Arts minor. She along with Emily is the Co-founder and current Coordinator of Speakeasy: poetry, prose, and anything goes, an open mic nite for students at the Writers House. She mostly likes to paint and draw, and also enjoys photography. She'll be displaying work in almost every medium (including computer art, and 3-D...) David Perrelli is a junior majoring in English and is currently the Writers House's photographer. His passions are photography, playing the piano, cooking, and many other things that we shall not mention. At the moment, he is trying to start a literary magazine, and with much luck we shall see his product very soon. In leisure moments he can be found hanging out in La Colombe. From Emily Cohen: I am an English and Fine Arts double major with a drama and 2-d concentration. I work primarily with collage/ multi-media. Courtney and I co-founded Speakeasy at the Writers House and are very excited to be having our last art show together at the place where we first started working together. __________________________________________________________________ October 21, 2000 Saturday 6:00-8:00 PM: About Face: Portraits at Writers House. Join us for this reception celebrating photographs by Peter C. Cook on display on the first floor of Writers House from October 10-November 30. __________________________________________________________________ January 24, 2001 (January 24, 2001 - February 2, 2001) Wednesday 6:00-7:00 PM: WRITING AND PHOTOGRAPHING IN THE DOCUMENTARY TRADITION; AN UNDERGRAD TESTS THE WATERS: A reception celebrating Blake Martin's photography and writing, displayed in the living room during the month of January. From Blake: "Last semester, I documented the life, past and present, of Dr. Ellis Sacks. While the project stemmed from the class "WRITING in the Documentary Tradition," I also took PHOTOGRAPHS. Hanging in the living room of the Writers House are those photographs, accompanied by some of the text from the written documentary. I hope you'll join me on Wednesday night (January 24), around 6ish, to experience the work and to say hello." ------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday, 2/8 Opening reception & reading featuring visual work by Kate Egan and Deirdre Murphy, and a reading by poet Cort Day. Work by Kate Egan and Deirdre Murphy will be on display at the Writers House from February 2-28, 2001. A collaborative event sponsored by the Department of Fine Arts and the Kelly Writers House. Deirdre Murphy received her Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Pennsylvania this past spring. Her work has been exhibited in the Vita Gallery in Portland, Oregon, and in various galleries in the Philadelphia region. Kate Egan studied painting at Rhode Island School of Design and is getting her M.F.A. at the University of Pennsylvania. She is a winner of the Philadelphia Prize. Her work can be viewed at Pierogi 2000. Cort Day's book of poems, The Chime, will be published by Alice James Books in 2001. Cort Day's poems have appeared in Poetry Daily, AGNI, Boston Review, Colorado Review, Denver Quarterly, Fence, and Verse, and in many other publications. He lives in Philadelphia and works in New York City. ------------------------------------------------------------------- March 9 through April 9, 2001 The Poets and Painters Series presents a reception and reading featuring the work of painter Mitch Magee and poet Michael Magee. Michael Magee received his PhD at Penn where he wrote a dissertation, "Emancipating Pragmatism: Emerson, Jazz and Experimental Writing," and was very active at the Writers House. His articles on American Literature are out or forthcoming in REVIEW, CONTEMPORARY LITERATURE and RARITAN; his poems in NEW AMERICAN WRITING, CALLALOO, WASHINGTON REVIEW, LUNGFULL!, XCONNECT, IXNAY and elsewhere. He edits the poetry journal COMBO, teaches at Wheaton College and lives in Pawtucket, RI with his wife Susanna and his daughter Anabella. Mitchell Magee is a graduate of Cornell University and received a Masters of Fine Arts from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. His work has appeared in numerous solo and group exhibitions in and around New York and he performs regularly with the improv comedy group "Monkey Dick" at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater in New York City. He lives and works in Brooklyn. ------------------------------------------------------------------- April 14-21, 2001: The Writers House Junior Fellows Program presents Aural Text In(au)gu(ral) Reception Aural Text is a series of multimedia installations that will be exhibited in the Kelly Writers House from April 14-21. Join us for this in(au)gu(ral) reception on Saturday April 14 at 7 pm. Aural Text is a commentary on memory, place, voice and sound/silence made manifest in recorded audio and image. A blend of high- and low-tech methods are being used to generate, gather, and recombine Aural Texts. / Aural Text is being created by: 2000-2001 Junior Fellow Andrew Zitcer, Diana Prescott, Aaron Levy, Kyle Bartlett, Jeremy Braddock, Douglas Boyce. / to visit Aural Text on the web, go to http://slought.net/exp/aural and explore some of our writings and projects-in-process. / Things to look for: "reclining spiral" a glimpse of West Philly through maps, math and collecting--"60 words" an open text for four voices and mixing board--"|cage:aura|", an interactive book installation featuring the wit and wisdom of John Cage--a fantasy for Viewmaster and Discman--and some splendid films of a secret nature... ------------------------------------------------------------------- April 15-May 5 3rd Annual Student Pottery and Photography Show |
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