Tag Archive "first-friday-november-2008"

First Friday faves–all God’s children got shoes

Sarah McEneaney rocked the boat in her uniformly excellent exhibit at Locks Gallery (see Roberta’s Weekly Update), the first place I visited First Friday. And my next stop, the Collections show, curated by Luren Jenison, at Copy Gallery(see Brandon Joyce’s post here), was also a terrific surprise!!! I saw several other exhibits, somewhat uneven, but with some gems. Here’s why: William Lamson–Hunt and Gather, at Vox Populi (video of the video provided by Roberta) I saw two art pieces involving the Philly fave practice of hanging shoes from an electric wire on the street. The piece I wanted to take ... More » »

What we want to see Friday etc.

Joe Boruchow’s new cut paper drawings, opening Tues., Nov. 11 at Bean Cafe. Here’s a list for you, dearies. There’s lots of hot stuff coming up this week and next but we’ve elected to electioneer and to reduce our First Friday picks down to a lean and mean list with links and no commentary and one election-obsessed picture. We’ll be back and chatting away soon enough. Stay tuned. First Friday, Nov. 7, 2008 Vox PopuliFourth RoomThe return of Justin Witte and Olivia Schreiner to Vox!!!reception: 6-11 pm Transplantsat Asian Arts Initiative plus videos at International HouseARTISTS: Keiko Miyamori, Ben Volta/Drawing ... More » »