Libby and I were up at Crane Arts last night after hearing the AMAZING William Kentridge lecture. (Libby told you about it) It was Second Thursday and the Crane had openings at Nexus, 201 Gallery and inLiquid. Nearby, Tower Gallery celebrated the opening of its first big group exhibit, an outstanding figurative show. Second Thursdays seem to be working well — all venues were hopping when we got there, and we observed a serious number of Vox Populi members showing support, something they couldn’t do before when everybody had First Friday openings at the same time.

Meanwhile, also at the Crane, in the Icebox Project Space, is the Victory for Tyler exhibit, a benefit show for Tyler School of Art’s exhibitions and public programs. I’m not sure what that means exactly, but presumably some part of the money from sale of works goes to Tyler. The show devoted to painting was juried by ICA’s Jenelle Porter. There are many names in the show whose works are known and loved by us here at artblog. See you up there.

ARTISTS IN THE VICTORY FOR TYLER SHOW

Elizabeth Ainslie . Ruby Amanze . Cynthia Bakalian . Sarah Baker . Steven Baris . Geoffrey Beadle . Helen Beckman . Joe Begonia . Henry Betak . Susan Hess Blaker . Joan Braun . Maanik Singh Chauhan . Margaret Chavigny . Heeseo Choi . Candice Smith Corby . Joseph DiGiuseppe . Daniel Endicott . David Ferro . Kevin Finklea . Jean Foos . Lorraine Glessner . Christopher Golas . Robert Goodman . Thomas Christopher Hacker . Christine Hennessy . Phyllis Herfield . Shannon Holt Sharon Horvath . Cavin Jones . Brian Kibler . Noah Shem Klein . Adele Kubel Isadore LaDuca . Matthew Lawrence . Mark Mahosky . Joyce Mansfield . Divine Babette Martino . Jeff McMahon . John Meehan . Richard Metz . Frederick Allen Nelson . Michael Ottersen . Carol Petino . Joseph Piconi . Bruce Pollock . Cara Raboteau . Christina Renfer . Meg Richter . Sean Roach . Susan Scott . Sheba Sharrow . Adam Smith . John Tallman . Deirdre White

Victory for Tyler
Painting 2007
benefit exhibition for Tyler exhibitions and public programs
April 13–29, 2007

Ice Box Project Space
1400 North American Street
Philadelphia, PA 19122

Public Opening Reception
Saturday, April 14, 2007
6:00 – 8:00 p.m.
RSVP to rsvptyler@temple.edu or 215.204.8812

Gallery Hours
Wednesday – Sunday
12:00 – 6:00 p.m.

[Ed. note: Be forewarned. The police are ticketing cars parked in the median strip on American Street. They say the median is a “moving” lane (like a passing lane) and it’s bordered by two solid yellow lines which means no parking. Many folks got tickets last night. Do not park in the middle of American Street.]