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WHY WE NEED YOU! Art in the Open is a grassroots, all volunteer- run program, that is tremendously successful despite limited financial support. Your donation will support the critical direct costs that support the artists and the venue for the program---from site permits to signage--all of which enable the program to occur outside in the public realm at no cost to the artist. While AiO partners with organizations city wide to receive in-kind support, we are still faced with funding challenges to implement the program.
With your support, AiO can thrive and continue to offer a unique opportunity to artists and citizens alike while bringing attention to the depth and diversity of the creative processes and our city's waterways which inspire that process while serving as an ecologically critical lifeline to the residents of the region.
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THANKS TO OUR FUELERS:
Ed and Sophie Bronstein, Nic Coviello, Susan Dannenberg, Laura Frank, Stephen Hofstatter, Deenah Loeb, Nadine Lomakin, Dorel Shanon, Dennis and Guy A
3rd Annual Art in the Open: May 18-20, 2012
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Art in the Open (AiO) is a citywide event that celebrates artists, their inspirations for creating art, and their relationships with the urban environment. Art in the Open debuted in June 2010, bringing a selected group of artists to the Schuylkill Banks - from the historic Fairmount Water Works to Bartram's Garden - to inspire new ways of seeing the river and the city it runs through. For three days, May 18-20, 2012 a juried selection of artists will again work outside in a creative process open to everyone.
Partnering civic and cultural institutions throughout Philadelphia also offer extensive opportunities for public engagement with the event, showcasing the vibrant community of working artists, galleries and institutions that make Philadelphia a major Urban Art Center, and its two rivers: waterways which continue to inspire creative response and also serve as an ecologically critical lifeline for its residents.
Organizations interested in partnering with AiO by offering complimentary public programming, please contact AiO at info@artintheopenphila.org.
Illustration: Above: Brian Dennis, Art in the Open, June 2011, and Below: Carole Loeffler, Art in the Open, June 2011, Schuylkill Banks
Photographs © 2011 Brad Jamula
2012 Participating Artists
George Apotsos, Erika Bergere, Harry Bower, Linda Celestian, Abdelkrim Djennas, Nicole Donnelly, Beverly Fisher, Barbara Gesshel, Nancy Herman, Carolyn Hesse, Michael Kolster, Chloris Lowe, Zachary Martin, Jeannie Moberly, Sarah Jackson Moore, Amanda Patenaude, Simone Spicer, Mat Tomezko, Justin Tyner, Wendy Wolf and Summer Yates
Featured Events
May 18
Friday May 18, 2012
A HISTORY OF THE FUTURE
Stunning photographs by collaborators Susannah Sayler and Edward Morris of the Canary Project, showing disrupted ecosystems in Peru, Belize, Bangladesh, China, the American West and ...
May 18
Friday May 18, 2012
Turn Here: ARTISTS PROMOTING ENVIRONMENTAL AWARENESS
Featuring artists who use signage and other graphic approaches as a strategy for promoting eco-awareness. Includes work by Xavier Cortada, documenting his trips to the ...
May 18
Friday May 18, 2012
Original Performance Pieces: Science Leadership Academy & Leah Stein Dance Company
Students from Science Leadership Academy have created original site specific performance pieces in collaboration with the Leah Stein Dance Company. In these performance pieces, the ...
May 18
Friday May 18, 2012
Art in the Open Philadelphia
Art in the Open (AiO) is a citywide event that celebrates artists, their inspirations for creating art, and their relationships with the urban environment. Inspired ...
May 19
Saturday May 19, 2012
Plein Air Botanical Illustration Workshop
Artists of all skill levels are invited to practice from specimens provided from
the Bartram botanic collection. Artists must bring their own supplies.
Admission is ...
May 19
Saturday May 19, 2012
FAMILY DAY: Free Sculpture Making Workshops for Children
As part of Art in the Open's Family Day, the Fairmount Park Art Association will offer free sculpture making workshops inspired by Philadelphia's ...
May 19
Saturday May 19, 2012
Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby (KKSD)
The Kensington Kinetic Sculpture Derby (KKSD), a design competition and parade of human powered vehicle floats, was started in 2007 as an Economic Development Initiative ...
May 19
Saturday May 19, 2012
Guided Tours of the Impressionist Galleries
Manet's Gang: French Impressionism
Explore the Museum's noted collection of Impressionist art with works by Monet, Renoir, Pissaro, and more.
Free after Museum ...
May 19
Saturday May 19, 2012
FAMILY DAY: Wind-blown sumi ink and watercolor paintings
Enjoy the breeze off the river and experiment with wind-blown sumi ink and watercolor paintings with an art educator from the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
May 19
Saturday May 19, 2012
FAMILY DAY at Art in the Open
Join us for special family-centered programs on-site during Art in the Open! Visitors of all ages can draw, sculpt and paint their own creations alongside ...
May 19
Saturday May 19, 2012
Printing in the Open
Our friends from The Print Center <http://www.printcenter.org/> will join us for a family-friendly interactive printing event. Artists will create designs inspired by ...
May 20
Sunday May 20, 2012
Drawing Together in the Sculpture Garden
Draw outdoors in the Museum's sculpture garden! An art teacher will be on hand to provide materials and encouragement.
For artists of all ages ...
May 20
Sunday May 20, 2012
Plein Air Illustration Workshop
Join local artist Heather Rinehart <http://www.redbubble.com/people/hdrinehart> for a guided exercise of drawing from nature. Supplies will be provided. Free with ...
Jun 15
Friday June 15, 2012
Art in the Open Exhibition
Exhibition of works of art created during Art in the Open 2012 on view at the Independence Seaport Museum. An opening reception will be held ...
Art in the Open Partners
- City of Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation
- City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy
- Schuylkill Banks
- Albert M. Greenfield School
- Art in City Hall
- ArtsRising
- Bartram's Garden
- Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
- Center City Residents' Association
- City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
- City Parks Association (CPA)
- Fairmount Park Art Association
- Fairmount Water Works Interpretive Center (FWWIC)
- Fleisher Art Memorial
- Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance
- Independence Seaport Museum
- InLiquid
- Logan Square Neighborhood Association
- Moore College of Art and Design
- Museum Without Walls
- Painted Bride Art Center
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
- Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership
- Philadelphia Museum of Art (PMA)
- Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education
- Science Leadership Academy
- South of South Neighborhood Association
- Spiral Q Puppet Theater
- The Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA)
- The Gershman Y
- University of Pennsylvania
- University of the Arts (UArts)