Art in the Open Philadelphia

3rd Annual Art in the Open: May 18-20, 2012

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

2011 Art in the Open Selected Artists

Nancy Agati, Cynthia Back, Michael Bartmann, Joan Becker, Ellen K. Bonett, Harry Bower, Barbara Broughel, Brussels Collective, Zoe Cohen, Nic Coviello, Brian Dennis, Laure Drogoul, Arpie Gennetian Najarian, Amber Ginsburg and Rebecca Keller, Andrew J. Harrison, Ana B. Hernandez and Russell Mahoney, Susan Hogan, Emeka Ikebude, Leslie Kaufman, Georges Le Chevallier, Carole Loeffler, Chloris Lowe, Elizabeth Mackie, Virginia Maksymowicz, S. Zachary Martin, Sarah Jackson Moore, Peter Nein, Anna G. Norton, Francesca Pfister, Carol Philips, Christopher Pierro, Dolores Poacelli, Cynthia Richards, Abbey Ryan, Gary Garrido Schneider, Leah Stein Dance Company, Karen Stone, Lauren Vargas, Amira Najah Whitfield, Wendy Wolf