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Art In City Hall is a juried and community exhibition program that is part of the Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy. For more information on OACCE, visit: www.phila.gov/arts and www.creativephl.org.

Additionally, the OACCE partners with local arts and cultural institutions on exhibitions that reflect its larger mission of serving the creative community.  These exhibits are presented in the Art Gallery at City Hall (Room 116 East Portal Market St. entrance).  This website is inclusive of all exhibitions in City Hall.

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Email us to get on our email listing for announcements: artincityhall@phila.gov

Exhibition Hours: M-F, 10am to 4pm
(closed weekends & holidays)
Please sign in at the front desk, NE corner, with destination for 1st, 2nd, 4th or 5th floors.

Art Gallery at City Hall exhibtion:
Philadelphia Yarnbombing 101
March 12 - May 11, 2012
by Ishknits a.k.a. Jessie Hemmons,
the Philadelphia's Yarn Bomber
with accomplice artist, Christina LeFevre
and Streets Dept documentarian, Conrad Benner.

Juried exhibition for professional local artists:
Meta-Fiber
March 12 - May 11, 2012
15 local artists using fiber techniques and nontraditional materials.
Juror: Sarah Archer, Philadelphia Art Alliance.
Display cases on 1st and 2nd floors, NE corner.

Art from the community:
Artist Exchange at City Hall"
March 5 - May 11, 2012
A collaborative art installation and exhibition between the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy and the Cultural Arts Center of PDDC (Philadelphia Developmental Disabilities Corps) in celebration of National Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Month.

Photograph courtesy of Linda Price, PDDC.

Forthcoming Event

Philadelphia Yarnbombing 101
by Ishknits a.k.a. Jessie Hemmons,
the Philadelphia's Yarn Bomber with Christina LeFevre and Streets Dept. Conrad Benner.

and

Meta-Fiber
A juried exhibition by local artists using fiber techniques with nontraditional materials.
Juror: Sarah Archer, Philadelphia Art Alliance.
Joint FiberPhiladelphia reception:
March 15th, 5-7 pm.
City Hall, NE corner, 1st and 2nd floors.

Artist Exchange at City Hall
A collaborative art installation and exhibition between the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy and the Cultural Arts Center of PDDC (Philadelphia Developmental Disabilities Corps) in celebration of National Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Month.
Reception: March 14, 5:30?7:30 pm.

Upcoming summer exhibitions:
Three Residencies
A collaborative exhibition and panel discussion with 40th St. Air, The Philadelphia Art Hotel and Breadboard at NextFab Studio.

Learning Through Photography at Moore
Moore College of Art and Design and ten public Philadelphia schools feature photography and literature.

A-Plus Art 
Annual Student Art Exhibition at City Hall, including student studies of works from the Barnes Collection.

Community Exhibition Opportunities:
Call for Proposals for the 5th Floor
public corridor exhibition space
(For Philadelphia public schools, nonprofits and City government depts. and agencies)

Exhibitions on the Fifth Floor

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