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Special Exhibition

Spring 2011
BuildaBridge Student Exhibition
"My Home is in My Heart: An Artistic Inquiry of Place, Home and Belonging by Philadelphia's Children"
March 7 - April 29, 2011
BuildaBridge is a non-profit 501(c)3 arts education and intervention organization that engages the transformative power of the arts to bring hope and healing to children, families, and communities in the tough places of the world. BuildaBridge motivates, enlists, trains, and connects those with artistic gifts with those in greatest need.
Reception: March 31, 5-7 pm, Conversation Hall (Room 201, NE corner) with exhibition reception to follow on fifth floor, NE corner.

Spring 2010

ART EXHIBITION AT CITY HALL SHOWCASING ARC AND PDDC ARTISTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

2/20/2010 Philadelphia --The Arc of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Developmental Disabilities Corporation (PDDC) will host the third annual Art Exhibition with an Opening Reception on THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 2010, from 5:30 P.M. to 8:00 P.M. at Philadelphia City Hall, Fifth Floor.

Artists with developmental disabilities from the Cultural Arts Center at PDDC will showcase their paintings, drawings, water colors, and ceramics. All the works are for sale.

March is national Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month, and the Art Exhibition is one of the many events which the Arc of Philadelphia/PDDC has planned in its observance.

The Arc of Philadelphia, founded in 1948, is a nonprofit organization providing advocacy services and resource information to individuals, families, and providers so they can make informed choices. PDDC (Philadelphia Developmental Disabilities Corporation) is a sister organization of The Arc of Philadelphia, specializing in programs for people who have barriers to employment and people who need individualized services, including job training, services for seniors, arts and recreation programs, and community events.

Fall 2009
MOORE COLLEGE OF ART & DESIGN AND THE PARK HOUSE GUIDES PRESENT EXHIBIT INSPIRED BY FAIRMOUNT PARK HOUSES

Art in City Hall: Fairmount Park?s Colonial Elite Opens October 19

(PHILADELPHIA) - Moore College of Art & Design is pleased to announce its partnership with The Park House Guides of the Historic Fairmount Park Houses, a volunteer group of about 100 members, to present Fairmount Park?s Colonial Elite, the fall 2009 Art in City Hall exhibit.

The juried exhibit, designed to increase the city?s awareness of the Historic House Museums of Fairmount Park, will feature artist interpretations of the seven houses: Cedar Grove, Laurel Hill, Lemon Hill, Mount Pleasant, Strawberry Mansion, Sweetbriar and Woodford. The featured work of more than 40 Moore sophomore, junior and senior students and alumnae represents a variety of mediums.

An awards reception and preview of the exhibition will be held on Monday, October 19, from 5 - 7 pm on the 5th floor (NE corner) of City Hall. Cash awards totaling $1,350 will be presented. Each artist has been invited to sell their artwork commission free once the show is installed. Fairmount Park?s Colonial Elite will be on view through December 6, 2009.

Christine Mifsud ?80, a graphic design graduate of Moore and a volunteer Park House Guide and Belena Chapp, Director of Moore?s Locks Career Center, as part of an outreach initiative of the College, organized the exhibition and recruited students and alumnae. Fairmount Park?s Colonial Elite was installed under the direction of Tu Huynh, Director of Art in City Hall.

As part of the process, participating students visited the various historic houses last spring and summer through a combination of independent work and classroom assignments. Park House Guides provided tours for the students and individual visits continued throughout the summer.

"It was the opportunity to take the talents of the women at Moore to these various sites, and let them loose to discover the unique qualities of the houses and in some ways identify as artists and designers with the history they were presented with,? Chapp said.

Part of Moore's mission to educate women for careers in the visual arts is to provide opportunities for students to collaborate with Philadelphia?s cultural organizations through a variety of programs, including Emerging Leaders in the Arts and Business Scholars in the Arts scholarships and the Culture in the Classroom program, as well as the required internships that often pair students with a practical experience in the region's non-for-profit sector.

Judging of the artwork took place at Moore on Friday, September 25. The judges included: photographer Tom Crane; Dr. Roger Moss, author and executive director emeritus of the Athenaeum of Philadelphia; William Perthes, instructor, Violette de Mazia Foundation; and Nancy Rogo Trainer, principal, Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates.

When picking the winners, the judges looked for a combination of imagination, creativity, technique and clever adaptation of imagery, Chapp said.

1st Place/Best in Show was awarded to Angeline Nesbit, ?11, a fine arts: 3D major, for her interpretation of the Mount Pleasant House through digital photography and collage on canvas.

"I was inspired by the builder's life at sea and the overall design elements of the house," Nesbitt said.

The 2nd Place award went to Kathryn Finn, 2011, a fashion design major, for Retro Lemon Dress, a garment inspired by Lemon Hill Mansion and made of cotton, silk, taffeta, lace trim, metal findings, and polymer clay.

Dana Osburn, 2010, a Fine Art: 2D major, took 3rd Place for her interpretation of Woodford Mansion through watercolor and pencil on paper.

"What we presently know as Woodford Mansion is actually the result of many layers of building and renovation performed on the mansion over the course of its existence," Osburn said. "These layers inspired my piece."

Sponsors of the Art in City Hall event include Benjamin Moore Paints, Chaddsford Winery, City Tavern Restaurant, Fairmount Park, Moonstruck Restaurant and Waterworks Restaurant.

To take a tour of the historic houses of Fairmount Park, visit http://www.fairmountparkhistoricsites.org/index.html

Fall 2009
Mural Arts Program:
WALL WATCHING
Opening Reception: Friday, October 2, 5:30 - 8 pm
City Hall, West Portal Hallway
This invitational exhibition features photographs in which murals are not necessarily the focus, but are observers of the action taking place. This will be the inaugural exhibit in a newly outfitted gallery space in City Hall. Incorporating images taken by both fine art photographers and photojournalists alike, including David Graham, Jack Ramsdale, Zoe Strauss and Adam Wallacavage, Wall Watching captures the dialogue between murals and their surroundings.

Summer 2009
National Health Center Week
August 9-14
Community Health Centers Celebrate a Year of Achievements and Challenges
Youth Poster Contest Prizes Awarded During National Health Center Week Event
Community health centers in the Philadelphia area mark National Health Center Week (August 9-15) with a reception, award ceremony, and art opening on Thursday, August 13 at Philadelphia City Hall.

Dignitaries and elected officials, including Health Commissioner/Deputy Mayor Don Schwarz, Philadelphia?s Chief Cultural Officer Gary Steuer, state legislators and members of City Council, gather with representatives of community health centers, young artists, and their families to mark the important contribution of health centers to the community. Prizes ranging from $250 for first place to $100 for third place were awarded to six young people ages 9-18, who have created outstanding posters on health center related themes. An exhibit of finalists? posters from the Health Center Week Youth Poster Contest opened on the fifth floor of City Hall.
Jurors: Ted Warchal and Ona Kalstein.

Summer 2009
Drexel Unviersity's Annual Graduate Interior Design Exhibition
Art In City Hall presents an exhibition by Drexel University's Graduate Interiors Organization (GIO), a student run organization comprised of the graduate students enrolled in the three year graduate Interior Architecture & Design program. The exhibition runs from June 13 - July 17th in City Hall, 5th floor corridor, NE corner.

The exhibition is an opportunity for emerging designers to enhance their classroom education by initiating relationships with local interior design firms, and to be involved in various community design programs. Although Drexel University does have a gallery that students can rent, City Hall with its spectacular architectural details serves as an appropriate setting for this exhibition, allowing students an active engagement with the rest of Philadelphia outside of the bubble of a college campus.

"We also hope to help drive the city's awareness of interior design and escalate Philadelphia's reputation as a key contributor to the interior design and architecture industry," says Sandra Bocchino, president of GIO and this year's exhibition coordinator.

The exhibition runs to July 17th on the fifth floor outside the offices of City Counci and Judicial chambers.

Spring 2009
The Photographic Society of Philadelphia Exhibition At City Hall

Looking at the world through a camera's lens since 1860...45 local photographers from the oldest active photographic society showcase their works on the fifth floor of City Hall, NE corner. For more information about the photographers and the organization, visit:

www.phillyphotosociety.org

Fall/Winter 2008-2009
A collaboration with Moore College of Art and Design and as part of the college's 160th Anniversary celebration, Art In City Hall presents Cathey White's "Growth Process" on the second floor of CityHall, NE corner. "Moore Footsteps" is a city-wide exhibition, honoring women in art. City Hall is one of twelve venues.

Spring 2008
HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy

Philadelphia, PA - The City of Philadelphia's Art In City Hall program proudly hosts a student art exhibition by 57 students ages five to 21, from the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy. The exhibition consists of paintings on canvas, works on paper, papier-mache sculpture and a life-size sculpture of newly elected mayor, Michael Nutter. The exhibition is located on the fifth floor of City Hall, NE corner and runs from March 3rd to April 18, 2008.

The exhibition was curated by Eiko Fan, a talented artist in her own right who has worked with students at HMS School for almost 20 years. She ensures that every child can participate actively in creating art despite severe disabilities resulting from cerebral palsy. She speaks with passion, "Art is like food. Everybody needs it."

Ms Fan continually devises ways to motivate youngsters and comes up with implements that enable students to create art. She says, "I try to find a different way for everyone's small movements to become the power they can create with." With Ms Fan's encouragement, students work with paint, collage, sculpture-both large and small - and other media. She has also combined a poetry project in which students wrote poems about themselves with art.

Ms. Eiko and all of the HMS staff believe that art presents an important opportunity for children to express themselves and the passion they feel. And it builds self-esteem. "Even though many students are unable to feed themselves, they can create their own work and that's really powerful,"she says.

The creative arts--art, music, dance movement and theater--are integral to HMS's programs. For students with significant physical and developmental disabilities and limited verbal capacity, the creative arts provide an alternative means of self-expression, an important opportunity to free their emotions and to interact with other youngsters. In addition to its own talented staff, HMS collaborates with Walnut Street Theatre's educational outreach artists, with area dancers and other specialists to enrich students' involvement with the arts.

The Art in City Hall show coincides with the school's 125th anniversary. Founded in 1882 as Home of the Merciful Saviour for Crippled Children, HMS was the first institution of its kind in the nation. Its charter pledged the "care, support and maintenance of children crippled by disease, accident or in other way." Over the decades, even as HMS has evolved and responded to children's changing health, educational and social needs, it has continued to enjoy a reputation for excellence, cutting-edge programs and loving care.

Fall 2007
BRYN MAWR REHAB HOSPITAL CELEBRATES "ART ABILITY"

October 1- December 21, 2007City Hall, 5th Floor, north corridor. Art Ability presents the work of artists who have reached beyond physical limitations to express their creativity. This satellite exhibition at City Hall celebrates the 12th year of our annual, international, juried exhibition and sale at Bryn Mawr Rehab Hospital.

Mission:
We are dedicated to serving people whose lives can be enhanced through physical and cognitive rehabilitation. We continually strive for excellence by providing care and services which are valued by those we serve and by contributing to the community through education, research and prevention of disability.

As one of nearly 50 participating organizations in the month-long Independence Starts Here: A Festival of Disability Arts and Culture, we are honored to be hosted as part of the Art In City Hall exhibition program. The Independence Starts Here Festival is being organized by VSA arts of Pennsylvania and Art-Reach.

Events run from October 18 through November 20, 2007 in a variety of venues across the Greater Philadelphia region.

Exhibition >>Overview
Spring 2011

Spring 2010

http://www.arcpddc.org/SpringArtShow.html

Fall 2009
Fairmount Park's Colonial Elite

Marie Elcin, Moore College of Art and Design alumnus.

Fall 2009
Public Art in City Hall:
Jun Kaneko's immense-scaled ceramic pieces, known as Dangos are on display in the City Hall courtyard as part of a city-wide celebration of the artist's work, and coincide with the East Coast debut of his production of the opera, Madame Butterfly with the Opera Company of Philadelphia in October. Other Dangos can be seen at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and the Kimmel Center.

Summer 2009
National Health Center Week - August 9-14

HFP Executive Director Natalie Levkovich receives a citation from Councilwoman Jannie Blackwell

First place winner Jovan McKoy with his family

Second place winner Ella Petersen

Drexel University's Graduate Interior Design Exhibition

Photographic Society of Philadelphia Exhibition At City Hall
Spring 2009

Eileen Eckstein, "The Tuba View" Ed Snyder, "Folded Hands"

Moore Footsteps - Fall/Winter 2008-2009

HMS School for Children With Cerebral Palsy - Spring 2008