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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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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:
Fancy Folks - the Art of Mummery
December 19 - February 24, 2012
In collaboration with the Mummers Museum, an exhibition featuring Philadelphia's grand folk art tradition and art and photography inspired by it. This exhibit is partly juried.
The Art Gallery at City Hall, Room 116
and display cases along the 1st and 2nd floors, NE corner.
Press conference with Mayor Nutter: December 19th, Mayor's Reception Room 202, 12pm
Reception: December 19th, 1-3 pm.

The 12th National Arts Program at Philadelphia
December 8 - February 17, 2012
An annual exhibition and juried competition for City of Philadelphia government employees and family members, including children. The exhibition is sponsored by the National Arts Program Foundation, which supports similar exhibits in public spaces in over 45 cities and small towns across the America, promoting artistic development in the workforce
Reception: December 8, 5-7 pm.
5th Floor, Northeast corridor.

Seymour Mednick, "Mumbrella Clowns", from "Fancy Folks - Art and Mummery".

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Upcoming Exhibitions/Event

 http://www.fiberphiladelphia.org/

Art Gallery at City Hall:

Philadelphia Yarn Bombing  101 (part of FiberPhiladelphia 2012)

An introduction to yarn bombing by Philadelphia's Yarn Bomber, Jesse Hemmons of Ishknits.
Art Gallery at City Hall, Room 116
Reception: Thursday, March 15th, 5-7 pm
March 12?May 11, 2012

 Juried Exhibition for Professional Artists:

Meta-Fiber (part of FiberPhiladelphia 2012)

 A juried exhibition by local artists using fiber techniques with nontraditional materials.
Juror: Sarah Archer, Philadelphia Art Alliance.
Display cases, 1st and 2nd floors, City Hall NE corner
March 12?May 11, 2012
Reception: March 15th, 5-7 pm.

Community Art Exhibition:

Artist Exchange
March 5?May 4
A collaborative art installation and exhibition between the HMS School for Children with Cerebral Palsy and the Arc of Philadelphia/Philadelphia Developmental Disabilities Corps in celebration of National Intellectual Disabilities Month.
5th Floor, N.E. corner
Reception: March 14, 5:30?7:30 pm.

 



Exhibitions on the Fifth Floor
   
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)


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