Exhibit Archive
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Envisioning Othello
A collaborative exhibition and symposium inspired by
Lantern Theater Company’s production of Shakespeare’s timeless tragedy
Exhibition Dates: 7-29 June 2008
Opening Awards Reception: Saturday, June 7, 6-9 pm
with art by Craig Bandy, Pat Burns, Rachel Citrino, Alden Cole, Anthony Cortosi & Karen McDonnell, Ray Costello & Deb Miller, Siobhan Cusumano, Lilliana Didovic, Gerard Di Falco, Michael Di Prinzio, Nathan Farbman, David Foss, Ron Funk, Ona Kalstein, Maria Keane, Gail Kotel, Rikard Larma, Richard Marr, Karey Maurice, Tim McKenna, Marcy Morris, Liz Nicklus, Kathryn Pannepacker, Rob Solomon, Jane Steinsnyder, Katarina Stojkovic, Francine Strauss, Tricia O'Halloran, and Ted Warchal
Symposium: Sunday, June 29, 1-5 pm
featuring a PowerPoint lecture by art historian Dr. Debra Miller on Art in Venice in the Age of Shakespeare, a presentation by costume designer Millie Hiibel on Costuming Othello, and a panel discussion, Envisioning Othello, with director Charles McMahon, dramaturg Kathryn MacMillan, and actors Frank X (Othello) and Peter Pryor (Iago)
Come join us for this important collaboration between two of Philadelphia’s finest non-profit organizations in the fine and performing arts!
This program has been supported in part by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council, the Federal-State Partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities. All events are free and open to the public; donations accepted.
MAY
Multi-disciplinary Arts Festival Promises to "Bend, Blend, and Break Gender Expectations"

trans-gression artists' collective
Multidisciplinary Arts Festival
Opening Reception Sunday May 4th, 4-6PM
DaVinci Art Alliance
704 Catharine St.
Philadelphia, PA 19147
GALLERY HOURS: May 7th - 30th
Wednesday 12-4PM & 6-8PM
Thursday - Sunday 12-4PM
for more information see:http:/www.trans-gression.org
FEATURING ARTISTS:
Tally Brennan, Deborah Caiola, Justin DeForest
Justin Jain, Susan DiPronio, Cathleen Miller
Heather Marie Davis-Jones, Kirsten Knoblauch,
Laureen Griffin, Ellen Rosenberg, Martina Plag
PERFORMANCES:
Film Night - Sat. May 17, 7PM & 8PM
Tally Brennan's INTERview - Sun. May 18, 4PM
Justin DeForest's Transman Crossing - Sat. May 24 & Sun. May 25, 4PM
Martina Plag's EMMA - Mon. May 19, Fri. May 23 & 30, 7PM
Justin Jain's Marlowe and Squiggly - Mon. May 19 & Fri. May 30, 8PM
Admission to the art exhibit and performances is free; donations are appreciated.
trans-gression is an artists' collective dedicated to creating "opportunities to examine, play with and break gender stereotypes"while building a safe space for artistic and personal exploration. We provide support, mutual inspiration, and access to resources for individual and group projects.
APRIL
Touch
A gallery experience with follow up workshops will convey the impact of
touch on learning, understanding, and teaching
Contact us
Mary Pat Coyle and Trish Maunder, art educators and exhibit developers
Jordan Jacobson, Exhibit Designer
Amanda Maglio, Intern
Tel: 609.760.8223 or 267.977.0238
Email: tmaunder@mac.com mpat.coyle@gmail.com
704 Catharine Street, Philadelphia, PA
Opening:
April Sat 5th
12:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Gallery Hours:
All other Saturdays and Sunday Through April 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM,
Wednesdays Through April 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Closing Show: Saturday, April 26th, 12:00pm - 6:00pm
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Click Here for Touch Registration Form in .pdf Format
MARCH
FIBER ARTISTS: PHILADELPHIA, #5
An Exhibition of Texture and Technique
Curated by K. Pannepacker, textile/visual artist

"Four Sunflowers" by Susan Leonard, 2007, applique & quilting, 22"x 22"
DaVinci Art Alliance
704 Catharine Street
Philadelphia, PA 19147
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday evenings: 6-8p.m, Saturdays and Sundays:1-5p.m
(215)829-0466
Art Exhibition:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Group exhibition of textile arts
March 5th-30th, 2008
Participating Artists: Theresa Alcorn, Wendelyn Anderson, Mary Austin, Alyse C. Bernstein, Gina Bosworth, Maxine S. Burkholder, Erin Castellan, Michelle Clements, Jungyeon Choi, Candace R. Davis, Karen Donde, Shannon Donovan, Patricia Doran, Marie H. Elcin,' Caroline Gardner, Karen Henderson, Kathleen Kilkenny, Nancy J. Kirby, Pat dipaula Klein, Maris Krasnegor, Maryann Laverty, Ed Bing Lee, Susan Leonard, Caroline J. Maw-Deis Bette R. McCarron, Nancy Middlebrook, Melanie Mitchell, Amy Orr, Pam Pawl, Erin M. Riley, Shannon Robinson, Lee Schultz, Sinuhe Schultz, Deborah Schwartzman, Carol Moyer Shearon, Nancy Shiffrin, Camphill Soltane, Jacqueline Unanue, Faith Varrone, Georgette Veeder, Jennifer Walrath, Patricia E. Watson, Kathy Weaver, Duane Weber, Carol Woolford, Bette Uscott-Woolsey
Much is happening this March and April, as Philadelphia is the destination place for the "2008 International Fiber Symposium and Exhibition". As well, textile exhibitions can be seen in many area galleries and museums, featuring the works of international, national and local fiber artists. This exhibit at Da Vinci Art Alliance aims to compliment the various citywide exhibits and specifically feature what is happening in Philadelphia's own studios. Studio artists, teaching artists, student artists, professional artisans, and exquisite crafters... all intrigued by the varied textures and techniques of the medium are represented in this fantastic salon-style exhibition.
Contact person:
Kathryn Pannepacker
kpannepacker@yahoo.com, 215-769-1016
DaVinci Art Alliance:
www.davinciartalliance.org, 215-829-0466
Reception:
Sunday, March 9th, 1-5p.m (day light saving's time)

Lilliana Didovic

Ken Tutjamnong
City, Shapes, and Colors
Lilliana Didovic & Ken TutjamnongCurated by Art Historian Dr.Deb Miller
Opening reception, Sunday, February 3rd 1pm-4pm FREE for the public
Celebration reception, Saturday, February 23rd 6pm-10pm By invitation only
Plamen Veltchev
Solo Exhibition
The work of Plamen Veltchev is a contemporary visual rumination of how the impetus of individual freedoms can be impeded when interlocked with larger forces. Veltchev explores the struggle to maintain a locus of control in a world where the future is unforeseeable. This sense of uncertainty is captured in his latest collection of drawings and lithographs. Straying from solely lithography, he is able to unleash a new fury with his innovative use of ink, conte, pencil and spray paint. Veltchev’s signature marks are charged. The line complexity creates the turmoil of these large pieces. He reveals his unrest in landscapes that are stuck and divided, weaponry as both interior and broadly explosive, images of apocalyptic foresight, and self-portraits that reflect inner truths. This work conveys pervasive doom on the world scale and its ability to undermine individual autonomy.
Holiday Art Show and Sale: 2-30 December 2007
Please join us for our Members’ Holiday Art Sale to be held in December. The exhibit is a cash and carry sale of small art, crafts, jewelry, and artists’ retail merchandise (tee-shirts, notecards, etc.), all priced under $200. A great time to do your Holiday shopping and to purchase small works of art in diverse media by some of Da Vinci’s 100 artist members.
The Da Vinci Art Alliance’s Holiday Party and Opening Reception will be held on Sunday, December 2, noon-4:00 pm; it’s a great time to meet the artists, to discuss art and network, great wine and food. Bring a donation of pet toys, food, litter, etc. for PAWS, an animal shelter program in Philadelphia.
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QUANTUM CREATIVITY: RELICS OF THE OLD PHYSICS AND THE NEW ART
Gerard Di Falco solo exhibition, November 1-30, 2007

SHOW HOURS :
Fridays and Saturdays, from Noon to 6:00 pm.
Sundays from 2pm to 5:30 pm.
Or by appointment. To arrange a private showing, please call 215-640-0765.
The Gallery will have regular hours on Thanksgiving Weekend.
EVENTS & RECEPTIONS:
OPENING RECEPTION:Friday, November 2, 5:00-7:30 pm
Lecture & Slide Show by Di Falco
“My Art from 1977 to 2007”
Sunday, November 11, 3:00 pm
Collaborative Performance
Music and dance by Marcy Morris.
Sunday, November 18. 3:00 pm
CLOSING RECEPTION:
Thursday, November 29 from 5:00 pm - 7:30 pm
This will be Di Falco’s twentieth Solo Show in Philadelphia; he has also exhibited in over 250 other Solo and juried-group-shows in the US and Europe, including galleries and museums in Atlanta, Baltimore, Barcelona, Glasgow, Los Angeles, Madrid, Minneapolis, New York City, Pittsburgh, and Washington, D.C. The artist is profiled in WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA and WHO’S WHO IN THE WORLD (since 2004) and has received grants from the Pollock-Krasner Foundation (NYC, 2002, $30,000) and the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts (1987 and 1992). In 2002-2003, Gerard was named a Resident Artist with the Philadelphia Museum of Art’s ART FUTURES program. He is best know for his vivid palette and experimentation with color-field (e.g. “The Madrid Paintings”, Nexus, 1992; and “Art of the State”, State Museum of Pennsylvania, 2007) and experimental installations, (“Art Golf”, Nexus, 1986), a show in which he constructed a miniature golf course where each hole satirized an aspect of the Art World.
In this show, QUANTUM CREATIVITY: RELICS OF THE OLD PHYSICS AND THE NEW ART, DiFalco’s decisive expression of sacred art, geometry & numerology is both strong and tangible, as is the continued evolution of his daring artistic style, technique, and vision. Gerard will show 136 assemblages, which he calls RELICS. These gold-painted, mixed-media-works (containing bones, small mammal skulls, natural/found/cast objects, & gold-leaf) stretch the conventional limits of painting by crossing over into assemblage, fiber-art, and relief-sculpture. These RELICS strike a macabre--yet strangely sacrosanct and primordial--balance between visionary and liturgical art. Di Falco claims inspiration for this series from his studies in folklore, theology, and mysticism since 1973. The artist will also exhibit his fourteen-piece, STATIONS OF THE CROSS (an Anglican- and Roman-Catholic Lenten meditation tool), and “altar-installations,” featuring his icons and other paintings. For information, call 215-829-0466.
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“New Works”
Judy Geist, solo show of paintings in oil
Da Vinci Art Alliance member, Judy Geist, explores the use of color and repetition in a new series of cat abstracts and painting sketches.
October 6 - 28, 2007
OPENING RECEPTION:
Sunday, October 14, 2007, 3-5PM
Gallery Hours:
Wednesday: 7-9PM
Sat. and Sun. afternoons, 1 - 5PM
other times by appointment, email: judygeist@verizon.net
Judy Geist is recognized for her artistry as an artist and musician. She paints in old world and contemporary styles including portraits of people, animals, figuratives, and abstracts. Ms. Geist studied at the Art Students League of New York with David Leffel and Barbara Adrian. Formerly a member of The 3rd Street Gallery, she is a member of the Da Vinci Art Alliance where she has previously exhibited solo shows. A member of the Philadelphia Orchestra since 1983, Ms. Geist has been featured as an artist and musician in the documentary, Music From the Inside Out, highlighted among people in the arts in Philadelphia on NBC10 TV, and heard in performance and interviews on WHYY Radio. Ms. Geist often gives dual presentations of musical and visual art. Her paintings have appeared in exhibition in Philadelphia, New York, New Jersey, Washington state, and many of her works are among private collections.
Philadelphia Center for the Photographic Image
September 1-29, 2007
Opening Reception: Saturday, September 1st 5-9 pm
Closing Reception: Saturday, September 29th 1-5 pm
During the month of September at the Da Vinci Art Alliance, the non-profit institution, Philadelphia Center for the Photographic Image will be holding its Members Exhibition, featuring photographs of various styles and processes. The opening reception for the artists will be on Saturday, Sept 1st from 5-9 pm. The PCPI members in the exhibition will be
Mary Anne Broderick
Ronald Corbin
Siobhan Edmonds
Christopher Gatto
Ranjoo Prasad
Harvey Stern
John Vettese
Annual Juried Show: Harmony

Liz Nicklus: Music Lesson
August 4-25: a multi-media exhibition open to all visual artists.
The subject, Harmony, focuses on themes of music or accord. An Opening
Awards Reception will be held on Saturday, August 4, 6-9 pm, with an
art performance by Kathryn Pannepacker, entitled “Ignite our
Hearts for Peace.” Jurors for the exhibition are Art Historian
Debra Miller (Rowan University, Glassboro, and Hussian School of Art,
Philadelphia, and Board of Directors, Da Vinci Art Alliance) and Roy
Harker (Director of Music and the Arts, The Church of St. Asaph, Bala
Cynwyd); Harker will also serve as awards judge, and will host the
exhibition at the Gallery at St. Asaph’s in the Fall.
On August 19, from noon to 5 pm, a symposium related to the theme of
Harmony will be offered at Da Vinci, including a PowerPoint presentation
by Dr. Miller on “Musical Themes and Symbolism in Dutch Baroque
Art;” an autobiographical reading by Sarajevo native Lilliana
Didovic, based on her affadavit for political asylum in the US during
the Bosnian civil war; a set of inspirational songs of peace by SiriOm
Singh; and a lecture and performance by Pennsylvania Commonwealth Speaker,
musician, and instrument-maker Tom Jolin on “Traditional American
Folk Music” (sponsored by the Pennsylvania Humanities Council).
The event is free and open to the public; donations accepted.
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