Museum and gallery events
Art Museums & Institutions African American Museum 701 Arch St.; 215-574-0380. www.aampmuseum.org. Smithsonian Day - Marketplace with African, African American & Latin American themes & films related to the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. 9/27 11 am. 100 Year
Art Museums & Institutions
African American Museum
701 Arch St.; 215-574-0380.
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. Smithsonian Day - Marketplace with African, African American & Latin American themes & films related to the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority. 9/27 11 am. 100 Years of Service: The Alpha Kappa Alpha Story - Celebrates the contributions of women devoted to sisterhood who founded the first Black sorority in the country. Closes 10/19. The African Presence in Mexico - Exhibit on Mexico's African roots & African-American/Mexican relations in the U.S. Closes 10/25. $8; $6 children & seniors. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm.
Barnes Foundation 300 North Latchs La., Merion; 610-667-0290. www.barnesfoundation.org. Work by Matisse, Van Gogh, other impressionists & post-impressionists. Guided Garden Tours of the Arboretum - Tours may be canceled due to inclement weather. $12 (RSVP required). Wed.-Sun. 9:30 am-5 pm.
Delaware Art Museum 2301 Kentmere Pkwy., Wilmington; 302-571-9590. www.delart.org. 
Glory of Stories - Fri. 10:30 am. $3. Children's storytime & craft activity. Gifted: Recent Additions to the Permanent Collection - Over 30 works of art donated to the museum since 2005. Closes 11/9. $10; $8 seniors; $5 students; $3 youths; free for children under 7 & for all on Sun. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-4 pm, Sun. noon-4 pm.
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts 200 S. Madison St., Wilmington; 302-656-6466. www.thedcca.org. Piper Shepard: Eon - Cloth cut into elaborate lacelike patterns. Closes 10/5. $5; $3 students & seniors; free for children under 12. Tue., Thu.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm, Wed. & Sun. noon-5 pm.
*FREE* Institute of Contemporary Art 118 S. 36th St.; 215-898-7108. www.icaphila.org. Odili Donald Odita: Third Space - Site-specific temporary work for the ramp that links 1st & 2nd floor galleries. Closes 3/29. All closing 12/7: Douglas Blau: New Work - Postcards, film stills, images of paintings & photographs are cut & pasted into individual collage elements. Kate Gilmore: Multimedia Installation - Performance-based video works. R. Crumb's Underground - Career-spanning survey of works by cartoonist Robert Crumb. Wed.-Fri. noon-8 pm, Sat.-Sun. 11 am-5 pm.
James A. Michener Art Museum 138 S. Pine St., Doylestown; 215-340-9800. www.michenerartmuseum.org. James Fuhrman: Contemplative Spaces - Cedar, oak & painted steel sculptures. Closes 10/26.James A. Michener Museum, New Hope Branch Union Square, New Hope; 215-862-7633. www.michenermuseum.org. New Hope: Art & the River - Over 50 pieces celebrating Bucks County's scenic waterways. Closes 10/5. $5; $4 seniors 60 & over; $2 children 6-18; free for children under 6. Tue.-Fri. & Sun. 11 am-5 pm; Sat. 11 am-6 pm.
La Salle University Art Museum 1900 W. Olney Ave.; 215-951-1221. www.lasalle.edu/museum. Works by European modernists as well as local Philadelphia artists. Helen Siegl - New wood cuts. Closes 9/30. Tom Judd: The Collection. Closes 11/24. Donations accepted. Mon.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm; Sun. 2-4 pm.
Noyes Museum of Art 733 Lily Lake Rd., Oceanville; 609-652-8848. www.noyesmuseum.org. Signature Artists Exhibition - Showcases work being produced in this region by the Noyes Museum Signature Artists. Closes 10/5. Awakenings: Art that Heals - Celebrates the endeavors of the artists of Hospital Audiences, Inc. whose works are among the highest quality of contemporary Outsider art. Closes 11/9. From Cape May to Cairo: The Work of George Washington Nicholson - Seascapes & New Jersey marsh paintings, as well as Orientalist subjects & other foreign landscapes. Closes 11/9. $4; $3 seniors, students; free for children under 6. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-4:30 pm, Sun. noon-5 pm.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 118-128 N. Broad St.; 215-972-7600. www.pafa.org. Over 1,800 paintings, featuring some of the most important & recognizable works in American art. Saturday Family Workshop - Sat. 11 am-12:30 pm. $6; $4 children. Fun & creative workshop offers an opportunity for families to work together on a variety of different art projects. Peace, Liberty & Independence: 225 Years After the Treaty of Paris - Paintings, watercolors, prints, documents & weapons that demonstrate how visual art & language played a role in winning the Revolution. Closes 10/12. Jacob Lawrence's Hiroshima - A devastating evocation of the physical & emotional impact of the Hiroshima bombing. Closes 12/28. $10; $8 seniors & students; $6 youth 5-18; free for children under 5. Tue.-Sat. 10 am-5 pm; Sun. 11 am-5 pm.
Philadelphia Museum of Art 26th St. & Benjamin Franklin Pkwy.; 215-763-8100. www.philamuseum.org. Art After 5: Arpeggio Jazz Ensemble. 9/26 5-8:45 pm. College Day on the Parkway - Cultural institutions around the city offer free admission for college students. 9/27 10 am-5 pm. Quilt Your Heart Out: The Art of Quilting - Quilting workshop. $85; $35 materials fee. 9/28 9:30 am-4:30 pm. American Folk Painting From the Collection - Works created during the late 18th & 19th centuries. Closes 10/26. Gilbert & George: Notations - 13 works by English collaborative artists. Closes 11/2. Marvels of the Malla Period - Nepalese art from the Newar people's artistic "golden age." Closes 12/7. Multiple Modernities: India, 1905-2005 - Over 25 pieces exploring the past century in contemporary Indian art. Closes 12/7. Gee's Bend: The Architecture of the Quilt - Quilts created by women from Gee's Bend, Alabama. Closes 12/14. Linda Day Clark: The Gee's Bend Photographs - Photography of Gee's Bend & the quilters of the region. Closes 12/14. $14; $12 seniors; $10 students & youth 13-18; free for children 12 & under. Tue.-Thu., Sat.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm; Fri. 10 am-8:45 pm.
Philadelphia Museum of Art - Perelman Building Fairmount Ave.; 215-763-8100. www.philamuseum.org. Alexander Calder Jewelry - Approx. 100 necklaces, bracelets, brooches, earrings & other jewelry items. Closes 11/2. Bill Armstrong & Milan Fano Blatny - Over 30 mandala-themed photographs. Closes 1/09. Quilt Stories - 13 quilts from the Ella King Torrey collection. Closes 2/09. Hello! Fashion: Kansai Yamamoto, 1971-1973 - Designs by one of the founding fathers of Japanese contemporary fashion. Closes Spring, 2009. $7. Tue.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm.
*FREE* Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art 615 N. Broad St.; 215-627-6747. www.rodephshalom.org. Contemporary art that illuminates the Jewish experience. Works by William Anatasi, Chaim Gross, Tobi Kahn & others. Howard Lerner - Artist uses found objects for sculptural material. Closes 11/7. Mon.-Thu. 10 am-4 pm; Fri. 10 am-2 pm; Sun. 10 am-noon.
Rodin Museum Franklin Parkway at 22nd St.; 215-763-8100. www.rodinmuseum.org. Sculptures, finished bronzes, plaster studies, drawings, prints, letters & books by French artist Auguste Rodin. Public Tours - Tue., Thu. & Sun., 1st & 3rd Sat. 1 pm. Donation suggested: $3. Tue.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm.
Rosenbach Museum & Library 2008-2010 Delancey Pl.; 215-732-1600. www.rosenbach.org. Authors of Mischief: Celebrating the Freedom to Read - Juried exhibition on themes related to banned books, censorship & control. Closes 10/5. There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak - Original artwork, rare sketches, never-before seen working materials, interview footage & more. Closes 4/30. $10; $8 seniors; $5 students & youth; free for children under 5. Tue., Thu.-Sun. 10 am-5 pm; Wed. 10 am-8 pm.
Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion 319 E. State St., Trenton; 609-989-3632. www.ellarslie.org. Pottery, ceramics & other objects, most of which were made in the Trenton area. Sharon Kingsbury & Eric Fowler - Closes 11/9. Suggested donation: $5; $3 seniors & students. Tue.-Sat. 11 am-3 pm; Sun. 1-4 pm.
*FREE* Ursinus College - Berman Museum of Art Main St., Collegeville; 610-409-3500. www.ursinus.edu/berman. Tamar Stone & Christine LoFaso: Women's Bodies of/as Work - Artists focus on the intersections of fabric, fabrication & the body in their work. Closes 12/7. Working Class Women: 19th-Century Quilts From the Collection of Judy Roche - Learn how quilts serve as metaphors or visual vehicles for the histories of women's lives, their creativity & sense of community. Closes 12/7. Tue.-Fri. 10 am-4 pm; Sat.-Sun. noon-4:30 pm.
*FREE* Woodmere Art Museum 9201 Germantown Ave.; 215-247-0476. www.woodmereartmuseum.org. Paintings, sculpture, prints & drawings, with a focus on works by artists from the Philadelphia area. Art From All Ages: Edgewood Elementary, Quarry Hill Elementary & Pennsbury High School - Paintings, drawings & sculptures showcasing the creative talents of children ages 6-18. Closes 10/26.
Galleries
Philadelphia
3rd Street Gallery
58 N. 2nd St.; 215-625-0993.
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. Carol Wisker: New Paintings - Abstract paintings. Closes 9/30. John James Pron: PHILApocalypse - Collages & prismacolor renderings by architect John James Pron. Closes 9/30. Kristine Flannery: Before & After - New oil paintings. Closes 11/2.
Allens Lane Art Center Allens Lane; 215-248-0546. www.allenslane.org. Craig Stover: Paintings & Sculpture - Large-scale oils, small-scale watercolors & aluminum sculptures. Closes 10/24.
Art In City Hall Broad & Market Sts.; 215-683-2078. www.artincityhall.org. William Guth: Photographs. Closes 9/29.
Artists' House Gallery 57 N. 2nd St.; 215-923-8440. www.artistshouse.com. Following all close 9/28: Arcenio Martin Campos - Oil paintings of the female form; The Art of the Portrait - Portraits in various media. Noah Buchanan, Michael Edwards, Samuel Evensen, more; Jennifer Maghan White - Work themed around folklore, heritage & the artist's memories; Nancy Bea Miller - Oil paintings. Susannah Hart Thomer - Watercolor cityscapes & urban scenes.
Bridgette Mayer Gallery 709 Walnut St.; 215-413-8893. www.bridgettemayergallery.com. Alexis Serio: Stillness - Watercolors of open valleys/ranges & works on paper depicting intertwining branches. Closes 9/27.
The Center for Emerging Visual Artists 237 S. 18th St., Ste. 3A; 215-546-7775. www.cfeva.org. Donations accepted.
Chestnut Hill Gallery 8117 Germantown Ave.; 215-248-2549. www.chestnuthillgallery.com. Joseph Skrapits & John Stinger: Pennsylvania Impressionism - Features scenes from the Lehigh Valley, Bucks County & other familiar views of rural PA. Closes 10/11.
The Clay Studio 139 N. 2nd St.; 215-925-3453. www.theclaystudio.org. Tue.-Sat. 11 am-7 pm; Sun. noon-6 pm.
Da Vinci Art Alliance 704 Catharine St.; 215-829-0466. www.davinciartalliance.org. Nikolay Milushev & Plamen Veltchev: New Works - Abstract paintings, works on paper & lithographs. Closes 9/28.
Dupree Studios 703 S. 6th St.; 215-413-3884. www.dupreestudiosinc.com. Student Exhibition. Closes 9/28.
Edge Gallery 72 N. 2nd St.; 215-413-7072. Four Painters: Four Perspectives - abstract paintings. Closes 9/28.
Esther M. Klein Art Gallery 3600 Market St.; 215-966-6188. www.kleinartgallery.org. Caleb Larsen: The Interval Separating - Mix of installation, print, electronics, sculpture & multimedia. Closes 11/1.
F.A.N. Gallery 221 Arch St.; 215-922-5155. www.fanartgallery.com. Marc Rubin: On a Shelf - Detailed oils of still-life scenes. Closes 9/27.
Fleisher Art Memorial 719 Catherine St.; 215-922-3456. www.fleisher.org. Fleisher Faculty Exhibition - Work in a variety of media. Closes 9/26.
Gallery 339 339 South 21st St.; 215-731-1530. www.gallery339.com. David Graham: Almost Paradise - Photography. Closes 11/8. Paul Cava: Heart of the Matter - New works. Closes 11/8.
Gross McCleaf Gallery 127 S. 16th St.; 215-665-8138. www.grossmccleaf.com. Thomas Paquette - Landscape scenes from around the world. Closes 9/27.
High Point Cafe 602 W. Carpenter Lane; 215-849-5153. Lynnette Shelley - Approx. 12 illustrations of varying sizes & prices for sale. Closes 9/30.
Locks Gallery 600 S. Washington Sq.; 215-629-1000. www.locksgallery.com. Molly Apfelbaum: Monochromes 2003-07 - Features works done in synthetic fabric & dye; Warren Rohrer: The Expanding Square - Oil on linen. Both exhibits close 9/30.
Manayunk Art Center 419 Green La.; 215-482-3363. www.manayunkartcenter.org. The Art of Politics: Manayunk Artists' Co-Op Theme Show - Patriotic, lyrical & satirical spin on politics. Closes 9/28.
Muse Gallery 52 N. 2nd St.; 215-627-5310. www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com. Rochelle Dinkin & Rachel Isaac: Grimm Sisters - The concept of "collective unconcious" as expressed through fairy tale imagery. Closes 9/28.
Newman Galleries 1625 Walnut St.; 215-563-1779. www.newmangalleries.com. Newman Family Artists - Featuring the works of Walter Andrews, George A. Newman, & Elise Newman Phillips. Closes 9/27.
Nexus Gallery 1400 N. American St.; 215-629-1103. www.nexusphiladelphia.org. J. Malarky & Bilwa: asNEXUS - Video, sound & photography installations exploring movement, sound & memory. Closes 10/3.
Painted Bride Art Center 230 Vine St.; 215-925-9914. www.paintedbride.org. The following have a reception 10/3 & close 10/18: Lisa Rastl: Feet - Photography exhibit focusing on the feet of top choreographers; Stephen Scott Smith: Project ME9.
Pentimenti Gallery 133 N. 2nd St.; 215-625-9990. www.pentimenti.com. The following close 10/18: Jacob Lunderby: The Smooth & the Striated - Paintings explore color, line, shapes & patterns; Tim Tate: Video Reliquaries - Sculptures & video works.
Philadelphia Art Alliance 251 S. 18th St.; 215-545-4302. www.philartalliance.org. The following close 10/19: Lisa Murch: Bioforms - Sculptures/installations using craft-based processes with materials such as paper, wire, thread, yarn & found objects; Robert Glenn Ketchum: Southwest Alaska - Experience the unique beauty of the region through photographs.
Philadelphia Art Alliance Satellite Gallery 210 W. Rittenhouse Sq., 3rd Fl.; 215-545-4302. www.philartalliance.org. John Clark: Perspectives in Buoyancy - Large-scale multi-panel abstract paintings. Closes 10/19.
Philadelphia Sketch Club 235 S. Camac St.; 215-545-9298. www.sketchclub.org.
PII 242 Race St.; 215-592-1022. www.piigallery.com. Asya Livshits: Making Faces - Recent work. Closes 9/30.
The Print Center 1614 Latimer St.; 215-735-6090. www.printcenter.org. The following close 11/26: Group Photography Exhibition: Foreclosed - Alejandra Laviada, Gillian Pears, Hirsch Perlman, Tommy Reynolds, Melanie Schiff & Ryan Widger. Masao Yamamoto: Nakazora.
Projects Gallery 629 N. 2nd St.; 267-303-9652. www.projectsgallery.com. Fresh! 2008 - Works from emerging artists. Closes 9/27.
Rodger LaPelle Galleries 122 N. 3rd St.; 215-592-0232. www.rodgerlapellegalleries.com. James Feehan: Rivers & Ravishment. Closes 9/28.
Sande Webster Gallery 2006 Walnut St.; 215-636-9003. www.sandewebstergallery.com. Sica: Around the World in 30 Works - Paintings, collages, metal sculptures & prints. Closes 9/30.
Schmidt/Dean Gallery 1710 Sansom St., 2nd Fl.; 215-569-9433. www.schmidtdean.com. L.A. Law - Curated by Scott Marvel Cassidy. Closes 10/11.
Smile Cafe & Gallery 105 South 22nd St.; 215-564-2502. www.kens-art.com. Rikard Larma: Painting With Light - Photography. Closes 10/8.
Space 1026 1026 Arch St., 2nd Fl.; 215-574-7630. www.space1026.com. Ebonza Sungondora Unillumina Faunandflora: Sacred Asymmetry - Reference to a total solar eclipse eve party of a similar name. Closes 9/30.
Temple Gallery 259 N. Third St.; 215-925-7379. www.temple.edu. Volume Attempts: The Space of Books - Focuses on relationship of books to contemporary visual arts. Closes 10/25.
Twenty Two Gallery 236 S. 22nd St.; 215-772-1911. Alfred Ortega: Another Day in Our Beautiful World - Recent oils & monoprints. Closes 10/10.
UPenn - Burrison Gallery 3611 Walnut St.; 215-898-4618. www.business-services.upenn.edu/universityclub/burrison.shtml. Susan Schary: Coast to Coast - Paintings. Closes 9/26.
University of the Arts - Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery 333 S. Broad St.; 215-717-6480. www.uarts.edu/events/rwg/index.cfm. Ernestine Ruben: A Photographic Retrospective - Works by this artist are included in many major museums & private collections. Closes 10/5.
Vox Populi 319 A N. 11th St., 3rd Fl.; 215-238-1236. www.voxpopuligallery.org. The following close 9/28: Janna Holmstedt: The Construction of Landscapes - Photographic diptych & video on display in Video Lounge. Michael Bell-Smith - On the Grid - Minimal computer animation presents endless cityscape scrolling continuously across the screen like the backdrop of an early arcade game. September Exhibit - Jonathan Prull, Jamie Dillon & Nick Paparone. Sculptural installations. Vox Alumni - One Gray Grass in the Ball Field - Artists asked to create the feeling of a county fair art exhibition.
Wexler Gallery 201 North 3rd St.; 215-923-7030. www.wexlergallery.com. Matthias Pliessnig - Innovative furniture artist in his first solo exhibition. Closes 11/1.
White Stone Gallery 4219 Main St.; 215-482-7700. www.whitestonegallery.com. Cornelis Monsma: Beatitudes - Oil painter's series explores the Beatitudes from Christ's 'Sermon on the Mount.' Closes 9/28.
Pennsylvania suburbs
The Art Trust
16 W. Market St., West Chester; 484-467-1664.
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. Three Square Women & a Monochromatic Man. Closes 9/29.
Brush & Palette 123 E. State St., Kennett Square; 610-444-4565. www.brushandpalette.net.
Bucks County Conference & Visitors Bureau 3207 Street Rd., Bensalem; 215-639-0300. www.buckscountycvb.org. Ivyland Art Group. Closes 9/29.
Main Line Unitarian Church 816 S. Valley Forge Rd., Devon; 484-341-8014. www.mluc.org. Naomi Bossom: Woodblock Prints - Woodblock prints based on biblical & other ancient stories. Closes 9/29.
Noel Schmidt Furniture 32 East Baltimore Ave., Lansdowne; 610-623-0105. Abdul A. Ahmad. Closes 10/4.
Orchard Artworks 520 Tomlinson Rd., Bryn Athyn; 215-947-9882. www.orchardartworks.org. Autumn in the Orchard - Annual art show. Closes 9/28. Stover Mill Gallery 852 River Road, Rte. 32, Erwinna; 610-294-9420. Jane Smudin & Joan Reinhart: Side by Side - Oils & pastels. Closes 9/28.
Swarthmore College - Lang Performing Arts Center 500 College Ave., Swarthmore; 610-328-8000. www.swarthmore.edu. Bill Scott - Paintings: 2003-2008 - Closes 9/28. Bill Scott: Drypoints, Etchings & Aquatints - Closes 10/6.
Travis Gallery 6089 Lower York Rd., New Hope; 215-794-3903. www.travisgallery.com. Peter Fiore: Land & Sea - Paintings. Closes 10/4.
Tyme Gallery 17 W. Eagle Rd., Havertown; 610-853-1215. www.tymegallery.com. Patterns & Textures of Nature & Man - Photographs by Laura Ducceschi & Peter McDaniel. Closes 10/7.
New Jersey
Atlantic City Art Center
New Jersey Ave. & the Boardwalk, Atlantic City; 609-347-5837.
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. Elvis Arias, Amil Droz, Sonia Gonzalez & Nancy B. Hathaway - Hispanic Heritage Month event. Closes 9/28.
Center for the Arts in Southern New Jersey 123 S. Elmwood Rd., Marlton; 856-985-1009. www.cfasnj.com.
desChamps Gallery 7 Lambert Ln., Lambertville; 609-397-2100. www.deschampsgallery.com. Luiz Vilela: Black & Gold - Oil paintings exploring the contrast of light & darkness. Closes 10/5.
Gloucester County Historical Society Museum 58 N. Broad St., Woodbury; 856-848-8531. Campaign Trails - Collection of Presidential election & campaign memorabilia. Closes 1/2.
Hammonton Arts Center 107 Bellevue Ave., Hammonton; 609-567-5306. www.hammontonartscenter.org. Works on Paper Juried Exhibition - Juried show featuring a variety of mediums on paper. Closes 9/27.
Jim's of Lambertville 6 Bridge St., Lambertville; 609-397-7700. www.artnet.com/jimsoflambertville.html. Anthony Michael Autorino: Paintings. Closes 9/30.
OnePlanet OneWorld Gallery 501 N. High St., Millville; 856-765-7132. www.blairseitz.com.
Palmyra Cove Nature Park 1300 Rt-73, Palmyra; 856-829-1900. www.palmyracove.org. Dressler Smith - Pastels. Closes 9/30.
Peter McPhee Fine Arts 9416 2nd Ave., Stone Harbor; 609-368-8288. www.petermcpheefinearts.com. Fall Group Exhibition - Works by Charles Bofinger, Eleinne Basa, Valerie Graig & Rae Smith. Closes 10/6.
Virginia Perle Art Gallery 96 E Water St., Toms River; 732-270-1642. virginiaperleartgallery.com. Jay Levinson: The Art in the Game. Closes 10/11.
Delaware
Gallery 919 Market
919 Market St., Wilmington; 302-229-3266. The Midtown Brandywine Ten - Eclectic body of work by 10 local artists. Closes 9/26.
Hardcastle Gallery 5714 Kennett Pike, Centreville; 302-655-5230. www.hardcastlegallery.com. Brandywine Plein Air - Ten of the region's top plein air artists share their summer landscapes of the Brandywine Valley. Closes 9/27.
Somerville Manning Gallery Breck's Mill, 2nd Floor, Greenville; 302-652-0271. www.somervillemanning.com. Timothy Barr: Paintings - American luminist known for glazing techniques that produce radiant, natural-looking yet abstract landscapes. Closes 10/4.