small architecture BIG LANDSCAPE
February 12 – March 13, 2009
Haslem & Hodge Galleries
Sponsored by: CDI, Inc.
Events:
Opening reception, Friday, Feb 5 in conjunction with First Friday
BIG PUBLIC DISCUSSION, Feb 6, 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. Mary Fendrich Hulman Gallery

Wes Janz, Associate Professor of Architecture from Ball State University, follows a practice directed by a special concern for no and low-cost housing solutions for an international population. Mr. Janz travels in the United States and across the globe with students and other architects to help build shelters; find inspiration through indigenous techniques and materials; and consider the ingenious solutions devised out of necessity by those in desperate situations caused by cataclysm and catastrophe.
Comprised of large scale installations and models by Janz and other like-minded architects (and aspiring architects), writings about the development of housing, photographs and related works of art including select works from the Swope collection, this exhibition aspires to present a multifaceted perspective on the development of residences for an ever-changing world.
Mr. Janz was the recipient of the Ball State University’s Outstanding Teaching Award in 2006; an Indiana arts Commission, Individual Arts Project Grant in 2007; and was a finalist for the Curry Stone Design Prize in 2008 which is awarded to breakthrough projects that have the “power and potential to improve our lives and the world we live in.”

Links:
International Design Clinic
Design Altruism Project

upcoming:

Carrying Across
March – April 2010
Carrying Across is an exhibition that will address the notion of translation/interpretation.
Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA

Fleisher/Ollman is pleased to present I Don't Watch the Internet, the gallery's 7th annual survey of Philadelphia artists.

The first exhibition in this series, The New Acropolis, opened in late 2003 and served to "highlight young and unrepresented talent." The works that were in the original show were described by the curators as "defin[ing] or counter[ing] vernacular visual culture through intuitive practice. The artists [we]re responding to their city's intimate scale and vibrant art scene abundant in collaboration, mutual respect, and awareness."

Some combination of "early career" and "working from the margins" has guided Fleisher/Ollman's selections throughout the years, though the landscape of the Philadelphia art scene has changed fairly dramatically from the New Acropolis days, making each of these dictates ideal, but moving targets. With the proliferation of new exhibition venues and access to numerous other opportunities, many of the artists in this show have shown in one or many of the city's non-profit galleries, artist-run spaces or even living room venues. Others, however, have never exhibited in Philadelphia before and we are happy to give you a first look.
All of the work is tied together, simply by the fact, that we at the gallery find it to be engaging, relevant, representative of art being made in this city and in line with the gallery's long-standing aesthetic interests. Other than that, it is a free-for-all, a raucous visual experience, a grab bag of talent and the chance for a quick, if momentary break, from all that do-it-yourselfing.

Radical Computer Music
Thursday, December 3 at 6:30 pm
Radical Computer Music is a performance and talk by Goodiepal, a renowned yet controversial Scandinavian electronic musician and professor of music composition. Goodiepal is currently touring the states, spreading his new
theories.

Contact Information
phone: 215.545.7562
web: www.fleisherollman.com
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery | 1616 Walnut Street | Suite 100 | Philadelphia | PA | 19103

A brief interview with Erin Riley

Artists in the Neighbourhood Scheme IV: Heartstrings
Print Exhibition 2009 by the Hong Kong Graphics Society


The Hong Kong Graphics Society, which was established in 1976, has a long history in Hong Kong. There are now about 30 members and the majority of them received training in art and printmaking in Hong Kong or Mainland China, U.K., U.S.A., Canada and Australia. Some members have gained international awards. Their print works were selected by the Contemporary Hong Kong Art Biennial Exhibition, the National Print Exhibitions of China, and other important international print exhibitions. In the past 33 years, the Society has introduced printmaking to the general public through activities like exhibitions, talks, artist-in-residence programmes and printmaking demonstrations. The Society has also held exchange exhibitions together with graphic art organisations of Taiwan, Malaysia and Chinese cities including Shanghai, Jiangsu, Heilongjiang and Anhui in order to broaden the creative horizons of local graphic artists and promote printmaking creation and art exchange.
This exhibition features the works of 26 members of the Society, including the senior, the active and the budding printmaking artists. Besides the four main types of print like lithography, intaglio, relief, and serigraphy, the exhibits also include mixed media, digital prints and gum bichromate prints. This exhibition is a large showcase of the wonderful works by the Society members.
In addition to the exhibition, members of the Society has organised various education activities which include guided tours, talk and printmaking demonstration. In hope of introducing this distinctive graphic art to the public, a video on the development of the Society and the demonstration of various printmaking skills will be played at both exhibition venues. Supported by The Link Management Limited, a selection of the exhibits shown at the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre continue to be displayed at the Homantin Plaza. We hope that the works of local artists can reach audiences from every district and achieve our goal of bringing art into the community.

Exhibition Opening Ceremony and Preview
Date: 15.10.2009 (Thur)
Time: 6:00pm – 7:30pm
Venue: Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre
Address: 7A Kennedy Road, Central, Hong Kong

Exhibitions
Date: 16 – 28.10.2009
Time: 10:00am – 9:00pm (Closed on Tuesdays)
Venue: Exhibition Hall, Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre
Address: 7A Kennedy Road, Central, Hong Kong
Free admission

Date: 1 – 17.11.2009
Time: 9:00am – 9:00pm daily
Venue: 1/F, Homantin Plaza
Address: 80 Fat Kwong Street, Homantin, Kowloon
Free admission

Education and Extension Activities
1) Talk: Types and Techniques of Printmaking (in Cantonese)
2) Demonstration on Colour Relief Printing (in Cantonese)
3) Free Guided Tour for Groups / Schools (in Cantonese / English)*
Docent will guide the visitors through the exhibition, elaborating on the concepts and media characteristics of the exhibits.
Artist: Ms Lee Siu-woon, Rona

*To schedule a guided tour for schools / groups, please contact the Community Art Team at least one week in advance.
For enrollment & enquiries, please call the Community Art Team at 3101 2712 / 3101 2713.

Transcendence
Mobart Exhibition & Artist Talk
April 09 - Sept 09

MobArt Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Transcendence, a group exhibition featuring three Hong Kong-based female artists — Cornelia Erdmann, Sarah Koljonen and Man Fung-yi. This is MobArt's inaugural presentation and will be held at The Drawing Room from 30th April through late September, 2009.

The exhibition brings together three artists from a variety of cultural backgrounds who currently live and work in Hong Kong. The 17 selected pieces in the show unveil the artists' endeavor to rise beyond the limits of nature and human experience. Through a range of media and forms, they aspire to transport the viewer to a moment of transcendence — a state of elevation above the presumed and accepted truth towards the unknowable and immeasurable. This mutual quest to supersede laws of the material universe is embodied in Man Fung-yi's flowing dresses woven from cold hard metal; in Cornelia Erdmann's silhouettes of butterflies fluttering out of mirrors; and in Sarah Koljonen's meticulous hand-made prints exploring the uncertainties and embedded secrets within nature. Together, they transform The Drawing Room into somewhere more than a place to entertain guests with art and cuisine. The space metamorphoses into a sanctuary where one can ponder with the artists on traditions, spirituality and the life and death of beings, moments and places.

For price inquiries or more information on the artists in this show, please feel free to contact Anne Cheung at 96880647 or anne@mobartgallery.com.

Printmakers in Residence Scheme 2009
Hong Kong Graphics Society and Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre
May 09 - Dec 09

To promote the development of the art of printmaking, strengthen cultural interflows in the regions, and enhance the public's interest in and understanding of the art, the Hong Kong Graphics Society has partnered with the Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre to organize this print art residency project from May to December 2009. A series of public programmes including demonstrations and open studio sessions by printmakers from Hong Kong, China, Taiwan and Macau are arranged at the printmaking studio of the Visual Arts Centre to facilitate communications among artists and visitors. Printmakers completed their residencies included Shan Dan and Wu Enqi from China, Sou Pui-kun from Macau, Chen Hua-chun from Taiwan, Patrick Ford and Liu Cheng-mui from Hong Kong. Those interested are most welcome to attend. Admission is free and on a first-come-first-served basis. Number of participants for each session is limited to 20.