Street Arts
40th AIR Resident, Brenna K. Murphy, curates exhibition at the University City Arts League - Opening Friday, May 16th!As part of her 40th AIR residency community outreach, Brenna K. Murphy has curated a three-person exhibition at the University City Arts League this month. By including work of her own, as well as the work of Kay Healy and Emily Manalo Ruiz (artists living in Center City and South Philly respectively), Murphy aims to bridge the gap between the often divided art scenes of West Philadelphia neighborhoods and those east of the Schuylkill.
“Home” is Murphy’s first curatorial project and explores the concepts of home, memory, and nostalgia through a variety of media including hair-embroidery, ink-transfer, and soft sculpture.
For people all over the world, the concept of home is an ever-present truth. The details may differ from culture to culture, but it plays a distinct role in our lives regardless of these differences. From the time we are born to the time we die, we are confronted with the homes that are provided for us, the homes we leave, the homes we return to, and the homes we make for ourselves.
- Applications For 2016-2017 Residency Now Open
Take a look at the guidelines and go ahead and apply- tell your friends and fellow West Philly based artists as well! Dear Applicant:Thanks for your interest in the 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program. This letter describes the program and provides...
- Air Resident Brenna K. Murphy Opens "home Imagined"
Please join AIR resident Brenna K. Murphy for the Opening Reception of"Home Imagined" on May 3rd, 3 - 6pm PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT AT OUR GALLERYDetail from "Home Imagined (Dollhouse)," 4x6 feet, 1,154 strands of the artist's hair...
- Planning: Childhood Drawings Revisited By Brenna K. Murphy
Planning: Childhood Drawings Revisited by Brenna K. MurphyMarch 8-29, 2014Opening Reception: March 8, 5-8pmAIRSPACE Gallery, 4007 Chestnut Street, 1st Floor Here are a few photos of Brenna K. Murphy's installation of hair paper on the corner...
- Resident Jim Garvey's Circles And Circuits Opens On Friday March 11, 2011
40th Street Artist-in-Residence Jim Garveyopens his new showCircles and Circuits Contact:[email protected] Jim GarveyCircles and Circuits opening Friday, March 11th, 2011 5-9pm also on display Fridays March 18 and...
- Article In The University City Review • 2/24/10
40th St AIR Unites Artists with Community UC Review | 24.FEB.10 By Kaley Lacovetta Special to the UC Review Like most artists, Cecilia Paredes always dreamed of having a studio of her own. For years, she worked from her small apartment, sectioning off...
Street Arts
40th AIR Resident Brenna K. Murphy curates exhibition at the University City Arts League - Opening Fri May 16!
“Home” is Murphy’s first curatorial project and explores the concepts of home, memory, and nostalgia through a variety of media including hair-embroidery, ink-transfer, and soft sculpture.
For people all over the world, the concept of home is an ever-present truth. The details may differ from culture to culture, but it plays a distinct role in our lives regardless of these differences. From the time we are born to the time we die, we are confronted with the homes that are provided for us, the homes we leave, the homes we return to, and the homes we make for ourselves.
In “Home,” artists Kay Healy, Brenna K. Murphy, and Emily Manalo Ruiz invite us to consider what home means to us and how the parameters of its meaning can change. They explore this question in a variety of contexts and mediums, and are particularly interested in the inherent materiality of home. Domestic furniture and objects, textiles, everyday artifacts, and even the human bodies that occupy our homes are investigated in an effort to understand how these aspects of the physical world affect the intangible realm of human psyche and emotion.
The University City Arts League is a community not-for profit organization that has been serving the community for 45 years through some 60 different classes throughout the year for adults and children, including an active pottery studio, an art gallery, after-school arts programming for children, and outreach in the community.
OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, May 16th, 6-8pm
EXHIBITION DATES: May 16th - June 20th
GALLERY HOURS: M-F, 10am - 7pm
EXHIBITION DATES: May 16th - June 20th
GALLERY HOURS: M-F, 10am - 7pm
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www.brennakmurphy.com
www.kayhealy.com
www.emilymanaloruiz.com
www.ucartsleague.org
- Applications For 2016-2017 Residency Now Open
Take a look at the guidelines and go ahead and apply- tell your friends and fellow West Philly based artists as well! Dear Applicant:Thanks for your interest in the 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Program. This letter describes the program and provides...
- Air Resident Brenna K. Murphy Opens "home Imagined"
Please join AIR resident Brenna K. Murphy for the Opening Reception of"Home Imagined" on May 3rd, 3 - 6pm PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS NOT AT OUR GALLERYDetail from "Home Imagined (Dollhouse)," 4x6 feet, 1,154 strands of the artist's hair...
- Planning: Childhood Drawings Revisited By Brenna K. Murphy
Planning: Childhood Drawings Revisited by Brenna K. MurphyMarch 8-29, 2014Opening Reception: March 8, 5-8pmAIRSPACE Gallery, 4007 Chestnut Street, 1st Floor Here are a few photos of Brenna K. Murphy's installation of hair paper on the corner...
- Resident Jim Garvey's Circles And Circuits Opens On Friday March 11, 2011
40th Street Artist-in-Residence Jim Garveyopens his new showCircles and Circuits Contact:[email protected] Jim GarveyCircles and Circuits opening Friday, March 11th, 2011 5-9pm also on display Fridays March 18 and...
- Article In The University City Review • 2/24/10
40th St AIR Unites Artists with Community UC Review | 24.FEB.10 By Kaley Lacovetta Special to the UC Review Like most artists, Cecilia Paredes always dreamed of having a studio of her own. For years, she worked from her small apartment, sectioning off...