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Please join InLiquid and Philadelphia Collage Works (PCW) on Saturday Oct 1, 2022 for a free community collage make-in. Come see collage demonstrations, and explore your creativity through collage.Participants will be given pre-cut 5 inch paper squares and supplies, allowing them the freedom to create, no matter what their experience with art making may be. The collaged paper squares created will be assembled into larger "quilts” representing the magnificent diversity and cultures that make up our city. All needed supplies will be provided, but participants are encouraged to bring their favorite paper, photographs, magazines, etc and scissors. Philadelphia CollageWorks is

Join us virtually to learn more about this year's InLiquid Wind Fellows!Please join us virtually on Thursday February 2nd from 6-7:30 PM for a special Pecha Kucha style presentation from this year’s InLiquid Wind Fellows. Pecha Kucha is a presentation format where presenters have 20 slides that they talk about for 20 seconds each - which limits their total time to 6 minutes and 40 seconds. The 2023 Wind Fellow recipients are comprised of ten noteworthy emerging artists from the Philadelphia area:Dara Haskins | Carolina Marin Hernandez | Lisa Jungmin Lee | Kimberly Neff | Magdalena Rieders | Athena Scott

Please join us on March 2nd at Park Towne Place for an opening reception and artist remarks in the North, West, and South tower galleries.We will start in the North Tower gallery and move on to the West and South Tower Galleries as a group. Each gallery will offer an opportunity to hear remarks from the artists and enjoy hors d'oeuvre.About the Show:A single stitch, a lone snip of paper, a solitary pencil stroke, again and again and again. Through repetition, these simple markings give the mind something to hold onto, a place to focus that allows it to let

Join InLiquid’s 40th Parallel North Preservation Brigade, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, and Marafiki Arts to learn how to use Indigo Dye!Join InLiquid, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, and Marafiki Arts on Saturday, April 22nd, from 1-3 PM for a free Natural Dye Workshop and try out techniques to repurpose, upcycle, and transform your textiles. Participants will learn the history and basic process of natural, organic indigo dying and have a chance to try it out for themselves. All skill levels are welcome. Materials will be provided, though participants are encouraged to bring a garment from home to dye!Space is

Join us on June 8th for the opening of "Glass House + Meddow," and for the unveiling of an installation by our 40PNPB Artist Ambassador.Join us on June 8th, from 6-9 PM, in the InLiquid Gallery, for the opening of our latest exhibition, Glass House + Meddow, and for the unveiling of an exterior art installation by our 40PNPB Artist Ambassador, Jazmyn Crosby. Glass House + Meddow features three separate art installations by Donna Backues, Chantal Westby, and Jaime Alvarez. By focusing on this particular spot on the planet, Glass House + Meddow examines the human impact on the local

Join us on Tuesday, June 13th, from 6 - 7:30, for the unveiling of the latest mural installation at Park Towne Place.Join us on Tuesday, June 13th, from 6 - 7:30, for a preview of the latest mural installation at Park Towne Place. Featuring the work of Philadelphia-based painter Serena Saunders, this installation showcases a fresh, colorful perspective on the human imagination, directly inspired by the local community. The mural will be displayed in the South Tower on Park Towne Place’s residential campus. As a supplement to their robust art program, Park Towne Place has partnered with InLiquid to institute a

Inliquid and the Jericho Cinema Club invite you to join us for a screening of "Foragers," directed by Palestinian filmmaker Jumana Manna.Inliquid, in collaboration with Jericho Cinema Club, invites you to join us on Thursday, April 27, in the InLiquid Gallery for a screening of Foragers, directed and produced by Palestinian filmmaker Jumana Manna. Foragers depicts the dramas around the practice of foraging for wild edible plants in Palestine/Israel with wry humor and a meditative pace. Shot in the Golan Heights, the Galilee and Jerusalem, it moves between fiction, documentary and archival footage to portray the impact of Israeli nature

Please join us at 6:00 PM on Tuesday, June 11th, to hear from the 3 artists of "Glass House + Meddow" on view now at the InLiquid Gallery.One of the first written mentions of the River Wards came in the 1690s referring to it as the “Glass House and Meddow.” This indication of a glass manufacturing mill in the area foreshadowed the colonization and industrialization that shaped Fishtown, Northern Liberties, Port Richmond, and Kensington for generations. This exhibition looks at how our past has influenced our present, here and now, and will continue to shape our future -- affecting our

Join us on Wednesday, July 19th, in celebration of Park Towne Place's Artist In Residence, Michelle Marcuse!Join us on Wednesday, July 19th, in celebration of Park Towne Place's Artist In Residence, Michelle Marcuse!During her 2023 artist residency at Park Towne Place, Philadelphia-based artist Michelle Marcuse created a new body of work, resulting in this exhibition, aptly titled Binding Ties. Originating from South Africa, Marcuse’s studio practice investigates the concept of our intricate relationship between identity, history, and our shared human experience amidst a "melting pot" of cultures. With an ever-curious exploration, Marcuse utilized wire, string, and raffia to create the

Join us on August 3 for an artist's reception celebrating "Social Entropy" featuring Sandra Benhaim and Diane Goodman!The evening will offer an opportunity to hear short remarks from the artists and a chance to mingle. Light refreshments will be served. In sociological terms, entropy refers to the human tendency towards a gradual decline into chaos. In the hands of an artist, color can be used in explorations of complex societal issues as a powerful instrument of order and structure. Artists Sandra Benhaim and Diane Goodman employ full frames of exuberant colors in their pieces. Both of the artists' work uses

Join us on August 10th, from 6-9 PM, for the opening reception of New Now VI, celebrating the work of Inliquid's newest members!Join us on August 10th, from 6-9 PM, for the opening reception of New Now VI, celebrating the work of Inliquid's newest members!Since 1999, InLiquid has connected artists and audiences in Philadelphia and the surrounding region. In the sixth installment of its new member showcase, New Now VI, 31 artists of diverse mediums, inspirations, and histories, come together in the InLiquid Gallery. Though distinct, they are linked by the local community and a shared interest in the human

Please join us between 1 - 4 PM on August 12th at the InLiquid Gallery.Did you know the City of Philadelphia cannot recycle #6 plastic? Well, let’s turn trash into treasures and make DIY shrinky dinks! Join Jazmyn Crosby, InLiquid’s 40th Parallel North Preservation Brigades’ Artist Ambassador, to learn how to make unique shrinky dinks from recycled plastic. Stop by the Inliquid Gallery between 1- 4 pm on August 12th to participate. Crosby’s Hungry Body installation is woven into the grates outside the InLiquid Gallery and can be seen (and heard) during this event. Disposable plastic cups, lids, clothes hangers,

Join InLiquid’s 40th Parallel North Preservation Brigade and artist Rebecca Schultz to make soil pigments!Please RSVP to join InLiquid and artist Rebecca Schultz on September 16th for a soil pigment and painting workshop at Penn Treaty Park! There will be two sessions of this workshop; please only choose one that works best for your schedule. Prehistoric humans made their paint from rocks and soil - and we can still make art with these rich colors today! In this workshop, participants will explore the process of creating watercolor pigments using local soil samples. You'll have the opportunity to experiment with these

Join us on October 5th, from 6-9 pm, for the fil screening of "Walled Citizen" by Sameer QumsiyehAs a part of the La La Lil Jidar: 20 Years Behind the Apartheid Wall programming, InLiquid invites you to join us on Thursday, October 5th, in the InLiquid Gallery for a screening of Walled Citizen, directed and produced by Palestinian filmmaker Sameer Qumsiyeh.Walled Citizen documents Sameer Qumsiyeh as he attempts to explore the planet as a backpacker defying the restrictions of movement imposed on him as a holder of one of the world's weakest ranking passports. Over the period of 3 years,

Join us on October 19th, from 7-9 PM, for a panel discussion with the La La Lil Jidar Collective Please join us on Thursday October 19th from 7 - 9 pm for a panel discussion featuring the La La Lil Jidar collective. Hear how they built the project collaboratively and their hopes and goals. Panelists: Aisha Mershani, Nora Elmarzouky, Tracy Chahwan, Qais Assali (virtual), Ahmed Ahmed, Tara Taraneh, Yaqeen YemeniThis discussion is in conjunction with the solo exhibitoin La La Lil Jidar: 20 Years Behind the Apartheid Wall in Palestine, currently on view at the InLiquid Gallery. Aisha Mershani’s (they/them)

Please join us on October 25 at Park Towne Place for an opening reception and artist remarks in the North, West, and South Tower galleries.We will start in the North Tower gallery and move on to the West and South Tower Galleries as a group. Each gallery will offer an opportunity to hear remarks from the artists and enjoy hors d'oeuvres.About the Show:Inspired by climate systems and the ever-changing landscape, the five artists of Material Time evaluate and deconstruct patterns and forms found in nature. Working with materials and processes that are both natural and human, each artist offers ways

Join us on October 14th, from noon - 2 pm, for a community conversation with faculty and students living and studying near the Wall.Join us on October 14th, from noon - 2 pm, for a community conversation with faculty and students living and studying near the Wall.Direct from Palestine, from Abu Dis to Philly, a community conversation with the Philadelphia area and Bard and Al Quds University faculty and students. These two universities are located in Abu Dis, the Wall sits directly in front of them. This is an opportunity to hear first hand accounts about what life is like

Drop in for a postcard-making workshop focused on community building and climate action, led by Mindy Flexer and Michael Williamson.Join us for a Climate Conversations Postcard Make-In, led by artists Mindy Flexer and Michael Williamson in conjunction with their exhibition, Earth, Sky, Water. In a warm and relaxed setting, participants are invited to connect around the topic of our shared future through the simple acts of listening, discussion, and postcard crafting. As we write messages to send out to friends, neighbors, and strangers, these postcards are an opportunity to reflect on the importance of small gestures which collectively build stronger

Join us for a double feature of 'A River Reborn' and 'Higher Ground' by local environmental filmmaker Ben Kalina with a Q&A! In conjunction with InLiquid's 40PNPB Programming, we will be hosting a film screening featuring a double feature by local filmmaker Ben Kalina. The two films shown are 'A River Reborn' and 'Higher Ground'. Ben Kalina will be present for a Q&A after the screening, and light refreshments will be provided! About 40PNPB: InLiquid’s 40th Parallel North Preservation Brigade or 40PNPB for short, believes that art and community can help our neighbors come together to strengthen personal and collective

Join us on Second Thursday reception at Crane Arts to celebrate Dolls, Idols, and Ideals.Join us on Second Thursday at Crane Arts to celebrate Dolls, Idols, and Ideals. This exhibition features Kimberly Camp and Emilio Maldonado, two Black artists investigating their identity, label, lineage, and how they create their own power while stranded in a “new world.” Camp and Maldonado artists use symbols -  made or found - that reference their ancestry and spirituality. Rather than working from a notion of unchanging traditions, they engage with aesthetics and amalgamated cultural practices that have been adapted in order to survive. Each

Please join us on Saturday, April 13th from 3 - 5 pm for a hybrid artist talks and a panel on Blackness in AmericaPlease join us on Saturday, April 13th from 1:30 - 5:30 pm for a hybrid cultural sharing artist talks, panel, and storytelling event Blackness in America in conjunction with the exhibition Dolls, Idols, and Ideals. Artists Kimberly Camp and Emilio Maldonado are joined by Storyteller Saundra GilliardThe afternoon will open with a performance by Saundra Gilliard who will weave together a collection of stories from West Africa, Black America, and the Caribbean, which have inspired the artists

Please join InLiquid, Philadelphia Collage Works, and Collage Philadelphia on Saturday, May 11th for a day of collage at Park Towne Place.5/11, 1 - 4 pmLower Level of Towne Center, Park Towne PlaceInLiquid + Philadelphia Collage Works + Collage Philadelphia + PTP + AIRPlease join us in the Lower Level of Towne Center from 1 - 4 PM on Saturday, May 11th, for a celebration of all things collage! In honor of World Collage Day, InLiquid is partnering with Philadelphia CollageWorks and Collage Philadelphia to celebrate the imaginative, fun, and carefree World of Collage.Choose among four collage activities and create

Join us on the Great Lawn for a Drink and Draw class! All skill levels are welcome!We hope you'll join us on the Great Lawn at Park Towne Place Museum District Residences on Wednesday, July 17th, from 6-7.30 for a Drink and Draw. All skill levels are welcome to come socialize, have some drinks, and light snacks, and make art inspired by our mid-century modern campus!Draw inspiration from the greenery and the architecture of Park Towne Place’s campus itself. A professional, local artist, Tyler Klein, will guide guests through the nuts and bolts of Plein air sketching.This event takes place

Join us on the Great Lawn for a Drink and Draw class! All skill levels are welcome!We hope you'll join us on the Great Lawn at Park Towne Place Museum District Residences on Wednesday, August 27th, from 6-7.30 for a Drink and Draw. All skill levels are welcome to come socialize, have some drinks, and light snacks, and make art inspired by our mid-century modern campus!Draw inspiration from the greenery and the architecture of Park Towne Place’s campus itself. A professional, local artist, Tyler Klein, will guide guests through the nuts and bolts of Plein air sketching.This event takes place

Brotherly Lens: A Portrait of Philadelphia, featuring Eric T. Kunsman, Joseph Labolito, Ron Tarver.Join us on Second Thursday at Crane Arts in celebrating the group exhibition Brotherly Lens: A Portrait of PhiladelphiaAbout the exhibition:Brotherly Lens: A Portrait of Philadelphia presents a nuanced exploration of the city through the eyes of three distinguished photographers: Eric T. Kunsman, Joseph Labolito, and Ron Tarver. Each artist offers a distinctive perspective, capturing the essence of Philadelphia, its hidden dimensions, and its ongoing transformation. Eric T. Kunsman intricately maps the city through its phone lines, revealing the stark contrasts between neighborhoods. His work prompts a

Join us for the opening reception of "Brilliance in the Mundane" with a walkthrough of the exhibition accompanied by the artists.About the reception:Join us for a reception for the group exhibition, Brilliance in the Mundane, at Park Towne Place. The reception will begin in the North Tower Gallery, and commence with a walkthrough of the three galleries with an opportunity to hear remarks from the artists and enjoy hors d'oeuvres.Brilliance in the MundaneFeaturing: Kevin Broad, Bruce Hoffman, Sean Irwin, Warren Muller, Gerri Spilka Park Towne Place, 2200 Benjamin Franklin ParkwayOn view: 09/27/2024 - 01/28/2025 (please contact programming@inliquid.org to schedule viewing

Brotherly Lens: A Portrait of Philadelphia, featuring Eric T. Kunsman, Joseph Labolito, Ron Tarver.Join us on Second Thursday at Crane Arts in celebrating the group exhibition Brotherly Lens: A Portrait of Philadelphia, featuring Eric T. Kunsman, Joseph Labolito, and Ron Tarver. About the exhibition:Brotherly Lens: A Portrait of Philadelphia presents a nuanced exploration of the city through the eyes of three distinguished photographers: Eric T. Kunsman, Joseph Labolito, and Ron Tarver. Each artist offers a distinctive perspective, capturing the essence of Philadelphia, its hidden dimensions, and its ongoing transformation. Eric T. Kunsman intricately maps the city through its phone lines,

One PA is joining InLiquid Gallery for one final push to get Philadelphians registered to vote!About the event: One PA is joining InLiquid Gallery for one final push to get Philadelphians registered to vote! Join us on Saturday October 19th from 12p – 6p to register to vote, enjoy light refreshments, and get a first look at InLiquid’s newest exhibition The Voice of The People. This exhibition highlights work by InLiquid Member Artists that are creating pieces about the current political landscape in our country. All participating artists have unique voices and perspectives on how this landscape affects them, their lives, and

Join us for the Reception for 'The Voice of The People' at InLiquid Gallery in conjunction with the Crane Arts Building's 2nd Thursday! The Voice of the People is a juried open-call exhibition featuring 12 InLiquid Member Artists. This exhibition invited current InLiquid artist members to submit works that explore American Politics. Each artist brings a unique artistic perspective on the political choices we make, the systems we exist within, and portrayed security within our political environment.

Learn how to trust your gut and rely on your already-learned experiences to make spontaneous, weird, and surprising art.Join us in the Art Studio located in the Towne Center from 2 - 4 PM on Saturday, November 16th, for an exclusive workshop with PTP artist-in-residence shane lowder. Drawing on his background as an artist and a poet, shane will share insights into his creative process and techniques, and guide you through the process of making intuitive-based art with the use of chalk. “I have spent the last three years developing an art practice based on instinct and experience. Learning how

Join us for the Reception for 'anamnesis' at InLiquid Gallery in conjunction with the Crane Arts Building's 2nd Thursday!Join us on 2nd Thursday at Crane Arts in celebrating the group exhibition anamnesis.In anamnesis, we delve into the intricate tapestry of the human experience, exploring the profound themes of existence, memory, and the interplay of technology with our intimate lives. Featuring five artists: Doug Bucci, williamCromar, Zach Mellman-Carsey, John Singletary, and Chris Vecchio, this exhibition invites viewers to reflect on the cyclical nature of life, the inevitability of mortality, and the ways we navigate our connections with one another and the

Join us to celebrate the opening of Echoes of Change and Origin at The National Old City ApartmentsJoin us for the Opening Reception of Echoes of Change and Origin! Featuring work by Deborah Moss Marris and Demetra Tassiou. Friday, February 7th, 6p – 8p About the Exhibition:Echoes of Change and Origin presents a compelling exploration of humanity’s complex relationship with the natural world. Featuring the works of Deborah Moss Marris and Demetra Tassiou, whose layered approaches uncover profound narratives of transformation, memory, and connection.Marris delves into the urgent themes of climate change and pollution. Through meticulously layered images of nature and

Create a small-scale, wall-hung collage art piece from items the artist collected and curated.Join us in the Lower Level of the Towne Center, at Park Towne Place from 2 - 4 PM on Saturday, April 5th , for an exclusive workshop with PTP artist-in-residence Jessie Renew.In this workshop, artist Jessie Renew will impart her techniques of creating mixed media and collaged artworks made from everyday items. Participants will learn about Jessie’s approach to cultivating creativity, seeing potential in everyday items, and processes of making art with these things using weaving, fusing, and adhering. Each participant will create a small-scale, wall-hung