Sorry, We're Closed

It's been a fun couple of years, but the time has come to wrap things up. While the official First Friday will continue year-round, First Friday Flanuers will be on indefinite hiatus. Thanks for coming out once a month, snow, shine or monsoon, to enjoy a bit of what the Philadelphia art community has to offer.

Questions? Commments? Email Us.

Thanks again.
See ya.

Re: Re: Skipping Flaneurs: A Haiku

nature makes a fool
do not judge it too early
look before you leap

Skipping Flaneurs: A Haiku

a monsoon outside

fears of drowning on third street

let's call it all off

Poster: April 2009

Listings to follow.

Opening Rception at Memphis Falts

Paintings and etchings by Ted Mosher this month at the Gallery at Memphis Flats, 1714 Memphis Street in Fishtown. The opening reception is tonight, 5:00-9:00. Free wine & cheese! Hope you get a chance to see the show!

Poster: March 2009

I know the trip to Washington DC is the same day, but if you're not going why not take a tour around old city with the Flanuers. Listings to follow.

Poster - February 2009

Listings to follow.

Faculty Exhibits - Jeff Reed and Chris Fiero

Turbulent Sky

Jeffery Reed

Gross McCleaf Gallery
127 S. 16th St.

Philadelphia, PA 19102

10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Friday, January 30 - Tuesday, February 17

Studio Window

Chris Fiero
The Rosenfeld Gallery
113 Arch Street

Philadelphia, PA 19106

February 08, 2009 - March 01, 2009

Flaneurs Finals Freak-out Friday

Yes, we are still going to first friday tomorrow. No, there isn't a poster this month. No, I didn't post the listings but trust I will be at Starbucks at 645pm tomorrow night. Final freak-out and all.

Poster Contest: December 2008

First Friday Flaneurs Poster Competition is completely open to each CCP student.

1. The title: First Friday Flaneurs

2. The slogan:
“Walk, Talk, Gawk”
Or
“Tour the galleries
Meet at six-thirty
Tell us what you saw
Show us what we missed”

3. The date: December 5th

4. The Location and Time: Starbucks, 3rd and Arch, 6:45 pm

5. Colors: You can only use black and red (whitespace excluded). Use the following CMYK values:
Black (Cyan: 0 / Magenta: 0 / Yellow: 0 / Black: 100)Red (Cyan: 0 / Magenta: 100 / Yellow: 90 / Black: 0)

6. Size: 11 inches x 17 inches (landscape or portrait)

7. Color mode: CMYK

8. File type: JPG/PDF

9. File name: Firstname_Lastname.jpg

10. Submittal: Please e-mail file ONLY to the following address: ccpflaneur@gmail.com

Only one submission per student.

Deadline:Friday, November 28, 2008 at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard time.

The winning design will be published on the First Friday Flaneurs blog and will receive Flaneurs gear and artwork donated by CCP staff.

All entrants retain property of their work. Winning entry will grant First Friday Flaneurs reproduction rights on the blog as well as other promotional materials.

November Recap

A few less than last month, but a lively crew nonetheless hit the streets Friday night to check out some galleries. There were a few stops of critical note. The Roger Lapelle gallery had been taken over by some phenomenal muti-media works and CCP's very own Barbara Spadaro's paintings were featured at Muse. Thanks to those who came and sported our new pins. Next time, perhaps we'll have some folks decked out in T-shirts!

Break out the winter booties and warm jackets. Next time, it's DECEMBER! :)

Also, keep an eye peeled for our poster contest. We have some rockin' prizes for the winner. In addition to his or her very own First Friday Flaneurs pin to grace your jacket, bookbag, or what have you, the winner will also take home a beautiful vase created by the Art Department's resident clay thrower Frank Gaydos. Pictures of the prize and prize guidelines to follow!

We Got Tees

Email for details.

Listings: November 2008

F.A.N. Gallery fav!
221 Arch St.
Kate Kern Mundie "Recent Paintings."
Thru Nov. 29.
Call 215.922.5155.

Vivant's Old City Gallery
60 N. Second St.
Sophia Sanders "Spirits in Motion: African Dance."
Call 215.805.3536.

Artists' House Gallery fav!
57 N. Second St.
Joseph Lozano "Let's Pretend We're Bunny Rabbits."
Katherine Fraser "Making Peace."
Thru Nov. 30.
Call 215.923.8440

Muse Gallery fav!
52 N. 2nd St.
Barbara Spadaro "New Painting by Barbara Spadaro."
Thru Nov. 30
Call 215.627.5310

3rd Street Gallery
58 N. 2nd St.
Marcie Feldman "Storytelling Imagery from Provincetown."
Thru Nov. 30.
Call 215.625.0993

Gallery Joe
302 Arch St.
Charles Ritchie "From the Inside Looking Out.'
Thru Dec. 20.
Call 215.592.7752

Pentimenti Gallery fav!
145 N. 2nd St.
Kim Beck "They Paved Paradise."
Thru Dec. 19.
Call 215.625.9990

Opening: Barbara Spadaro at Muse Gallery

Pics: October 2008

First, a thousand thanks to the like 87 people that came out last night. Yes, you guys had an incentive to come out, but you stayed and I hoped you enjoyed. Special shout-outs to new-comers Pat, Alison, Sean (right?), Raphael for hanging to the very end with us. And to Steve E. for making an special Flaneur Alumni guest appearance and to Christian and Karl our honorary Flaneurs.

We've got a few things in the works for the future so stay turned. I hear there might be giveaways. Niceness. Meta Niceness.

Third and Cherry

Give The Drummer Some

Street Crowd

Street Seller

Hawking Hope

Hawing Wares

Artists' House

Dread Lift

Sneaker Bling

So you no like-a da art, you get a smack upside-a you head

Random Girls Drinking on the Street and Steve E.

Last Flaneurs Standing

So, to do the robot, you stare off into space
and move your arms like this...

So the Impressionist says to the Abstract Expressionist...

Blinky Pat and Raphael

Bad Directions

The Blurry Posse

Bulthaup

Listings: October

As per usual, here's what's happening at a few of our favorite places!

Edge Gallery
Mike Watson "An Abstract Eye"
215.413.7072
72 N. Second St., Philadelphia
http://www.edgegalleryllc.com/


Rodger Lapelle Galleries
Jeanne Leclaire "Humanitis N.O.S."
215.592.0232
122 N. Third St., Philadelphia
http://www.rodgerlapellegalleries.com/

F.A.N. Gallery
Serge Zhukov "Recent Paintings"
215.922.5155
221 Arch St., Philadelphia
http://www.fanartgallery.com/


Artists' House Gallery
Various artists "Untitled"
215.923.8440
57 N. Second St., Philadelphia
http://www.artistshouse.com/

The Clay Studio
Various artists "Untitled"
215.925.7774
139 N. Second St., Philadelphia
http://www.theclaystudio.org/

Muse Gallery
Anne Caramancio "Untitled"
215.627.5310
52 N. Second St., Philadelphia
http://www.musegalleryphiladelphia.com/

Poster: October 2008

I know the contest was just thrown at everyone pretty much at the last minute but I'm hoping that next month we can get some folks involved. And we'll have prizes next time. And what's better than doing something for a reward? Frankly, nothing. I'll revise the brief (since I didn't following it for this month) and we'll see what happens.

First Friday Flaneurs Poster Competition

...is being revised for next month. Check back soon.

Event: Whenever Wednesday at the ICA

Whenever Wednesday
Lecture: Patrick Rosenkranz
wed sep 17 @ 7pm

Patrick Rosenkranz, comix historian and the author of the comprehensive tome Rebel Visions: The Underground Comix Revolution 1963–1975, talks about R. Crumb's work and the trangressive movement that it helped define.

FREE to members & Penn students, $5 general admission.

A booksigning will be held at 1pm at Robin's Bookstore (108 S.13th Street). For more information call 215.735.9600 or visit Robin's Bookstore.

A Spiegel Fund event.

Visit us online at www.icaphila.org.

Artwork by Joseph Remnant

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Institute of Contemporary Art · University of Pennsylvania
118 S. 36th St., Philadelphia, PA 19104-3289 · 215.898.5911

Recap: September 5, 2008

Ladies in Waiting

If this first friday is any indication of how the semester may go, I think we're all in for a good time. Many thanks to Monica and Sarah for walking the walk with us and to new comers Rebecca, Julie and Karl.

The threat of rain made us cut the gallery tour a little short but we did get to see a about half of what we normally check out. The highlight of the night was definitely Shopping Bag Guy:



Although, he was falling to pieces by the end of the night:



Fuel was our first stop, as usual. Monica noted that much of the work up had been up at least some part of the summer. My guess is that they wanted to show everything one last time before new work goes up in October. Let's hope:





After Fuel and a few less than stellar smaller galleries, we looked around the Wexler. There were a few 3D/furniture pieces on the main floor made out of a framework of steamed oak that were really interesting with their beautiful lines and very fluid forms. There were a few paintings upstairs that I liked but again, all in all not too much that caught any of our eyes.

We called it quits after spending some time with a set of twins:



Same time next month?