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DCCC To Hold FREE Special Art Exhibit, Opening Reception
The Arts at Delaware County Community College will present “Installed: Two Spaces, Two Visions, Two Installations” April 10-27in the Art Gallery Academic Building, Room 2305, 901 South Media Line Road, Media. For this unique exhibition, Philadelphia artists Dante Blackstone, Nathan Wilson and Linda Yun will install their work a week before the show opens, using the gallery space to spark their creativity.
"Both visions contrast in methods, materials, and concept; however they share the same task. Artists have roughly a week to install their ideas; ideas may change, twist and turn all while the time limit draws closer," says Jaime Treadwell, curator and Assistant Professor of Art at the College. "The thrilling component of this exhibit is that the audience, including the artists, will not know exactly what they will install until it is installed."
Installed was inspired by the unique design of the College's Art Gallery, which is composed of two adjacent, identical rooms separated by a transparent wall made of glass. Yun, Wilson and Blackstone will install their vision in their assigned room by using elements of that space as the impetus for creation.
Frequent collaborators, Wilson and Blackstone create work together by reclaiming and repurposing materials that are often discarded and/or utilized for other purposes. "Equal parts destructive and creative impulse, we search out a new age populated with structural deifications/defecations and attempt to pinpoint the balance between ridiculous and sublime in precariously improvised explorations of otherwise useless and worthless materials," they say.
All three are active contributors to Philadelphia's contemporary art scene.
An opening reception is scheduled for April 10 from 3 to 7 p.m., and the exhibit is free and open to the public. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 610-359-5014 or visit www.dccc.edu/art-gallery.
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Marple Library To Hold FREE Grandparent/Child Program
Pals for Life is a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for reluctant readers to practice reading to animals. The program will be held on Wednesday, April 4 and Wednesday, May 2, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the children's library. The event is free, but registration is required. To register, please call the library at (610) 583-7207.
"We're very excited that Pals for Life is coming to the library," said library director Mary Alice Walsh. "'Reading to pets is a great confidence boost for children who may be having some difficulty with reading. And we're sure the children will love all the pets! "
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ridley Park Library. The library is located at 107 East Ward Street, Ridley Park.
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FREE Concert By Marple Newtown Community Band
The Marple Newtown Community Band will present a FREE concert 7 pm Sat. (April 14) at Paxon Hollow Middle School in Broomall. Works will include John Philip Sousa’s “Power and Glory,” selections from Evita, Scott Joplin’s “The Strenuous Life” and much more.
For more info, call 610-308-8692 or visit http://www.mncb.org/.
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FREE Concert At Union United
The Tony DeSantis Quintet will present “An Evening of Gershwin Music” 7 pm Sunday, April 15, at Union United Methodist Church, 200 Brookline Blvd., Havertown in Fellowship Hall.
Following the concert, refreshments, fellowship and a chance to meet the performers will take place. For more information, call 610-789-1700 or e-mailunionhavertown@verizion.net
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Art Exhibit, Reception In Newtown Square
Artist Chris Niedland will present an exhibit “Perpetual Motion” April 26-June 10 at Beautify-Art, Antiques and Rugs, 3857 Providence Rd., Suite 200, Newtown Square.
A free artist opening reception will be held 4-8 pm Thurs., April 26. For more information, visit http://www.beautyartgallery.net/.
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The Arts at Delaware County Community College will present “Installed: Two Spaces, Two Visions, Two Installations” April 10-27in the Art Gallery Academic Building, Room 2305, 901 South Media Line Road, Media. For this unique exhibition, Philadelphia artists Dante Blackstone, Nathan Wilson and Linda Yun will install their work a week before the show opens, using the gallery space to spark their creativity.
"Both visions contrast in methods, materials, and concept; however they share the same task. Artists have roughly a week to install their ideas; ideas may change, twist and turn all while the time limit draws closer," says Jaime Treadwell, curator and Assistant Professor of Art at the College. "The thrilling component of this exhibit is that the audience, including the artists, will not know exactly what they will install until it is installed."
Installed was inspired by the unique design of the College's Art Gallery, which is composed of two adjacent, identical rooms separated by a transparent wall made of glass. Yun, Wilson and Blackstone will install their vision in their assigned room by using elements of that space as the impetus for creation.
Frequent collaborators, Wilson and Blackstone create work together by reclaiming and repurposing materials that are often discarded and/or utilized for other purposes. "Equal parts destructive and creative impulse, we search out a new age populated with structural deifications/defecations and attempt to pinpoint the balance between ridiculous and sublime in precariously improvised explorations of otherwise useless and worthless materials," they say.
All three are active contributors to Philadelphia's contemporary art scene.
An opening reception is scheduled for April 10 from 3 to 7 p.m., and the exhibit is free and open to the public. The gallery is open Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 610-359-5014 or visit www.dccc.edu/art-gallery.
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Marple Library To Hold FREE Grandparent/Child Program
A Grandparent/Child Workshop begins Wednesday April 4th at 11:00 am at Marple Township Library in Broomall. Spend time with your grandchild/children. Play together, crate a craft, meet other grandparents in an educational and creative environment.
Community resource professionals will be on hand to discuss speech, physical fitness, nutrition and development. Staffed by a librarian and assistant each week, the workshops will also include toys, handouts and circle time with a story, song and/or finger play. Dates are April 11th, 18th and May 2nd.
To register, please call the library at 601.356.1510.
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FREE Reading With Pets Program in Ridley Park
The Ridley Park Library invites children grades one to four into the library this spring to read books to the Pals for Life pets. Pals for Life is a nonprofit organization that provides opportunities for reluctant readers to practice reading to animals. The program will be held on Wednesday, April 4 and Wednesday, May 2, from 7 to 8 p.m. in the children's library. The event is free, but registration is required. To register, please call the library at (610) 583-7207.
"We're very excited that Pals for Life is coming to the library," said library director Mary Alice Walsh. "'Reading to pets is a great confidence boost for children who may be having some difficulty with reading. And we're sure the children will love all the pets! "
This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ridley Park Library. The library is located at 107 East Ward Street, Ridley Park.
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FREE Concert By Marple Newtown Community Band
The Marple Newtown Community Band will present a FREE concert 7 pm Sat. (April 14) at Paxon Hollow Middle School in Broomall. Works will include John Philip Sousa’s “Power and Glory,” selections from Evita, Scott Joplin’s “The Strenuous Life” and much more.
For more info, call 610-308-8692 or visit http://www.mncb.org/.
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FREE Concert At Union United
The Tony DeSantis Quintet will present “An Evening of Gershwin Music” 7 pm Sunday, April 15, at Union United Methodist Church, 200 Brookline Blvd., Havertown in Fellowship Hall.
Following the concert, refreshments, fellowship and a chance to meet the performers will take place. For more information, call 610-789-1700 or e-mailunionhavertown@verizion.net
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Art Exhibit, Reception In Newtown Square
Artist Chris Niedland will present an exhibit “Perpetual Motion” April 26-June 10 at Beautify-Art, Antiques and Rugs, 3857 Providence Rd., Suite 200, Newtown Square.
A free artist opening reception will be held 4-8 pm Thurs., April 26. For more information, visit http://www.beautyartgallery.net/.
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