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AAC Solo Series May 20, 3-5 PM
AAC Solo Series May 20, 3-5 PM
Organon at Rebekah Templeton: Opening Reception May 5
Organon at Rebekah Templeton: Opening Reception May 5

Rebekah Templeton Organon Alana Bograd, Colin Keefe, Sarah Laing May 5 – 26, 2012 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 5, 2012, 6 – 9 pm Rebekah Templeton Organon Alana Bograd, Colin Keefe, Sarah Laing May 5 – 26, 2012 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 5, 2012, 6 – 9 pm

May: 3 person show at Rebekah Templeton, solo series at Abington Art Center
May: 3 person show at Rebekah Templeton, solo series at Abington Art Center

I’ve got two exhibitions in May that I’ve been making work for.  I’m very pleased to say that one of them’s Rebekah Templeton. Rebekah Templeton Drawing Exhibition Alana Bograd, Colin Keefe, Sarah Laing May 5 – 26, 2012 Opening Reception: Saturday, May 5, 2012, 6 – 9 pm Abington Art Center AAC Solo Series 2012 [...]

Happy New Year

Happy New Year! I have a few things coming up in May – one of them’s a solo series exhibition at the Abington Art Center.  More on that, and some other venues, soon. On another note, I set up a feed aggregator for the Philly sites I have in my bookmark bars – if you’re [...]

From the studio archive
From the studio archive

I was trained as a sculptor; my BFA and MFA are both in sculpture and up until about 2004 if you asked me what kind of work I made, I’d identify myself as a sculptor first and foremost, even though by that time I was already transitioning to a drawing practice. The drawings I make [...]

Work in Progress
Work in Progress

If you came by open studios this year you probably saw this one in progress.  I started this one earlier this summer and came back to it recently.  I thought I’d share some documentation of the process. In the first few photos you can see the grid structure that’s embedded in the later versions of [...]

POST 2011/Staged Recap
POST 2011/Staged Recap

My wife Andrea and I share studio space, and also run an informal gallery called Mount Airy Contemporary Artists Space (MACAS), both out of the carriage house behind our home.  So at any given moment there’s considerable blurring of lines between one kind of art engagement and another. Once a year there’s quite a bit [...]

AAFNY, POST Open Studios
AAFNY, POST Open Studios

I have a few things coming up this fall which I hope you’ll keep in mind as they get closer. New Trails (opening 9/2) First, I have a few larger pieces in this exhibition –  A large, wide-ranging affair in Chestnut Hill and the Wissickon Valley that includes indoor popup gallery space and artworks situated [...]

New Trails Exhibition
New Trails Exhibition

Dates to be finalized, but looking like mid-August.  This takes place in indoor spaces and outdoors – along the Wissahickon. New Trails New Trails aims to intelligently and provocatively activate empty storefront venues and outdoor spaces in the Philadelphia community of Chestnut Hill through a series of arts exhibition events. New Trails will incorporate dynamic young [...]

Stimuli • Stimulus at 110 Church Gallery
Stimuli • Stimulus at 110 Church Gallery

I’m in this exhibition, opening in early June.  I’ll be showing Rupture: Stimuli • Stimulus 110 Church Gallery, Philadelphia PA June 3 2001 – July 22 2001 Reception Friday June 17th, 2011 5-8 PM Stimuli • Stimulus drawings shaped by recent external forces, a juried exhibition. Juror, Leo Robinson artist, master lecturer, educator. Stimuli are [...]