Friday March 2


FiberPhiladelphia Official Opening 
Moore College of Art: 2:30 pm

Free: limited seating. Advance registration required  Register for FiberPhiladelphia Opening: Reception and Keynote Lecture in Philadelphia, PA  on Eventbrite 

Mayor Michael Nutter: Welcome and Fiber Art Proclamation 
Key Note Lecture: Elissa Arthur, Fiber in the 21st Century Art World
 


Reception: B Square Gallery, Not a Stitch, 6 - 8pm



Reception: Fabric Workshop, California Artists, 6 - 8pm




Exhibition Tour, Dinner, Lecture: Join the Gershwin Y for a tour of the exhibit Mending = Art, with curator Miriam Seidel, stay for a delicious kosher shabes meal, and then enjoy a talk by world renowned scholar Phyllis Dillon who will speak about the impact of Jews in the world of fashion and the garment industry. Cost $18 for adults, $16 ages 35 and younger. Registration required: call 215-545-4400 or click below:
https://gershmany.org/viewprogramBeta.php?id=497



Reception: Nicholas Berg Gallery, Stitch Witchery, 6 - 9pm




Reception: Wexler Gallery, Narrative Thread, 5 - 8pm


Reception: Twelve Gates Gallery, Polly and Me, 5:30 - 8:30pm



Reception: Snyderman-Works Gallery, 8th International Fiber Biennial, 5 - 8:30pm



Reception: Space 1026, Group Show, 5 - 8:30pm



Reception: Painted Bride Café (presented by InLiquid), Clean Shirts and Dirty Business, 5 - 7pm

 

 

Saturday March 3

 

FiberPhiladelphia Bus Loop 
Saturday, March 3, 10am - 5:30pm
$20. Pre-registration required - link
10am bus will begin at 18th & Rittenhouse Square, 
5:30pm buses will end at Crane Arts Building.  
Register for FiberPhiladelphia Bus Loop in Philadelphia, PA  on Eventbrite
Stop 1) 18th & Rittenhouse Square 
Center for Emerging Visual Artists 
Kellijane 
Philadelphia Art Alliance
Stop 2) 34th & Walnut Streets
University of Pennsylvania, Arthur Ross Gallery
Esher M. Klein Art Gallery
Stop 3) Philadelphia Museum of Art
Perelman Building
Stop 4) 20th & Race
Moore College of Art
Stop 5) 12th & Race 
Fabric Workshop
Liao Collections
Reading Terminal Market, Lunch
Space 1026
Stop 6)  1400 North American Street
Bahdeebadu
Crane Arts Building
Crane Arts Old School
Stop 7) 3rd & Race Streets
Painted Bride Café
Snyderman Works Gallery
Twelve Gates Gallery
Wexler Gallery
Stop 8) 9th and Lombard Streets
B Square Gallery


Artist Lounge: FiberPhiladelphia at Crane Arts, 10am - 9pm  



Gallery Talk: Lucy Arai and Mi-Kyoung Lee, University of Pennsylvania, Arthur Ross Gallery, 10:30am 




Open Studio: Fibers and Material Studies Department, 
Tyler School of Art, 12th and Norris Streets, 10:30am - 4pm  


Workshop: Shelly Spector, NextFab Studio, 12 - 3pm. 
Registration required: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/2781283895 


Reception: Snyderman-Works Gallery, 8th International Fiber Biennial, 4 - 6pm



Reception: Bound and Found, Bahdeebadu, 7 - 10pm 




Reception: Distinguished Educators and Outside/Inside the Box, Into the Woods,
Crane Arts Building, 5 - 8pm 


 
Reception: Indigo at Indigo: Indigo-dyed Textiles from Africa, Crane arts Building, 5 - 8pm
Aritst's Demonstration: Gasali Adeyemo demonstrates his hand dyeing technique, 2 - 8pm



Reception: Art Cloth Network, Lines and Numbers, Crane Arts Old School, 5 - 8pm 




Sunday, March 4


Artist Lounge: FiberPhiladelphia at Crane Arts, open 10am - 5pm



Workshop: Indigo dyeing demo and workshop by Gasali Adeyemo, Crane Arts Build. Rm 207, 12 - 3 pm.



Reception: The Gershman Y, Borowsky Gallery, Mending = Art, 2 - 4pm



Reception: Liao Collections & Asian Antiques, Sandra Brownlee, 5 - 7pm



Reception: Kellijane, Intimate Stitches, 11am - 4pm





Reception: Threads and Shadows: Works on Fabric and Paper, 1 - 4pm




Thursday March 8


Artist Talk and Reception: CFEVA, Thread of Thought, 5 - 7pm




Reception: Indigo Arts GalleryIndigo at Indigo:  Indigo-dyed Textiles from Africa, 6 - 9pm


 

Friday March 9


Reception: William Way LGBT Community Center, 
K. Pannepacker: Shag-Tagging: textile graffiti for all, 6 - 8pm

Saturday, March 10


Workshop and Reception: Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, 1 - 4pm

 


Sunday March 11


Opening program: Temple Judea Museum, Uncommon Threads, 3 - 5pm

 


Thursday March 15


Reception: Gallery at City Hall, Meta FiberPhiladelphia Yarn Bombing 101, 5 - 7 pm

 


Saturday March 17


Artist Talk and Demo: Nichols Berg Gallery, Stitch Witchery, 2 - 4pm

 


Thursday March 29


Reception: Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, Ritual Textiles, 6 - 8 pm

 


Friday March 30

National Conference: Surface Design Association and Studio Art Quilt Associates 
Registration required www.surfacedesign.org

Reception: Wayne Art Center, Art Quilt Elements, 6 - 9pm

 


Saturday March 31

Bus Tours for SDA/SAQA Conference, Registration required www.surfacedesign.org

Artist Lounge: FiberPhiladelphia at Crane Arts, open 10am - 5pm



Reception: Bahdeebahdu, Bound and Found, 5 - 8pm



Reception: Bluestone Fine Art Gallery, Lisa Call, 12 - 3pm



Reception: Gross McCleaf Gallery, Group Exhibition and Emily Richardson, 4 - 6pm



Reception: Crane Arts Building, Distinguished Educators; Outside/Inside the Box; Into the Woods; Indigo at Indigo Gallery, 5 to 8pm



Reception: Crane Arts Old School, Art Cloth Network, Lines and Numbers, 5 - 8pm



Reception: Highwire Gallery, Synchronicity, 5 - 9pm

 


Ongoing March Exhibitions



 

March Calendar