The Annual Fleisher Faculty Exhibition

MAY 10 — SEPTEMBER 26, 2008
Opening reception: Saturday, May 10, 4:30–6:30 p.m.

At the beginning of its second century, the Fleisher Art Memorial is pleased to showcase the artwork of its teaching staff with the Annual Fleisher Faculty Exhibition, May 10th through September 26th, 2008. Each artist in the exhibition will show works selected from his or her current studio investigations — including painting, sculpture, drawing, printmaking, ceramics, photography and installation.

An opening reception for the artists will be held Saturday, May 10th, from 4:30 to 6:30 PM. Admission to the exhibition and reception is free and open to the public. Gallery hours at Fleisher are: 11:00 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. (Monday through Friday), and — until May 17th and after summer classes resume on June 9th — 6:30 to 9:30 PM (Monday through Thursday). The Fleisher Art Memorial is located in South Philadelphia at 719 Catharine Street.

The members of the Fleisher Art Memorial's teaching staff are dedicated to the high standards of art education that have characterized the Memorial's 110-year history. The active pursuit of dual professions in art and art education are evident in the busy teaching and exhibition schedules kept by the instructors, many of whom serve on the faculties of area universities, colleges, and art centers.

Fleisher offers a full range of tuition-free open-enrollment fine art instruction in drawing, painting and sculpture and special-enrollment classes in printmaking, photography and ceramics. In addition to the free evening classes held Tuesday through Thursday during the fall and spring semesters, Fleisher offers low-tuition advanced workshops which provide the student body extended access to the full range of skills and ideas offered by this talented gathering of artists/teachers.

The Fleisher faculty members included in the Annual Faculty Exhibition come from all areas of the greater Philadelphia region:

Warren Angle, Christopher Archer, Emily Atterby, William Auge, David Berger, Alyse C. Bernstein, Stanley Bielen, Christine Blair, Laura Borneman, Karen Brown, Joanne Bryant, Jeff Carpineta, Giovanni Casadei, Louise Clement-Hoff, Jay Oliver Cummings, James Duprée, Paul DuSold, Marie Elcin, Elaine M. Erne, Megan Fentzloff, Fran Gallun, Kimberly Gavin, Elissa Glassgold, Matthew Greenway, Sharon L. Hildebrand, Cathy Hopkins, Beth Ann Johnson, Julieann Julia, Don Kaiser, Lucartha Kohler, Tom Leonard, Shawna Lisa, Emily Brett Lukens, Joyce Mansfield-Divine, Kathryn McFadden, Ruth McGee, Carolynne McNeel, Kate Kern Mundie, Michelle Ortiz, Lauren Parker, Michelle Platt, Douglas Randall, Robert Reinhardt, Nathan Rutkowski, Hiro Sakaguchi, Ahmed Salvador, May Sam, John Sevcik, Christopher Smith, Nancy M. Sophy, Carol Stirton-Broad, Munemitsu Taguchi, Geri Harkin Tuckett, James Victor, Lisa Volta, A.M. Weaver, Hilary Takiff Weiss, Lee Wilkinson, Wendy A. Woloson, Joni Woods, Rick Wright and Chamroeun Yin.

Image: Kate Kern Mundie, John Bartram's Garden, oil on board, 2007

Fleisher's exhibition programs are supported in part the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Philadelphia Cultural Fund, Independence Foundation, the Philadelphia Cultural Leadership Program of The Pew Charitable Trusts, and donations from more than 2,000 student members and friends.