Thanks for coming out for the opening of FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS!

THANKS TO EVERYONE who came out to AIR Space last night for FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS - West Philly Invitational opening! It was a great success, and AIR was very excited to have so many great people to enjoy the exhibition and the wonderful performance by Justin Duerr and Mandy Katz.

Here is some footage from opening night. Please tell your friends and neighbors about your experience and come visit us again! FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS will be open on January 21st and 28th 3-7pm.

Check our blog and keep posted about our monthly exhibitions!

FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS - OPENING NIGHT PHOTOS

Friends and Neighbors - Opening on January 14th Friday 5:30pm

AIR Space presents FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS -A West Philly Invitational

For our January show, 40th ST AIR decided to invite our friend and neighbor artists from West Philly. Come to the opening and start the year fresh and warm with our friends and your friends. There will be a special performance on the opening night by Geb The Great Cackler (Justin Duerr and Mandy Katz).

Featured Artists:
Lanita Sims
Ronald A. Seals Jr.
Jessica Vaughn
Matt Betts
Vinson Houston
Jared Wood
Johanna Marshall
Amy Walsh
Morgan Fitzpatrick Andrews
Beth Nixon
Mandy Katz
Brad LaMere

*The show will open on January 14th and be available to the public every Friday (3-7pm) in January. It will be closing on the 28th.
**40TH ST AIR Space is located at 4007 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.
***RSVP on facebook at http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=182664821757635&num_event_invites=0

New exhibit coming up!

Please visit our gallery (4007 Chestnut Street) on Friday January 14, 5:30-9pm, to see what our five resident artists (Jim Garvey, Ana Hernandez, Chris Lawrence, Andria Morales, and Erik Ruin) have been up to over the past several weeks. They've invited a diverse sampling of West Philadelphia artists whose work stretches across the proverbial canvas and beyond!
Come for the art • enjoy the refreshments • enjoy the art some more!

Exhibiting artists include: 

Morgan Fitzpatrick Andrews
Matt Betts
Vinson Houston
Brad LaMere
Johanna Marshall
Beth Nixon
Ronald A Seals Jr.
Lanita Sims
Jessica Vaughn
Jared Wood

Amy Walsh

Some info on the artists (more to come):

 Matt Betts is a mixed media and graffiti artist living in West Philly, working on paintings, sculptures and street /mural projects in the Area.  He recently worked with Steven Powel, aka Espo, on the Love Letters mural project along the Blue Line. 

Vinson Houston was born in Philadelphia, is a former 40th Street Artist-in-Residence Artist, and works in sculpture, installations, and performance.  Vinson's work has recently focused on found objects arrangements and paper installations.

Ronald A Seals Jr. is a graphic artist from West Philadelphia who studied at Temple University's Tyler School of Art.  His artwork uses amplified color and combines photographs from everyday life to create unique landscapes.

Lanita Sims is a painter who was born and raised in West Philadelphia, and is earning her BFA at Tyler School of Art.  Her paintings both explore and question the formation of an individual’s identity based on his or her influences. Her paintings for the show are here: Daddy's Way and 22