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Twelve Gates Arts invites you to the opening reception of "Zabardust" (Fabulous in Urdu) on February 6. [learn more]
"Laser Life" is a queer, science-fiction reading series hosted by Metropolarity including Leeway board member Rasheedah Phillips and Maggie Eighteen (ACG '14) on February 20 at the A Space. [learn more]
"Under Color of Law" at the Berman Museum of Ursinus College features five African American artists on race, privilege, speech and historical memory. Through May 15. [learn more]
Nsenga Knight (ACG '10) invites Black Muslims to take part in "X Speaks," eight evenings in which eight Malcolm X speeches will be collectively performed via live-stream. [learn more]
The Attic Youth Center presents "Sweethearts and Redhots," their 5th Annual Drag Show on February 20 at the William Way Center. [learn more]
Center for Emerging Visual Artists, in partnership with NewCourtland, announces the 2015 NewCourtland Artist Fellowship. Deadline: March 15. [learn more]
The Rogue Workshop, a self-organized study group and poetry workshop including Lillian Dunn (ACG '12), Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela (ACG '12, LTA '05), and Mai Schwartz (ACG '14), presents their first chapbook "Rogue State" and will read their new work on January 30. [learn more]
Catzie Vilayphonh (ACG '14, '10, LTA '10, WOO '02) and Asian Arts Initiative present "Laos in the House," a multi-disciplinary exhibition and program series promoting the work of contemporary Laos American art. On view Asian Arts Initiative from March 6 to May 1. [learn more]
M. Nzadi Keita (ACG '14, WOO '03) reads from newly published book of poems "Brief Evidence of Heaven" on February 7 at the Black Writers Museum. Signed copies available. Free. [learn more]
"Creative Dissent: Arts of the Arab World Uprisings" at Bryn Mawr College's Canaday Library from January 22 to March 6. The opening reception on January 22 at 7:30pm features a lecture by curator Christiane Gruber. [learn more]
Moore College introduces an MFA in Community Engagement and an MA in Art and Social Practice to their graduate studies line-up for the 2015/2016 academic year. Deadline: February 1. [learn more]
MamaCITA (ACG '13, '11) exhibits new work on aging, memory and amnesia at the Cheltenham Center for the Arts. The opening reception is February 8. [learn more]
Eastern State Penitentiary seeks proposals for site-specific installations to accompany their exhibit "Prisons in the Age of Mass Incarceration." Deadline: June 18. [learn more]
Teaching foundations in African American storytelling, history, the future and social justice. Workshops on 2nd Saturday of the month: "How to Lead a Social Media Movement" on February 14, "Black Super Heros, Heroines and Social Justice" on March 14, "Ethnographic Storytelling: Capturing Culture Through Contemporary Tales" on April 11, and "Storytelling for Social Impact: Old Folklore, New Change" on May 9 at GriotWorks (1315 Walnut St, Suite 320). [learn more]
Applications are open for the second cycle of the Village's creative placemaking Artist-in-Residence program SPACES. One part arts practice, one part social activism, SPACES is a rare opportunity to explore artmaking, relationship building, and emergent strategies within the context of a community-based artist residency. Deadline: February 2. [learn more]
Nancy Sophy's (WOO '04) solo show "uncounted spaces," new paintings and works on paper, opens January 23 at Seraphin Gallery and runs through February 22. [learn more]
Alie Vidich (ACG '12, '10) is offering a 14-week series of Modern Dance Technique classes on Tuesday nights from January 6 to April 14 at the Performance Garage. [learn more]
Pennsylvania Convention Center Authority seeks visual art of all mediums to display in Convention Center expansion. Deadline: March 2. [learn more]
Takeya Trayer's (LTA '12, ACG '12, ACG '10) new book My Mommy is My Daddy is now available. This book "is a fun opportunity to discuss the variations of families, parenting, and gender." [learn more]
The Transgender Oral History Project presents We Live: An Interactive Exhibition opening January 23 at Scribe Video Center. [learn more]
Scribe Video Center presents Rebel directed by María Agui Carter on January 27 at 7pm at the International House. [learn more]
Join the Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) January 15 at 7:00pm to kickoff their Winter/Spring Direct Dialogue schedule with How to Make the Most of Your Online Identity: A guide for artists and businesses. Presented by The Center for Emerging Visual Artists and The Corzo Center for the Creative Economy at The University of the Arts. [learn more]