From The Calendar
Waiting for ColorWheels to come out of its winter hibernation ... Sorry! We couldn't resist.
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Is there any interest in a mitten making class out there?
Jan 21
Tonight on Zoom, learn how to make your own pinhole camera alongside Fleisher teaching artist and analog photography enthusiast Alex Orgera. Beginning at 6:30 p.m., Alex will teach you how to make a camera from common household objects and share some of her own photographs, like the one pictured ...
Jan 19
There's still time to apply for a month-long teaching residency at Fleisher's Teen Lounge! The application deadline is Tuesday, February 3. Teen Lounge is a free, drop-in after-school arts program providing youth ages 13-19 with opportunities to meet and work with working Philly artists, ...
Jan 13
Our Saturday Young Artists program resumes online classes beginning this coming Saturday, January 16. For the middle school set, don’t miss Megan Larson’s Get Creative with Paper Class, which meets 1:00-2:00 p.m. Your young artist will make art with basic household supplies - like kitchen spices...
Jan 11
Our team has put together a fantastic lineup of online learning events this winter! Next week, explore painting the figure in the Russian academic style with Sasha Budayev, hear Fleisher student David Greene speak about the ways in which art can help us strive for a better life, and understand the ...
Jan 8
On Saturdays, January 16 through February 13, young artists in grades 9-12 can join Marie Elcin to see the world through the eyes of an illustrator and learn to communicate visually through watercolor. Marie’s class will meet on Zoom from 12:00-1:00 p.m.
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All young artists, even if they...
Jan 6
Fleisher From a Distance, our series of online learning events, returns tonight as teaching artist John Sevcik will discuss the approaches he employs in creating atmospheric landscape paintings.
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The event begins at 6:30 p.m. and is open to the public. A $10 donation is suggested and ...
Jan 5
Did you know that in addition to incredibly talented visual artists, Fleisher has a number of performance artists who are members of our faculty? Leslie Bush, who received her master of fine arts in dance choreography and performance from Temple in 2017, brought movement classes for young artists to...
Jan 4
On behalf of all of us at Fleisher, we hope you and your family are having a safe, happy, and healthy holiday season. We are grateful for everyone who made art with us this year!
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Artwork by Madison Greiner (@madisonpaintings), Philadelphia artist and recipient of the 2011 Ella King ...
Dec 29
Get ready to explore one of the oldest and most accessible ways to create a print: woodcuts! This winter, let @rebecca_print guide you from the inception of your idea to the final bold image in her Tuesday night Woodcut class this winter.
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Rebecca, pictured here in her studio, will show ...
Dec 18
This winter, Fleisher will collaborate with Southwark School, Puentes de Salud, and Sunrise of Philadelphia for hands-on art lessons offered online to more than 100 young artists in Philadelphia. Our teaching artists are creating engaging creative projects, such as this meditative drawing lesson by ...
Dec 18
This winter, let @nicole.donnelly.art teach you how to take paper into three dimensions! In Nicole’s in-person Sculptural Papermaking class, you’ll learn how to work with handmade paper to create vessels, sculptures, and fully dimensional pieces. Link in bio to register for winter classes and ...
Dec 17
Take a good look at yourself in @ingakimberlybrown’s six-session winter Self-Portrait Drawing workshop. On Thursdays, Feb. 4 to March 11, explore this classic genre while you learn mark making and observational techniques, the structure of the head and face, and the interplay of shadow and ...
Dec 16
In these final weeks of 2020, we'll be highlighting a few of the ways we have adapted our programs to provide our community with at-home opportunities to make and learn about art, all made possible thanks to the support of our community. For example, this mixed media collage project inspired by...
Dec 16
@casadei_giovanni is one busy guy, and he will be leading a whopping three painting classes during our winter term. Join Giovanni for Alla Prima Figure Painting, Constructing a Painting, or Alla Prima Still Life Oil Painting … or if you’re as hard-working a painter as Giovanni, take all three! ...
Dec 11
Thank you for making our first virtual HANDMADE a smashing success and for supporting our artists and makers this holiday season! We’re completely sold out, and our holiday elves are now working on assembling your orders and getting them ready for curbside pickup, delivery, or off to the post ...
Dec 11
Still searching for that perfect gift? Hit up our HANDMADE shop before it closes on Friday! Once the shop closes, our holiday elves will package your order and get it ready for curbside pickup beginning next Tuesday. Link in bio to explore wares by more than 20 of Philadelphia’s best artists and ...
Dec 9
The prospect of even colder temperatures and snow are made much more bearable thanks to these beautiful Chinese brush paintings by Fleisher teaching artist Josephine Tsai. Don’t miss your chance to learn traditional techniques in Josephine’s Chinese Brush Painting class this winter. You’ll ...
Dec 9
If you’re interested in experimenting with pastels, ink, watercolor, gouache, and chalk, join @smudgypics for one of two (or both!) awesome winter courses. Albert will be leading Beyond Watercolor: Paint and Draw with Wet and Dry Media on Wednesday evenings, as well as the five-session Drawing ...
Dec 7
Wondering how Teen Lounge is helping young artists stay creative at home? Our art care kits ensure that participating teens have access to exciting, novel, and high-quality art supplies that coordinate with our workshop offerings. This round of care kits focuses on weaving, embroidery, block ...
Dec 3
