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Another new art event in actu­ally out­side Philadelphia.

Philadelphia: Art in the Open (AIO) is Philadelphia’s first Arts fes­ti­val that puts a con­tem­po­rary twist on the plein air tra­di­tion of artists mak­ing art out­side and on site. This com­ing spring, from June 9 – 12, 2010, pro­fes­sional artists will be chal­lenged to cre­ate work in a range of styles and media, in pub­lic view–‘outside, on site’ along the tidal banks of the Schuylkill River, from the his­toric Water Works south to Bartram’s Garden.

The AIO call for entries is now avail­able to down­load at ArtintheOpenPhila.org. Artists work­ing in all media are encour­aged to apply: appli­ca­tions are due January 31, 2010 with noti­fi­ca­tion by March 31, 2010.

City Hall will host an open­ing cer­e­mony and wel­come recep­tion on June 8, 2010: work that has been com­pleted dur­ing the 4-day event will be exhib­ited and sold in an exhi­bi­tion open­ing June 12, 2010 at the Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, located at the University of the Arts.   As an out­door event that attracts cit­i­zens of all ages, Art in the Open will cross tra­di­tional ‘audi­ence’ lines by act­ing as a cat­a­lyst for multi– dis­ci­pli­nary pro­gram­ming that illu­mi­nates the city’s his­toric, eco­log­i­cal, indus­trial and artis­tic con­nec­tions to the river.

The events lead orga­niz­ers – City Parks Association work­ing with Ed Bronstein, and Mary Salvante – believe that Art in the Open will raise city and regional aware­ness about the vibrant arts com­mu­nity in Philadelphia, pro­vide a pub­lic forum in which pro­fes­sional artists can gain expo­sure for their work, attract res­i­dents and vis­i­tors of all ages, and inspire the casual vis­i­tor while bring­ing renewed atten­tion to the river, which has played an impor­tant role in shap­ing the city’s res­i­dents’ rela­tion­ship to the landscape

AIO pro­gram part­ners include: City of Philadelphia Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, City of Philadelphia Department of Parks and Recreation, Philadelphia Museum of Art, City Parks Association, Bartram’s Garden, Fairmount Park, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts, Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance, Schuylkill River Development Corporation, Fleisher Art Memorial, Fairmount Waterworks Interpretive Center, The Gershman Y, The Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia Hospitality, Schuylkill River Park Alliance, Greater Philadelphia Tourism and Marketing Corporation, Philadelphia Arts in Education Partnership, Philadelphia Education Fund, and the University of Pennsylvania, College of Arts and Sciences.

from the web­site:
The Art In the Open jury will select 30 artists from col­lected sub­mis­sions: approx­i­mately half of those iden­ti­fied will be artists who live out­side the Philadelphia area. A wel­com­ing recep­tion will be held in City Hall at the begin­ning of the fes­ti­val accom­pa­nied by a curated show of par­tic­i­pat­ing artists’ work. A clos­ing exhi­bi­tion and sale will be held on the final evening of the fes­ti­val (June 12, 2010) at the Rosenwald/Wolf Gallery at the University of the Arts.

Art In the Open is open to all pro­fes­sional artists work­ing in any medium that can be made ‘out­side, on site’. Students and artists under the age of 21 are not eli­gi­ble. The jurors will be select­ing artists based on the qual­ity of pre­vi­ous work, not on their pro­posal of intent. However, artists may include a descrip­tive state­ment that will help the jurors bet­ter under­stand their process.

Jurors

• Janet Kaplan, Moore College of Art
• Jennifer McGregor, Director of Arts & Senior Curator, Wave Hill
• Andrea Packard, Director, List Gallery, Swarthmore College
• Lee Stoetzel, Director, The West Collection at SEI

Dates and Deadlines
Entry sub­mis­sions: February 15, 2010
Juror review: March 12, 2010

web­site : http://www.artintheopenphila.org