Special Events – We shortened our listings in the newsletter and added a new special events section on the site. To view a full description of any of the events listed below, and to view full event listings for each category, click on its link.

James Rosenthal reviews the Bambi Biennial

Coming soon:

InLiquid new members Arden Bendler Browning, Ellen Benson, Sally Eckhoff, Erin Elman, Eric Fausnacht, Nancy Frankel-Halbert, Joe Freeman, Cathy Hozack, Katherine Kaminski, David S. Kessler, Jack Knight, Kara LaFleur, Alphonse Lane, Charles Livingston, Janet Nelson, Andrea Poulsen, Matthew Alden Price, Nancy Reese, Maiko Sembokuya, Kim Senior, Patricia M. Smith, and Britt Tate.

New work by Amy Orr, Randall Cleaver, Michelle Angela Ortiz, June Julian, Sandra Milner, Erin Murray, and Jeff Schaller.

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To view full descriptions of the following member news listings, click here.

David S. Kessler's video blog "Studioscopic" features a video profile on Zoë Cohen (click here to view video).

Michelle Marcuse has been included in the publication New American Paintings.

First Friday, April 4, 6 - 7 pm at Balance Gallery: Opening reception for Anne Saint Peter's solo exhibition Paintings to Balance the Appetite. Through April 30.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 8 pm at the Red Raven Gallery, Lancaster: Reception for Lauren Litwa Holden's exhibition Lyrical Landscapes. 138 N. Prince Street, Lancaster, PA. Through April 30.

First Friday, April 4, 5 - 9 pm at Muse Gallery: Nancy Frankel-Halbert is participating in the New Members Exhibition. Through April 24.

Opening reception Friday, April 4, 7 pm at Flux Factory, Long Island City: Zoë Cohen is participating in the Everything Must Go installation orgy. 38-38 43rd Street, Long Island City, NY. Through April 26.

Reception Friday, April 4, 7 - 10 pm at the Wayne Art Center: Bette Uscott-Woolsey is participating in Art Quilt Elements 2008. Through May 10.

First Friday reception April 4, 5 - 7 pm at Painted Bride Art Center Cafe Gallery: The InLiquid at the Bride series presents Amze Emmons' exhibition World Headquarters. Through May 17. Click here to see the feature.

Opening reception First Friday, April 4, 6 - 9:30 pm at Bambi: Tory Franklin is participating in the exhibition There Will Be Animals. Through May 18.

April 4 - May 30 at International House: InLiquid at I-House presents David S. Kessler's Shadow World: Under the El, Year One. Opening reception Wednesday, April 16, 6 - 8 pm. Click here to see the feature.

April 4 - 26 at Past Present & Future: Charmaine Caire's work will be on exhibit. 15 W. Lancaster Avenue, Ardmore, PA. Reception Saturday, April 12, 2 - 5 pm.

Opening reception Saturday, April 5, 6 pm at Artesano Gallery: InLiquid members Carlos Nuñez, Michelle Ortiz, Tony Rocco, and Marta Sanchez's work is included in the Memorias exhibition. 4446 Cresson Street, Philadelphia.

Opening reception Saturday, April 5, noon - 6 pm at Da Vinci Art Alliance: Carol Cole's work will be included in TOUCH, An Art Experience For The Senses.

Reception and award presentation Sunday, April 6, 2 - 5 pm at 1212 Gallery, Richmond: Sonia Sherrod has been accepted to the Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition. 12 E. 12th Street, Richmond, VA. Through May 4.

April 7 - May 4 at Rosenwald Wolf Gallery's Window on Broad: Michelle Wilson's site-specific installation THE GHOST TREES. 322 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

April 8 - June 29 at django: Diane Pieri's recent paintings Excerpts will be on display as part of the InLiquid at django series. 526 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia.

Second Thursday reception April 10, 6 - 9 pm at Nexus: Susan Abrams' From Stillness: Images on Handmade Paper. Through May 2.

Last chance to see:

Through April 4 at The Center for Emerging Visual Artists: Brooke Hine, Brenna K. Murphy, and Marisha Simons ar participating in the exhibition Adaptation: Celebrating Growth and Change, curated by Brooke Hine.

Through April 4 at Nexus: Leslie Atik is one of the artists included in the exhibition fiber: 8 artists 8 viewpoints.

Through April 5 at Smile Gallery: Rachel Citrino is in the six-women exhibition The 'F' Word Revisited: Female/Feminine/Feminist. 105 S. 22nd Street, Philadelphia.

Through April 6 at django: Bobbie Adams' works on paper Personal Landscapes, presented as part of the InLiquid at django series. 526 S. Fourth Street, Philadelphia.

Through April 7 at University Gallery of Salisbury University: The exhibition Into Intuition:Towards a Redefinition features the work of Michelle Marcuse and Tremain Smith. 1101 Camden Avenue, Salisbury, MD.

Through April 8 at Tyme Galery: New member Nancy Frankel-Halbert is in the two-person exhibition Blending Forms. 17 W. Eagle Road, Havertown, PA.

Through April 8 at Galleria Sotoportego, Venice: An exhibition of new works by Adrienne Gale. Scuola Internazionale di Grafica, Cannaregio 1798, 30121 Venice, Italy.

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Here's a brief preview of First Friday receptions. For a detailed list of this Friday's exhibition openings, click here.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 9 pm at 222gallery: 12X36: A Local Lens, a simultaneous exhibition held in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and Seoul, curated by Benjamin Kaplan.

Friday, April 4, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at Locks Gallery: Thomas Chimes: The Iambic Paintings.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 7 pm at the Painted Bride Art Center: Am the Rhythm, group exhibition curated by Shelley Spector.

Friday, April 4, 5 - 7 pm at the Painted Bride Cafe Gallery: InLiquid at the Bride presents Amze Emmons: World Headquarters.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 9 pm at Projects Gallery: Florence Putterman's Noir et Blanc and Elizabeth Bisbing's People / Places / Paper in the Projects Room.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 8:30 pm at Silicon Gallery: Opening reception for Alcuni Telefoni, a new artists' book by Francesco Clemente and Vincent Katz.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 10 pm at Space 1026: Paradise Now, a group installation and dinner prepared by the members of Oakland's LoBot Gallery.

Friday, April 4, 6 - 11 pm at Vox Populi: Gabriel Boyce: Bad Land!, Linda Yun: In Passing, Matthew Suib and Nadia Hironaka: Black Hole; guest artist Carl Baratta; Lauren Kelley's Big Gurl in the Video Lounge; and At Screening, Semiconductor's Magnetic Movie.

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For a detailed list of this week's exhibitions, click here

Saturday, April 5 at DaVinci Art Alliance: Opening for Touch: An Art Exhibit for the Senses.

Saturday, April 5 at Pageant : Soloveev Gallery: Opening reception for Golden Cup, new work by Enrico Riley.

Wednesday, April 9 at Mural Arts Center: Opening reception for Omega Warm Garden Sunrise, a site-specific installation of works by Paul Santoleri.

Second Thursday, April 10 at Amble Gallery and Books: Opening reception for Nigel Peake and Ephameron: Here From There.

Second Thursday, April 10 at Ice Box Project Space, Crane Arts Building: Closing reception and performance for The Soft Epic, or: Savages of the Pacific West, aninstallation by Nadia Hironaka and Matthew Suib. Featuring performances by Bardo Pond, Spiral Q Puppet Theater’s Leslie Rogers and Aleks Martray, and Jubilee organized by Eugene Lew.

Second Thursday, April 10 at Kelly & Weber Fine Art: Opening reception for Brian Widger solo exhibition.

Second Thursday, April 10 at Nexus Foundation for Today's Art: Opening reception for exhibitions by artist members Tasha Doremus and Susan Abrams.

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For a full list of this week's talks, click here.

Sunday, April 6 at the Community Arts Center: A panel discussion on issues concerning senior artists and artist estates, with Deborah Yoder, Director, Community Arts Center; Robert Louis, Philadelphia attorney with experience in artists' estates; Jeffrey Fuller, ASA appraiser; Nancy Barch, artist; and Douglass Paschall, Curator, Woodmere Art Museum.

Monday, April 7 at University of the Arts: The Graphic Design Department presents "New Landscapes of Design Practice and Education," a lecture by Liz Sanders, President of MakeTools design research firm.

Tuesday, April 8 at Drexel University: Lecture and slide presentation by photographer Alex Webb.

Wednesday, April 9 at Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: The Art at Lunch series presents a talk on Historic Yellow Springs by Executive Director Rob Lukens.

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For a full list of this week's events, click here.

Beginning Friday, April 4, various locations: 17th Philadelphia Film Festival opens. Through April 14.

Friday, April 4 - Sunday, April 6 at the 33rd Street Armory: The Paradise City Arts Festival will present over 125 juried exhibitors showing original works in art glass, ceramics, painting, jewelry, decorative fiber, furniture, leather, metal, mixed media, photography, wearable art, large-scale sculpture, and wood.

Saturday, April 5 at Phillips de Pury, NYC: First Person Arts has arranged an exclusive one-day excursion from Philadelphia and seminar to view a collection of rare Diane Arbus photographs discovered in 2003, which will be on exhibit for only a few days before going to auction. Just a few spaces left - click here for details.

Saturday, April 5 at Wooden Shoe Books: "Private" (Saverio Costanzo, Italy, 2004), presented as part of the People's Movie Night series.

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Click here for complete information on all of this week's announcements.

France Takes Aggressive Actions to Boost Art Market

Art Fair Update: Cancellations and Debuts

One Less " Young British Artist" - Angus Fairhurst Commits Suicide

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For details on the following, plus many, many more, visit the InLiquid Opportunities section (New information for this week will be posted on the afternoon of Friday, April 4):

Until filled : Director of Studio & Performing Arts Programs, Perkins Center

Deadline April 14: President & CEO, CFEVA/Center for Emerging Visual Artists

Deadline May 3: Call for "a politic" Art - Reflect-arts, Inc, Boston

Deadline May 15: 2008 National Juried Exhibition - Sylvia White Gallery, CA

Deadline May 23: Action.Stop.Action - Juried Exhibition of Animation at Vox Populi

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For a detailed list of this week's NYC exhibitions and events, click here.

Friday, April 4 at the New Museum: Extreme Behavior, a performance by Neal Medlyn and Jack Ferver.

Saturday, April 5 at Jonathan LeVine Gallery: Opening reception for Alex Gross, Mysteries and Manners; The Date Farmers: The Crying Playboy; and Erik Mark Sandberg, The Equilibrium of Glamour.

Saturday, April 5 at Printed Matter: Opening reception and book launch for fierce pussy.

Monday, April 7 at Dia Art Foundation: Artists on Artists lecture series presents a talk by Joe Scanlan on Sol LeWitt.

Thursday, April 10 at the Park Avenue Armory: The AIPAD (Association of International Photography Art Dealers) Photography Show opens to the public. Through April 13.

Thursday, April 10 at the Whitney Museum: The Seminars with Artists series presents a conversation with Ellen Harvey.

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For a detailed list of this week's exhibitions and events happening elsewhere, click here.

Friday, April 4 at Antreasian Gallery, Baltimore: Opening reception for Nature's Spiritual Transcendence, works by Shirley Albert and Joseph Kabriel.

Friday, April 4 at Samson Projects, Boston: Artist reception for Adam Frelin's solo exhibition, Winners, Factions and Thieves, shown in video and photographs.

Saturday, April 5 and Sunday, April 6 at the Brewery Art Lofts, Los Angeles: Brewery Art Walk, an open studio weekend with over 100 participating artists.

Saturday, April 5 at Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University: Opening reception for spring exhibitions. Preceded by an introduction by Laura Johnson-Kelly, Andean archaelogist and co-curator of Pre-Columbian Art from the Carroll Collection.

Saturday, April 5, at Moxie DaDa, Pittsburgh: Opening reception for Robert Newell's 4 Corners West: Watercolors and Oils.

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