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Linda Dubin Garfield has work on exhibit at both the Orbit Gallery, 4203 Main Street, Philadelphia; and the Accent Gallery 956, Asbury Avenue, Ocean City, NJ.

Linda Dubin Garfield is also one of the 160 artists participating in the 10th International Collage Exhibition & Exchange at the Real Tart gallery of New Plymouth, New Zealand. The work from each artist shown in exhibition will become part of the collection of the Amarillo Museum of Art, Texas.

Marie H. Elcin will be teaching two workshops in the Summer Session at Fleisher Art Memorial from June 9 - August 1. "Color Theory", Monday nights, 6:30-9:30 pm; "Stitch and Surface", an embroidery focused workshop, Thursday nights, 6:30-9:30 pm. Click here to find out more and register.

Now at the Eastern State Penitentiary: Johanna Inman and Anna Norton have a collaborative video installation project, Living Space. 22nd and Fairmount Avenue, Philadelphia. Through November; opening reception May 9, 5:30 - 7:30 pm.

Through May in West Philly: Zoë Cohen continues her public art service project Show Someone How You Feel About Something. Click here for more details on this project.

Friday, May 2, 6 - 7 pm at Balance Gallery: Solo exhibition by Estelle Carraz-Bernabei. Through May. 112 S. 20th Street, Philadelphia.

Reception First Friday, May 2, 6 - 9:30 pm at Bambi: Tory Franklin is participating in the exhibition There Will Be Animals.

Opening reception Friday, May 2, 5 - 9 pm at F.A.N. Gallery: Tezh Modarressi solo exhibition. Through May 31.

Opening reception Friday, May 2, 6:30-8:30 pm at Gallery Joe: Sharka Hyland is participating in the exhibition Line and Time and Space. Through June 28.

Opening reception May 2, 6 - 8 pm at the Hudson Contemporary Gallery, Delaware: Lauren Litwa Holden and Charlotte A. Schatz's works are included in the exhibition From Her Own Backyard. 51 W. Main Street, Middletown, DE. Through June 6.

Closing reception First Friday, May 2, 6 - 9 pm at Nexus: Susan Abrams' From Stillness: Images on handmade paper.

Opening reception Friday, May 2, 5 - 9 pm; artists' reception Sunday, May 4, noon - 2 pm at the Viking Culinary Center: ARTsisters has an exhibition, The Gift of Art, including InLiquid members Sandra Benhaim, Linda Dubin Garfield, Joye Schwartz, and Christine Stoughton. One Town Place, Bryn Mawr, PA. Proceeds from sales will benefit the Food Bank. Through May 28.

Opening reception Friday, May 2, 7 - 11 pm at Gallery 5, Richmond: Brooke Hine is showing in the three-person exhibition Exintrinsic. 200 W. Marshall Street, Richmond, VA. Through May 30.

Opening reception Friday, May 2, 5 - 8 pm at the Louis Redding Gallery, Wilmington: Cynthia Back, Marie H. Elcin, Sonia Sherrod, and Michelle Wilson are part of the exhibition Environmental Distress. City County Building, 800 North French Street, Wilmington, DE. Through May 31.

May 2 - June 28 at the Crane Arts Building: InLiquid presents Jessica Demcsak's The Crane Adjacent. Second Thursday reception May 9, 6 - 9 pm. Click here to see the feature.

Sunday, May 4, 1-4 pm, under I-95: Zoe Strauss continues her found space exhibition, I-95.08. Intersection of Front and Mifflin Streets, Philadelphia.

Opening reception Sunday, May 4, noon - 5 pm at Rosenfeld Gallery: Diane Pieri's solo exhibition Flotillas. Through May 29.

May 6, 7 - 9 pm at the Main Line Art Center: A "Kick-Off Celebration and Interactive Workshop" for Linda Dubin Garfield's participatory project for the Philadelphia Fringe Festival, The Right Foot: An Interactive Collaboration. Old Buck Road & Lancaster Avenue, Haverford, PA.

Opening reception Second Thursday, May 8, 6 - 9 pm at Nexus: Rebecca Gilbert's Dirt Thirst member exhibition. Through June 6.

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Through May 2 at William Way Community Center Art Gallery: Works Woven by Kathryn Pannepacker.

Through May 2 at the Penn campus Urban Outfitters window: Darla Jackson is one of the artists in The Other Woman collective exhibition. 110 S. 36th Street, Philadelphia.

Through May 4 at 1212 Gallery, Richmond: Sonia Sherrod is participating in the Manchester National Juried Fine Art Exhibition. 12 E. 12th Street, Richmond, VA. Her assemblage sculpture, "Mrs. Floyd E. Cahoon" was awarded an honorable mention.

Through May 4 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.

Through May 4 at Rosenwald Wolf Gallery: Michelle Wilson's site specific installation THE GHOST TREES is installed as part of the "Window On Broad" series. 322 S. Broad Street, Philadelphia.

Through May 4 at The Woodstock Byrdcliffe Guild's Kleinert/James Arts Center: Jacqueline Unanue is part of the Annual Members Exhibition. 34 Tinker Street, Woodstock, NY.

Through May 5 at Barbara Crawford Gallery: Stamatis Burpulis has several pieces in the exhibition Manipulated Metal. Chestnut Hill Academy, 500 W. Willow Grove Avenue, Philadelphia.

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

Friday, May 2, 6 - 8:30 pm at Bridgette Mayer Gallery: Ivan Stojakovic, Build-up and Newcomers. Through May 24.

Friday, May 2, 5:30 - 7:30 pm at Locks Gallery: Jennifer Bartlett: From Rhapsody to Song (through May 24) and Kate Bright: Between the Woods (through May 30).

Friday, May 2, 6 - 8:30 pm at Pentimenti: Matthew Kucynski: You're Apocalypse! and David Ambrose: The Braille Landscape. Through May 31.

Friday, May 2, 5 - 8 pm at Projects Gallery: Harry Bermudez, Con la Mirada en el Cielo and Paul Santoleri, Subterranean/Basement. Through May 31.

Friday, May 2, 6 - 8:30 pm at Silicon Gallery: Judith Schaechter portfolio, printed by Silicon Gallery Fine Art Prints.

Friday, May 2, 6 - 10 pm at Space 1026: Fuzz: visionary comfort, multi-dimensional, heart love experiences. Through May 31.

Friday, May 2, 5 - 8 pm at Wexler Gallery: Opening reception for (In)Between: Contemporary Interpretations of Vanitas, featuring work by Damien Hirst, Randall Sellers, Adelaide Paul, Tim Tate, Anne Siems, Dirk Staschke, and Joe Boruchow. Through June 28.

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

Sunday, May 4 at Da Vinci Art Alliance: Opening reception for trans-gression artists' collective: Multidisciplinary Arts Festival. Through May 30.

Tuesday, May 6 at the Rosenbach Museum and Library: There's a Mystery There: Sendak on Sendak opens to the public.

Second Thursday, May 8 at Amble Gallery and Books: Opening reception for Jaggy Nettles: An Exhibition by David Galletly.

Second Thursday, May 8 at The Hall, Crane Arts Building: Opening reception for The Crane Adjacent,
a site-specific installation by Jessica Demcsak presented by InLiquid. Through June 29.

Second Thursday, May 8 at Nexus Foundation for Today's Art: Opening reception for members exhibitions by Rebecca Gilbert and Virginia Batson. Through June 6.

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

Saturday, May 3 at Taller Puertorriqueño: The Meet the Author series presents a lecture/conversation with Dr. Janet Kaplan on the work of the Spanish-born Mexican Surrealist painter Remedios Varo, subject of her book Remedios Varo: Unexpected Journeys, which will be available for sale and book-signing.

Wednesday, May 7 at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts: Art at Lunch presents a talk by three graduating certificate students, who will discuss their work and artistic vision.

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

Now through Sunday, May 4, various locations: The Black Lily Film & Music Festival presents screenings, performances, workshops, and discussions.

Saturday, May 3 at The Hacktory: "Sewing and Soldering" Open Hack session, bringing together fabric geeks and electronics geeks to see what they can invent and build.

Saturday, May 3, Sunday, May 4, and Monday, May 5 at the Gershman Y: The Philadelphia Jewish Film Festival presents Gorgeous! (Comme t’y es belle) ( Lisa Alessandrin, 2006). WIth special guest speaker Catherine Dana, Assistant Visiting Professor, Bryn Mawr College.

Sunday, May 4 at International House: Scribe Video Center presents "African American Women on the Band Stand," a screening with film producer and historian Pearl Bowser.

Sunday, May 4 at Space 1026: A puppet show performance by Sean Purl Samoheyl, an artist from Louisa, VA, presented as part of the exhibition Fuzz: visionary comfort, multi-dimensional, heart love experiences.

Tuesday, May 6 at Moore College of Art and Design: "Art for Lunch: Student Videos on View," lunchtime screenings of student video art.

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

Continuing Professional Education Program at GoggleWorks in Reading

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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, May 2 at the Whitney Museum of American Art: The Open Studio Afternoons With Artists series presents a gallery talk by Phoebe Washburn, in conjunction with the Whitney Biennial.

Saturday, May 3 at Printed Matter: Book launch for FeedBack 4 – Ideas that Inform, Construct and Concern the Production of Exhibitions and Events, edited by Elpida Karaba and Nayia Yiakoumaki.

Wednesday, May 7 at the Metropolitan Museum of Art: The Costume Institute exhibition Superheroes: Fashion and Fantasy opens to the public. Through September 1.

Thursday, May 8, at Chelsea Art Museum: Russian Art Party benefit.

Thursday, May 8 at The Guild NY: Opening reception for Antonio Puri’s solo exhibition The Tenth Door. Through May 22.

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

Friday, May 2 - Sunday, May 4 at Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Los Angeles: LA Modernism show and sale, featuring over 60 international dealers in 20th century design.

Saturday, May 3 at the Carnegie Museum of Art: Life on Mars, the 55th Carnegie International Exhibition, opens to the public.

Saturday, May 3 and Sunday, May 4 at the AM Vets Building, Marfa, Texas: "The Writings of Donald Judd," a Chinati Foundation symposium.

Saturday, May 3 at Maryland Art Place: Public forum
and reception for the 22nd Annual Critics' Residency Program, featuring critics Robert Berlind and artists Vincent Carney, Timmerman Daugherty, Dennis Farber, Symmes Gardner, Catherine Kleeman, Isabel
Manalo, Jacqueline Schlossman, Jacquelyn Singer,
and Diane Szczepaniak.

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