I've been hearing of a lot of people searching for the jobs lately. I wanted to send a reminder that the Phila Culture Job Bank is a great resource for creative job hunting. I've compiled a few opportunities that are coming up including some grants as well, hopefully it can help connect some of yous. JOBS Main Line Art Center is looking for painting instructors for adults. They specified for acrylic and/or abstract painting. PAFA is looking for an Art Education Manager, sounds like it works a lot with kids and they'd prefer someone Spanish speaking. People's Light is hiring a props manager, located in Chester County but seems like a fun job for someone who likes to create The Barnes Foundation is looking for a Membership Coordinator, sounds super computer heavy but working for a great museum OPPORTUNITIES Stick Ball Philly is hosting a Tiny Chair show with the deadline of May 20th, chairs can be made out of anything EXCEPT clay Women's Studio Workshop in Rosendale NY has a book arts residency deadline coming up on July 15. Grant includes monthly stipend, materials budget, travel costs covered & free on site housing Wayne Art Center has an open call for Craft Forms with a deadline this September, it's $50 to apply but says you can have up to 6 samples, hopefully not $50 per entry... Thats all for now, Good Luck out there yous guys!

NOT EVEN 2 MONTHS. That’s how long it took for someone to steal this sign from my Old City studio. As a small business owner who runs my studio for the benefit of the community and FREQUENTLY runs events without profit goals-because sometimes creativity can be inaccessible- I’m pretty pissed y’all. This disgrace, the @blackhoundclay supply library bin being damaged, and the brutal destruction of the @philadelphiadrunkenknitwits yarn display with pieces made by my very good friend and creative colleague @knottynursern … We should be embarrassed of what we’re doing to the arts in this city. So here I am asking for any help that you may want to offer to help replace this flag. I’m having another custom flag made by @humphrysflag the local Olde City flag maker, and I would appreciate any help to offset the costs of buying another flag, and the security upgrades I’ll have to add to ensure this one doesn’t get taken as well. If you’ve got $3-5 or more to spare, please send it towards my flag fund through Venmo: @cassie-jones-19 or PayPal: PayPal.me/craftcassie I appreciate y’all, and regardless I’m looking forward to a Creative Craft Summer ahead of us; because lack of funds hasn’t ever stopped us before 🌈

We will be meeting at Cherry Street Pier at 5pm to check out the artwork here first, and will leave by 5:45pm to head to other walkable galleries in the Olde City area. If you would like to join us- come on! Or meet us along the way, we'll be hitting these spots: Cherry Street Pier (4-9pm) Philadelphia Anthenaeum (5-7:30) Pentimenti (5:30-7:30pm) The Pulpery's 2nd Birthday (6-9pm) Paradigm  (6-8pm) Arch Enemy  (5-9pm) Below is a list of compiled events for First Friday around Philadelphia Cherry St. Pier  “Al B Blue” by GRIOXARTS  & “Kindness Encyclopedia” by Kelly Lawler  4-9pm  MOA (Ministry of Awe)  Opening art presentation for Table Theory Fest, featuring Isaiah Artese & Qiaira Riley. 5-8pm  Paradigm  “If Not Now When?” featuring Dennis McNett & Ben Venom  6-8pm  Arch Enemy  “Again and Again” solo show by Sean Patrick Hannaway. Plus their annual “Spectrum” group show, 5th edition. 5-9pm  Muse  Jacqueline Unanue & Ricardo Guajardo-Romero. 5-8pm  Pentimenti  Solo show by Brandon j. Donahue-Shipp.  5:30-7:30pm  Bridgette Mayer Gallery  “All the States in the Sea” solo show by Rebecca Rutstein. 6-8pm  Philadelphia Anthenaeum  “Paper Trails” group show in collaboration with Collage Philadelphia.  **with Coven members: Jamie DeAngelis, Jillian M Rock, and Deanna Black 5-7:30pm VoxPopuli  “Conjuring Cruelty” exhibition featuring Amy Yoshitsu & Johannah Herr.  6-9pm  FullerRosen  “The Circadian Support Cycle” installation by Amy Chiao. 6-9pm  Space 1026  “I Don't Believe In Time Anymore” a retrospective of works by Daniel Hughes. 6-9pm  NoName Gallery  “The Choice is Yours” group show featuring Braxton Fuller, Christian Carl & Lauren E. Peters  5-8pm  Gravers Lane  “Serious Fun” group show curated by Night Shifts. 5-8pm 3rd Street Gallery  “Delta” by Eli Smith & “Medley” by Judith Schermer. 4-7:30pm  BlahBlah Gallery  “[re]verb” featuring Rachel Hayden, Lauren Pakradooni & Kelli Ceutzinger. 7-10pm Thanks Jackie for compiling this info for us :-D

Ms Amy offers art classes for kids, teens, adults and even has a mommy and me class scheduled coming up. She's located in Cherry Street Pier Studio 13 on the second floor next to The Craft Coven Studio. Check out her events HERE

We will be meeting at Cherry Street Pier at 5pm to check out the artwork here first, and will leave by 5:45pm to head to other walkable galleries in the Olde City area. If you would like to join us come on! Or meet us along the way, we'll be hitting these spots: Museum for Art in Wood (5:30-8) Paradigm (6-8) Muse (5-7) Land Collective (6-8) Arch Enemy (5-9) InLiquid show at The National (6-8) First Friday Openings Around the City: Cherry Street Pier : gallery space : “Process”; solo exhibition by Athena Scott Second floor : “Under a Little Leaf”; solo exhibition by Caroline Stoughton, 5-8pm Paradigm Gallery : “Toy Stories”, solo exhibition by Jeff Rubio, 6-8pm Museum for Art in Wood : “Fruition”; the WARP Wood fellowship exhibit, 5:30-8pm NoName Gallery : “Believe in Tomorrow”; group exhibit curated by PXP Contemporary, 5-8pm 3rd Street Gallery : “Treasures for the Sturgeon Moon”; member group show, 4-7:30 Bridgette Mayer Gallery : “Converge”; benefit exhibition closing reception Wexler Gallery : “Upwelling”, group exhibition, 5:30-8pm Space 1026 : “Apotropaica”; works by Mandy Cano Villalobos & Gina Tibbott 6-? Arch Enemy Arts : 9 separate collections on view, 5-9pm InLiquid : at The National Old City, “Core Connections”, featuring Andrea Wohl Keefe & Orlando Saverino-Loeb, 6-8pm BlahBlah Gallery : 2 collections; “Holding Out for a Hero”; solo exhibition by Lauryn Levette, & “Gezelligheid; notes on comfortability”; group show, curated by Anthony Ali, 7-10pm Muse Gallery : “Jim Kippen in Retrospect”, in memory of, a celebration of the life and work of the artist. 5-7pm Gallery Land Collective : “Pastel Pavement”; solo show by Kita Rich 6-8pm Barnes Foundation : First Friday mixer in partnership with BlackStar Projects film festival, featuring musical performance by WAYNA, 6-9pm The Fabric Workshop & Museum : Teen fundraiser event, 2-5pm 12 Gates : “Secrets of the Sun”, group show curated by Sadaf Padder, 5:30-8pm Other August openings: 8/3 DaVinci Art Alliance : “Dispatches from Kindred Worlds”; the summer member invitational & “On Process”; the annual juried exhibition. Opening reception 4-7pm 8/10 Fairmont House : “On Site; art works by art workers”, group show by Baldwin Fine art & Residential, 6-10pm Thanks Jackie for compiling this info for us :-D

Ok y'all, I'm trying to post up all the photos that I've take at events these last few months. This first batch was from an evening of bookmaking hosted at Upstairs at Abyssinia (https://www.instagram.com/upstairsabyss?igsh=YzVkODRmOTdmMw==) in West Philly on November 15th. We have a monthly event there each third Wednesday. We'll be running another book making workshop just like this one on January 21st (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/upcycled-handmade-books-tickets-789805829497?aff=ebdsoporgprofile)at Cherry Street Poer alongside a Coven showcase of work by Jamie DeAngelis Mixed Media Mayhem.(https://www.eventbrite.com/e/mixed-media-mayem-tickets-774027014637?aff=ebdsshcopyurl&utm-campaign=s) I hope to see you out for book making!