News of the Visual Arts/USA                                        March-April 2008

                        
                        
Pennsylvania edition
                                                                In this issue         Front page
Deirdre Murphy: "Artifice". March 4- March 29, 2008. Paul Oberst- "Temples,
Towers and Totems"; Clint Takeda- "New Sculpture"April 1- April 26, 2008.
Bridgette Mayer Gallery, 709 Walnut Street, First Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
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M - Class Planet by Keary Rosen. March 28 - April 25, 2008. Jenny Jaskey Gallery, Tower
Gallery, 969 N. 2nd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19123.
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Lynda Benglis: Shape - Shifters. March 7 - April 12, 2008. Locks Gallery, 600
Washington Square South, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
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Child's Play - Group exhibition. March 7 - 29, 2008. Featuring Elizabeth Bisbing, Ross
Bonfanti, Jim Brossy, Frank Hyder, Jennifer Layzer, Krista Steinke, Jaime Treadwell, Caleb Weintraub, et
al.  
Projects Gallery, 629 N 2nd St Philadelphia, PA 19123.
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Philadelphia Handweaver Guild March 1 - April 12, 2008. Schuylkill Gallery, 3510 Scotts
Lane, Bldg. 31, Philadelphia, PA 19129.
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Standardized Units:A Curatorial Proposal Project.  March 22 - April 26, 2008.
StrataSphere, 1854 Germantown Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19122-2134.
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An exhibition of new work by Australian glass artist Tim Edwards. March 7 – April
26, 2008.
Wexler Gallery,  201 North 3rd Street, Philadelphia, PA 19106.
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Annual Spring Salon Exhibition. April 4 - April 25, 2008. Modern Formations Gallery,
4919 Penn Avenue Pittsburgh PA 15224.
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japanesethreads. March 7 - April 28, 2008. Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery, 5833
Ellsworth Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15232.

This is the gallery’s first clay exhibition curated by gallery director Amy Morgan with Pittsburgh artist Ceil
Sturdevant. Timed to coincide with the NCECA conference in Pittsburgh March 19 - 22, the show will
feature many internationally renowned artists who have studied in Japan or been influenced by it’s ceramic
history.
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Urban Living. Now to April 5, 2008. Wood Street Galleries, 601 Wood Street, Pittsburgh, PA
15222.

With numerous construction projects underway, Pittsburgh's new downtown residents look forward to many
options for shaping their domestic, professional and social lives. "Urban Living" offers perspectives and
propositions spanning technological and environmental issues that impact and energize urban culture.