Pigeon Arts

The A-Space welcomes local artist and poet, Jesse White, to exhibit her artwork this July. A celebratory reception will take place on Sunday, July 18th from 6-9pm. Jesse will share some of her poetry at this event.

Jesse White

A-Space

Jesse White’s paintings, mixed-media work and words reflect her raw, human experiences and the spirituality that guides her through. She finds faith in creating; the act of writing or painting, a prayer. “As I collaborate with the Creator, I know I will be carried through to the completion of the piece.” Jesse finds creating to be both cathartic and restorative. Spiritually, Jesse feels called to speak from her experiences and it is through lifting her creative voice that she hopes others will hear something of the Spirit as well.

A creative risk-taker, Jesse’s newest series explores the use of found objects in a narration about pain, prayer, health and healing. Other pieces in the exhibition render a girl dancing under a street lamp in the rain at night, an artist at the point of clarity in her creative process and an abstract expression of anger at the power of misconception.

Jesse hosts a drop-in open art studio Sunday evenings at the A-Space through her organization, Pigeon Arts. This pay-what-you-can program strives to strengthen creative community while guiding artists and writers to create with integrity and self-awareness.

Strengthening our collaboration with the A-Space Community Center in West Philadelphia, Pigeon Arts will now be holding its group classes at this wonderful venue.

We are thrilled to partner with the A-Space again this Spring.  The A-Space was Pigeon Arts’ change partner for the Trans Altered Books Project, a Leeway Foundation Art & Change funded project in the summer of 2009.  The A-Space is located at 4722 Baltimore Ave. and is easily assessable by the #34 trolley.  There is also a free parking lot next door.  To learn more about the A-Space, please visit http://www.the-aspace.org

NEW CLASS OFFERINGS THIS SPRING

PAINT & POETRY

Saturdays, April 24th – June 5th (No class May 8th)
3:30-5:30pm
Class size: 3-8
$210, includes cost of most materials

Explore visual and written art forms. Open to participants of all levels of experience, this course will culminate with a work of art that integrates both words and painting.

ALTERED ART

Saturdays, April 24th – June 12th

5:30-7:30pm
Class size: 3-8
$250, includes cost of most materials

Artists will have the opportunity to explore various 2 & 3-D pieces of work in the realm of altered art/mixed media. Found objects and their narratives will be a main theme of the course. Create an altered book, a “textural” painting or collage, or construct an assemblage.

OPEN STUDIO

Sundays, beginning April 26th

5:30-7:30pmSuggestion donation:

$10 an hour, or $20 per session (includes materials fee and donation to the A-Space)

Create in COMMUNITY! Draw, Paint, Write, and Sculpt together in this drop-in art class. Ages 10-110 welcome!

Two of Jesse White’s pieces, “streetlampdancer” and “When I Mend” (From the “Health and Healing” Series), will be displayed and offered for sale at the very first ArtsonArch Celebration of Quakers in the Arts

Please consider joining the celebration!

Arts on Arch
Thursday - Saturday,
November 5 - 7, 2009

Juried Art Show and Sale:
Opens with Preview Party on Thursday evening, Nov. 5.
Show runs Friday morning thru Saturday afternoon, Nov. 6 - 7.
Works by up to 40 artists.

Concert Friday Evening, Nov. 6:
Livingston Taylor and Liz Longley
Tickets: $30

At the Arch Street Meeting House, Philadelphia, PA

Mark your calendar for November 5-7, 2009 when all manner of arts will combine for one cool weekend of fun at Arch Street Meetinghouse. Arts On Arch, a benefit for the PYM Annual Fund, will include a Fellowship of Quakers in the Arts Juried Art Show and Sale from Thursday, November 5th through Saturday, the 7th, and a Friday evening concert featuring Livingston Taylor and Liz Longley.

For more information, call Jan Hatchard at 215-241-7115 or you can find more information here.

Here are the pieces to be exhibited by Jesse White…

When I Mend (From the "Health and Healing" Series)

streetlampdancer

Please enjoy our October Newsletter featuring images from the Unfolding Identities: Chapters of Self exhibitions of altered books:  October Newsletter.