hey folks,

just a note to let you all know that Co-op reception originally scheduled for tonight will be re-scheduled. please check back for more details.

enjoy the great Spring time weather!!

xo Carolynne

Hi guys -

Don’t forget to sign up for next week’s Tuesday Night Workshop!

Tuesday night workshops,
with instructor Rose Drew

April 21: Intro to Color Theory
Learn how to mix the colors you want

May 5: Intro to Gouache/Watercolor Painting
Get familiar with handling these paints

May 19: Greeting Card Painting
Create original cards with painted images

$25 per class*
*includes materials, light refreshments, and a 10%
discount on Mew Gallery boutique items.

Space is limited. Pre-registration is required no later than the
Friday before each class: 215-625-2424 or mewgallery@yahoo.com

*Coming up in May & June: Tuesday night workshops with Miss Koco!
More info to come!

Also - Keep checkin’ our new Artists’ Coop Page! Soon, you’ll find our coopers guest blogging for your reading/procrastinating enjoyment. Right now, we have a link to Phea Jean’s Mew Gallery “Creepy Cool” Wishlist.

Since it’s a rather bleak day, here are some gold shiny pants to brighten things up for all you craft nerds out there:

WATCH THIS

hello everyone,

just wanted keep you all updated on all of the going-ons here at MEW.

Stop in and check out our current exhibit: “Lessons Learned: New Artwork About Old Things” by Lea D. Sorrentino.

the exhibit runs thru May 7, so don’t miss it! in addition to all of the really great (and AFFORDABLE!) artwork on the walls, Lea has also constructed a really awesome 6ft. tall cut paper tree and a silhouette clothesline strung across the gallery.

I create art to understand the development of human perception and emotion. I use my artwork to tell stories, and use those stories as a vessel to create emotional connections with people. Many of the themes I use in my work are personal experiences that I feel are emotionally charged, but are universally related to. I am trying to guide my viewer into seeing that struggle is not defined by the cause, but by the emotion that cause leaves behind. I also use my artwork to explore the connections between a person’s class and their behavior.
Visually I try to make my work approachable. I use bright colors and simple drawings to express difficult experiences of my life. I want the viewer to assume that what they are about to see is secure and familiar, but in reality deals with adult subjects that can be awkward or uncomfortable. I use a “comic” style to make my artwork feel youthful and inviting, which helps push the juxtaposition of the content. I also try to use text not just to inform the viewer or push the story, but to guide them through a path around the piece.
My current work specifically deals with my experience becoming the person I am today. When you are younger you have the same emotions that you currently experience daily, but you do not have the knowledge to understand those emotions. With this work I am trying to make a time line of human growth and development. I want my artwork to be used as a way to discuss the aspects of emotion and struggle that are not individual, and are shared by all humans. -Lea Sorrentino 2009

Tuesday night workshops,
with instructor Rose Drew

April 21: Intro to Color Theory
Learn how to mix the colors you want

May 5: Intro to Gouache/Watercolor Painting
Get familiar with handling these paints

May 19: Greeting Card Painting
Create original cards with painted images

$25 per class*
*includes materials, light refreshments, and a 10%
discount on Mew Gallery boutique items.

Space is limited. Pre-registration is required no later than the
Friday before each class: 215-625-2424 or mewgallery@yahoo.com

*Coming up in May & June: Tuesday night workshops with Miss Koco!
More info to come!

Join us for our Spring Fling Co-Op Artists’ Reception!

Friday April 24

Just in time to get those mother’s day gifts! come in and meet our amazing Co-Op artists, have some drinks, eat some snacks and get some great discounts!

- more info to come!

-carolynne

So this dude came into the store the other day and told me he has a webshow about grease trucks. If you are like me and enjoy eating unadulterated cheese- coated garbage then you will enjoy this show very much: http://www.vendr.tv/

Watch it and drool. Then give up on your dumb vegan, organic, whole grain cardboard diet. Philadelphia wasn’t voted the fattest and ugliest city for nothing, people.

Get with the program.

-lauren