The Fabric Workshop and Museum
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Collaborating with artists, revealing new possibilities.
Philadelphia
Joined February 2010
Will Stokes Jr., prolific painter and longtime artist-in-residence at the Fabric Workshop and Museum, has died at 69 https://t.co/jaEJbagTNb via @phillyinquirer
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He grew up in Philadelphia, lived for a while with family in Baltimore, and was a fixture, since it’s founding in 1977, at the Fabric Workshop and Museum.
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The Fabric Workshop and Museum is one of Philadelphia’s most avant-garde, lesser known, and free museums. It’s creative and fun. @visitphilly #Philadelphia #fashion #museum
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See Buck and Doe on view now in #SoftCover. Free tickets>>
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Soft/Cover surveys the many surprising ways artists have used fabric and screenprinting to create objects that relate to the body.
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Titled “Buck and Doe,” they were created in 1988 as part of artist’s FWM exhibition that presented different stages in an imagined American family’s class progression. These clothes represented the stage of prosperity. How do you feel this piece from 36 years ago resonates today?
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Posting this on Black Friday for no real reason... These outfits are constructed entirely of U.S. one-dollar bills—450 of them to be exact. “As did people in ancient cultures, we wear our wealth,” the artist Ken Dawson Little observes.
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NEW ON VIEW | Robert Kushner’s “Dancers,” 1977 FWM’s first Artist-in-Residence both printed and hand-painted figures on a fabric banner. He then fixed materials from his past costumes to enhance the rhythmic effect of his composition. Free tickets>> https://t.co/q1ayvlCT5y
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Now available on vinyl: "Rose: You Are Who You Eat" a companion album of song, storytelling, and wordplay to the #PewArtsGrants-supported exhibition, "John Jarboe: The Rose Garden," recently at @fabricworkshop.
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In this musical shrine to the consumed twin, named Rose, John welcomes you into a feast of gender through song, storytelling, and a full plate of wordplay.
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check out my latest 💌🌹 wrote about the incredible John Jarboe and her recent exhibition at @fabricworkshop
https://t.co/43hZcBuPrI
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John Jarboe’s immersive exhibition at The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia imagines the gender journey as being “reborn.”
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Trying to see The Rose Garden? While advance reservations are no longer available, walk-up tickets are available each day on a first come, first served basis. We are not sold out! Come through and get a timed ticket. The show closes after Sunday, Sep 29>>
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The Rose Garden is an immersive performance space filled with video, music, and objects devoted to John’s consumed twin, named Rose.
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NOW ON VIEW | “Cardoso Flea Circus” In 1996, artist Maria Fernanda Cardoso used her residency to teach herself the lost art of training fleas through a series of tricks emphasizing their natural responses to heat, light, and breath. Learn more>> https://t.co/Y9E75bqUK5
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The Euphoria Quilt Project is making a stop at FWM! Learn hand quilting and sewing techniques, contribute your own stitches, and consider what your gender expansive joy looks like. SUN SEP 8, 1–3 pm Included with free admission. Masks required https://t.co/PP63zaV1LB
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Judson Browning, exhibitions manager of Chinatown's Fabric Workshop and Museum, talks favorite pets, art school, and the importance of confronting tragedy and stigma after his losing his dad. https://t.co/dazLpeknQi
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As the Exhibitions Manager of the Fabric Workshop and Museum, Judson Browning helps the artists’ visions come to life for the public.
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This sign at the @fabricworkshop about a candle wick trimmer goes so much harder than it needs to.
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"It was my immense honor, as a viewer, to become part of [John] Jarboe’s journey of self discovery." — @phillyartblog reviews "The Rose Garden," on view now at @fabricworkshop.
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Martina Merlo travels into the labyrinth of John Jarboe's 'The Rose Garden,' and calls the immersive multimedia piece a "cabaret-cum-gallery experience that is joyously campy, increasingly absurdist,...
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The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia has named Kelly Shindler as its new executive director. via @petercrimmins
https://t.co/LYOdQEaros
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With experience in both curating and grant-making, Shindler is tasked with guiding the Fabric Workshop and Museum toward its 50th anniversary.
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You’re invited! Experience delectable Philippine food, fun, games, and dance with artist Risa Puno and Bahay215. BYO dish to share in this spread. Philly Pinoy Potluck Saturday, August 10, 4–8 PM Free—register to let us know what you’re bringing >> https://t.co/DW70igjvma
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Please join us in welcoming Kelly Shindler, who has been appointed as our next Executive Director! Shindler has assembled a formidable skill set as a curator, storyteller, fundraiser, and grantmaker over a 20 yr career. >> https://t.co/ad8P2VnFW0 Photo credit: Constance Mensh.
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We’re wrapping artist Betye Saar, who turns 98 today, in a virtual birthday hug! The CA native’s prints are notably concerned with spirituality, cosmology, and family. In 1984, she worked closely with our Studio to create a duvet: “Takin’ A Chance on Luv” https://t.co/kzPHLlll9N
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The Fabric Workshop and Museum presents John Jarboe's The Rose Garden. Open until Sept 29. Photos courtesy Christopher Ash. Read Martina Merlo's review at https://t.co/xa45jr6hHR
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We asked art world insiders to tell us about the best artist residencies around the world. Here they are and why they're worth it.
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We asked art world insiders to tell us about the best artist residencies around the world. Here they are and why they're worth it.
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