A number of great art and art education events are happening this month in the area, including exhibitions by local artists and Tibetans in Philadelphia, independent film screenings, and a master class by a renowned cinematographer. We compiled a list of the venues hosting them and more details about these events. Please visit our Events page for more upcoming events.

Exhibition, film screenings and master class at Scribe Video Center (4212 Chestnut St, 3rd floor)

• Stop by Scribe Video Center to check out Landscape Renewal, an exhibition featuring the works of seven artists working in diverse media: Richard Watson, Ted McGhee, Jonathan Pinkett, Alvin K.Nurse, Amir Lyles, Asaake Denise Jones, and Jerry Puryear. The exhibit kicked off on Thursday, April 2 and will go on until April 29. The opening reception will be held on Monday, April 6, 6-9 p.m. More details are here. 

•  On Tuesday, April 7, at 6:30 p.m., Scribe Video Center hosts United In Anger: A History of ACT UP, a documentary by filmmaker and AIDS activist Jim Hubbard. The film will screen at the International House Philadelphia (37th and Chestnut) as part of Scribe’s Producers’ Forum series, which brings distinguished independent filmmakers to Philadelphia. Jim Hubbard will be present for the screening and audience discussion afterwards. For more details, go here.

• On Wednesday, April 15 at 7:00 p.m., Scribe will welcome celebrated cinematographer Bradford Young to teach a Master Class on The Craft of Cinematography. Young (director of photography of Selma and A Most Violent Year) is, according to the New York Times, “one of a cadre of young Black filmmakers who is changing the visual palette of American cinema.” He will be at Scribe to talk about his process of creating the cinematic image – what he describes as “the quest to find the sublime in the ordinary.” Click here for more information.

Do/Tell group exhibit at Institute of Contemporary Art (University of Pennsylvania, 118 S. 36^th Street)

• Do/Tell (April 22 – August 16, 2015) is a group exhibition by artists Erin Bernard, Heather Hart, Rachelle Mozman, and Akosua Adoma Owusu who bring together installation, film, photography, and an archival presentation. The exhibition explores how ideas of home and family are constructed through the act of story-telling.

Two parts of the project might be specifically appealing to our readers:

1. Artist Heather Hart will create a “porch” installation, which invites all visitors to discover an archive of local oral histories, record their own history on an iPad, and host community group meetings on the porch.

2. University of Pennsylvania students (who curated the show) are working with Local History Truck artist Erin Bernard and 4th grade students from the West Philly Jubilee School to collect local oral histories from West Philly. The idea is to connect the “porch” in the gallery with the porches of West Philadelphia.

For more information, visit this page.

Tibetan art week at Philadelphia Folklore Project, April 11 – 19 (735 South 50th Street)

• On Saturday, April 11, 4 – 6 p.m., Philadelphia Folklore Project (PFP) hosts the opening of a new exhibition, “Tibetans in Philadelphia,” highlighting community rituals and celebrations that reinforce connections to homeland and history.

• From Monday, April 13, through Friday, April 17, from 2 to 7 p.m., Tibetan sand mandala artist Losang Samten will be in residence in the PFP gallery, creating a painting out of colored sand over the course of a week, while visitors watch.

• On Thursday, April 16, from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m., K-12 educators are invited for a special “Supper Club” potluck dinner during which resources for incorporating Tibetan arts, culture, and immigrant stories into the classroom will be discussed.

• On Sunday, April 19, 1 – 3 p.m., Losang Samten will conclude his residency with a Tibetan sand mandala dismantling ceremony.