Summer ’17!

Stephanie Struse / Daniel Fishel

Stephanie Struse / Daniel Fishel

We’re cranking up the ice machine and cooling down for the Summer Art Opening Party this Friday! We’ve got two artists joining us for the next three months: Stephanie Struse & Daniel Fishel – visit their websites below to check out their amazing works! So stop by to meet them and have a snack or two this Friday. Can’t wait to see you!

Stephanie Struse • www.stephaniestruse.com

Daniel Fishel • www.o-fishel.com

THIS FRIDAY • JULY 14TH, 2017

NEW ART • GOOD TIMES

Springtime 2017

Gina Altadonna / Rachel Bennett

Gina Altadonna / Rachel Bennett

We’ve finally warmed up the spot so we’re ready for the Spring Art Opening Party at the Chapterhouse! We have artists Gina Altadonna & Rachel Bennett joining us for the next three months so come by on Friday April 14 and welcome them to the family! We’ll have the usual wine and snacks so bring a friend and a towel! Party starts at 7pm, see you then!

CHAPTERHOUSE CAFE • 620 S. 9TH ST.

Gina Altadonna • ginaaltadonna.com

Rachel Bennett • Rachelbennett.net

SPRINGTIME VIBES • FRIDAY THE 14TH

Winter 2017 Art Opening

corey schumann / domonique alesi

corey schumann / domonique alesi

Another year goes by and winter is here so it must be time for another Art Opening Party at the Chapterhouse! Two new artists are joining us this Friday, January 20th at 7pm as we share some snacks and a few drinks to bring in the new year! We have the amazing talents of Corey Schumann  &  Domonique Alesi adorning the walls for the next three months so please stop by and have a look! Hope to see you there!

CHAPTERHOUSE CAFE • 620 S. 9TH STREET

Corey Schumann: schumanndesigns.com

Domonique Alesi: www.domoniquealesi.com

WINTER SHOW • THIS FRIDAY

Autumn 2016 Party!

grace hirsch / rita carroll

grace hirsch / rita carroll

The new art is up and we’re ready to throw down at the Autumn Art Opening this Friday at the Chapterhouse! We’ve got Grace Hirsch and Rita Carroll for the next three months. They will both be here this Friday October 14th @ 7pm to celebrate and talk about their work. Drop by and share your thoughts over a beverage and a snack! Hope to see you there!

THIS FRIDAY • CHAPTERHOUSE CAFE

Grace Hirsch • gracehirschart.tumblr.com

Rita Carroll • www.instagram.com/ritamcarroll/

OCTOBER 14TH 2016 • DON’T SLEEP

 

Sunshine Summertime 2016

marilyn foehrenbach / laura k. murdoch

marilyn foehrenbach / laura k. murdoch

We had a nice spring, but now it’s summer and the ice machine is working overtime! Why not stop by and cool off with an iced beverage at the Chapterhouse Summer Art Opening Party! We’ve got two artists chilling in the air conditioning all season! Start off the summer by coming by this Friday to see some new art, make some new friends or just chill and have a snack! Laura K. Murdoch & Marilyn Foehrenbach will be here to showcase their fine works. See you there!

Laura K. Murdoch • lauramurdoch.carbonmade.com

Marilyn Foehrenbach • www.marilynfoehrenbach.com

THIS FRIDAY • SUMMER ART OPENING

STARTS AT 7PM • JULY 8TH, 2016

Spring 2016 Show!

daniel hughes / james matusheski

daniel hughes / james matusheski

The weather is turning and the buds are popping so it must be time for the Spring Art Opening Party at the Chapterhouse! Our artists this season are returning favorites James Matusheski and Daniel Hughes. Please join us this Friday at 7pm!

FRIDAY APRIL 8TH, 2016 • ART OPENING PARTY

James Matusheski • http://www.jamesmatusheski.com

Daniel Hughes • http://danielhughesillustration.com

CHAPTERHOUSE CAFE • 620 S. 9TH ST.

 

HOUSEWORK February 20th

HOUSEWORK is having a reading this Saturday with three brilliant local writers: Cyrée Jarelle Johnson, Alex Smith and Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela. It will be great. Hope to see you there! The reading will start at 7pm at Chapterhouse (620 S. 9th St).

• Cyrée Jarelle Johnson is a black non-binary essayist and poet living and working in Philadelphia, PA. Cyree’s work explores femininity as resistance and rebellion, emerging femme thought, and community as a site of trauma. Their writing has appeared in digital and print outlets in the United States, Canada, and Europe including Feministing, Black Girl Dangerous, and most recently in the forthcoming Queerspawn Anthology.
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• Alex Smith is a queer black activist, poet, dj, actor, musician, afro punk/afro-futurist chronicler of the naughty universe. Smith’s work speaks to the edge, to the post-fringe dystopia slowly creeping upon us. Too cantankerous and flamboyant for the Saul Williams wanna-be/def poetry set, too tribal for academia, Smith paints viral inscriptions for an audience of armed pixie insurrectionists. He is the founder and curator of the queer-empowered Laser Life sci-fi reading series, where he met his co-conspirators in Metropolarity, a sci-fi/speculative arts collective that uses the genre’s tropes for activism and transformative, visionary art. Selected by Rosarium Publishing for the anthology dedicated to the writing of Samuel Delany, Stories for Chip, it’s Alex’s flash fiction collection, “Gang Stalk Oprah“, with its lines hashed like an SAT-word injected SEPTA bus graffiti, and self-published sci-fi zine “Ark Dust” that will kidnap you, convert you, shoot you in the leg and then set you free.
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• Marissa Johnson-Valenzuela was born and raised in Wichita, Kansas. And though she’s also paid some sort of rent in Lawrence, Detroit, D.C., Denver, Laramie, Havana and the Mexican state of Chiapas, Philadelphia has mostly been her home since 2000. Her poetry and prose has been supported by the work of The Leeway Foundation, Hedgebrook, Art Farm, Fancyland, VONA/Voices, Lambda, Make/shift, As Us, The Rust Belt Rising, Solstice, APIARY, Aster(ix), Big Bell and others. She is the founder of Thread Makes Blanket press www.threadmakesblanket.com and teaches at Community College of Philadelphia.