2016
THING & PLACE: SINÉAD CAHILL AND ANTHONY COLEMAN
June 18 – August 27, 2016
A collaborative, site-specific installation by Philadelphia-based artists Sinéad Cahill and Anthony Coleman that brings together Coleman’s distinctive, colorful portraits of quirky characters and Cahill’s fabric-based sculptural works.
MFA IN PROCESS
August 6-27, 2016
This exhibition is the first opportunity for the public to see works by candidates in Moore's MFA in Studio Art program. Having just completed an intensive studio residency, they return to show completed works and works-in-progress for their mid-program review.
GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION /// II
August 6-27, 2016
Featuring final thesis work by candidates in Moore's graduate programs: MA in Art Education with an Emphasis in Special Populations and MFA in Interior Design.
ANNUAL ALUMNI EXHIBITION
June 4 – August 13, 2016
Featuring recent works by Moore alumni, the selections on view in this year's exhibition were chosen by guest jurors Kelsey Halliday Johnson and Sylvie Patry.
GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION /// I
July 2 – August 13, 2016
Featuring final thesis work by candidates in Moore's MFA graduate programs: MFA in Studio Art and MFA in Social Engagement.
FIVE INTO ONE
June 4 – July 23, 2016
Hosted annually by Moore and organized by Philadelphia Sculptors, 5 Into 1 features work by recent graduates from BFA and MFA programs at five Philadelphia art & design schools. Participating schools include, Moore College of Art & Design, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Tyler School of Art, University of Pennsylvania and The University of the Arts.
DRAWING ON AND ON
May 22 – June 27, 2016
This exhibition presents works that are the result of a draw-a-thon – a project organized by Joshua Marsh in partnership with the Social & Studio Practices graduate department – that will engage alumni of Moore's MFA in Studio Art graduate program, as well as current and incoming Social & Studio Practices students and faculty. Over the course of nearly four hours, the group will create between five and ten works each on 9 x 12 sheets of paper and then collectively review the drawings, select one from each artist, and ultimately curate a small exhibition of very recent works on paper.
SALLY HELLER: ORANGE ALERT
January 23 – June 4, 2016
A site-specific installation by New Orleans-based artist Sally Heller, who creates recognizable yet improbable landscapes constructed from cultural detritus. A modern-day bricoleur, savvy cultural hacker and urban archaeologist, Heller assembles a litany of mundane materials and cultural castoffs into recognizable yet improbable environments that cleverly fuse macro and micro, architectural and organic, artifice and nature.
2016 SENIOR SHOW
April 26 – May 14, 2016
An annual exhibition featuring work created by graduating seniors in Moore’s BFA programs.
STUDENT & FELLOWSHIP EXHIBITION
March 26 – April 16, 2016
An exhibition featuring work by third-year students competing for highly coveted travel fellowships, as well as work created by first, second and third-year students from all of Moore’s BFA programs.
WALTER ROBINSON: PAINTINGS AND OTHER INDULGENCES
January 23 – March 12, 2016
Walter Robinson: Paintings and Other Indulgences is the first major survey of the work of the prolific New York-based artist Walter Robinson. Widely recognized for creating some of the most provocative and influential work of the Pictures Generation, as well as his work as a writer and critic, Robinson’s works explore painting’s relationship with mass-culture images of desire and address our indulgences of longing and excess in a media-saturated world.
HOLLY ZAUSNER: 10TH AVENUE 10011
January 23 – March 12, 2016
Through an audacious blending of drawing, sculpture, performance and photography, New York and Berlin-based artist Holly Zausner creates mesmerizing visual dialogues between the artist, the city and architecture. 10th Avenue 10011 features a series of six large-scale photographs that explore temporality and permanence, stasis and movement, and demonstrate Zausner’s ability to transform the physicality of performance into a form of drawing.
HAWK KRALL: THE NEW PHILADELPHIA
January 23 – March 12, 2016
Featuring recent works by Philadephia-based artist Hawk Krall, this exhibition probes the grittier side of Philadelphia through imaginative street scenes and vaguely futuristic illustrations celebrating the intersection of old and new in an ever-changing city.