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This Issue 10/27/2005

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Center City

Arts & Culture Week

Now through Sunday, Oct. 30, take advantage of half price tickets to many of Philadelphia's best exhibits and shows as part of Center City Arts & Culture Week. Finally take that trip to the PMA that you've been putting off for years, or check out one of the many exhibits that are offering free admission tomorrow for Gallery Night.

Mio Culture

Kellijane

1721 Spruce Street

Fri, 5:30 p.m.‹¨«8:30 p.m., Free

(215) 790-0233

Sick of looking at the white walls in your room? Trying to think of ways to cover up the holes that last year's resident left? Kellijane is a textile/linen store that features products that are "art but functional." This Friday they are hosting an exhibit by Mio Culture, a Philly-based design group, displaying a laser-cut aluminum wall hanging. Because anything made by a laser has to be cool, take some time and check out this free exhibit.

Richard Serra:

Large Scale Etchings

Works on Paper

1611 Walnut Street, Mezzanine

Fri, 5:30 p.m.‹¨«8:30 p.m., Free

(215) 988-9999

I have a theory that artists don't make sense when they talk. "You become the audience in reconstructing the process of their making," Richard Serra said when interviewed about his art. What? Fortunately, great artists can express themselves openly and beautifully in whatever medium they use -- they don't have to explain themselves with words. Wow, did Serra ever luck out because he can draw on metal plates like they are pieces of paper. Who needs words when you can do that?

Jennifer Bartlett/ Nancy Graves

Locks Gallery

600 Washington Square South

Fri, 5:30 p.m.‹¨«8:30 p.m., Free

(215) 629-1000

www.locksgallery.com

Diptych. If you say it quickly enough, it sounds like a dirty word. I'm sorry to report, however, that it's actually two painted or carved panels hinged together. Jennifer Bartlett has 11 of them on display. And Nancy Graves? Nothing even quasi-dirty about her exhibition, just some 3-D pieces made of bronze, steel and paint in a collection called "The Shining, Elusive Element." I blame going to college for making me look for dirty undertones in art terms and exhibitions.

Open Juried Photo Competition

Philadelphia Sketch Club

235 S. Camac Street

Fri, 5:30 p.m.‹¨«8:30 p.m., Free

(215) 545-9298

www.sketchclub.org

The oldest art club in the country is holding an open photo competition. Yes, the oldest, so it may as well say "most prestigious." The exhibit shows black and white, color and digital photos selected by a group of discerning judges, and the gallery itself shows an extensive permanent collection of art from the 19th to 20th century. So even if you're not a photography connoisseur, you'll be sure to love the exhibit.

Kate Abercrombie,

Eva Wylie,

Nami Yamamoto and Guest Artists

Vox Populi Gallery

1315 Cherry Street

Fri, 5:30 p.m.‹¨«8:30 p.m., Free