Pennsylvania Art Shows- “Out of Place: The Windgate Arts Residency Program in Wood 2026” at Museum for Art in Wood in Philadelphia

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Oct 212026
 

Mark Tan, “Labor of Liberty”

Mark Tan, “Labor of Liberty”

Joyce Lin, “Coat Tree” (left), and Niv Tishbi ,”I witness” (far right)

It’s the last week to see the incredible wood creations in Out of Place, on view at the Museum for Art in Wood. The exhibition consists of work by the participants of this year’s Windgate Wood Arts Residency Program (WARP-Wood), a two-month arts residency program.

Exhibition text by Daniel Fountain:

What does it mean to be out of place?

The phrase carries multiple meanings, describing both a social condition and a material state. Most often, it refers to the feeling of not belonging; the unease of inhabiting an unfamiliar environment, the discomfort of being an outsider, or of not quite fitting in. Yet out of place can also be understood literally. Within artistic practice, a tool may be misplaced, a familiar material may resist expectation, or a form may shift unexpectedly during making. Rather than mistakes to be corrected, these moments of displacement and material resistance become productive interruptions, creating space for experimentation and allowing accident, contingency, and imperfection to shape new possibilities.

Out of Place brings together the work of six international artists who participated in the 2026 Windgate Arts Residency Program (WARP) in Wood: Adam Atkinson (Austin, TX), Joyce Lin (Bellaire, TX), Liza Stout (Phoenix, AZ), Mark Tan (Tempe, AZ), Niv Tishbi (Tel Aviv, Israel), and Anders Nienstaedt (Minneapolis, MN). Working across sculpture, installation, jewelry, furniture, photography, and other material-led practices, these artists explore both the social and material dimensions of being out of place. Through shifts in scale, unexpected relationships between bodies and objects, and subtle disruptions of the familiar, their works reveal the uncanny within everyday life. Addressing themes of home, displacement, identity, and the body, the exhibition resists fixed categories, inviting viewers to question assumptions about belonging and to consider how context shapes what – and who – we understand to be out of place…

More work from the exhibition below.

Niv Tishbi, “Interval”

Joyce Lin, “Red Oak Roast”

Adam Atkinson, “What You Wear”

Liza Stout, “Three Sisters Brushes”

The exhibition will close on 10/25/26.

Song of the Day- Protomartyr- “Sounds We Cannot Hear”

 Los Angeles Music, Music, Musicians / Bands, Spotify Playlist
Oct 192026
 

Protomartyr- Sounds We Cannot Hear

This song is from Protomartyr‘s recently released album, Hotel Usona.

The band is currently on tour and will be playing at The Regent in Los Angeles on Thursday, 10/22/26, with Accessory (Jason Balla from Dehd).

Flashback- Delaware Art Shows- Rolando Corpus at The Grand Opera House in Wilmington

 Art, Art Shows by Location, Artists, Delaware, Painting / Painters, Wilmington
Oct 162026
 

Delaware artist Rolando Corpus‘s oil paintings were on view at The Grand Opera House in Wilmington for last month’s Art Loop. Several Wilmington locations were featured in the paintings including the Van Buren Street Bridge, Delaware Art Museum, and the fountain in Brandywine Park.

Delaware Art Shows- Larissa Ranbom at The Delaware Contemporary

 Art, Art Shows by Location, Artists, Delaware, Fiber Arts, Mixed Media, Painting / Painters, Wilmington
Oct 162026
 

Larissa Ranbom‘s small works, on view at The Delaware Contemporary for We Can Use The Rain, encourage a closer look. The embroidered paintings are also a reminder to take time to look more closely at the natural world around us.

From the museum:

We Can Use The Rain is an exploration of growth through the year, from the redbuds in early spring through the vibrance of summer to the geometry of autumn milkweed pods and cacti grown indoors in the winter. It’s not only carefully tended garden flowers that are sustained by rain, but also the honeysuckle and dogwood that otherwise thrive with little attention. While they may not be mobile, they still change rapidly, taking the spotlight for a while and then fading to be supplanted by the next to bloom.

The flora (and fungus) on display were found in and around Wilmington – whether in a meticulously curated botanical garden or greenhouse, greeting passersby from a front yard, in an out of the way spot in a park, or growing enthusiastically in a neglected patch by the highway. The viewer is encouraged to consider how what grows around us reflects the communities we cultivate. Stitch by stitch, these works closely examine plant life, remembering that no matter where we are, we can all use the rain.

This exhibition is on view until 10/31/26.

Philadelphia Street Art- Union Transfer Murals

 Art, Artists, Painting / Painters, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Public Art, Street Art
Oct 152026
 

These murals were created in 2020 on the Union Transfer building in Philadelphia by NYC artists John “Crash” Matos, Chris “Daze” Ellis and Lady Pink and Philly-based artists and muralists Adam Crawford and Andréa Grasso.

More details on the project can be found on the Mural Arts website.

Delaware Art Shows- “Walls of Resistance: Art as Activism” at Delaware Art Museum

 Art, Art Shows by Location, Artists, Collage, Delaware, Drawing, Mixed Media, Painting / Painters, Sculptors / Sculpture, Wilmington
Oct 152026
 

Keith Garcia, “Stand Strong” 2026, Acrylic on canvas

MaxxMoses, “Heads on Fire”, 2008

Harrison Doyle, “The Medium is the Message”, 2026

“Hands Up”, 2014, by Leon Rainbow, who also curated the exhibition

Currently at Delaware Art Museum, Walls of Resistance: Art as Activism celebrates the work of more than seventeen artists whose work incorporates aspects of graffiti.

From the museum:

Walls of Resistance: Art as Activism explores graffiti as more than a visual language. Graffiti is a way of claiming space, celebrating identity, and giving form to unheard voices. The exhibition brings together artists with a range of experiences and styles, and it considers how creativity can respond to the world around us. Graffiti can incorporate political statements, personal stories, and cultural pride, or can simply be the act of leaving a mark. Walls of Resistance invites each artist to interpret the theme of graffiti culture in their own way. We invite viewers to consider these varied types of expression and how each can encourage curiosity and inspiration.

The exhibition will be on view until 10/25/26.

This Saturday (10/17) the museum is hosting the 4th Annual Hip Hop Cultural Summit: Art as Activism, presented in partnership with AllHipHop and Guerrilla Republik in conjunction with Stop the Violence Coalition, Inc.

From the museum about the event:

This free, all-ages event brings together artists, Hip Hop legends, performers, and community leaders to celebrate Hip Hop’s five elements and explore its deep connections to creative expression, activism, and social change.

This year we’re highlighting Hip Hop as both a cultural force and a tool for activism. DelArt welcomes Hip Hop legend, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, and Public Enemy co-founder Chuck D, along with Darryl “Cornbread” McCray, the Philadelphia native widely recognized as a pioneer of modern graffiti. Experience dance performances, live DJ sets, an MC Battle, panel discussions, book signings, vendors, community conversations, and more throughout the Museum.

 

Delaware Art Shows- “At The Edge” at John William Gallery in Wilmington

 Art, Art Shows by Location, Artists, Delaware, Photographers / Photography, Wilmington
Oct 072026
 

Matt Kresling, “The Devil’s Bathtub”, 2026

Egevaerk, “Waiting for the Storm”, and “Weather Change” 2026, both taken on the High Coast in Sweden

Matt Kresling, “Glacial Till Revealed by the Erosion of the Drumlin at Chimney Bluffs, Near Lake Ontario”, 2026

At the Edge, on view at John William Gallery in Wilmington as part of a collaboration between the Wendell Castle Workshop, HB381 Gallery, and the Wilmington Film Festival, includes photographs by filmmaker Matt Kresling and the Danish artists and furniture designers Mette Bentzen and Lasse Kristensen, also known as Egevaerk. The artists photographed natural formations found in both Scandinavia and the Great Lakes region near the workshop for inspiration and with Kresling created the documentary Path about their work and the residency. The works created at the Wendell Castle Workshop were on view at HB381 in NYC over the summer.

Tonight, 10/7/26, is the opening reception for the exhibition, with a screening of Path at 6pm. The exhibition will be on view until 10/11/26.

More from the gallery and Project Director Kathrine Page:

…The residency became a critical exploration of the deep geographical and cultural connection between the two continents. Working along the shores of Lake Ontario, the artists searched for stones that embodies qualities central to their practice: a reverence for nature in transformation, an awareness of water’s ancient and shaping force, and an appreciation for the mystery and paradox inherent in the sea. They ultimately selected rocks whose fluid contours revealed the incremental effects of tides and whose visible strata suggested the slow thaw of a disintegrating glacier. Inspired by these specimens, they created two large-scale, stack-laminated, hand-carved sculptural furniture works, measuring four and five feet in height.

This exhibition of photographs documenting the residency draws on a visual language shaped by an aesthetic connection to glacial formations and landscapes of confluence and exchange. It explores emotional intersections and celebrates the threshold where atmosphere and materiality meet. The photographs reflect shared characteristics of the landscapes of Denmark and the Great Lakes region, while highlighting the creativity that emerges from this geographical kinship.

At the Edge also celebrates the role of intuition as a catalyst for artistic discovery and breakthrough. At its heart, the exhibition offers a meditation on the collaborative residency that brought together furniture designers and filmmakers in an exploration of landscape, material. memory, and place.

Accompanying the exhibition at the Wilmington Film Festival is the documentary film, Path, by Matt Kresling in partnership with Nordic filmmakers in Denmark. Path documents the design team Egevaerk’s journey from Denmark to their five-week residency of artistic discovery in Rochester, NY where they designed, built, and crafted sculptures in the workshop of the late legendary artist Wendell Castle. Far from the Danish traditions and expectations that had shaped their craft to this point, they set out to find their own path. This is a film about craftsmanship and the courage to break with the familiar forces of nature- far greater than us all.

 

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