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Tonight is the opening for Philadelphia University’s Textile Design Graduate Exhibition! Join us from 6-8 at the Gallagher Athletic Center.  Two former Design Center assistants, Megan Foley and Liz Weissert, will both have their work showcased! Congratulations grads!!

Tonight is the opening for Philadelphia University’s Textile Design Graduate Exhibition! Join us from 6-8 at the Gallagher Athletic Center. 

Two former Design Center assistants, Megan Foley and Liz Weissert, will both have their work showcased! Congratulations grads!!

@fiberphilly2012 This weekend is your last chance to see Wire Transference.  Stop by the galleries at PURC (4145 Station St. Manayunk) from noon-5 this weekend.

@fiberphilly2012 This weekend is your last chance to see Wire Transference.  Stop by the galleries at PURC (4145 Station St. Manayunk) from noon-5 this weekend.

Join us for the opening of Wire Transference!  Today from 4-7pm. This is a detail shot of Lindsay Ketterer Gates’s “Green Piece.” (Photo by Alex Cena)

Join us for the opening of Wire Transference!  Today from 4-7pm.

This is a detail shot of Lindsay Ketterer Gates’s “Green Piece.” (Photo by Alex Cena)

Come see Leslie Pontz’s Seed Pod series at Philadelphia University Research Center!  Our opening reception for Wire Transference is this Saturday March 31st from 4-7pm!  Here is our Facebook event page with all of the information about the exhibit.

Come see Leslie Pontz’s Seed Pod series at Philadelphia University Research Center! 

Our opening reception for Wire Transference is this Saturday March 31st from 4-7pm!  Here is our Facebook event page with all of the information about the exhibit.

Wire Transference, our @fiberphilly2012 exhibit, opens this weekend! Stop by Philadelphia University Research Center at 4145 Station St.  any time from noon-5. More details on our Facebook page.

Wire Transference, our @fiberphilly2012 exhibit, opens this weekend!

Stop by Philadelphia University Research Center at 4145 Station St.  any time from noon-5.

More details on our Facebook page.

Wire Transference, our @fiberphilly2012 exhibit, opens this Friday March 23rd! Come see Warren Seelig’s Blue Oval and works by 5 other artists working in wire, John Garrett, Nancy Koenigsberg, Lanny Bergner, Leslie Pontz, and Lindsay Ketterer Gates. RSVP for the opening reception Saturday March 31st at our Facebook page.   The gallery will be open Thurs.-Sun. from noon-5pm. 

Wire Transference, our @fiberphilly2012 exhibit, opens this Friday March 23rd! Come see Warren Seelig’s Blue Oval and works by 5 other artists working in wire, John Garrett, Nancy Koenigsberg, Lanny Bergner, Leslie Pontz, and Lindsay Ketterer Gates.

RSVP for the opening reception Saturday March 31st at our Facebook page.  

The gallery will be open Thurs.-Sun. from noon-5pm. 

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Installing John Garrett’s Thicket for our @fiberphilly2012 exhibit, Wire Transference, today! The exhibit opens March 23rd at Philadelphia University Research Center in Manayunk (4145 Station Street). Join us for our opening reception March 31st from 4-7pm.  RSVP on our Facebook event page.

Installing John Garrett’s Thicket for our @fiberphilly2012 exhibit, Wire Transference, today!

The exhibit opens March 23rd at Philadelphia University Research Center in Manayunk (4145 Station Street).

Join us for our opening reception March 31st from 4-7pm.  RSVP on our Facebook event page.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.

Quaker Lace sample. Kensington, Philadelphia, PA. Early 20th century.