Archived::2006

January 13, 2006 – February 25, 2006
WHISPER DOWN THE LANE
Opening Reception Friday, February 28 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
The Esther M. Klein Art Gallery at the Science Center presents the group exhibition, Whisper Down the Lane. By inviting one artist to participate, the Klein Gallery set in motion a chain reaction loosely modeled after the children’s game of the same name, resulting in a lineage of 13 artists that started in Philadelphia and ended in Toronto. Exhibiting artists include: Stefan Abrams, Jeff McMahon, Joe Begonia, Buy Shaver, Jeremiah Misfeldt, Aaron Igler, Sabrina Lessard, Norm Paris, Jackie Hoving, Dominique Rey, Chris Curreri, Balint Zsako, and Natalie Matutschovsky.

March 10, 2006 – April 30, 2006
ART & COMMUNITY X: MATERIAL SPEAKS: THE NEW QUILT
Opening Reception Thursday, April 6 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
The Esther Klein Art Gallery welcomes the ART QUILT NETWORK / NEW YORK with their exhibition of fiber art entitled, 
Material Speaks: the New Quilt. When viewed as a whole, this astonishing exhibition of nearly 30 works by internationally
known fiber artists reflects the spirit of exploration and experimentation that defines American art quilts in the 21st century. While these art quilts explore and express aesthetic concerns that are common to other visual arts, such as painting, printmaking and sculpture, they also retain a distinct relationship to crafts and the traditions of folk art through the use of common materials and techniques.

May 19, 2006 – July 1, 2006
ART & SCIENCE XXI: SCENT IS LIFE
Opening Reception Friday, May 19 from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
The Esther M. Klein Art Gallery and the Monell Chemical Senses Center are pleased to present Scent is Life, a multimedia exhibition that explores the powerful and personal nature of scent. Expressed thorough the unique artistic vision of Christopher Brosius, Scent is Life reveals how this most evocative of senses touches each of us uniquely. Winner of four Fragrance Foundation awards and described as one of the most innovative perfumers of the 21st Century, Brosius pairs his distinctive and reminiscent scents – such as In the Library and At the Beach 1966 – with text, visual imagery, sound and everyday objects to highlight the potent influence of smell on individual emotion, memory and perception.

July 14, 2006 – August 25, 2006
ANNUAL IN-HOUSE EXHIBITION
Opening Reception Friday, July 14 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Featuring the works of employees of the Science Center.

September 8, 2006 – October 27, 2006
ART & SCIENCE XXII: SAVING FACES
Opening Reception Friday, September 8 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
The Esther Klein Art Gallery in collaboration with the College of Physicians of Philadelphia welcomes the traveling exhibition Saving Faces. The Saving Faces Art Project was started in 1999 by Iain Hutchinson, consultant in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at St. Bartholomew’s and the Royal London Hospital. Dr. Hutchinson, believing in the power of art to engage and transform, invited Mark Gilbert, renowned Glasgow artist, to become an artist-in-residence within his surgical department where he would work with patients, who had trauma, cancer or illness, before, during and after their surgeries.

November 10, 2006 – December 29, 2006
ART & COMMUNITY XI: ART WITHIN REACH
Opening Reception Friday, November 10 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm
This exhibition will display the projects of the collaborative effort of EKG and ArtReach to pair area artists with ArtReach target populations. This project will be held in conjunction with ArtReach’s 20th Anniversary and will highlight’s the organization’s mission and history. Art-Reach is a nonprofit organization that joins the arts and special-needs audiences of all ages through organizations that serve people with disabilities or who are economically disadvantaged. Art-Reach’s primary activities to overcome financial and physical barriers and make the arts more accessible to those they serve.