Philadelphia Open Studio Tours Saturday, October 12, 2019

“Landscape with Inexact Parallels,” oil on panel, 24″ x 18″
 
PHILADELPHIA, PA – From October 12 through October 20, 2019 the Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) will present the 20th annual Philadelphia Open Studio Tours (POST)—a behind-the-scenes look at a day in the life of a visual artist. Great for all ages, POST makes connecting with local artists easy through an approachable and easy-to-navigate, free self-guided tour.

POST is four distinct quadrants: South, Northeast, Northwest and West. The program spotlights the vitality of each neighborhood’s visual arts scene and underscores the important contributions artists make to our city’s economy and civic life. Discover Philadelphia’s creative gems—artist studios, house galleries, maker spaces and community workshops—as hundreds of artists throw open their doors and bring the artistic process front and center in twenty Philadelphia neighborhoods.

Brooke Lanier Fine Art is a storefront gallery with Brooke Lanier’s studio downstairs.  Now through October 26^th, the gallery contains the group show “Selective Memory,” featuring work by Ross Carlisle, Elise P. Church, Tasha Doremus, and Rachel Guardiola.
During POST, visitors are invited to peek into Brooke’s creative process.  See the evolution of her ideas through watercolor and oil painting, photography, and collage.

Artists clockwise from bottom, Ross Carlisle, Tasha Doremus, Elise P. Church.  Not pictured: Rachel Guardiola.
About Brooke Lanier
Brooke Lanier is a painter most known for her depictions of water and her paintings made from hand-crushed brick.   She earned her Masters of Fine Arts in Painting from Tyler School of Art, where she spent her first year studying in Rome, Italy.  Lanier also holds a Bachelors of Fine Arts from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.  She has exhibited her work in Prague, Rome, New York, and across the U.S.  She is the director of Brooke Lanier Fine Art and exhibits thoughtfully crafted, slow-read artwork by emerging and mid-career artists.  The gallery specializes in contemporary landscape and organic abstraction.  Brooke Lanier also teaches Watercolor at Tyler School of Art and Architecture, Temple University and offers private drawing and painting lessons out of her space on Fabric Row.

Comprehensive festival information is available at philaopenstudios.org. For high-resolution images, contact brooke.lanier@gmail.com
POST is made possible with generous support from Sonesta Hotel Philadelphia, myCIO Wealth Partners, LLC and University of Pennsylvania/40^th Street Artist-in-Residence. Additional support is provided by The William Penn Foundation, Philadelphia Cultural Fund, and the Independence Foundation. Promotional support is provided by Fireball Printing, HeavyBubble, Metro Philadelphia, and Design Philadelphia. 

CFEVA receives support through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the arts, a federal agency.

About CFEVA
With of mission to cultivate, nurture, and advance the careers of emerging visual artists while simultaneously expanding opportunities for the public to discover and connect with art, CFEVA’s services are designed to: raise the profile of Philadelphia’s professional artists, foster artistic experimentation and innovation, and showcase how vibrant artistic communities boost cultural tourism and foster economic development. Through fellowships, residencies, educational outreach, exhibitions, professional development, and city-wide events, CFEVA provides artists with the tangible resources needed to develop viable and sustainable careers.