BROTHERS IN INK // PCS Book Release & 15th Anniversary Art Show!

Phantomettes,
Our dear friends, the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society, have released their much-anticipated third anthology, and are doing it in style at a 15th Anniversary party, book-release, and art show. From the event page:

Come celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Philadelphia Cartoonist Society with a group art show and the release of their 3rd Anthology book. Books and original art will be for sale. We'll be having an awesome Bro-B-Q and jam cartooning. It will be a great celebration of cartooning and camaraderie!

Show your support, clear the date and RSVP here, grab a copy of the book and chew the fat with some of the most fun artists in Philadelphia.

Saturday September 8th at Locust Moon Comics

34 S 40th Street, Philadelphia

2:00 PM - ???

A Very PHANTOM Christmas

 Last night's inaugural opening at PHANTOM HAND was a massive success. One-hundred and twenty pieces of artwork left the gallery, and hundreds of friends and Philadelphia arts patrons packed the gallery from 6 to 2AM. Because this was a cash and carry show and the art was so affordable, the work was flying off the walls so quickly the gallery staff practically had to run to fill the holes. Out to Dry 3 (The portion that is left) will continue to be on the walls at PHANTOM HAND until the third week of January. Sadly, if you did not make it out to the opening, and earlier on in the night, you missed out on the show in it's full splendor and pomp, before being carried away piece by piece by art-fiends twisted on Narraganset and pumpkin loaf.

Special thanks to everybody who came out to support the gallery, all the participating artists, the organizers James Heimer, Sam Heimer, Anthony Pedro, Alex Eckman-Lawn, Matt Weikel, and Jeff Daniels, Amanda Cameron and Arts on South, Jeffro Kilpatrick for his art and wisdom, Chris Heimer for the holiday baked goods, Matt Cavanaugh for the pizza and 'Sam Masks', and Narraganset Beer for keeping the part going into the morning with their donation.

You can see all of the photos from Out To Dry 3 HERE.

PHANTOM HAND will be closed until the first Wednesday of the New Year, and from then on will be keeping regular hours of Wednesday/Thursday 2PM-8PM, Friday/Saturday/Sunday 2PM-10PM. The next exhibition we will be hosting is Artificial Dissemination 2; Propaganda to Popaganda, late January. Stop in often as new work will be arriving regularly.

Happy Holidays.

HANGING

Last night was our first chance to get into the new space, start cleaning up, rearranging, and accepting and hanging art. Over 200 pieces of art were hung, with more on deck, and several artists coming tonight with more artwork. The work ranges from pages from personal sketch-books, screen-prints, inked pages, studies, portraits, collage, digital prints, and full on paintings. From a tiny 3 inch by 3 inch canvas to a massive framed painting about 5 feet by 2.5 feet, the arts runs the gamut, covers all the bases, and takes a little bit of everything from the buffet, ranging in size, style, medium, and price. This Friday's opening of Out To Dry 3 is going to be epic, worthy of missing an hour of eggnog and shitty sweaters to stop by and check out the work.

PHANTOM HAND presents: The Philadelphia Cartoonist Society's 'Out To Dry 3'

Opening Reception Friday, December 23rd 6:00-10:00 PM 

THIS WEEK