This weekend accomplished artists from the Tri-State area as well as up and coming art students, will showcase their work at the annual Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show on June 1-3, 2012. This historical event was once known as the “Clothesline Show” and began because of a select group of students who desired to show the world their creations.
Photo courtesy of Temple University
[box] Who could have known, so many years ago, that the efforts of a few students, looking for a way to exhibit their art work, would 80 years later become one of the most respected and well attended outdoor art shows in the entire country.
It was June 1932, when a small group of Philadelphia art students first came to Rittenhouse Square to hang their work between the trees on clotheslines. These students known collectively known as the, “Art Student’s League”, had come together at the Graphic Sketch Club (now the Samuel S. Fleisher Art Memorial) where they had studied art with Earl Hortter, an internationally known Philadelphia etcher.
As these students became older and the show became more popular, the “Clothesline Show”, as it was called, evolved to include professional artists and students. Providing the opportunity for students to exhibit in the show has been one of this organization’s priorities since the beginning. Providing Philadelphia with a good art show with quality work has been the other goal or priority throughout all those years. As a result, each and every year, there are several students who exhibit in this prestigious and well-known art show of original art only. More history available at the Rittenhouse Square Fine Art Show website. [/box]
You can see the works of more than 140 artisits from Friday, June 1st through Sunday, June 3rd. For Parking information, directions, and other visitor info or artist informaiton please visit the Rittenhouse Fine Arts Show website.
Where: Rittenhouse Square, 135 S 18th St Philadelphia, PA 19103
When: Friday, June 1, 2012 11am-7pm
Saturday, June 2, 2012 11am-7pm
Sunday, June 3, 2012 11am-5pm
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