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- Philadelphia Artist Jesse Krimes’ First Solo Exhibition of New Work Since Returning from Prison on Display at Drexel
  
  December 16, 2015
  Best known for creating a 39-panel mural out of bed sheets while serving a six-year prison sentence, Philadelphia-based artist Jesse Krimes will open Deus ex Machina, an exhibition of new work at Drexel University on Jan. 12. The exhibition will be on display through March 13 at Drexel’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery (3401 Filbert Street) of the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.
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- One Month Left to See Immortal Beauty Exhibition of Rare Artifacts from Three Centuries of Fashion History
  
  November 05, 2015
  Only one month remains to seeImmortal Beauty: Highlights from the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection, the first large-scale, retrospective exhibition of highlights from the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection (FHCC) in Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design.
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- Immortal Beauty Exhibition Displays Rare Artifacts from Three Centuries of Fashion History for the First Time
  
  August 17, 2015
  From a fragment of 16th century Italian velvet to an evening dress by New York designer Alexander Wang from 2012, the first large-scale, retrospective exhibition of highlights from the Robert and Penny Fox Historic Costume Collection in Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will trace the arc of fashion history over the course of more than three centuries.
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- Forays & Follies
  
  July 08, 2015
  
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- Forays and Follies Presents the Dark and Romantic World of Lauren Fensterstock
  
  July 02, 2015
  The latest exhibit in the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery will be open from July 17 to August 28.
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- Only Three Weeks Remain to see Exhibit by Renowned International Artist Ray Bartkus at Drexel
  
  May 05, 2015
  Only three weeks remain to see the “enormous, beautifully detailed figurative paintings and three-dimensional installations” (Philadelphia Inquirer) of Storylines, an exhibition at Drexel University’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery (3401 Filbert Street) in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, featuring the work of Lithuanian-born artist and illustrator Ray Bartkus. The exhibition will be on display through Sunday, May 24. The gallery is free and open to the public Tuesday – Sunday, 11 a.m. – 6 p.m.
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- Creative Placemaking and Plans for Reimagining Bartram’s Mile: A Public Forum at Drexel
  
  May 04, 2015
  On Thursday, May 14 from 6:30 – 8 p.m., a public lecture and forum, “Making Place by Building Civic Stewardship & Public Art-Making” will take place in Drexel’s Leonard Pearlstein Gallery (3401 Filbert St.). This event is free and open to the public. A reception will be held prior to the event at 6 p.m. Three panelists will give presentations about their work as it relates to creative placemaking, civic stewardship, social equity, public art and environmental infrastructure.
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- Poets Create ‘Verbal Sculptures’ Inspired by Chakaia Booker Exhibition at Drexel
  
  February 05, 2015
  Amid large-scale sculptures made from recycled tires by contemporary American sculptor and printmaker Chakaia Booker, local poets will create poems, or ‘verbal sculptures,’ inspired by the themes of the artwork at Drexel University during Black History Month.
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- Used Tires Become Beautiful Sculptures that Explore Race, Gender and More in New Exhibition
  
  January 07, 2015
  The newest exhibit at the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery uses old, cut tires to form sculptures which explore topics like race and gender in a way The New York Times describes as "pure poetry."
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- Chakaia Booker Exhibition
  
  December 04, 2014
  
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