Pearlstein Gallery is pleased to present two concurrent exhibitions in Spring 2026, with artists selected from our 2025-26 Call for Entries.  

Conflagrations, a group show featuring recent works by Viola Bordon, Evan Curtis Charles Hall, Narendra Haynes, and Emmanuela Soria Ruiz, investigates fire as force, event, and aftermath.  Moving between active burn and residual trace, the artists ask how we might respond to fire's capacity to clear, consume, reveal, and reorder. As fire increasingly shapes our ecological context, these works reflect on how fire constructs and destroys in the same gesture, reshaping ecologies, infrastructures, and collective memory. What burns. What survives. What returns.  


Gallery Hours:
Tuesday - Friday 12 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Saturday 12 p.m. - 5 p.m.


About Pearlstein Gallery: 

The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery is an inclusive gallery space that welcomes the public to experience free exhibitions of contemporary art and design. Located on Drexel University’s campus, the Pearlstein Gallery is committed to cultivating engagement with emerging artists, Drexel’s faculty and student populations, and community partners in the nearby neighborhoods of Powelton Village and Mantua. Since its creation in 2012, the Gallery has fostered innovation and collaboration, developing strong relationships within Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector.  

Pearlstein Gallery is pleased to present two concurrent exhibitions in Spring 2026, with artists selected from our 2025-26 Call for Entries.  

Collective Landscapes: Photographs by Matthew Ludak and Textiles by Maris Van Vlack brings together two artists who mine collective histories to investigate the impacts of time, disinvestment, and conflict on architectural landscapes. Ludak’s photography takes inspiration from his grandmother’s life amidst the rugged towns of Western Pennsylvania's coal-mining communities, expanding his lens to capture current themes of urban and rural life amongst spaces ridden by structural neglect. In her multifaceted practice, Van Vlack uses textile, sculpture, and collage practices to create tapestries that investigate the impacts of war and weather on landscapes from her family’s history. Her unique layering techniques mirror the cycles of accumulation, entropy, and regeneration on the built environment over time. 

Conflagrations, a group show featuring recent works by Viola Bordon, Evan Curtis Charles Hall, Narendra Haynes, and Emmanuela Soria Ruiz, investigates fire as force, event, and aftermath.  Moving between active burn and residual trace, the artists ask how we might respond to fire's capacity to clear, consume, reveal, and reorder. As fire increasingly shapes our ecological context, these works reflect on how fire constructs and destroys in the same gesture, reshaping ecologies, infrastructures, and collective memory. What burns. What survives. What returns.  



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About Pearlstein Gallery: 

The Leonard Pearlstein Gallery is an inclusive gallery space that welcomes the public to experience free exhibitions of contemporary art and design. Located on Drexel University’s campus, the Pearlstein Gallery is committed to cultivating engagement with emerging artists, Drexel’s faculty and student populations, and community partners in the nearby neighborhoods of Powelton Village and Mantua. Since its creation in 2012, the Gallery has fostered innovation and collaboration, developing strong relationships within Philadelphia’s arts and culture sector.  

Westphal students are invited to attend this immersive and engaging mixer catered specifically for you!
 
Join us in the URBN Center Lobby for a professional development event connects Westphal students with creative professionals and highlights diverse career pathways across the creative industries. The event will feature a networking expo with local companies, complimentary headshots, and alumni panel discussions.
 
Lastly, come dressed to impress to sign-up and receive complimentary headshots!
 
Open to current Westphal majors!!!!

The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design Dean's Office of Community and Global Initiatives is hosting its annual Community Cake Day but this time it's in collaboration with DAPME: Drexel Asian Pacific and Middle Eastern Employees.

Through a social science lens, Poppy Martinez’s Senior Capstone explores how Women of Color navigate the complex intersections of race and gender in the workplace by examining dress as a tool for identity and resisting systemic biases.

Join us to celebrate the opening of Drexel Pilates’ new studio location at 3300 Race Street.  This is an open house style event welcoming drop-in from 3:00 to 5:30 PM.  All offerings are free and open to the public.  Advance registration recommended.  Highlights include:
 
3:30 PM | Ribbon Cutting 
Drexel Pilates students and faculty, along with alumni and members of the community celebrate the official opening of the new studio.
 
4:00 PM | Panel Discussion: The Pilates Teacher's Toolkit 
Drexel Pilates Director and Teaching Professor in Dance, Jennifer Morley, discusses her new book with a panel of expert guests.
 
3:00-5:30 PM | Pilates Demonstrations
Demonstrations will take place throughout the event.  Meet Drexel Pilates instructors and learn more about all the Drexel Pilates programs, from weekly class offerings at all levels to the 450-hour Drexel Pilates Training Program. 
 
Free Ticket Registration: HERE

Presented in the Mandell Theater, the Drexel Dance CBL programming partners share the stage with the Drexel Dance Ensemble for a celebration of dance. This event is free and open to the public, reserve your tickets here

Join us for the Chamber Strings Spring Concert in the Mandell Theater. This event is free and open to all, reserve tickets here.

Join us for the Mediterranean Spring Concert in the Mandell Theater. This event is free and open to all, reserve tickets here.

Join us for the Jazz Orchestra & Jazztet Spring Concert in the Mandell Theater. This event is free and open to all, reserve tickets here.