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Image Credit: "Standing Luke in Caution Tape", 2007, Sidney Goodman

Urban Organic presents the work of eight artists who are affiliated with both the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, two organizations dedicated to providing artists with opportunities to earn a living from their art and the necessary tools to do so. With both organizations celebrating their 25th anniversary during 2008-2009, a joint exhibition was a natural way to highlight the similarities that exist between them and the artists they support. Each organization has grown from a grassroots operation founded by a passionate and resolute individual to become a vital part of the region's thriving visual arts community.

The works of art selected for this exhibition reveal a link between the urban and the natural worlds, a contradiction that is integral to life in any city. Artists are particularly aware of this dichotomy as they strive to find inspiration from the environment while being keenly aware of the influence of the metropolitan areas in which many of them live and work. Urban Organic features work by Joseph Brenman, Vincent Desiderio, James Dupree, Jane Golden, Sidney Goodman, Qimin Liu, Pedro Ospina and Josette Urso.

“Urban Organic” opens First Friday January 9th with an artists’ reception from 6-9 p.m. The exhibition continues through January 31st, 2009. The reception is free and open to the public. Gallery hours are Wednesday & Thursday 4 - 7 p.m. and Friday & Saturday noon to 7 p.m.