Philadelphia Sculptors: The Artfront Partnership

February 1 - May 30, 2024
Windows on 3rd St. and along South St.

Opening Reception 
Sunday, Feb. 25, 2024, 2-4 PM
MoA – 27 North Third Street in Old City

Artists: Margery Amdur, Suzanne Reese Horvitz, Virginia Maksymowicz, Meg Saligman, Heather Ujiie

Curated by Marsha Moss

Part of (re)FOCUS 2024

The Artfront Partnership, a public art project, curated by Marsha Moss, under the aegis of Philadelphia Sculptors, has commissioned artists with a feminist perspective to transform vacant, dark storefronts in into illuminated art spaces, called Artfronts.

Five Philadelphia women artists approach the subconscious mind through dreams, masquerades and symbols.

Margery Amdur

Celestial Outreach
331 South Street

Margery Amdur embraces symbolism, metaphor, and abstraction to craft elaborate patterns akin to garments worn on the body, which dissolve into a perpetual dance between consciousness and unconsciousness. The hands, stand-ins for the female body, are statuesque, voluptuous, and bold. Embellished with ornate accoutrements, these pillars of strength and resilience, mysterious in nature, reside within an otherworldly atmosphere.

Suzanne Reese Horvitz

Search for Self
407 South Street

Suzanne Reese Horvitz’s artistic exploration of the "Search for Self," employs symbols such as sirens to represent women's yearning for freedom, mirrors for self-discovery, high heel shoes for empowerment, and four-sided pyramids as symbols of equality, and the journey to the top.

Virginia Maksymowicz 

Pillars of Grace
28 North 3rd Street

Virginia Maksymowicz’s window considers the resilience and strength of the female figure in architecture by using the imagery of caryatids, who appear effortless in their supportive roles.

Meg Saligman

Continuum
27 N. 3rd Street

Meg Saligman's diptych illuminates the female form: a journey through her life’s continuum with periods of standing still, phases of great motion, plus pockets of shared experience and creation.

Heather Ujiie 

Polarity
322 South Street

Heather Ujiie’s crystal & fiber installation speaks to the cycles of life and death in the mystical realm of the female psyche.