From February 17, 2024 to May 26, 2024
CFEVA at 40: Four Decades of Supporting Contemporary Art celebrates the 40th anniversary of the Center for Emerging Visual Artists (CFEVA) with an exhibition of work by 40 contemporary artists affiliated with the center who represent the Philadelphia region’s artistic excellence, its legacy, and its future.
CFEVA was founded in 1983 as a support system for the visual artists of the greater Philadelphia region. Since its inception, the organization has dedicated itself to making artistic practices sustainable, helping artists reach new audiences, and promoting awareness and understanding of visual art among community members. CFEVA’s support of visual artists is critical to maintaining and expanding an equitable and accessible cultural ecosystem, the free exchange of ideas, and the region’s creative economy.
2023 also marks CFEVA’s 40th year of serving artists through its prestigious fellowship program The artist fellows, selected by CFEVA’s Artistic Advisors, go on to shape our region’s cultural community as leaders in the arts. 40 artists have been chosen to represent CFEVA from over 300 fellows whom CFEVA has mentored over four decades and the dozens of established artists who have given their time and talent as advisors, including Mahtab Aslani, Will Barnet (1911-2012), Katie Baldwin, Jill Bell, Henry Bermudez, Rita Bernstein, Tom Birkner, Christina Bothwell, Charles Burwell, Ziui Chen, Donald E. Camp, Anne Canfield, Vincent Desiderio, Amze Emmons, Trey Friedman, Colette Fu, Sophie Glenn, Sidney Goodman (1936-2013), Mary Henderson, Jeff Hurwitz, Leroy Johnson (1937-2022), Mami Kato, Mark Khaisman, Daniel Kornrumpf, Chelsey Luster, Douglas Martenson, Ray K. Metzker (1931-2014), Maggie Mills, Jedediah Morfit, Lydia Panas, Andrea Packard, Serena Perrone, Tim Portlock, Csilla Sadloch, Laurence Salzmann, Julia Stratton, Ron Tarver, Ada Trillo, and Nadia Hironaka & Matthew Suib, with Eugene Lew.
Image: Kitty, Black Tulle, 32 x 40", 2011, from the series Something Like Love © Lydia Panas