Philadelphia October Gallery Art Expo

� �The best in the art world by African-American Artists from across the 
United States and specially invited artists from Africa, Trinidad and 
London.� Artists will show their recent work in the three-day long October 
Gallery Philadelphia Art Expo, Friday and Saturday 10am to 10pm, and 
Sunday 10am to 7pm, in a 15,000 sq. ft. show space at the Philadelphia 
Marriott Hotel Exhibition Center (1201 Market Street).� Expo admission is FREE.�
Childcare is FREE. 

� �Count on Art Expo tradition, quality, variety, and entertainment for 
an exciting weekend for inspiring visual perceptions and art education 
workshops to further the growth of art understanding.

� �Angela Stribbling of BET television and news anchor reporter Joyce 
Evans of Fox 29 will be on hand to greet guests at the Expo.

� �Meet the artists in person.� Popular artists Annie Lee of Chicago and 
Charles Bibbs of Los Angeles are well known nationally for their 
renderings of comedic everyday subjects and characters (Lee) and subjects 
manifesting stability, power and family (Bibbs).� Gilbert Young of 
Atlanta will be there.� He created the "He Ain't Heavy" image identified 
with the universal theme 'each one help one'.� Of nearly 100 visual 
artists represented in the Expo, about 50 will meet, autograph and give 
art talks about their work.

� �Featured well-known painters not there will be Romare Bearden, Jacob 
Lawrence, Jonathan Green, Bernard Hoyes, Samuel Benson, John Biggers, and 
William Tolliver.

� �Entertainment, poetry, seminars, storytelling, African drumming, art 
workshops, and readings by authors of newly published books will enhance 
the Expo experience.

� �Each year, a charitable organization benefits from the October Gallery 
Philadelphia Art Expo.� For the fifth consecutive year, the Philadelphia 
Scholar's Fund is a selected receiver of the annual charitable gift.� 
The Scholar's Fund provides the last dollar monies to high school seniors 
bridging the gap between awarded financial aid and unanticipated costs 
necessary to attend college, such as travel expenses, books, etc.� The 
Burned Black Churches and the 700 Network will also receive gifts.

AN AMERICAN PHENOMENON -- AFRICAN-AMERICAN ART

       "My pictures express my life and experience.
       I paint the things I know about and the things
       I have experienced. The things I have experienced
       extend into my national, racial, and class group.
       So I paint the American scene."

       Jacob Lawrence
       America's premiere living African-American Artist


For more information call October Gallery at (215) 629-3939.